North Biddick, Coal Pit

HER Number:
3049

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
North Biddick, Coal Pit

Place:
North Biddick

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

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 Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was out of use by 1858.

Easting:
3178

Northing:
5439

Grid Reference:
NZ31785439

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3049 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13