Swalwell Garesfield Colliery

HER Number:
5982

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery

Place:
Swalwell

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:
Swalwell Colliery is shown on Ordnance Survey second edition map. Closed August 1940. There were two pits, Edith Pit and Henry Pit. Owners were George R. Ramsay and later Dunston Garesfield Colleries Ltd.

Easting:
2049

Northing:
6239

Grid Reference:
NZ20496239

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
<< HER 5982 >> 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk