Easington Lane, Elemore Colliery Disaster Memorial

HER Number:
5185

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Easington Lane, Elemore Colliery Disaster Memorial

Place:
Easington Lane

Map Sheet:
NZ34NE

Class:
Commemorative

Site Type: Broad:

Site Type: Specific:
Commemorative Monument

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
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

Easting:
3614

Northing:
4622

Grid Reference:
NZ36144622

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5185 >> I. Ayris & S.M. Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p 79 I. Ayris, P. Jubb, S.Palmer & P. Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments & Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p 32; Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/9