Garesfield Colliery, A Pit (Bute Pit)
Garesfield Colliery, A Pit (Bute Pit)
HER Number
3372
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Garesfield Colliery, A Pit (Bute Pit)
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
Garesfield Colliery, A Pit, was served by Garesfield Wagonway, (HER 1591). Garesfield Colliery opened in 1800, A Pit in 1837 and closed 29 January 1960. Opened by the Marquis of Bute, later Consett Iron Company Ltd, and from 1947 the National Coal Board.
Easting
413940
Northing
559770
Grid Reference
NZ413940559770
Sources
<< HER 3372 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Colliery Engineering, March 1933, "The Consett Collieries"