Tyne and Wear HER(3003): Washington, Oxclose Colliery - Details
3003
Sunderland
Washington, Oxclose Colliery
Washington
NZ25NE
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Oxclose Colliery. This was served by Oxclose Wagonway. Opened before 1805 by George Elliot and Johasshon. Shown on a map of 1807 by D. Akenhead & Sons "The Picture of Newcastle upon Tyne". On 29 November 1805, an explosion killed 38 miners.
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5600
NZ29745600
<< HER 3003 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 13; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; TY Hall, 1854, List of Mines 1853-4, in Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining Engineers; Victoria County History, 1907, Counties of England: Durham