Willington Colliery, Richard Pit
Willington Colliery, Richard Pit
HER Number
2179
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Willington Colliery, Richard Pit
Place
Forest Hall
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
Opened in 1810 by Messrs Bell and Co.
Easting
428050
Northing
569040
Grid Reference
NZ428050569040
Sources
<< HER 2179 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map, 1898, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 89, SW; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; T. Hair, 1844, Views of the collieries in the counties of Northumberland and Durham