The 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan of 1854 shows a possible brickfield which may have been associated with the mine. The mine was served by a wagonway (HER ref. 2239).
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
The 1st edition Ordnance Survey map mapping of 1854 shows a possible brickfield which may have been associated with the mine. The mine was served by a wagonway, (HER 2239).
Reservoirs (possibly three). The 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan shows the addition of another reservoir after 1855.
Site Type: Broad
Water Storage Site
SITEDESC
Reservoirs, possibly three. The second edition OS mapping shows the addition of another reservoir after 1855.
Site Name
Hebburn, Reservoirs
Site Type: Specific
Reservoir
HER Number
2240
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2240 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
2241,2231
DAY1
21
DAY2
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
431800
EASTING2
3176
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
5
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
565700
NORTHING2
6517
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Hebburn
Description
Wagonway from Hebburn Colliery B Pit (HER ref. 2241) to the C Pit wagonway (HER ref. 2231) at NZ 3180 6570. A shaft was sunk at Hebburn in 1792, initially to the High Main seam at 129 fathoms deep. Hair notes that The Main Coal from the pit was always considered of excellent quality, bordering upon Wallsend colliery along the mid-stream of the River Tyne. Eventually, two more shafts were sunk at the colliery (B and C) and by mid-century, workings went as deep as the Hutton Seam at 180 fathoms. The coal was transported from the pits to the riverside on an inclined plane by horses to the Black Staith, ‘one of the oldest on the Tyne’ according to Hair. Certainly, the name Black Steath appears on Gardiner’s River of Tyne map of 1652, suggesting that there had been shallow workings at Hebburn from early times, presumably in the Monkton or Hebburn Fell Seam mentioned by Hair.
One shaft (A Pit) is shown on Casson’s map of 1801 (which gives the depth as 132 fathoms) along with a waggonway curving slightly eastwards from pit to staith. Bell’s map of 1843 shows all three pits and branch lines running to the main way from A Pit to the river. This line itself divides, the branches both running to Hebburn Staith. The First Edition Ordnance Survey shows a similar picture.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Wagonway, from Hebburn Colliery B Pit (SMR 2241) to join the C Pit wagonway (SMR 2231) at NZ 3180 6570.
A shaft was sunk at Hebburn in 1792, initially to the High Main seam at 129 fathoms deep. Hair notes that The Main Coal from the pit was always considered of excellent quality, bordering upon Wallsend colliery along the mid-stream of the River Tyne. Eventually, two more shafts were sunk at the colliery (B and C) and by mid-century, workings went as deep as the Hutton Seam at 180 fathoms. The coal was transported from the pits to the riverside on an inclined plane by horses to the Black Staith, ‘one of the oldest on the Tyne’ according to Hair. Certainly, the name Black Steath appears on Gardiner’s River of Tyne map of 1652, suggesting that there had been shallow workings at Hebburn from early times, presumably in the Monkton or Hebburn Fell Seam mentioned by Hair.
One shaft (A Pit) is shown on Casson’s map of 1801 (which gives the depth as 132 fathoms) along with a waggonway curving slightly eastwards from pit to staith. Bell’s map of 1843 shows all three pits and branch lines running to the main way from A Pit to the river. This line itself divides, the branches both running to Hebburn Staith. The First Edition Ordnance Survey shows a similar picture.
Site Name
Hebburn, B Pit Wagonway
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
2239
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2239 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3; 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 40B); Hair, T.H, 1844, Views of the Collieries p30, 33-34; Casson, 1801, Map of the Rivers Tyne and Wear; Bell, 1843, Map of the Coalfield
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2015
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
2231
DAY1
21
District
S Tyneside
Easting
431780
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565840
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Hebburn
Description
This unnamed staith is situated on the eastern branch of the C Pit Wagonway (HER ref. 2231).
Site Type: Broad
Water Transport Site
SITEDESC
This staith is unnamed and is situated on the eastern branch of the C Pit Wagonway (SMR 2231).
Site Name
Hebburn, Staith
Site Type: Specific
Staith
HER Number
2238
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2238 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
2449
DAY1
15
DAY2
24
District
S Tyneside
Easting
435510
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NE
MONTH1
7
MONTH2
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
566330
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
South Shields
Description
St.Hilda's and Harton Colliery Drops were served by the Harton Colliery Railway (HER ref. 2449). Also known as Harton High Staiths, having been modernised in 1904. This staith loaded colliers by conveyor, the coal being tipped onto the conveyor from above and the far end being cantilevered over the collier. There are older wooden staith structures to either side of Harton High Staith [presumably part of the original St. Hilda's drops]. The one to the south is most interesting.
Site Type: Broad
Water Transport Site
SITEDESC
St. Hilda's and Harton Colliery Drops, served by the Harton Colliery Railway (SMR 2449). Also known as Harton High Staiths, having been modernised in 1904 {2}. This staith loaded colliers by conveyor, the coal being tipped onto the conveyor from above and the far end being cantilevered over the collier. There are older wooden staith structures to either side of Harton High Staith [presumably part of the original St. Hilda's drops]. The one to the south is most interesting {3}.
Site Name
St. Hilda's and Harton Colliery Drops
Site Type: Specific
Staith
HER Number
2236
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2236 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham 3
N.T. Sinclair, & I.S. Carr, 1990, Railways of South Shields, p.18
Tyne and Wear Industrial Monuments Trust, 1978, Sites of Interest in the inner Shields plan area
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2001
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
Crossref
2231
DAY1
21
District
S Tyneside
Easting
431450
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565410
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Hebburn
Description
This site is shown on the 1st edition Ordnance Survey plan associated with wagonway sidings, a smithy and a ballast hill. The site used the C Pit Wagonway (HER ref. 2231).
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
This site is shown on the first edition OS mapping has having wagonway sidings, a smithy and a ballast hill. The site used the C Pit Wagonway (HER 2231). In 1849 a violent explosion killed 33 men and caused terrible injuries. The force of the explosion was blamed on the fact that a quantity of gunpowder stored in the mine was ignited by a gas explosion. Gunpowder was used in shot-blasting in order to loosen the coal.
Site Name
Hebburn Colliery A Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
2235
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham 3; St. James' Heritage & Environment Group and the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, 2012, Waiting at the Pit Head - Coal Mining Disasters on Tyneside (leaflet)
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
2238,2231
DAY1
21
DAY2
14
District
S Tyneside
Easting
431570
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MATERIAL
Timber
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
8
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565850
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Hebburn
Description
This staith at Hebburn is on the western branch of the C Pit Wagonway (SMR 2231). It is marked as Hebburn Staith on the second edition OS mapping. A much extended longer staith is still extant in 2012 and is now known as Jarrow Staith. This structure could be considered for statutory listing. LOCAL LIST
Site Type: Broad
Water Transport Site
SITEDESC
This staith at Hebburn is on the western branch of the C Pit Wagonway (SMR 2231). It is marked as Hebburn Staith on the second edition OS mapping. A much extended longer staith is still extant in 2012 and is now known as Jarrow Staith. This structure could be considered for statutory listing.
Site Name
Hebburn, Hebburn Staith (now known as Jarrow Staith)
Site Type: Specific
Staith
SITE_STAT
Local List
HER Number
2234
Form of Evidence
Structure
Sources
<< HER 2234 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham 3; SOUTH TYNESIDE LOCAL LIST REVIEW 2011: REFERENCE NUMBER: LSHA/111/J
YEAR1
1994
YEAR2
2012
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
21
District
S Tyneside
Easting
431330
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565650
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Hebburn
Description
The 2nd edition Ordnance Survey plan shows the site, marked ‘Hebburn Brick Works’, with associated structures built since 1855.
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
SITEDESC
Brick Field at Hebburn. The second edition OS mapping shows the site marked Hebburn Brick Works and with associated structures built since 1855. 1868-1894
Manufacturer in 1879-1900 was Bede Firebrick and Pipe Company.
Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 120, 122 site 14.
Site Name
Hebburn Brick Works
Site Type: Specific
Brickworks
HER Number
2233
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2233 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham 3
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
DAY1
21
District
S Tyneside
Easting
431240
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
4
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565620
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Hebburn
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Chemical Works at this location.
Site Type: Broad
Chemical Industry Site
SITEDESC
Chemical Works.
Site Name
Hebburn, Chemical Works
Site Type: Specific
Chemical Works
HER Number
2232
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2232 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham 3
YEAR1
1994
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Truman L.P.H
COMP2
Claire MacRae
Crossref
2228,2234,2238
DAY1
21
DAY2
20
District
S Tyneside
Easting
431460
EASTING2
0
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ36NW
MONTH1
4
MONTH2
5
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
565530
NORTHING2
0
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Hebburn
Description
A shaft was sunk at Hebburn in 1792, initially to the High Main seam at 129 fathoms deep. Eventually, two more shafts were sunk at the colliery (B and C (HER 2228)) and by mid-century, workings went as deep as the Hutton Seam at 180 fathoms. The coal was transported from the pits to the riverside on an inclined plane by horses to the Black Staith. Certainly, the name Black Steath appears on Gardiner’s River of Tyne map of 1652, suggesting that there had been shallow workings at Hebburn from early times.
One shaft (A Pit) is shown on Casson’s map of 1801 along with a waggonway curving slightly eastwards from pit to staith. Bell’s map of 1843 shows all three pits and branch lines running to the main way from A Pit to the river. This line itself divides, the branches both running to Hebburn Staith (HER 2234 & 2238). The First Edition Ordnance Survey shows a similar picture.
Site Type: Broad
Tramway Transport Site
SITEDESC
A shaft was sunk at Hebburn in 1792, initially to the High Main seam at 129 fathoms deep. Hair notes that The Main Coal from the pit was always considered of excellent quality, bordering upon Wallsend colliery along the mid-stream of the River Tyne. Eventually, two more shafts were sunk at the colliery (B and C) and by mid-century, workings went as deep as the Hutton Seam at 180 fathoms. The coal was transported from the pits to the riverside on an inclined plane by horses to the Black Staith, ‘one of the oldest on the Tyne’ according to Hair. Certainly, the name Black Steath appears on Gardiner’s River of Tyne map of 1652, suggesting that there had been shallow workings at Hebburn from early times, presumably in the Monkton or Hebburn Fell Seam mentioned by Hair.
One shaft (A Pit) is shown on Casson’s map of 1801 (which gives the depth as 132 fathoms) along with a waggonway curving slightly eastwards from pit to staith. Bell’s map of 1843 shows all three pits and branch lines running to the main way from A Pit to the river. This line itself divides, the branches both running to Hebburn Staith. The First Edition Ordnance Survey shows a similar picture.
Site Name
Hebburn, C Pit Wagonway
Site Type: Specific
Wagonway
HER Number
2231
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
<< HER 2231 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham 3; 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 40B); Hair, T.H, 1844, Views of the Collieries p30, 33-34; Casson, 1801, Map of the Rivers Tyne and Wear; Bell, 1843, Map of the Coalfield