Sheriff Hill Colliery, Fanny Pit

HER Number:
3846

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Sheriff Hill Colliery, Fanny Pit

Place:
Sheriff Hill

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the location of Fanny Pit (Coal). Part of Sheriff Hill Colliery, which opened in the 1780s and closed in 1895.

Easting:
2675

Northing:
6016

Grid Reference:
NZ26756016

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3846 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk