Victoria Garesfield Colliery, Coronation Drift

Victoria Garesfield Colliery, Coronation Drift

HER Number
6934
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Victoria Garesfield Colliery, Coronation Drift
Place
High Spen
Map Sheet
NZ15NW
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Part of Victoria Garesfield Colliery (HER 6903). Opened 1870 and closed on 13 July 1962. Shown on Ordnance survey third edition map of 1919.
Easting
414200
Northing
558100
Grid Reference
NZ414200558100
Sources
http://www.dmm.org.uk; N. Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield