Silksworth, Coal Depot

HER Number

2925

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Silksworth, Coal Depot

Place

Silksworth

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Depot

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Coal Depot on the Hetton Company's Railway (HER ref. 2848).

Easting

436870

Northing

553000

Grid Reference

NZ436870553000

Sources

<< HER 2925 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 6 inch scale, Durham14