Swalwell Garesfield Colliery

HER Number

5982

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Swalwell Garesfield Colliery

Place

Swalwell

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

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

Swalwell Colliery is shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map. Closed August 1940. There were two pits, Edith Pit and Henry Pit. Owners were George R. Ramsay and later Dunston Garesfield Collieries Ltd.

Easting

420490

Northing

562390

Grid Reference

NZ420490562390

Sources

<< HER 5982 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk