Forest Hall, Willington Colliery, Richard Pit

HER Number:
2179

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Forest Hall, Willington Colliery, Richard Pit

Place:
Forest Hall

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

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:
Opened in 1810 by Messrs Bell and Co.

Easting:
2805

Northing:
6904

Grid Reference:
NZ28056904

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2179 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SW; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; T. Hair, 1844, Views of the colleries in the counties of Northumberland and Durham