Silksworth Colliery Railway

HER Number

6996

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Silksworth Colliery Railway

Place

Silksworth

Map Sheet

NZ35SE

Class

Transport

Site Type: Broad

Railway Transport Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery Railway

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Built to take coal from Silksworth Colliery (HER 6994) to the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway (HER 2894). The colliery was opened in 1869 by Lord Londonderry.

Easting

437470

Northing

553750

Grid Reference

NZ437470553750

Sources

Ordnance Survey second edition map 1890