Whickhambanks Colliery

HER Number

3639

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Whickhambanks Colliery

Place

Whickham

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

Whickhambanks Colliery. Owned by James Snowball, later Hannington & Co. Output was fireclay and household coal. In the 1890s it was absorbed into Axwell Park Colliery (HER 5986).

Easting

420250

Northing

561270

Grid Reference

NZ420250561270

Sources

<< HER 3639 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk