Rowland's Gill, Lilley Drift

HER Number:
6912

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Rowland's Gill, Lilley Drift

Place:
Rowland's Gill

Map Sheet:
NZ15NE

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mine

Site Type: Specific:
Drift Mine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Shown on Ordnance Survey Survey second edition. Opened in 1877 by Joseph Cowen & Co. Later owned by Priestman Colleries Ltd until 1947 when the National Coal Board took over. Closed on 6 January 1957.

Easting:
1673

Northing:
5931

Grid Reference:
NZ16735931

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Ordnance survey second edition map of 1890; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Tyne and Wear Archives DP.PM/2/3 Lilley Drift Colliery 1951; NCP33/box25/16; DP.PM/2/10 Priestman Colleries Ltd; DT.PM/1/2 Priestman Valuation Papers