Bournmoor Colliery, C Pit
Bournmoor Colliery, C Pit
HER Number
6926
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Bournmoor Colliery, C Pit
Place
Fencehouses
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map of 1850. Bournmoor Colliery was opened in 1790 and closed on 27 February 1965. C Pit opened in 1791. The owner in the 1820s was the Earl of Durham. In 1896 it was owned by Lambton Collieries Ltd, then Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd, then Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd and the National Coal Board from 1947.
Easting
431740
Northing
551980
Grid Reference
NZ431740551980
Sources
Lancaster University Archaeological Unit, 1999, Lambton Cokeworks, Sunderland
J. Nolan & A. Durkin, 1995, A Wooden Colliery Wagonway at the former Bournmoor D Pit, Sunderland
I. Ayris, J. Nolan & A. Durkin, 1998, The Archaeological Excavation of Wooden Waggonway Remains at Lambton, Industrial Archaeology Review, Vol XX, p 5-22
Northern Archaeological Associates, 2001, Sunderland Central Route, Multi Modal Study, Cultural Heritage Chapter
PLB Consulting Ltd, 1998, Wooden Wagonway at Lambton Cokeworks
Bullen Consultants, 2003, Lambton Coke Works, Archaeological Assessment; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas;
J. Nolan & A. Durkin, 1995, A Wooden Colliery Wagonway at the former Bournmoor D Pit, Sunderland
I. Ayris, J. Nolan & A. Durkin, 1998, The Archaeological Excavation of Wooden Waggonway Remains at Lambton, Industrial Archaeology Review, Vol XX, p 5-22
Northern Archaeological Associates, 2001, Sunderland Central Route, Multi Modal Study, Cultural Heritage Chapter
PLB Consulting Ltd, 1998, Wooden Wagonway at Lambton Cokeworks
Bullen Consultants, 2003, Lambton Coke Works, Archaeological Assessment; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas;