Winlaton Colliery

HER Number:
633

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Winlaton Colliery

Place:
Winlaton

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:
C14

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
There was a colliery at Winlaton in 1366/7 when it provided Edward III with 576 chaldrons of coal for works at Windsor Castle. In the mid 16th century "Westmorland Colliery", i.e. all the coal mines in the manor of Winlaton, were leased for 30 years to Cuthbert Blunt who sublet to Christopher Cooke. The location of the - probably numerous - pits of this period are unknown.

Easting:
17

Northing:
62

Grid Reference:
NZ1762

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 633 >> W. Page, ed. 1905, Victoria County History, Durham, II, 322, 326 W. Bourn, 1896, History of the Parish of Ryton, 112-114 W.E. Gibson, 1945, The Manor of Winlaton, Archaeologia Aeliana, 4, XXIII, 15