Harlow Green, Ravensworth Ann Colliery, Centre Pit

HER Number:
3864

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Harlow Green, Ravensworth Ann Colliery, Centre Pit

Place:
Harlow Green

Map Sheet:
NZ25NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Post Medieval

Specific Period:
C18

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Centre Pit (Coal). Ravensworth Ann Colliery (or Team Colliery) opened in 1726 and closed in 1973. Owners were WW Burdon, then AE Burdon, then Charles Perkins & Partners, Birtley Iron Company, Pelaw Main Colleries Ltd, then from 1947 the National Coal Board.

Easting:
2712

Northing:
5858

Grid Reference:
NZ27125858

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 3864 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 7; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk