Tyne and Wear HER(3561): Winlaton, Main Colliery, Content Pit - Details
3561
Gateshead
Winlaton, Main Colliery, Content Pit
Winlaton
NZ16SE
Shaft
Ventilation Shaft
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Shaft, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857. Shown on a map of 1779 as Content Pit.
1833
6235
NZ18336235
<< HER 3561 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6; The East Part of Winlaton Lordship showing the borings to the Frive Quarter Coal, 1779, held by The Coal Authority D1454 Sheet 1 of 2