Tyne and Wear HER(3887): Wrekenton, Stormont Main Colliery, King Pit - Details
3887
Gateshead
Wrekenton, Stormont Main Colliery, King Pit
Wrekenton
NZ25NE
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Stormont Main Colliery, King Pit. Owned by J. Grace and Partners. An explosion on 5 April 1843 killed 27 miners.
2758
5914
NZ27585914
<< HER 3887 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk