Ravensworth Park Drift

HER Number

6993

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Ravensworth Park Drift

Place

Lamesley

Map Sheet

NZ25NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Mid 20th Century 1933 to 1966

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Opened in 1936, closed 9 March 1968. Owned by Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd until taken over by the National Coal Board in 1947. Now built over by Teams Valley Industrial Estate.

Easting

424270

Northing

558820

Grid Reference

NZ424270558820

Sources

Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk