North Moor, Coal Pit

HER Number

2841

District

Sunderland

Site Name

North Moor, Coal Pit

Place

Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet

NZ35NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Coal Pit on North Moor is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1855.

Easting

437540

Northing

557100

Grid Reference

NZ437540557100

Sources

<< HER 2841 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8