High Spen, Garesfield Colliery, Towneley Drift

HER Number:
6949

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
High Spen, Garesfield Colliery, Towneley Drift

Place:
High Spen

Map Sheet:
NZ15NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Mine

Site Type: Specific:
Drift Mine

General Period:
Early Modern

Specific Period:
C19

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Towneley 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:
140

Northing:
598

Grid Reference:
NZ140598

Lats/Lons:

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