Allerdean Colliery (Ravensworth Shop Team Colliery)
Allerdean Colliery (Ravensworth Shop Team Colliery)
HER Number
3771
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Allerdean Colliery (Ravensworth Shop Team Colliery)
Place
Lamesley
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
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
Allerdean Colliery was working by 1726 when the Team Wagonway reached it, (SMR 3741). Owners from the 1850s were WW Burdon, W Barkus, junior & Co, Charles Perkins and Partners, Birtley Iron Works, Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd and in 1947 NCB. Also known as Ravensworth Shop, Team Colliery.
Easting
425580
Northing
558620
Grid Reference
NZ425580558620
Sources
<< HER 3771 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6
Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 68; Colliery Engineering, May 1930; Whellan's Directory of County Durham, 1864; http://www.dmm.org.uk
Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 68; Colliery Engineering, May 1930; Whellan's Directory of County Durham, 1864; http://www.dmm.org.uk