East Rainton, Quarry Pit

HER Number

3213

District

Sunderland

Site Name

East Rainton, Quarry Pit

Place

East Rainton

Map Sheet

NZ34NW

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

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows The Quarry Pit, probably a Coal Mine, named after the nearby quarry (HER ref. 3214).

Easting

433630

Northing

547450

Grid Reference

NZ433630547450

Sources

<< HER 3213 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p561