Garesfield Colliery, Towneley Drift

HER Number

6949

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Garesfield Colliery, Towneley 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

Hanoverian 1714 to 1837

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Towneley Drift - part of Garesfield Colliery (HER 3372). Opened circa 1800, closed 29 January 1960. Owned by Marquis of Bute, then Consett Iron Company Ltd, and from 1947 the National Coal Board.

Easting

414000

Northing

559800

Grid Reference

NZ414000559800

Sources

http://www.dmm.org.uk; Colliery Engineering, March 1933, "The Consett Collieries"