English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
3028
DAY1
26
District
Sunderland
Easting
431160
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35NW
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555710
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Washington
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows an Engine on the Oxclose Wagonway (HER ref. 3029).
Site Type: Broad
Machinery
SITEDESC
Engine on Oxclose Wagonway, (SMR 3029).
Site Name
Oxclose Wagonway, Engine
Site Type: Specific
Engine
HER Number
3029
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3029 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
3003,2290,3029
DAY1
26
District
Sunderland
Easting
429530
EASTING2
3162
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MAP2
NZ35NW
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
556080
NORTHING2
5522
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Washington
Description
Oxclose Wagonway ran from Oxclose Colliery (HER ref. 3003) to the North Eastern Railway, Pontop and South Shields Railway (HER ref. 2290).
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Oxclose Wagonway ran from Oxclose Colliery, (SMR 3003) to the North Eastern Railway Pontop and South Shields Railway, (SMR 2290).
Site Name
Oxclose Wagonway
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
3028
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3028 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
26
District
Outside
Easting
430150
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
553760
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Harraton
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Charlotte Pit (Coal) at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Charlotte Pit (Coal).
Site Name
Charlotte Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3027
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3027 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
26
District
Sunderland
Easting
429860
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
553870
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Harraton
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Dolly Pit (Coal) at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Dolly Pit (Coal).
Site Name
Dolly Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3026
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3026 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
25
District
Sunderland
Easting
429740
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
553490
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Harraton
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Fortune Pit (Coal) at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Fortune Pit (Coal).
Site Name
Fortune Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3025
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3025 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
3022
DAY1
25
DAY2
14
District
Sunderland
Easting
429410
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
553600
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Harraton
Description
Row Pit. Part of Harraton Colliery. Opened before 1794, closed 29 May 1965. There were three pits - Big Pit, Billy Pit and Row Pit. Owners were Messrs Lamb & Co, then in the 1850s Stobbart, Bell & Co, then the Earl of Durham. By 1896 the Lambton Collieries LTD owned the colliery. 1947 the National Coal Board took over. An explosion on 30th Jun 1817 at Row Pit killed 38 people.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Row Pit. Part of Harraton Colliery. Opened before 1794, closed 29 May 1965. There were three pits - Big Pit, Billy Pit and Row Pit. Owners were Messrs Lamb & Co, then in the 1850s Stobbart, Bell & Co, then the Earl of Durham. By 1896 the Lambton Collieries LTD owned the colliery. 1947 the National Coal Board took over. An explosion on 30th Jun 1817 at Row Pit killed 38 people.
Site Name
Harraton Colliery, Row Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3024
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3024 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2005
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
3022
DAY1
25
District
Sunderland
Easting
429120
EASTING2
2987
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
553800
NORTHING2
5251
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Harraton
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Tramway running from Harraton Colliery (HER ref. 3022) to a coal shaft near Lambton Castle.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Tramway, from Harraton Colliery, (SMR 3022), to a coal shaft near Lambton Castle.
Site Name
Harraton, Tramway
Site Type: Specific
Tramway
HER Number
3023
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3023 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
3023, 3036, 3024
DAY1
25
DAY2
14
District
Sunderland
Easting
428940
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
553820
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Harraton
Description
Harraton Colliery. This was served by a Tramway and Harraton Wagonway, (HER 3023 and HER 3036 respectively). A colliery at Harraton may have been amongst the first in Washington to operate, with a shaft possibly being sunk as early as around 1590 {Durham County Record Office NCB 24/117}. In 1603 a London merchant, Robert Bromley, leased Harraton Colliery for £300 per annum and that year it had 6,000 chaldrons of coal available. In 1605 Sir John Bourchier leased the colliery for £500 per annum on behalf of a group of London businessmen. By the 1630s it was producing 6,000 tons of coal (10,000 were shipped annually from Wearside). An account of 1635 says Harraton Colliery had 'divers ingines, trammes, shouells'. John Shepardson and his family then ran the colliery, followed by a consortium led by Robert Conyers. In 1644 the colliery was leased to Sir William Wray of Beamish. In 1647 George Grey of Southwick and George Lilburne of Sunderland became lessees. In 1649 with the establishment of the Commonwealth, Sir Arthur Hazelrigg, Governor of Newcastle, seized Harraton Colliery on behalf of the state, and it was leased to three officers in his army. After the Civil War, Harraton estate was divided into three. Two parts were held by Colonel John Jackson and one by the dower of Dame Dorothy Hedworth (widow of John Hedworth). She married Colonel Jackson in 1655. In 1696 Dorothy Hedworth married Ralph Lambton. On 11th Jun 1794 there was an explosion, 28 lives were lost. Another explosion on 29th Nov 1808 killed more than 4 people. An explosion on 30th Jun 1817 at Row Pit killed 38 people. On 2nd Jul 1817 choke damp killed 8 people. By the 1820s there were three pits - Big Pit, Billy Pit and Row Pit (HER 3024). The colliery was being operated by Messrs Lamb & Co. In the 1850s it was run by Stobbart, Bell & Co. The landowner of the Harraton Estate, the 2nd Earl of Durham, died in 1879 and his estate passed to Lord Lambton. By 1896 the Lambton Collieries LTD owned Harraton Colliery. In that year 688 people worked at the mine. They became part of the lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd in 1911. In 1924 it became part of the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd, the largest colliery company in County Durham, owning 22 collieries. 1947 the National Coal Board took over. The colliery closed on 29 May 1965, employing 762 people. For many years Harraton Colliery was known as 'Cotia Pit'. This was because of the large number of Scottish people working there, who had migrated south for work. The name 'Cotia Pit' comes from Nova Scotia, which the area became known as to the local people.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Harraton Colliery. This was served by a Tramway and Harraton Wagonway, (HER 3023 and HER 3036 respectively). A colliery at Harraton may have been amongst the first in Washington to operate, with a shaft possibly being sunk as early as around 1590 {Durham County Record Office NCB 24/117}. In 1603 a London merchant, Robert Bromley, leased Harraton Colliery for £300 per annum and that year it had 6,000 chaldrons of coal available. In 1605 Sir John Bourchier leased the colliery for £500 per annum on behalf of a group of London businessmen. By the 1630s it was producing 6,000 tons of coal (10,000 were shipped annually from Wearside). An account of 1635 says Harraton Colliery had 'divers ingines, trammes, shouells'. John Shepardson and his family then ran the colliery, followed by a consortium led by Robert Conyers. In 1644 the colliery was leased to Sir William Wray of Beamish. In 1647 George Grey of Southwick and George Lilburne of Sunderland became lessees. In 1649 with the establishment of the Commonwealth, Sir Arthur Hazelrigg, Governor of Newcastle, seized Harraton Colliery on behalf of the state, and it was leased to three officers in his army. After the Civil War, Harraton estate was divided into three. Two parts were held by Colonel John Jackson and one by the dower of Dame Dorothy Hedworth (widow of John Hedworth). She married Colonel Jackson in 1655. In 1696 Dorothy Hedworth married Ralph Lambton. On 11th Jun 1794 there was an explosion, 28 lives were lost. Another explosion on 29th Nov 1808 killed more than 4 people. An explosion on 30th Jun 1817 at Row Pit killed 38 people. On 2nd Jul 1817 choke damp killed 8 people. By the 1820s there were three pits - Big Pit, Billy Pit and Row Pit (HER 3024). The colliery was being operated by Messrs Lamb & Co. In the 1850s it was run by Stobbart, Bell & Co. The landowner of the Harraton Estate, the 2nd Earl of Durham, died in 1879 and his estate passed to Lord Lambton. By 1896 the Lambton Collieries LTD owned Harraton Colliery. In that year 688 people worked at the mine. They became part of the Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd in 1911. In 1924 it became part of the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd, the largest colliery company in County Durham, owning 22 collieries. 1947 the National Coal Board took over. The colliery closed on 29 May 1965, employing 762 people. For many years Harraton Colliery was known as 'Cotia Pit'. This was because of the large number of Scottish people working there, who had migrated south for work. The name 'Cotia Pit' comes from Nova Scotia, which the area became known as to the local people.
Site Name
Harraton Colliery
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3022
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3022 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Whellan, 1894, Directory of County Durham; Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, 2008, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment: The Former Goodyear Dunlop Tyre Factory, Wear Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear; Durham County Record Office NCB 24/117; MJT Lewis, 1970, Early Wooden Railways; J Hatcher, 1986, The History of the British Coal Industry, Vol 1 - Before 1700; G. Cookson, no date, Coal Trade on the Wear before 1800, England's Past for Everyone website; E. Mackenzie and M. Ross, 1834, An Historical, Topographical and Descriptive View of the County Palatine of Durham; A.L. Lind, 1974, The History of Fatfield and Harraton; www.tomorrows-history.com; Norman Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield; Maureen Anderson, Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2005
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
25
District
Sunderland
Easting
429110
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
553900
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Harraton
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Brickfield with Old Brick Ponds adjacent to, and possibly related to, Harraton Colliery (HER ref. 3022).
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
SITEDESC
Brickfield with Old Brick Ponds adjacent to, and possibly related to, Harraton Colliery, (SMR 3022).
Site Name
Nova Scotia, brickfield
Site Type: Specific
Brickfield
HER Number
3021
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3021 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
25
District
Sunderland
Easting
429310
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
553820
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Harraton
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Brick Field with Ovens at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
SITEDESC
Brick Field with Ovens. 1860.
Site Name
Nova Scotia, brickfield
Site Type: Specific
Brickfield
HER Number
3020
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3020 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13
YEAR1
1994