Tyne and Wear HER(6912): Rowland's Gill, Lilley Drift - Details
6912
Gateshead
Rowland's Gill, Lilley Drift
Rowland's Gill
NZ15NE
Industrial
Mine
Drift Mine
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
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.
1673
5931
NZ16735931
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