Dunston Colliery

HER Number:
6166

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Dunston 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:
Shown on 2nd edition Ordnance Survey map. Opened in 1875, closed in 1876, reopened in 1891 and finally closed for the last time in December 1947. It was opened by John Bowes & Partners Ltd, and later owned by Dunston Garesfield Colleries Ltd.

Easting:
2291

Northing:
6258

Grid Reference:
NZ22916258

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
2nd edition Ordnance Survey map; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Whellan, 1894, Directory of County Durham