Silksworth Colliery Railway

HER Number:
6996

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Silksworth Colliery Railway

Place:
Silksworth

Map Sheet:
NZ35SE NZ45SW

Class:
Transport

Site Type: Broad:
Railway

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery Railway

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey second edition. Built to take coal from Silksworth Colliery (HER 6994) to the Londonderry, Seaham and Sunderland Railway (HER 2894). The colliery was opened in 1869 by Lord Londonderry.

Easting:
3747

Northing:
5375

Grid Reference:
NZ37475375

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance Survey second edition map 1890