Fatfield, Coal Pit (Fatfield Colliery?)

HER Number:
3032

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Fatfield, Coal Pit (Fatfield Colliery?)

Place:
Fatfield

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping so probably out of use by 1858. This is possibly the site of Fatfield Colliery, which opened before 1767. There were several disasters - on 18 August 1708 an explosion killed 69 people. Another in 1763 killed 39 miners. On 17 March 1767 another 39 people were killed, and another 11 on 3 July 1825.

Easting:
3084

Northing:
5433

Grid Reference:
NZ30845433

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3032 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk