There was a coal drift at this location. Date unknown. Not shown on Ordnance Survey maps.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
There was a coal drift at this location. Date unknown. Not shown on Ordnance Survey maps.
Site Name
Tongue Burns Drift
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
6999
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk
YEAR1
2005
YEAR2
2021
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
30
Grid ref figure
4
Map Sheet
NZ35SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
54
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Place
Biddick
Description
Opened before 1794. An explosion on 16 April 1766, killed 27 miners. Exact location of colliery not known.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Opened before 1794. An explosion on 16 April 1766, killed 27 miners. Exact location of colliery not known.
Site Name
South Biddick Colliery
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
6998
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6994, 6996
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
3973
EASTING2
4096
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MAP2
NZ45SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
5379
NORTHING2
5312
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ryhope
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Linked Ryhope Colliery (HER 6994) to the Silksworth Colliery Railway (HER 6996) which in turn linked up with the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway (HER 2894). Ryhope Colliery was opened by Lord Londonderry in 1857.
SITEASS
Survives as an embankment.
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Linked Ryhope Colliery (HER 6994) to the Silksworth Colliery Railway (HER 6996) which in turn linked up with the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway (HER 2894). Ryhope Colliery was opened by Lord Londonderry in 1857.
Site Name
Ryhope Colliery Railway
Site Type: Specific
Colliery Railway
HER Number
6997
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition map 1890
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Transport
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6995
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
3747
EASTING2
4136
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MAP2
NZ45SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
NGR2
NZ
Northing
5375
NORTHING2
5321
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Silksworth
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Built to take coal from Silksworth Colliery (HER 6994) to the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway (HER 2894). The colliery was opened in 1869 by Lord Londonderry.
SITEASS
Survives as a cutting and a footpath.
Site Type: Broad
Railway Transport Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Built to take coal from Silksworth Colliery (HER 6994) to the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway (HER 2894). The colliery was opened in 1869 by Lord Londonderry.
Site Name
Silksworth Colliery Railway
Site Type: Specific
Colliery Railway
HER Number
6996
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition map 1890
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6996
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
3764
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
5411
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Silksworth
Description
Opened in 1869, closed 6 November 1971. North Pit was at NZ 376 540. Opened by Lord Londonderry, subsequently owned by Londonderry Collieries Ltd, then Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd, from 1934 the Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd, and from 1947, the National Coal Board. In 1894 there were 2000 workers at the colliery producing up to 2500 tons of coal a day, which was shipped at Sunderland Docks. Near to the colliery were a few houses for the colliery officials. New Silksworth became a populous colliery village with shops, schools and chapels, and superior housing to the older colliery villages. Residents were able to get brakes and buses to Sunderland as there was no railway connection. The Marquis of Londonderry built a colliery school in 1875 for 290 boys and 290 girls and 270 infants. There were houses for the master and mistress. Work started in April 1893 on the miner's hall in Blind Lane. It was a spacious brick building with stone facings in an Italian style. It included a large lecture hall with gallery and stage, "well lit and tastefully decorated" to seat 900. There were also billiard, reading and recreational rooms. The hall cost £3300.
SITEASS
Now sports ground, playing fields and dry ski slope.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Opened in 1869, closed 6 November 1971. North Pit was at NZ 376 540. Opened by Lord Londonderry, subsequently owned by Londonderry Collieries Ltd, then Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd, from 1934 the Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd, and from 1947, the National Coal Board. In 1894 there were 2000 workers at the colliery producing up to 2500 tons of coal a day, which was shipped at Sunderland Docks. Near to the colliery were a few houses for the colliery officials. New Silksworth became a populous colliery village with shops, schools and chapels, and superior housing to the older colliery villages. Residents were able to get brakes and buses to Sunderland as there was no railway connection. The Marquis of Londonderry built a colliery school in 1875 for 290 boys and 290 girls and 270 infants. There were houses for the master and mistress. Work started in April 1893 on the miner's hall in Blind Lane. It was a spacious brick building with stone facings in an Italian style. It included a large lecture hall with gallery and stage, "well lit and tastefully decorated" to seat 900. There were also billiard, reading and recreational rooms. The hall cost £3300.
Site Name
Silksworth Colliery
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
6995
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk; Caleb Palmely 1893, "The Method of Working at Wearmouth and Silksworth Collieries" in "The Colliery Manager's Handbook" 1893; Norman Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield; Colliery Engineering June 1935, "Dry Cleaning at Silksworth Colliery"; Whellan, 1894, Directory of County Durham
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6997
DAY1
18
District
Sunderland
Easting
3974
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ35SE
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 45 SW 94
Northing
5368
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Ryhope
Description
Opened in 1857, closed 25 November 1966. There were two associated pits - north and west pits. Owned by Lord Londonderry, then Ryhope Coal Company Ltd and from 1947, the National Coal Board. In 1894 2000 men and boys worked here. Daily output was 2200 tons of coal, a small amount used for coke. The colliery village included pitmen's dwellings of "uninviting aspect" {Whellan 1894} in long rows a mile in length, chapels, a school (for 337 boys and 225 girls), a miner's hall, shops and large Cooperative stores. The miner's hall was brick-built, constructed in 1880, and improved circa 1894 costing £1800. It had a large lecture hall to seat 800, reading, recreation and billiard rooms, a committee and secretary's room and a library with 200 volumes.
SITEASS
Now part of a golf course.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Opened in 1857, closed 25 November 1966. There were two associated pits - north and west pits. Owned by Lord Londonderry, then Ryhope Coal Company Ltd and from 1947, the National Coal Board. In 1894 2000 men and boys worked here. Daily output was 2200 tons of coal, a small amount used for coke. The colliery village included pitmen's dwellings of "uninviting aspect" {Whellan 1894} in long rows a mile in length, chapels, a school (for 337 boys and 225 girls), a miner's hall, shops and large Cooperative stores. The miner's hall was brick-built, constructed in 1880, and improved circa 1894 costing £1800. It had a large lecture hall to seat 800, reading, recreation and billiard rooms, a committee and secretary's room and a library with 200 volumes.
Site Name
Ryhope Colliery
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
6994
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk; Colliery Engineering July 1932, "Pneumatic Cleaning of Coal at Ryhope Colliery"; Colliery Engineering August 1935, "Electrification of Ryhope Colliery I and II"; Norman Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield; Whellan, 1894, Directory of County Durham; NMR MONUMENT NUMBER: 1462384; Vertical aerial photograph reference number NMR MAL/65089 0133 15-OCT-1965
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
DAY1
14
District
Gateshead
Easting
2427
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ25NE
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
5882
parish
Lamesley
General Period
20TH CENTURY
Specific Period
Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966
Place
Lamesley
Description
Opened in 1936, closed 9 March 1968. Owned by Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd until taken over by the National Coal Board in 1947. Now built over by Teams Valley Industrial Estate.
SITEASS
Now built over by Team Valley Industrial Estate.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Opened in 1936, closed 9 March 1968. Owned by Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd until taken over by the National Coal Board in 1947.
Site Name
Ravensworth Park Drift
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
6993
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
1825
DAY1
14
District
Gateshead
Easting
1394
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
NMRNUMBER
NZ 16 SW 87
Northing
6194
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Greenside
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Name
Greenside Pit
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
HER Number
6992
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition map 1890; Roy Thompson, 2004, Thunder Underground - Northumberland Mine Disasters 1815-65, photos on p 45 and 46
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6990
DAY1
14
District
Gateshead
Easting
1364
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6287
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Greenside
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition.
Site Type: Broad
Brick and Tilemaking Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Still shown on third edition of 1919. The brickfield stood near the junction of Greenside road with Maiden Lane and was established in 1914 as the Phoenix Brick Company. Shale was supplied from a nearby quarry to the south-west as well as coal. In 1937 it was bought out by the Tyne Brick and Tile Company who rebuilt the existing, but in poor repair, 18-chamber continuous kiln. A new Dawson-Fawcett twin mould brick machine was installed, which could make up to 100,000 bricks per week. The brickyard closed during the Second World War and was bought afterwards, in 1946, by Messrs Leech.
Dates: Brickfield 1858; Phoenix Brickworks ?1914/?1920 - 1965
Manufacturer in 1914-1935 was Phoenix Brick Company; 1934 was Newcastle Brick Company; 1937-1965 was Tyne Brick and Tile Company
(Source: Davison, P J, 1986. Brickworks of the North East, 86, 87 site 6, 90.)
Site Name
Phoenix Brickworks
Site Type: Specific
Brickworks
HER Number
6991
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Ordnance Survey second edition map 1890
SURVIVAL
None
YEAR1
2005
English, British
Class
Industrial
COMP1
Jennifer Morrison
Crossref
6991
DAY1
14
District
Gateshead
Easting
1355
Grid ref figure
8
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
MONTH1
04
Grid Reference
NZ
Northing
6284
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Place
Greenside
Description
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition as a clay pit. Closed 1964.
Site Type: Broad
Mineral Extraction Site
SITEDESC
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition as a clay pit. Closed 1964.
Site Name
Phoenix Drift
Site Type: Specific
Clay Pit
HER Number
6990
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Sources
Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Ordnance Survey second edition map 1890