Depicted on the 1815 Vane Tempest estate map and on Bell's Coalfield map (1843). It was connected by a waggonway branch line, partly shared with Mill Pit running NW to link with the Tempest/Londonderry line. Probably redundant by 1862.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Depicted on the 1815 Vane Tempest estate map and on Bell's Coalfield map (1843). It was connected by a waggonway branch line, partly shared with Mill Pit running NW to link with the Tempest/Londonderry line. Probably redundant by 1862.
Site Name
Penshaw Colliery E Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3107
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3107 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Painsher Estate Map, 1815 (DRO D/Lo/P4)
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
28
District
Sunderland
Easting
3226
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
07
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
5281
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Penshaw
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Penshaw Turnpike Toll House at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Road Transport Site
SITEDESC
Penshaw Turnpike Toll House.
Site Name
Penshaw Toll House
Site Type: Specific
Toll House
HER Number
3106
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3106 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
3102
DAY1
28
DAY2
02
District
Sunderland
Easting
3244
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
5299
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Penshaw
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Quarry Engine on the Penshaw Quarry Railway (HER ref. 3102).
Site Type: Broad
Machinery
SITEDESC
Quarry Engine worked on the Penshaw Quarry Railway, (HER 3102). Shown on first edition plan 1862 but not present on 1848 plan. May be associated with the rerouted course of the quarry railway running NW past Whitefield Colliery.
Site Name
Penshaw, Quarry Engine
Site Type: Specific
Engine
HER Number
3105
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3105 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas;
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
28
DAY2
23
District
Sunderland
Easting
3261
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
5288
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Penshaw
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Penshaw Windmill (Corn) at this location. Windmill in existence by 1775 when depicted on Tempest Estate map. Demolished by the end of 19th century. Mill Terrace is the sole clue on the ground of its existence today.
Site Type: Broad
Power Generation Site
SITEDESC
Penshaw Windmill (Corn). Windmill in existence by 1775 when depicted on Tempest Estate map. Demolished by the end of 19th century. Mill Terrace is the sole clue on the ground of its existence today.
Site Name
Penshaw Windmill
Site Type: Specific
Windmill
HER Number
3104
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3104 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Tempest Estate Map, 1775 (DRO NCB 1/X 227)
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
3102
DAY1
26
DAY2
02
District
Sunderland
Easting
3273
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
5306
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Penshaw
Description
First shown on the 1775 Tempest Plan of Panshaw. Still operational in 1862. First edition locates a smithy within the quarry. The quarry was served by Penshaw Quarry Railway. Quarry disused by 1896 though the railway tracks were still in place.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
First shown on the 1775 Tempest Plan of Panshaw. Still operational in 1862. First edition locates a smithy within the quarry. The quarry was served by Penshaw Quarry Railway. Quarry disused by 1896 though the railway tracks were still in place.
Site Name
Penshaw Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3103
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3103 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas; Tempest Estate Map, 1775 (DRO NCB 1/X 227); 19th century quarry plans, TWAS DS.JWL/46/1 and 6
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
3613, 3105, 3103
DAY1
28
District
Sunderland
Easting
3210
EASTING2
3279
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
07
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
5341
NORTHING2
5306
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Penshaw
Description
The Painshaw Quarry Railway runs from Painshaw Quarry (HER ref. 3103) to the Londonderry Railway or the Lambton Railway (this is unclear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan). It may originally have continued beyond that point (see HER ref. 3613). Traction was provided by the Quarry Engine (HER ref. 3105).
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
SITEDESC
The Painshaw Quarry Railway from Painshaw Quarry, (SMR 3103), to the Londonderry Railway or the Lambton Railway. This is unclear on the 1st edition OS mapping. It may originally have continued beyond that point, see SMR 3613. Traction was provided by the Quarry Engine, (SMR 3105).
Site Name
Penshaw Quarry Railway
Site Type: Specific
Railway
HER Number
3102
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3102 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
28
DAY2
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
3295
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
03
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
5382
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Penshaw
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Smithy at this location.
SITEASS
The smithy or forge was the workplace of a blacksmith or ironsmith, where iron was worked into useful objects such as weapons, armour in the Middle Ages and locks, hinges, spades and tools, iron horseshoes (machine-made horseshoes were introduced from USA in 1870s), grilles, gates, railings, metal parts for locomotives, coaches, waggons and carts. The blacksmith's raw material was wrought iron in bar form. The smithy comprised a hearth, bellows, anvil and bosh (quenching trough). A small forge had hand-operated bellows, a large industrial forge water-powered bellows, power hammer and shears (William Jones, 1996, Dictionary of Industrial Archaeology).
Site Type: Broad
Metal Industry Site
SITEDESC
A smithy is shown at the southern entrance to Old Penshaw village on the First Edition Ordnance Survey plan.
Site Name
Penshaw, Smithy
Site Type: Specific
Blacksmiths Workshop
HER Number
3101
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3101 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
28
District
Sunderland
Easting
3266
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
07
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
5361
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Penshaw
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Long Pasture Quarry at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Long Pasture Quarry.
Site Name
Long Pasture Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3100
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3100 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
28
DAY2
24
District
Sunderland
Easting
3224
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
02
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
5334
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Penshaw
Description
Ordnance Survey first edition of 1862 shows Painshaw Colliery, Whitefield Pit with brick kilns within the colliery. Opened 1830. E Pit was at NZ 322 525, Lambton Pit (which was opened in 1792) was at NZ 319 533, New D Pit (opened 1832) was at NZ 322 533. The colliery was owned by Lady FA Vane Londonderry, and leased/managed by George Elliot & Co. Extensive records in DRO. Possibly closed in 1879. The main site has recently (2014) had houses built upon it. The ventilation fan house (marked on the second edition OS plan) was rebuilt when the structure was converted into two houses. The original west frontage survives. Whitefield cottages are much rebuilt but are shown on the 1815 estate plan.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Ordnance Survey first edition of 1862 shows Painshaw Colliery, Whitefield Pit with brick kilns within the colliery. Opened 1830. E Pit was at NZ 322 525, Lambton Pit (which was opened in 1792) was at NZ 319 533, New D Pit (opened 1832) was at NZ 322 533. The colliery was owned by Lady FA Vane Londonderry, and leased/managed by George Elliot & Co. Extensive records in DRO. Possibly closed in 1879. The main site has recently (2014) had houses built upon it. The ventilation fan house (marked on the second edition OS plan) was rebuilt when the structure was converted into two houses. The original west frontage survives. Whitefield cottages are much rebuilt but are shown on the 1815 estate plan.
Site Name
Penshaw Colliery, Whitefield D Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3099
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3099 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1862, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; N. Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield; The Archaeological Practice Ltd., 2014, Penshaw: Not just a monument - Historic Village Atlas;
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
2625
DAY1
28
DAY2
31
District
Sunderland
Easting
3199
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
07
MONTH2
05
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 35 SW 30
Northing
5358
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Penshaw
Description
Painshaw Station on the North Eastern Railway (HER ref. 2625) is now disused and the track has been diverted, so no longer passes the platform. The line is used for goods traffic only.
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
SITEDESC
"Painshaw Station" on the North Eastern Railway (SMR 2625) {1}. The station is now disused, its access was from the road beneath a bridge to the island platform. The track has now been diverted, so no longer passes the platform. The line is used for goods traffic only {2}.
Site Name
Penshaw Station
Site Type: Specific
Railway Station
HER Number
3098
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 3098 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of interest in River Wear plan area