Boldon Colliery village
Boldon Colliery village
HER Number
9733
District
S Tyneside
Site Name
Boldon Colliery village
Place
Boldon Colliery
Map Sheet
NZ36SW
Class
Domestic
Site Type: Broad
Settlement
Site Type: Specific
Workers Village
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
This is a typical Durham mining village with brick terraces laid out in parallel streets (e.g. Donkins, Davison, Topping, Fenwick and Wells Streets). Colliery officials had better quality houses in The Terrace. There were also commercial buildings, places of worship and secular institutions.
Easting
434300
Northing
562100
Grid Reference
NZ434300562100
Sources
N. Pevsner (second edition revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, The Buildings of England - County Durham, page 498