Whickham, Whickhambanks Colliery

HER Number:
3639

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Whickham, Whickhambanks Colliery

Place:
Whickham

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

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:
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:
2025

Northing:
6127

Grid Reference:
NZ20256127

Lats/Lons:

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