Dudley Colliery
Dudley Colliery
HER Number
1061
District
N Tyneside
Site Name
Dudley Colliery
Place
Dudley
Map Sheet
NZ27SW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
The 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map shows a Gin within the colliery. The 2nd edition Ordnance Survey Map shows an expansion of colliery buildings and spoil heaps. The colliery opened in 1854 and closed in 1977.
Easting
425880
Northing
573830
Grid Reference
NZ425880573830
Sources
<< HER 1061 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, 1864, 6 inch scale, Northumberland, 80
I. M. Ayris, Northumberland Mining Records Survey; Roy Thompson, 2004, Thunder Underground - Northumberland Mine Disasters 1815-65, photo on p 63
I. M. Ayris, Northumberland Mining Records Survey; Roy Thompson, 2004, Thunder Underground - Northumberland Mine Disasters 1815-65, photo on p 63