Jane Pit

HER Number

3134

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Jane Pit

Place

Newbottle

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

Jane Pit may have been disused by 1858 as it is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan as lying on an ‘Old Wagonway’ (HER ref. 3130), and the only internal feature shown is an ‘Old Shaft’.

Easting

432630

Northing

551490

Grid Reference

NZ432630551490

Sources

<< HER 3134 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13