Restoration Pit

Restoration Pit

HER Number

16807

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Restoration Pit

Place

Biddick

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Pit shown on the 1848 Tithe plan and subsequent OS plans.

Easting

431840

Northing

552280

Grid Reference

NZ431840552280

Sources

The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2015, Penshaw: not just a monument; Penshaw Tithe Plan, 1848, DUL DDR/EA/TTH/1/187