East Rainton, medieval mine

HER Number:
15723

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
East Rainton, medieval mine

Place:
East Rainton

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C16-C17

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Mention is made of a collier at Reynton in 1531 and of outcrops of coal and mining by the colliers Richard and Robert Wright in 1604.

Easting:
33

Northing:
47

Grid Reference:
NZ3347

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
East Rainton Women's Institute, no date, History of East Rainton (typescript)