South Biddick Colliery

South Biddick Colliery

HER Number

6998

District

Sunderland

Site Name

South Biddick Colliery

Place

Biddick

Map Sheet

NZ35SW

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

Opened before 1794. An explosion on 16 April 1766, killed 27 miners. Exact location of colliery not known.

Easting

430000

Northing

554000

Grid Reference

NZ430000554000

Sources

Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk