Monument record 1299/6/0 - Medieval coal mining, Tatton

A grant in the early 13th century referred to a vetus fossatum - an old coal pit - near Hazelhurst. The geology is such that a coal mine is unlikely to have been successful, then or later. (1)

A 'Gig Hole Field' in Norshaw may imply an attempt to locate and mine coal in Tatton; if so it was presumably a failure. (2)

<1> Higham N.J, 1999, The Tatton Park Project, Part 2: The Medieval Estates, Settlements and Halls.JCAS, p.78 (Article in Journal). SCH4937.

<2> Higham N.J., Aylett P,. Smith J.H., 2001, The Tatton Park Project, Part 3: The Post-Medieval Estate and Halls; Grandeur to Decline, p.91 (Article in Journal). SCH4938.