Washingwells, Watergate Colliery

HER Number:
7000

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Washingwells, Watergate Colliery

Place:
Washingwells

Map Sheet:
NZ25NW

Class:
Industrial

Site Type: Broad:
Coal Mining Site

Site Type: Specific:
Colliery

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Documentary Evidence

Description:
Opened in 1924, closed on 20 August 1964. Owned by Priestman Colleries LTD until 1947 when the National Coal Board took over.

Easting:
2223

Northing:
5991

Grid Reference:
NZ22235991

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Durham Mining Museum, www.dmm.org.uk; Norman Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield; Sunniside Local History Society, no date, Streetgate, www.sunnisidelocalhistorysociety.co.uk/streetgate.html