Washington, Lane Pit

HER Number:
2611

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Washington, Lane Pit

Place:
Washington

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

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:
Lane Pit is marked as an ‘Old Coal Pit’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was out of use by 1857. An adjacent building also shown may have been related to this site.

Easting:
2901

Northing:
5739

Grid Reference:
NZ29015739

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2611 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7