Washington Glebe Colliery

HER Number

6944

District

Sunderland

Site Name

Washington Glebe Colliery

Place

Washington

Map Sheet

NZ35NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Early 20th Century 1901 to 1932

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Opened in 1904, closed on 4 August 1972. Owned by the Washington Coal Company Ltd and from 1947 the National Coal Board. An explosion on 20 February 1908 killed 14 miners.

Easting

430920

Northing

556220

Grid Reference

NZ430920556220

Sources

<< HER 6944 >> 3rd edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1919; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Norman Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield; Norman Emery, 1992, The Coalminers of Durham