Winlaton, trial hole

HER Number

16776

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Winlaton, trial hole

Place

Winlaton

Map Sheet

NZ16SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on a plan of 1779 linked by galleries to pit HER 16774. The plan is labelled 'The Lands Colliery in the Five Quarter Coal'.

Easting

418440

Northing

562470

Grid Reference

NZ418440562470

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