Hebburn, Hebburn Colliery A Pit

HER Number:
2235

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Hebburn, Hebburn Colliery A Pit

Place:
Hebburn

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:
This site is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan associated with wagonway sidings, a smithy and a ballast hill. The site used the C Pit Wagonway (HER ref. 2231).

Easting:
3145

Northing:
6541

Grid Reference:
NZ31456541

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham 3; St. James' Heritage & Environment Group and the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, 2012, Waiting at the Pit Head - Coal Mining Disasters on Tyneside (leaflet)