Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map of 1856. By the second edition of 1896 it is named Harraton Hall. Still present in 1967. Destroyed for the construction of the A195. Harraton Outside is mentioned in a lease dated 1730 which lists 'the Garth, tithes of corn, hay and others on the grounds in Harraton and Harraton Outside in the parish of Chester-le-Street, in the occupation of George Reay, William Wheldon and Thomas Dennison'. The Hall was in existence by the 1770s. The land owner was the Earl of Durham.
Site Type: Broad
House
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey first edition map of 1856. By the second edition of 1896 it is named Harraton Hall. Still present in 1967. Destroyed for the construction of the A195. Harraton Outside is mentioned in a lease dated 1730 which lists 'the Garth, tithes of corn, hay and others on the grounds in Harraton and Harraton Outside in the parish of Chester-le-Street, in the occupation of George Reay, William Wheldon and Thomas Dennison'. The Hall was in existence by the 1770s. The land owner was the Earl of Durham.
Site Name
Outside Hall (Harraton Hall)
Site Type: Specific
Country House
HER Number
14895
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, 2008, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment: The Former Goodyear Dunlop Tyre Factory, Wear Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear; Ordnance Survey first edition map 1856
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
429270
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
554460
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Harraton
Description
Shown on Oliver 1851. Next to waggonway HER 14892. In 1730 John Thorald (later 8th baronet Sir John Thorald) married Elizabeth Ayton of West Herrington. The Thorald family were from Marston (later Syston), Lincolnshire. Harraton Outside Colliery is mentioned in minutes dated 1727-1730 of the Grand Allies Partnership. Two letters dated 1764 and 1770 to Sir John Thorald also mention the colliery at 'Harroten Outside'. A lease dated to the 1770s made between Sir John Thorald of Syston Park and Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby discusses mines and quarries and the right to built houses for colliers and quarrymen. Sir John Thorold was tenant in common with Ralph Milbank and Sir Francis Blake Bart (who married Isabel Ayton before 1734). A lease of 1778 between John's widow Dame Elizabeth Thorald and Ralph Milbanke describes the right to 'dig, sink, rid, win, work and make pitts, shafts, staples, trenches, groves, and to make or drive, drifts, watergates, watercourses as well for the winning working and getting of coals from the soil'.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Oliver 1851. Next to waggonway HER 14892. In 1730 John Thorald (later 8th baronet Sir John Thorald) married Elizabeth Ayton of West Herrington. The Thorald family were from Marston (later Syston), Lincolnshire. Harraton Outside Colliery is mentioned in minutes dated 1727-1730 of the Grand Allies Partnership. Two letters dated 1764 and 1770 to Sir John Thorald also mention the colliery at 'Harroten Outside'. A lease dated to the 1770s made between Sir John Thorald of Syston Park and Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby discusses mines and quarries and the right to built houses for colliers and quarrymen. Sir John Thorold was tenant in common with Ralph Milbank and Sir Francis Blake Bart (who married Isabel Ayton before 1734). A lease of 1778 between John's widow Dame Elizabeth Thorald and Ralph Milbanke describes the right to 'dig, sink, rid, win, work and make pitts, shafts, staples, trenches, groves, and to make or drive, drifts, watergates, watercourses as well for the winning working and getting of coals from the soil'.
Site Name
Thorald Pit
Site Type: Specific
Coal Workings
HER Number
14894
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
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
2012
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
429310
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
554400
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Harraton
Description
Shown on Oliver 1851. Harraton Outside Colliery is mentioned in minutes dated 1727-1730 of the Grand Allies Partnership. Two letters dated 1764 and 1770 to Sir John Thorald also mention the colliery at 'Harroten Outside'. A lease dated to the 1770s made between Sir John Thorald of Syston Park and Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby (near Croft-on-Tees, North Yorkshire) discusses mines and quarries and the right to built houses for colliers and quarrymen. Sir John Thorold was tenant in common with Ralph Milbank and Sir Francis Blake Bart (who married Isabel Ayton before 1734). A lease of 1778 between John's widow Dame Elizabeth Thorald and Ralph Milbanke describes the right to 'dig, sink, rid, win, work and make pitts, shafts, staples, trenches, groves, and to make or drive, drifts, watergates, watercourses as well for the winning working and getting of coals from the soil'. Ralph Milbanke married Judith Noel, sister of Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth (of Kirkby Mallory Hall, Leicestershire) in 1777. In 1798 Ralph became the 6th Baronet Milbanke.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Oliver 1851. Harraton Outside Colliery is mentioned in minutes dated 1727-1730 of the Grand Allies Partnership. Two letters dated 1764 and 1770 to Sir John Thorald also mention the colliery at 'Harroten Outside'. A lease dated to the 1770s made between Sir John Thorald of Syston Park and Ralph Milbanke of Halnaby (near Croft-on-Tees, North Yorkshire) discusses mines and quarries and the right to built houses for colliers and quarrymen. Sir John Thorold was tenant in common with Ralph Milbank and Sir Francis Blake Bart (who married Isabel Ayton before 1734). A lease of 1778 between John's widow Dame Elizabeth Thorald and Ralph Milbanke describes the right to 'dig, sink, rid, win, work and make pitts, shafts, staples, trenches, groves, and to make or drive, drifts, watergates, watercourses as well for the winning working and getting of coals from the soil'. Ralph Milbanke married Judith Noel, sister of Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth (of Kirkby Mallory Hall, Leicestershire) in 1777. In 1798 Ralph became the 6th Baronet Milbanke.
Site Name
Millbank Pit
Site Type: Specific
Coal Workings
HER Number
14893
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
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
2012
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
428390
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
554920
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Harraton
Description
Shown on Oliver 1851.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Oliver 1851.
Site Name
Lee Field, coal pit
Site Type: Specific
Coal Workings
HER Number
14892
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, 2008, An Archaeological Desk-Based Assessment: The Former Goodyear Dunlop Tyre Factory, Wear Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne and Wear;
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
2547, 17097, 3018, 3010, 3009
DAY1
01
DAY2
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
429400
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
5
MONTH2
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
554440
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Harraton
Description
Part of Humble's waggonway from Birtey Fell to Fatfield staiths established in 1741. Shown on Gibson's map of 1788, Hobson 1839, Bell 1843 and the first edition Ordnance Survey of 1856. Shown on Gibson's map of 1788, Hobson 1839, Bell 1843 and the first edition Ordnance Survey of 1856. In 2009 three phases of timber waggonway were archaeologically excavated on the Dunlop Tyres site by Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Part of Humble's waggonway from Birtley Fell to Fatfield staiths established in 1741. Shown on Gibson's map of 1788, Hobson 1839, Bell 1843 and the first edition Ordnance Survey of 1856. Waggonway which linked a pit at Lee Field to what became the Stanhope and Tyne Railway (HER 2290). By 1839 it linked into the Fatfield Waggonway (HER 3018). The branch to Harraton Boundary Moor was established before 1787. 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, (Humble's) waggonway
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
14891
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
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 77b) p 161 and 172; Gibson, 1787, Map of the Coalfield; Casson, 1801, Map of the Coalfield
YEAR1
2012
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Health and Welfare
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
30
District
Sunderland
Easting
432820
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
551490
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1896.
Site Type: Broad
Hospital
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition of 1897.
Site Name
Northern Hospital (Infectious Diseases)
Site Type: Specific
Infectious Diseases Hospital
HER Number
14890
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey Second Edition 1896
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
433510
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
551930
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition of 1920. Named after the electric power station (HER 5107).
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition of 1920. Named after the electric power station (HER 5107).
Site Name
Electric Crescent
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
14889
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Third Edition 1920
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
433510
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
551930
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition of 1920. Named after the electric power station (HER 5107).
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition of 1920. Named after the electric power station (HER 5107).
Site Name
Tesla Street
Site Type: Specific
Terrace
HER Number
14888
Form of Evidence
Extant Building
Sources
Ordnance Survey Third Edition 1920
YEAR1
2012
English, British
Class
Domestic
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
01
District
Sunderland
Easting
433600
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
551960
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932
Place
Philadelphia
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition of 1920. Named after the electric power station (HER 5107).
Site Type: Broad
Terrace
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey third edition of 1920. Named after the electric power station (HER 5107).