Pontop Pit

HER Number

3215

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Pontop 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

Pontop Pit was the earliest in the area. It was situated on the site of the present primary school.

Easting

433380

Northing

547730

Grid Reference

NZ433380547730

Sources

<< HER 3215 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham20; Hetton Local & Natural History Society, 2015, The Hetton Village Atlas p561