Penshaw, Penshaw Colliery E Pit

HER Number:
3107

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, Penshaw Colliery E 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:
Depicted on the 1815 Vane Tempest estate map and on Bell's Coalfield map (1843). It was connected by a waggonway branch line, partly shared with Mill Pit running NW to link with the Tempest/Londonderry line. Probably redundant by 1862.

Easting:
3228

Northing:
5257

Grid Reference:
NZ32285257

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3107 >> 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; Painsher Estate Map, 1815 (DRO D/Lo/P4)