Blaydon, Blaydon Main Colliery

HER Number:
3439

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Blaydon, Blaydon Main Colliery

Place:
Blaydon

Map Sheet:
NZ16SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows that Blaydon Main Colliery was served by the Blaydon Main Wagonway (HER ref. 3442). This is possibly the Mary Pit, known from documentary evidence which opened after 1853 and closed before 1895.

Easting:
1814

Northing:
6304

Grid Reference:
NZ18146304

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3439 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 2 Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 180-1