Harraton, Coal Pits

HER Number

3012

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Harraton, Coal Pits

Place

Harraton

Map Sheet

NZ25SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Coal Pits, possibly three in number are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that they were probably out of use by 1858.

Easting

429660

Northing

554820

Grid Reference

NZ429660554820

Sources

<< HER 3012 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13