Tyne and Wear HER(6926): Fencehouses, Bournmoor Colliery, C Pit - Details
6926
Sunderland
Fencehouses, Bournmoor Colliery, C Pit
Fencehouses
NZ35SW
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Post medieval
C18
Documentary Evidence
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.
3174
5198
NZ31745198
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
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