"Up until about 2007 there were 3 bridges here, all side by side crossing over Pleasley Road. And these 3 bridges carried the various train lines into Silverhill colliery and one of them carried on northward to take out the coal to its various suppliers. Silverhill Colliery is in actual fact one of the oldest in the area and it does date back to the early 1700s, although not named Silverhill at that time. There were several collieries that were constructed during the 1700s and into the 1800s. The earlier mines were fairly shallow shaft mines, maybe 200 foot and, of course, the later collieries were sunk a lot deeper, 6, 7, 8 hundred feet in depth.
From the bridge, if we look uphill, we can see the outsides of the village of Teversal. Now Teversal, in itself, is a conservation area. It consists of just about 40 houses and one large manor house. Now this manor house was once owned by Lord Carnarvon, and it was the fifth Lord Carnarvon who financed the expedition that found Tutankhamen. So ever since then Teversal has been connected to Tutankhamen. Just a little bit further along this track heading northwards, you'll see there’s a lovely old wall there with a nice archway in it. The archway, although it's blocked off now, once upon a time, led to the old colliery manager's house so he could simply walk from his house into the village and up onto the colliery site."