Dunston, Norwood Colliery

HER Number:
3734

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Dunston, Norwood Colliery

Place:
Dunston

Map Sheet:
NZ26SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Norwood Colliery, Lady Pit. Opened in the 1850s by John Bowes & Co. Later owned by John Bowes & Partners Ltd, then Dunston, Norwood and Swalwell Garesfield Coal Co., and lastly Dunston Garesfield Colleries Ltd.

Easting:
2346

Northing:
6188

Grid Reference:
NZ23466188

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3734 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; N. Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield