This colliery is noted in the early mapping of the area. It shows already many of the features of such an area; a specific engine house is named, and four pit terraces can be seen. In these pit terraces there appears no provision for gardens, though these (with chapels, shops and schools) were often provided in the accommodation for the mine workers and their families.

NEHL - The complex and related village was absolutely massive. The first rows popped up in the 1850s, the street being named Wansbeck Terrace. It appears on maps they were single storeys with outhouses, but by the 1890s the site encompassed a whole village with 2 schools, an Anglican church and Wesleyan chapel. There is literally nothing left of the whole site, slightly reminiscent of the Durham D villages. It's likely the oldest dwellings were never connected to the mains and had no sanitation system, so were doomed for clearance.

The pit itself was open for just over a century, but the pit heap has been cleared so there is no visible sign except the odd brick dotted about.