Houghton-le-Spring, Coal Pit
Houghton-le-Spring, Coal Pit
HER Number
3121
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Houghton-le-Spring, Coal Pit
Place
Houghton-le-Spring
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
This Coal Pit ismarked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1858. It may have been associated with Morton Engine (HER ref. 3140) and a wagonway (HER ref. 3614). The site of the pit is marked by low, irregular grassed-over earthworks.
Easting
432160
Northing
550640
Grid Reference
NZ432160550640
Sources
<< HER 3121 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
Northern Archaeological Associates, 2001, Sunderland Central Route, Multi Modal Study
Northern Archaeological Associates, 2001, Sunderland Central Route, Multi Modal Study