High Spen, Garesfield Colliery, Tilley Drift

Tyne and Wear HER(6948): High Spen, Garesfield Colliery, Tilley Drift - Details

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HER Number:
6948

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
High Spen, Garesfield Colliery, Tilley Drift

Place:
High Spen

Map Sheet:
NZ16SW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mine

Site Type: Specific:
Drift Mine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Tilley Drift - part of Garesfield Colliery (HER 3372). Opened circa 1800, closed 29 January 1960. Owned by Marquis of Bute, then Consett Iron Company Ltd, and from 1947 the National Coal Board.

Easting:
136

Northing:
604

Grid Reference:
NZ136604

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
http://www.dmm.org.uk; Colliery Engineering, March 1933, "The Consett Colleries"

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