Dudley Colliery

Tyne and Wear HER(1061): Dudley Colliery - Details

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HER Number:
1061

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
Dudley Colliery

Place:
Dudley

Map Sheet:
NZ27SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
The 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map shows a Gin within the colliery. The 2nd edition Ordnance Survey Map shows an expansion of colliery buildings and spoil heaps. The colliery opened in 1854 and closed in 1977.

Easting:
2588

Northing:
7383

Grid Reference:
NZ25887383

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 1061 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 80 I. M. Ayris, Northumberland Mining Records Survey; Roy Thompson, 2004, Thunder Underground - Northumberland Mine Disasters 1815-65, photo on p 63

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