North Biddick, Drifts and Levels

HER Number

3044

District

Sunderland

Site Name

North Biddick, Drifts and Levels

Place

North Biddick

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Drifts and Levels are shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan. The number and location of these is unclear, but it is thought they were probably coal workings.

Easting

431610

Northing

554180

Grid Reference

NZ431610554180

Sources

<< HER 3044 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13