Fawdon Colliery B Pit (South)

HER Number:
4010

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Fawdon Colliery B Pit (South)

Place:
Fawdon

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

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:
Fawdon B Pit (Coal), the southern of the two pits with this name. It is just shown as an Old Shaft on the 2nd edition OS mapping, so probably out of use by 1895. The colliery opened in 1810. There were several pits - A Pit, Engine Pit (HER 4011), E Pit (opened in 1823) and F Pit (opened in 1836 for draining water). Fawdon Colliery was owned by Newmarch Sons & Co. On 5 September 1827, an explosion killed 2 miners and injured 3.

Easting:
2229

Northing:
6919

Grid Reference:
NZ22296919

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 4010 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88; The colliery opened in 1810, B Pit in 1813. There were several pits - A Pit, Engine Pit (HER 4011), E Pit (opened in 1823) and F Pit (opened in 1836 for draining water). Fawdon Colliery was owned by Newmarch Sons & Co. On 5 September 1827, an explosion killed 2 miners and injured 3.