Andrews House Colliery

HER Number

6907

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Andrews House Colliery

Place

Marley Hill

Map Sheet

NZ25NW

Class

Industrial

Site Type: Broad

Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific

Colliery

General Period

POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period

Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence

Documentary Evidence

Description

Opened in 1843, closed December 1920. Owners were John Bowes and Partners Ltd, later John Bowes & Co (Bowes, Hiltt, Wood and Charles M Palmer), lastly Marley Hill Coal Company.

Easting

420520

Northing

557110

Grid Reference

NZ420520557110

Sources

Second edition Ordnance Survey map 1890; http://www.dmm.org.uk