Ryhope Colliery Railway

HER Number

6997

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Ryhope Colliery Railway

Place

Ryhope

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. Linked Ryhope Colliery (HER 6994) to the Silksworth Colliery Railway (HER 6996) which in turn linked up with the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway (HER 2894). Ryhope Colliery was opened by Lord Londonderry in 1857.

Easting

439730

Northing

553790

Grid Reference

NZ439730553790

Sources

Ordnance Survey second edition map 1890