East Rainton, Quarry Pit

HER Number:
3213

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
East Rainton, Quarry Pit

Place:
East Rainton

Map Sheet:
NZ34NW

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:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows The Quarry Pit, probably a Coal Mine, named after the nearby quarry (HER ref. 3214).

Easting:
3363

Northing:
4745

Grid Reference:
NZ33634745

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3213 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p561