Penshaw, Laidler's Pit

HER Number:
16808

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, Laidler's Pit

Place:
Penshaw

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Coal pit (two shafts) shown in Keelman's Field, Penshaw on the 1775 Tempest estate map as two adjacent bell pit shafts. Formed part of Pensher Colliery. Laidler's Pit labelled on Bell's Coalfield Map 1843 but not on the 1st edition OS. May have actually been out of use by 1820 superseded by the D (HER 3099) and E pits (HER 3107) at White Field and Wharton Row (later Shiney Row).

Easting:
3185

Northing:
5375

Grid Reference:
NZ31855375

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2015, Penshaw: not just a monument; Tempest Estate Map, 1775, DRO NCB 1/X/227;