Derwent Crook Colliery

HER Number:
6939

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Derwent Crook Colliery

Place:
Low Fell

Map Sheet:
NZ26SE

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:
Opened before 1746. There were two other pits - George Pit (NZ 253 595) and Thomas Pit (NZ 252 599). Owned by Lord Ravensworth & Partners. In 1819 a boring was put down below Low Main Seam to the Beaumont and Lower Coal Seams. Derwent Crook Colliery remained at least partly in operation until 1935 when the Beaumont seam was abandoned.

Easting:
425167

Northing:
560028

Grid Reference:
NZ425167560028

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Durham Mining Museum http://www.dmm.org.uk