Penshaw, New Winning Coal Pit

HER Number:
3093

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, New Winning Coal Pit

Place:
Penshaw

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:
Painshaw New Winning, Coal Pit. Marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so probably disused by 1858. A shaft with adjoining spoil, plus a rectangular pon ddepression are depicted on the map (possibly an abandoned reservoir?), but no buildings. Presumably formed part of Lambton's Pensher Colliery.

Easting:
3280

Northing:
5448

Grid Reference:
NZ32805448

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3093 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas;