Garesfield Colliery, Number 4 Pit
Garesfield Colliery, Number 4 Pit
HER Number
3374
District
Gateshead
Site Name
Garesfield Colliery, Number 4 Pit
Place
Rowlands Gill
Map Sheet
NZ15NE
Class
Industrial
Site Type: Broad
Coal Mining Site
Site Type: Specific
Colliery
General Period
POST MEDIEVAL
Specific Period
Hanoverian 1714 to 1837
Form of Evidence
Documentary Evidence
Description
Garesfield Colliery, Number 4 Pit was probably working by 1801 and formed the western terminus of the Garesfield Wagonway until 1850. Opened by the Marquis of Bute, later Consett Iron Company Ltd, and from 1947 the National Coal Board.
Easting
415140
Northing
559880
Grid Reference
NZ415140559880
Sources
<< HER 3374 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 5
Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 181-3; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Colliery Engineering, March 1933, "The Consett Collieries"
Bennett, G, Clavering, E & Rounding, A, 1989, A Fighting Trade, Vol 1, p 181-3; Durham Mining Museum www.dmm.org.uk; Colliery Engineering, March 1933, "The Consett Collieries"