Chirton coal mine
Chirton coal mine
HER Number
766
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Chirton coal mine
Place
Chirton
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
General Period
MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Medieval 1066 to 1540
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The Northumbelrand County History suggests the priors of Tynemouth worked or let out coal pits in the Chirton area. There is, however, not another published reference until 1633 when the Crown granted to William Scriven and William Eden the coal mines of East and Middle Chirton.
Easting
433755
Northing
568050
Grid Reference
NZ433755568050
Sources
<< HER 766 >> W.S. Gibson, 1846, The History of the Monastery at Tynemouth I, 244-45
H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Collieries and the Coal Trade, Northumberland County History, VIII, 19
H.H.E. Craster, 1907, Collieries and the Coal Trade, Northumberland County History, VIII, 19