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Description: | This photograph shows Greenside before the erection of the many terraces built to house workers from Greenside Colliery which re-opened in 1902. It is thought that mining began in the Ryton area back in Roman times, however around 1239 when King Edward II granted that coal may be mined outside the walls, coal was mined more extensively. The coal would have been mined in fields and probably not as deep as the later mines. The oldest colliery to be sunk was in 1800 this was Stargate, followed by Emma Pit in 1845 , Addison 1864, Clara 1893, and Greenside re-opened in 1902. The image is taken from one of a number of glass plate negatives collected by W.A. Cocks of Ryton. W.A. Cocks was a keen local historian, archaeologist and an inveterate collector. He not only collected and played pipes, but also made them. He helped to produce the first ever book of plans for making Northumbrian pipes and researched extensively into the history of the pipes in the region. His collection of glass plates date from the late 1890s to the 1950s. Many of the early images were taken by J.P. Dalton, Surveyor to Ryton Urban District Council between 1898 and 1905. The plates are numbered and an annotated notebook in Cock's hand accompanies the collection from which title and date information is taken. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Terraced housing Cottages Churches and Chapels | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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