Garesfield Colliery, Number 3 Pit
Garesfield Colliery, Number 3 Pit
HER Number
3359
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Garesfield Colliery, Number 3 Pit
Place
Barlow
Map Sheet
NZ16SE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Victorian 1837 to 1901
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows the position of Garesfield Colliery, Number 3 Pit. Opened by the Marquis of Bute, later Consett Iron Company Ltd, and from 1947 the National Coal Board.
Easting
416030
Northing
560370
Grid Reference
NZ416030560370
Sources
<< HER 3359 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Colliery Engineering, March 1933, "The Consett Collieries"