A-Z Listings Garesfield Colliery, Tanfield Location: 6 miles [10 km] WSW of Newcastle Date closed: 1959 Listing from the Economic Development and Planning Department, Durham County Council, 2000 (Durham County Record Office Library) see Cowen's Garesfield; called South Garesfield Colliery in 1921, 1939 OS called Garesfield or Spen "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1911(Newcastle City Library), "Reid's Handy Colliery Guide and Directory for the Counties of Northumberland, Durham, & Yorkshire", Newcastle,1919 (Newcastle City Library)
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