Killingworth Colliery (East)
Killingworth Colliery (East)
HER Number
1097
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Killingworth Colliery (East)
Place
Killingworth
Map Sheet
NZ27SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Killingworth Colliery, to the east of Killingworth Village. Served by an old wagonway to the south (HER 1098) from 1806. Marked "Killingworth Old Pit" on second edition Ordnance Survey, so disused by 1895. Opened by John Bowes & Co. Later owned by John Thwaites, then John Bowes and Partners. An explosion on 23 March 1806 killed 10 miners, and another on 14 September 1809 killed 12.
Easting
428640
Northing
570750
Grid Reference
NZ428640570750
Sources
<< HER 1097 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1865, 6 inch scale, Northumberland 89
C.R. Warn, 1976, Wagonways & Early Railways of Northumberland, p.10
I. M. Ayris, Northumberland Mining Records Survey; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; W.G. Elliott, Bygone Days of Longenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square, Book 2, p 71
C.R. Warn, 1976, Wagonways & Early Railways of Northumberland, p.10
I. M. Ayris, Northumberland Mining Records Survey; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; W.G. Elliott, Bygone Days of Longenton, Benton, Forest Hall, West Moor, Killingworth, Palmersville and Benton Square, Book 2, p 71