Bishopwearmouth, North Moor, Coal Pit

Tyne and Wear HER(2841): Bishopwearmouth, North Moor, Coal Pit - Details

HER Number:
2841

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Bishopwearmouth, North Moor, Coal Pit

Place:
Bishopwearmouth

Map Sheet:
NZ35NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Coal Workings

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
This Coal Pit on North Moor is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1855.

Easting:
3754

Northing:
5710

Grid Reference:
NZ37545710

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 2841 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 8