Felling, Tyne Main Colliery East (Friar's Goose)

HER Number:
3538

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Felling, Tyne Main Colliery East (Friar's Goose)

Place:
Felling

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Tyne Main Colliery, also called Friar's Goose Colliery had not been extensively worked until the 1740s when the Liddell partnership installed two Newcomen engines (see HER ref. 1012) at Friar's Goose on the riverside, which overcame the minewater problems in this area. One of the busiest wagonways was that of Friar's Goose Colliery which was made possible by the effort to drain Gateshead Park and, in 1746, was about a quarter of a mile in length. Towards the end of 19th century the colliery closed. Although it briefly re-activated a number of times, Tyne Main Colliery had finally closed by 1895.

Easting:
2744

Northing:
6316

Grid Reference:
NZ27446316

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3538 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 3 Environment Technology Consultants Ltd, 1995, Site Investigation of Felling Riverside; T.H. Hair, 1844, Views of the colleries of County Durham and Northumberland; N. Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield