Percy Main Colliery (Howdon Panns)

HER Number:
2023

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Percy Main Colliery (Howdon Panns)

Place:
Percy Main

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:
Percy Main Colliery, possibly associated with the nearby Colliery Offices (HER 2022) and Wagonway (HER 2024). There were two associated pits - Flatworth Pit (HER 1174) and Percy Pit. Thomas Hair drew a picture of the colliery in 1844.

Easting:
3375

Northing:
6707

Grid Reference:
NZ33756707

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2023 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; T. Hair, 1844, Views of the colleries in the counties of Northumberland and Durham