Garesfield Colliery, Tilley Drift

HER Number

6948

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Garesfield Colliery, Tilley 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

Tilley 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

413600

Northing

560400

Grid Reference

NZ413600560400

Sources

http://www.dmm.org.uk; Colliery Engineering, March 1933, "The Consett Collieries"