Winlaton, coal pit

HER Number

16775

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Winlaton, coal pit

Place

Winlaton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on a plan of 1779 along with the galleries. Says 'hole here into the ancient workings from the winning in the Park [Axwell] are the Lands [Colliery] ?' The plan is labelled 'The Lands Colliery in the Five Quarter Coal'.

Easting

418634

Northing

562446

Grid Reference

NZ418634562446

Sources

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