Springwell, Mount Moor Colliery, Vale Pit

HER Number:
3896

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Springwell, Mount Moor Colliery, Vale Pit

Place:
Springwell

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

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:
Mount Moor Colliery, Vale Pit. Opened before 1826, closed May 1931. In the 1850s the colliery was owned by John Bowes & Co, and later by the Marley Hill Coal Co. Mount Moor Colliery was probably operating by the early 18th century, since references in Washingron Parish registers show that as early as 1729 The Mount was inhabited by pitmen. Some of these workings had been abandoned by 1782, but the colliery is known to have been working in the mid-19th century, notably at Vale Pit.

Easting:
2795

Northing:
5766

Grid Reference:
NZ27955766

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3896 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk