Bryans Leap Colliery

Bryans Leap Colliery

HER Number

6927

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Bryans Leap Colliery

Place

Rowlands Gill

Map Sheet

NZ15NE

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

20th Century 1901 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Closed in 1950. The owners were Barcus Close Coal Company Ltd, and then from 1947 the National Coal Board.

Easting

416700

Northing

558000

Grid Reference

NZ416700558000

Sources

Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk