Follonsby Colliery

HER Number:
6943

District:
S Tyneside

Site Name:
Follonsby Colliery

Place:
Follonsby

Map Sheet:
NZ36SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Opened in 1911. Owned by Washington Coal Company until 1947 when it was taken over by the National Coal Board. In 1959 Wardley colliery took over Follonsby Colliery (which became known as Wardley No. 1 Pit. The pit closed in August 1974.

Easting:
3121

Northing:
6076

Grid Reference:
NZ31216076

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 6943 >> 3rd edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1919; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Norman Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield