Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Landsale Pit (Coal).
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Landsale Pit (Coal).
Site Name
Landsale Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3855
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3855 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
3741
DAY1
24
District
Gateshead
Easting
427170
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559380
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Wrekenton
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Boundary Engine, on the Team Colliery Wagonway.
Site Type: Broad
Machinery
SITEDESC
Boundary Engine, on the Team Colliery Wagonway.
Site Name
Wrekenton, Boundary Engine
Site Type: Specific
Engine
HER Number
3854
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3854 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
24
District
Gateshead
Easting
427030
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559600
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Wrekenton
Description
This is one of two quarries named Mossheap on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
The northernmost of the two Mossheap Quarries shown on the 1st edition OS mapping.
Site Name
Mossheap Quarries (North)
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3853
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3853 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
24
District
Gateshead
Easting
427080
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559470
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Wrekenton
Description
This is one of two quarries named Mossheap on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
One of two quarries named Mossheap on the 1st edition OS mapping.
Site Name
Mossheap Quarries (South)
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3852
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3852 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
24
District
Gateshead
Easting
426880
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559490
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Wrekenton
Description
These Quarries are marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that they were probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Quarries, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Wrekenton, Quarries
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3851
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3851 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
24
District
Gateshead
Easting
426470
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559650
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Beacon Lough
Description
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
A Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Beacon Lough, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Coal Workings
HER Number
3850
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3850 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
28
District
Gateshead
Easting
426260
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559700
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Beacon Lough
Description
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
A Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Beacon Lough, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Coal Workings
HER Number
3849
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3849 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
24
District
Gateshead
Easting
426180
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559870
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Beacon Lough
Description
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, suggesting that it was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
A Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Beacon Lough, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Coal Workings
HER Number
3848
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3848 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
24
DAY2
12
District
Gateshead
Easting
426400
EASTING2
2620
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MAP2
NZ25NE
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
5
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
560010
NORTHING2
5985
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Beacon Lough
Description
The line of Gateshead Fell Waggonway (HER 5241) was extended to Sheriff Hill Colliery. Another line (High Heworth Way) carried coal from 1805.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
The line of Gateshead Fell Waggonway (HER 5241) was extended to Sheriff Hill Colliery. Another line (High Heworth Way) carried coal from 1805.
Site Name
Beacon Lough, Wagonway
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
3847
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3847 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; Alan Williams Archaeology, 2013, Waggonways to the South Bank of the River Tyne and to the River Wear; Turnbull, L, 2012, Railways Before George Stephenson (entry 51a) 160, 169; TWAS: DT/Bell/2/143
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
3844
DAY1
24
DAY2
30
District
Gateshead
Easting
426750
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ26SE
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
3
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
560160
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Sheriff Hill
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.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Fanny Pit (Coal). Part of Sheriff Hill Colliery, which opened in the 1780s and closed in 1895.
Site Name
Sheriff Hill Colliery, Fanny Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3846
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3846 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk