Penshaw Colliery E Pit
Penshaw Colliery E Pit
HER Number
3107
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Penshaw Colliery E Pit
Place
Penshaw
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Depicted on the 1815 Vane Tempest estate map and on Bell's Coalfield map (1843). It was connected by a waggonway branch line, partly shared with Mill Pit running NW to link with the Tempest/Londonderry line. Probably redundant by 1862.
Easting
432280
Northing
552570
Grid Reference
NZ432280552570
Sources
<< HER 3107 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Painsher Estate Map, 1815 (DRO D/Lo/P4)