Penshaw, Penshaw Colliery, Whitefield D Pit

HER Number:
3099

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, Penshaw Colliery, Whitefield D 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:
Ordnance Survey first edition of 1862 shows Painshaw Colliery, Whitefield Pit with brick kilns within the colliery. Opened 1830. E Pit was at NZ 322 525, Lambton Pit (which was opened in 1792) was at NZ 319 533, New D Pit (opened 1832) was at NZ 322 533. The colliery was owned by Lady FA Vane Londonderry, and leased/managed by George Elliot & Co. Extensive records in DRO. Possibly closed in 1879. The main site has recently (2014) had houses built upon it. The ventilation fan house (marked on the second edition OS plan) was rebuilt when the structure was converted into two houses. The original west frontage survives. Whitefield cottages are much rebuilt but are shown on the 1815 estate plan.

Easting:
3224

Northing:
5334

Grid Reference:
NZ32245334

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3099 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1862, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; N. Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas;