Chirton coal mine

HER Number:
766

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Chirton coal mine

Place:
Chirton

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Medieval

Specific Period:

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The Northumbelrand County History suggests the priors of Tynemouth worked or let out coal pits in the Chirton area. There is, however, not another published reference until 1633 when the Crown granted to William Scriven and William Eden the coal mines of East and Middle Chirton.

Easting:
33755

Northing:
68050

Grid Reference:
NZ3375568050

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 766 >> W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth I, 244-45 H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Collieries and the Coal Trade, Northumberland County History, VIII, 19