Elemore Colliery Disaster Memorial
Elemore Colliery Disaster Memorial
HER Number
5185
District
Sunderland
Site Name
Elemore Colliery Disaster Memorial
Place
Easington Lane
Map Sheet
NZ34NE
Class
Commemorative
Site Type: Broad
Commemorative Monument
Site Type: Specific
Commemorative Monument
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Structure
Description
This memorial was listed Grade II in 1985 with the following description:
'Memorial : to 28 men and boys who died in Elemore Colliery disaster in 1886. By Emley of Newcastle. Grey granite pedestal on square base has recessed columns of pink granite at corners and supports tall octagonal spirelet, with 4 fleur-de-lis-coped gablets, broadening out to pyramid bearing cross finial. Panels bearing names of dead on east and west; inscription on north 'Dangers stand thick through all the ground to push us to the tomb. Dr. Watts'.'
The explosion at Elemore Colliery happened on 2nd December 1886. The memorial was designed by the same firm who undertook the memorials to the Usworth Colliery disaster in the previous year.
'Memorial : to 28 men and boys who died in Elemore Colliery disaster in 1886. By Emley of Newcastle. Grey granite pedestal on square base has recessed columns of pink granite at corners and supports tall octagonal spirelet, with 4 fleur-de-lis-coped gablets, broadening out to pyramid bearing cross finial. Panels bearing names of dead on east and west; inscription on north 'Dangers stand thick through all the ground to push us to the tomb. Dr. Watts'.'
The explosion at Elemore Colliery happened on 2nd December 1886. The memorial was designed by the same firm who undertook the memorials to the Usworth Colliery disaster in the previous year.
Easting
436140
Northing
546220
Grid Reference
NZ436140546220
Sources
<< HER 5185 >> I Ayris & S M Linsley, 1994, A Guide to the Industrial Archaeology of Tyne and Wear, p79
I Ayris, P Jubb, S.Palmer & P. Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments & Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p32
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/9
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1184771
I Ayris, P Jubb, S.Palmer & P. Usherwood, 1996, A Guide to the Public Monuments & Sculpture of Tyne and Wear, p32
Department of National Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 8/9
https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1184771