Westwood Grove drift mine

HER Number

3665

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Westwood Grove drift mine

Place

Gibside

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

Structure

Description

Historic Ordnance Survey map evidence shows Westwood Grove (Coal). Drift mine entrance.

Easting

417700

Northing

557600

Grid Reference

NZ417700557600

Sources

<< HER 3665 >> 1st edition Ordnance Survey Map, c.1855, 6 inch scale, Durham, 6; Harry Beamish, Autumn 1993, Summary Table - Gibside