Wrekenton, Stormont Main Colliery, King Pit

Tyne and Wear HER(3887): Wrekenton, Stormont Main Colliery, King Pit - Details

HER Number:
3887

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Wrekenton, Stormont Main Colliery, King Pit

Place:
Wrekenton

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

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:
Stormont Main Colliery, King Pit. Owned by J. Grace and Partners. An explosion on 5 April 1843 killed 27 miners.

Easting:
2758

Northing:
5914

Grid Reference:
NZ27585914

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3887 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk