Stormont Main Colliery, King Pit

HER Number

3887

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Stormont Main Colliery, King Pit

Place

Wrekenton

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Stormont Main Colliery, King Pit. Owned by J. Grace and Partners. An explosion on 5 April 1843 killed 27 miners.

Easting

427580

Northing

559140

Grid Reference

NZ427580559140

Sources

<< HER 3887 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk