Kenton, West Kenton Colliery

HER Number:
7060

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
Kenton, West Kenton Colliery

Place:
Kenton

Map Sheet:
NZ26NW

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:
Possible site of West Kenton Colliery. There is a spoil heap shown here on Ordnance Survey first edition.The pit is shown with a wagonway on Lambert's map of 1807, but it is likely that West Kenton Colliery is of similar date to East Kenton, which was in operation in operation in 1770. Shown on Oliver's map of 1851 as "Clark's Winnings".

Easting:
2113

Northing:
6713

Grid Reference:
NZ21136713

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Lambert's map of 1807