Tyne and Wear HER(6936): High Spen, Victoria Garesfield Colliery, Ricklees Drift - Details
6936
Gateshead
High Spen, Victoria Garesfield Colliery, Ricklees Drift
High Spen
NZ16SW
Industrial
Mine
Drift Mine
Early Modern
C19
Documentary Evidence
Part of Victoria Garesfield Colliery (HER 6903). Opened 1870 and closed on 13 July 1962. Shown on Ordnance survey third edition map of 1919.
139
608
NZ139608
http://www.dmm.org.uk; N. Emery, 1998, Banners of the Durham Coalfield