Little Benton, Benton Colliery

HER Number

4030

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Little Benton, Benton Colliery

Place

Benton

Map Sheet

NZ26NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Benton Colliery is shown as Benton Old Pit on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan, indicating that it was out of use by 1895. Opened before 1760.

Easting

427100

Northing

567420

Grid Reference

NZ427100567420

Sources

<< HER 4030 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 88; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk