Biddick, South Biddick Colliery

Tyne and Wear HER(6998): Biddick, South Biddick Colliery - Details

HER Number:
6998

District:
Sunderland

Site Name:
Biddick, South Biddick Colliery

Place:
Biddick

Map Sheet:
NZ35SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Opened before 1794. An explosion on 16 April 1766, killed 27 miners. Exact location of colliery not known.

Easting:
30

Northing:
54

Grid Reference:
NZ3054

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk