Elemore Colliery Disaster Memorial

Memorial to the 28 men and boys who perished in an explosion at Elemore Colliery on 2nd December 1886. Designed by the same firm who undertook the memorials to the Usworth Colliery disaster in the previous year. The grey granite pedestal standing on a square base has recessed columns of pink granite at the corners and supports a tall octagonal spirelet. Panels bearing the names of the dead are positioned on the east and west faces of the monument, the inscription on the north dace quotes a Dr. Watts: "Dangers stand thick through all the ground to push us to the tomb". LISTED GRADE 2