Sheriff Hill Colliery, Fanny Pit

HER Number

3846

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Sheriff Hill Colliery, Fanny Pit

Place

Sheriff Hill

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the location of Fanny Pit (Coal). Part of Sheriff Hill Colliery, which opened in the 1780s and closed in 1895.

Easting

426750

Northing

560160

Grid Reference

NZ426750560160

Sources

<< HER 3846 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk