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Tudhoe Colliery Disaster Memorial
The Tudhoe Colliery disaster memorial, located in Tudhoe Cemetery, commemorates 37 men and boys who were killed by an explosion at Tudhoe Colliery on the 28th of April 1882. The Gothic style memorial, by G Ryder and Sons of Bishop Auckland, is Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England. It is identical to the memorial for the Trimdon Colliery disaster, which occurred earlier in the same year.
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Colliery Disaster Memorial In Tudhoe Cemetery - List Entry
- "...Colliery disaster memorial, about 1882 by G Ryder and Sons of Bishop Auckland.
MATERIALS: sandstone ashlar with granite shafts.
DESCRIPTION: the Gothic monument occupies the centre of the cemetery and …
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Peter Smith
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Trimdon Grange Colliery Memorial
- This memorial, near St Helen's Church in Kelloe commemorates the men and boys killed in the disaster at Trimdon Grange Colliery on the 16th February, 1882. Seventy four miners lost their …
from https://historicengland.org.u…
Colliery Disaster Memorial In Tudhoe Cemetery - List Entry
- "...Colliery disaster memorial, about 1882 by G Ryder and Sons of Bishop Auckland.
MATERIALS: sandstone ashlar with granite shafts.
DESCRIPTION: the Gothic monument occupies the centre of the cemetery and …
Added by
Peter Smith
