Birtley, Wash House Pit (Blackhouse Colliery)

HER Number:
3916

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Birtley, Wash House Pit (Blackhouse Colliery)

Place:
Birtley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

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 position of Wash House Pit (Coal). Closed May 1932, Owned by Birtley Iron Company, later Pelaw Main Collieries Co.

Easting:
2804

Northing:
5561

Grid Reference:
NZ28045561

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3916 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Colliery Engineering May 1930, "Pelaw Main Colleries"; N. Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield