Preston, Preston Colliery

HER Number:
2006

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Preston, Preston Colliery

Place:
Preston

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the location of Preston Colliery.

Easting:
3472

Northing:
6878

Grid Reference:
NZ34726878

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2006 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Roy Thompson, 2004, Thunder Underground - Northumberland Mine Disasters 1815-65, photo on p 21