Garesfield Colliery, Clinty Drift

Garesfield Colliery, Clinty Drift

HER Number
6945
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Garesfield Colliery, Clinty Drift
Place
High Spen
Map Sheet
NZ16SW
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
Clinty Drift - part of Garesfield Colliery (HER 3372). Opened circa 1800, closed 29 January 1960. Owned by Marquis of Bute, then Consett Iron Company Ltd, and from 1947 the National Coal Board.
Easting
413100
Northing
560000
Grid Reference
NZ413100560000
Sources
http://www.dmm.org.uk; Colliery Engineering, March 1933, "The Consett Collieries"