Fencehouses, Bournmoor Colliery, C Pit

HER Number:
6926

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Fencehouses, 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:
C18

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 Colleries Ltd, then Lambton and Hetton Colleries Ltd, then Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Colleries Ltd and the National Coal Board from 1947.

Easting:
3174

Northing:
5198

Grid Reference:
NZ31745198

Lats/Lons:

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;