Part of Humble's waggonway established in 1741 to transport coal from pits on Birtley Common to a staith at Fatfield. In 1754, the line was taken up by Thomas Donnison to move coal from South Birtley Colliery. It became a major main way with branches to North Birtley, Black Fell (HER 17097), Harraton Boundary Moor (HER 14891) and Harraton Outside (HER 2547). Marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan so was probably out of use by 1858. This may have served the Anna Bella and Ayton Pits (HER ref. 3007 and HER ref. 3008, respectively). Its southern end coincided with the northern end of the Fatfield Wagonway (HER ref. 3018).
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Part of Humble's waggonway established in 1741 to transport coal from pits on Birtley Common to a staith at Fatfield. In 1754, the line was taken up by Thomas Donnison to move coal from South Birtley Colliery. It became a major main way with branches to North Birtley, Black Fell (HER 17097), Harraton Boundary Moor (HER 14891) and Harraton Outside (HER 2547). Marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping so probably out of use by 1858. Shown on the tithe map of 1847 and Oliver 1851. In 2009 three phases of timber waggonway were archaeologically excavated at the junction of this waggonway with the Fatfield Waggonway (HER 3018) and waggonway HER 3010 on the Dunlop Tyres site by Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd.
Site Name
Harraton, Wagonway
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
3009
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3009 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Tithe map of Harraton in the parish of Chester-le-Street, 1847; William Oliver, 1851, Map of the coalfield of Northumberland and Durham; Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, 2008, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment: The Former Goodyear Dunlop Tyre Factory, Wear Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear; Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, 2009, An Archaeological Evaluation at The Former Goodyear Dunlop Tyre Factory, Wear Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear; Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, 2010, An Archaeological Excavation at The Former Goodyear Dunlop Tyre Factory, Wear Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear; 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 77/77a) p172
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
3009
DAY1
25
District
Sunderland
Easting
428770
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25SE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
554960
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Harraton
Description
Anna Bella Pit (Coal). This was served by a wagonway, (HER 3009). Shown on the tithe map of 1847 and Oliver 1851. The pit was named after Anne Isabella Milbanke (1792-1860), daughter of Judith Noel (sister of Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth of Kirkby Mallory Hall, Leicestershire) and Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby. In 1815 Annabella married George Gordon Byron, later the 6th Lord Byron. She later became Baroness Wentworth.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Anna Bella Pit (Coal). This was served by a wagonway, (HER 3009). Shown on the tithe map of 1847 and Oliver 1851. The pit was named after Anne Isabella Milbanke (1792-1860), daughter of Judith Noel (sister of Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth of Kirkby Mallory Hall, Leicestershire) and Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby. In 1815 Annabella married George Gordon Byron, later the 6th Lord Byron. She later became Baroness Wentworth.
Site Name
Anna Bella Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3008
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3008 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Tithe map of Harraton in the parish of Chester-le-Street, 1847; William Oliver, 1851, Map of the coalfield of Northumberland and Durham; Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, 2008, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment: The Former Goodyear Dunlop Tyre Factory, Wear Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
25
District
Sunderland
Easting
429000
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555160
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Harraton
Description
Ayton Pit (Coal). Shown but not named on Bell 1843. A pit called 'Dylan' is shown on Oliver's map of 1851. The pit is probably named after the family of Samuel Ayton of West Herrington. In 1730 his eldest daughter Elizabeth Ayton married John Thorald. This added the coal mines at Harraton to the assets of the Thorald family of Marston (later Syston) Lincolnshire.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Ayton Pit (Coal). Shown but not named on Bell 1843. A pit called 'Dylan' is shown on Oliver's map of 1851. The pit is probably named after the family of Samuel Ayton of West Herrington. In 1730 his eldest daughter Elizabeth Ayton married John Thorald. This added the coal mines at Harraton to the assets of the Thorald family of Marston (later Syston) Lincolnshire.
Site Name
Ayton Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3007
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3007 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; John Thomas William Bell, 1843, Plan of part of the Tyne and Wear coal districts in the County of Durham; Tithe map of Harraton in the Parish of Chester-le-Street, 1847; William Oliver, 1851, Map of the coalfield of Northumberland and Durham; Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, 2008, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment: The Former Goodyear Dunlop Tyre Factory, Wear Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear; Lincolnshire Archives Committee 1956, Lincolnshire Archives reference THOR 2/4/2 (Bargain, sale, release and confirmation, dated 30th July 1730) and THOR 2/4/1 (lease for a year, dated 29th July 1730) and THOR 6/4/1 (letter dated 10th January 1764) and THOR 6/4/2 (letter dated 27th March 1770) and THOR 1/1/7/1 (lease for 21 years, dated 21st October 1778) and THOR 1/1/7/2 (lease for 20 years, undated)
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
3005,3010
DAY1
25
DAY2
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
429810
EASTING2
2934
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MAP2
NZ25SE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
5
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
555200
NORTHING2
5471
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Harraton
Description
A Wagonway, from Judith Pit to another Wagonway (HER ref. numbers 3005 and 3010 respectively) is marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, so was probably out of use by 1858.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Wagonway, from Judith Pit to another Wagonway, (HER numbers 3005 and 3010 respectively). This is marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was out of use by 1858.
Site Name
Harraton, Wagonway to Judith Pit
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
3006
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3006 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; 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 77)
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
3006
DAY1
25
District
Sunderland
Easting
429800
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555240
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Harraton
Description
Judith Pit (Coal). The OS 1st edition mapping shows a Chimney at the site, suggesting the presence of a winding engine. Shown but not named on Bell 1843. The pit was named after Judith Noel, the sister of Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth (of Kirkby Mallory Hall, Leicestershire). She married Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby in 1777. When Lord Wentworth died without heir in 1815, the Noel estate passed to Judith. Lady Judith and Sir Ralph Milbanke Noel, 6th Baronet, relocated from their home in Seaham to Kirkby Mallory Hall. In 1825, eleven miners were killed in Judith Pit.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Judith Pit (Coal). The OS 1st edition mapping shows a Chimney at the site, suggesting the presence of a winding engine. Shown but not named on Bell 1843. The pit was named after Judith Noel, the sister of Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth (of Kirkby Mallory Hall, Leicestershire). She married Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby in 1777. When Lord Wentworth died without heir in 1815, the Noel estate passed to Judith. Lady Judith and Sir Ralph Milbanke Noel, 6th Baronet, relocated from their home in Seaham to Kirkby Mallory Hall. In 1825, eleven miners were killed in Judith Pit.
Site Name
Judith Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3005
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3005 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; John Thomas William Bell, 1843, Plan of part of the Tyne and Wear coal districts in the County of Durham; William Oliver, 1851, Map of the coalfield of Northumberland and Durham; Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, 2008, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment: The Former Goodyear Dunlop Tyre Factory, Wear Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear; AL Lind, 1974, The History of Fatfield and Harraton
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
2547
DAY1
25
District
Sunderland
Easting
429430
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555510
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Harraton
Description
Noel Pit (Coal) with a Chimney appears on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, but the precise boundary of the site is unclear.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Noel Pit (Coal) with a Chimney. Shown but not named on Bell 1843. The pit is named after Judith Noel (sister of Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth of Kirkby Mallory Hall, Leicestershire) who married Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby in 1777.
Site Name
Noel Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3004
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3004 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; John Thomas William Bell, 1843, Plan of part of the Tyne and Wear coal districts in the County of Durham; Tithe map of Harraton in the Parish of Chester-le-Street, 1847; William Oliver, 1851, Map of the coalfield of Northumberland and Durham; Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, 2008, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment: The Former Goodyear Dunlop Tyre Factory, Wear Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
3028
DAY1
25
DAY2
14
District
Sunderland
Easting
429740
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
556000
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Washington
Description
Oxclose Colliery. This was served by Oxclose Wagonway. Opened before 1805 by George Elliot and Johasshon. Shown on a map of 1807 by D. Akenhead & Sons "The Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne". On 29 November 1805, an explosion killed 38 miners.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Oxclose Colliery. This was served by Oxclose Wagonway. Opened before 1805 by George Elliot and Johasshon. Shown on a map of 1807 by D. Akenhead & Sons "The Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne". On 29 November 1805, an explosion killed 38 miners.
Site Name
Oxclose Colliery
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3003
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3003 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; TY Hall, 1854, List of Mines 1853-4, in Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers; Victoria County History, 1907, Counties of England: Durham
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2005
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
25
District
Sunderland
Easting
428590
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
555990
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Harraton
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the Boundary Pit (Coal) at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Boundary Pit (Coal). Shown but not named on Bell 1843.
Site Name
Boundary Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
3002
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3002 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; John Thomas William Bell, 1843, Plan of part of the Tyne and Wear coal districts in the County of Durham
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Claire MacRae
DAY1
21
DAY2
10
District
Sunderland
Easting
436090
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
11
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
545280
NORTHING2
0
parish
Hetton
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Easington Lane
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows a Brick Field at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
SITEDESC
Brick Field shown on the First Edition Ordnance Survey plan 1856 enlarged by 1897.
Site Name
Easington Lane, brickfield
Site Type: Specific
Brickfield
HER Number
3001
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3001 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham, 21; Second Edition Ordnance Survey Plan, 1897
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
21
District
Sunderland
Easting
436330
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
MONTH1
7
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
545870
NORTHING2
0
parish
Hetton
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Easington Lane
Description
This Quarry, marked as ‘Old’ on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan, was probably out of use by 1856.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Quarry, marked as Old on the 1st edition OS mapping, so was probably out of use by 1856.
Site Name
Easington Lane, Quarry
Site Type: Specific
Quarry
HER Number
3000
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 3000 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1861, 6 inch scale, Durham, 21