Bensham Colliery

Bensham Colliery

HER Number

6914

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Bensham Colliery

Place

Bensham

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Opened before 1743. There was an explosion in 1710 which killed up to 80 people.

Easting

424500

Northing

562100

Grid Reference

NZ424500562100

Sources

http://www.dmm.org.uk