Engine Pit

Tyne and Wear HER(3011): Engine Pit - Details

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HER Number:
3011

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Engine Pit

Place:
Harraton

Map Sheet:
NZ25SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Engine Pit (Coal) at this location.

Easting:
429470

Northing:
554790

Grid Reference:
NZ429470554790

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Tithe map of Harraton in the parish of Chester-le-Street, 1847; William Oliver, 1851, Map of the coalfield of Northumberland and Durham; 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13

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