Lamesley, Allerdean Colliery (Ravensworth Shop Team Colliery)

HER Number:
3771

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Lamesley, Allerdean Colliery (Ravensworth Shop Team Colliery)

Place:
Lamesley

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Allerdean Colliery was working by 1726 when the Team Wagonway reached it, (SMR 3741). Owners from the 1850s were WW Burdon, W Barkus, junior & Co, Charles Perkins and Partners, Birtley Iron Works, Pelaw Main Colleries Ltd and in 1947 NCB. Also known as Ravensworth Shop, Team Colliery.

Easting:
2558

Northing:
5862

Grid Reference:
NZ25585862

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3771 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6 Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 68; Colliery Engineering, May 1930; Whellan's Directory of County Durham, 1864; http://www.dmm.org.uk