Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Quarry at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Quarry.
Site Name
Whickham, Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3655
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3655 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
17
District
Gateshead
Easting
419180
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559100
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whickham
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Quarry at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Quarry.
Site Name
Whickham, Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3654
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3654 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
AREA_STAT
, Conservation Area, Site of Special Scientific Interest
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
5112, 13583
DAY1
17
DAY2
10
District
Gateshead
Easting
418290
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
MONTH1
8
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 15 NE 6
Northing
559210
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Stuart 1603 to 1714
Place
Gibside
Description
Snipes Dean Pit (Coal) shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map {1}. MPP Site Assessment - References to coal working on the Gibside estate date from 1607 and ceased with the closure of a small drift mine in 1884. Surviving features include the mouth of a drift, two adits and a small concentration of shaft mounds. The workings appear to be relatively small scale, but may include undisturbed C17 underground galleries {2}. Drift mine entrance. The coal estate at West and East Gibside was owned by the Blakiston family. In 1608 there were 'colemynes as well opened as not opened' in Snipes Dene in West Gibside. This deep dene facilitated free drainage of upper seams. A millpond below it, used in the 18th century as a paper mill, must have worked a coalmill for the lower seams before that.
SITEASS
There are only a few visible shaft mounds and these are poor examples; a further group lies at NZ 1785 5875 (SMR 5112). The drift and adits are relatively late and are of low importance. Not recommended for Scheduling. Site is already sympathetically managed.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Snipes Dean Pit (Coal) shown on 1st edition Ordnance Survey map {1}. MPP Site Assessment - References to coal working on the Gibside estate date from 1607 and ceased with the closure of a small drift mine in 1884. Surviving features include the mouth of a drift, two adits and a small concentration of shaft mounds. The workings appear to be relatively small scale, but may include undisturbed C17 underground galleries {2}. Drift mine entrance. The coal estate at West and East Gibside was owned by the Blakiston family. In 1608 there were 'colemynes as well opened as not opened' in Snipes Dene in West Gibside. This deep dene facilitated free drainage of upper seams. A millpond below it, used in the 18th century as a paper mill, must have worked a coalmill for the lower seams before that.
Site Name
Gibside Estate, Snipes Dean Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
SITE_STAT
Register of Parks and Gardens Grade II*
HER Number
3653
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3653 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
English Heritage, Monuments Protection Program, Site Assessment; Harry Beamish, Autumn 1993, Summary Table - Gibside; Eric Clavering and Alan Rounding, 1995, Early Tyneside Industrialism: The lower Derwent and Blaydon Burn Valleys 1550-1700, Archaeologia Aeliana, Series 5, Vol XXIII, pages 249-268; David Levine and Keith Wrightson, 1991, The Making of an Industrial Society: Whickham 1560-1765, pages 33-34; J.U. Nef, 1932, The Rise of the British Coal Industry, ii, p 415, Durham Record Office D/St/D5/2/16, 17; D/St/D5/2/120-6; Surtees Society Vol 142, page 27
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2011
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
17
District
Gateshead
Easting
419400
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559620
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whickham
Description
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Whickham, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3652
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3652 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
17
District
Gateshead
Easting
419280
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559610
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whickham
Description
The precise location of this gravel pit is unclear on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Gravel Pit. The location is unclear on the 1st edition OS mapping, but probably lay within a 100m radius of the grid reference.
Site Name
Whickham, Gravel Pit
Site Type: Specific
Gravel Pit
HER Number
3651
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3651 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
17
District
Gateshead
Easting
419020
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559870
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whickham
Description
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Whickham, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3650
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3650 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
17
District
Gateshead
Easting
418990
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
559900
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whickham
Description
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Whickham, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3649
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3649 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
17
District
Gateshead
Easting
418960
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
560010
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whickham
Description
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Whickham, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3648
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3648 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
17
District
Gateshead
Easting
419250
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
560160
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whickham
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Quarry at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
A Quarry.
Site Name
Whickham, Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3647
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3647 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
17
District
Gateshead
Easting
419540
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
MONTH1
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
560590
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Whickham
Description
This Coal Pit is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1857.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Coal Pit, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1857.
Site Name
Whickham, Coal Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3646
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3646 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6