Penshaw, Mill Pit/Eden Main

HER Number:
3109

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Penshaw, Mill Pit/Eden Main

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:
Mill Pit was located just north of Newbottle Lane (now Philadelphia Lane A182). Was working in the late 18th century. Also known as Eden Main. Shown on a map of 1815. Pit was probably disused by the 1850s. Eden Main exploited High Main Seam which produced the best quality coal for the seacole market in London and the south-east. On 10 October 1812, 24 miners died in an explosion.

Easting:
3282

Northing:
5272

Grid Reference:
NZ32825272

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3109 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; www.dmm.org.uk; Bell, J T W, 1843, Great Northern Coalfield Map (DRO D/Lo 242/2); The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Painsher Estate Map, 1815, DRO D/Lo/P4