Penshaw, New Penshaw Pit

HER Number:
3097

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, New Penshaw 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:
New Painshaw Pit, sunk in 1792 and closed 1833. Depicted but not named on Bell's coalfield map of 1843. Tithe plan labels this area as 'waggonway, houses, gardens, pit and waste'. Site of explosion in 1822.

Easting:
3217

Northing:
5385

Grid Reference:
NZ32175385

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3097 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1862, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas;