Washington Glebe Colliery

HER Number:
6944

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Washington Glebe Colliery

Place:
Washington

Map Sheet:
NZ35NW

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 1904, closed on 4 August 1972. Owned by the Washington Coal Company Ltd and from 1947 the National Coal Board. An explosion on 20 February 1908 killed 14 miners.

Easting:
3092

Northing:
5622

Grid Reference:
NZ30925622

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 6944 >> 3rd edition Ordnance Survey Map, 1919; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Norman Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield; Norman Emery, 1992, The Coalminers of Durham