Houghton-le-Spring, Coal pit

HER Number

3145

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

Coal Workings

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was probably out of use by 1858.

Easting

432250

Northing

550520

Grid Reference

NZ432250550520

Sources

<< HER 3145 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13