Tyne and Wear HER(3359): Barlow, Garesfield Colliery, Number 3 Pit - Details
3359
Gateshead
Barlow, Garesfield Colliery, Number 3 Pit
Barlow
NZ16SE
Industrial
Coal Mining Site
Colliery
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Garesfield Colliery, Number 3 Pit. Opened by the Marquis of Bute, later Consett Iron Company Ltd, and from 1947 the National Coal Board.
1603
6037
NZ16036037
<< HER 3359 >> 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 Colleries"