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Hartley Pit Memorial
In the churchyard of St Alban's Church in Earsdon is a memorial to the 204 miners lost in the Hartley Colliery Disaster of 1862.
"ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE 204 MINERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN HARTLEY PIT, BY THE FATAL CATASTROPHE OF THE ENGINE BEAM BREAKING 16th JANUARY 1862"
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034058:St. Albans Church Earsdon. C.1910
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
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HARTLEY DISASTER MEMORIAL NORTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST ALBAN, AND SURROUNDING WALL - List Entry
- "Earsdon Hartley Disaster memorial 4/27 north-east of Church of St. Alban, and surrounding wall. G.V. II Memorial. About 1862. Sandstone ashlar. Tall corniced pedestal with cord moulding to frieze, egg-and-dart …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
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Tyne and Wear HER(5247): Earsdon, Church of St. Alban, Hartley Colliery Dis. Memorial
- "Memorial to the memory of 204 miners who lost their lives in Hartley Pit when the engine beam broke in January 1862. The disaster was instrumental in the passing of …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://www.vads.ac.uk/digita…
Hartley Disaster Memorial
- [Link via Internet Archive - Wayback Machine]
"....Incised Roman letters painted black on the frieze of the east face of the pedestal : ERECTED / TO THE MEMORY OF THE …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from Newcastle libraries (flickr)
034058:St. Albans Church Earsdon. C.1910
Pinned by Simon Cotterill
from https://historicengland.org.u…
HARTLEY DISASTER MEMORIAL NORTH EAST OF CHURCH OF ST ALBAN, AND SURROUNDING WALL - List Entry
- "Earsdon Hartley Disaster memorial 4/27 north-east of Church of St. Alban, and surrounding wall. G.V. II Memorial. About 1862. Sandstone ashlar. Tall corniced pedestal with cord moulding to frieze, egg-and-dart …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from http://www.twsitelines.info/S…
Tyne and Wear HER(5247): Earsdon, Church of St. Alban, Hartley Colliery Dis. Memorial
- "Memorial to the memory of 204 miners who lost their lives in Hartley Pit when the engine beam broke in January 1862. The disaster was instrumental in the passing of …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
from https://www.vads.ac.uk/digita…
Hartley Disaster Memorial
- [Link via Internet Archive - Wayback Machine]
"....Incised Roman letters painted black on the frieze of the east face of the pedestal : ERECTED / TO THE MEMORY OF THE …
Added by
Simon Cotterill
List number: 1354997
List grade: 2
Tyne & Wear HER: 5247
Borough: North Tyneside
Post code: NZ3204572560
List grade: 2
Tyne & Wear HER: 5247
Borough: North Tyneside
Post code: NZ3204572560
