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Abandoned Mine Information Pages - Index

Colliery Location Opened Closed
Wager Burn (Lead Ore)   Bollihope        
Walbottle Colliery   nr. Newburn     bef. 1828   
Waldridge Colliery   Waldridge     1831   Apr 1926
Walker Colliery   Walker     bef. 1765   1920
Walkmill Colliery   Moresby, Whitehaven        1961
Wallsend Colliery   Wallsend     bef. 1782   
Wardley Colliery   White Mare Pool     1855   08 Aug 1974
Warren (Anhydrite)   Hartlepool        21 Jun 1930
Washington 'F' Pit   Washington     1777   21 Jun 1968
Washington Colliery   Washington     bef. 1794   
Washington Glebe Colliery   Washington     1904   04 Aug 1972
Waterfall (Ironstone)   Guisbrough        05 Oct 1901
Watergate Colliery   nr. Sunniside     1924   20 Aug 1964
Watergate Colliery (CUL)   Flimby        
Waterhouses Colliery   Waterhouses     1859   Aug 1966
Wearmouth Colliery   Sunderland     Jun 1835   24 Nov 1993
Wellsyke Drift   Midgeholme        Apr 1945
West Auckland Colliery   West Auckland     1838   Jul 1967
West Bitchburn Colliery   Howden-le-Wear        12 Apr 1926
West Burton (Lead Ore)   West Burton        
West Butterknowle Colliery   Butterknowle        20 Jun 1932
West Carterthorne Colliery   Evenwood        
West Clifton Colliery   Morpeth        30 May 1947
West Copley Colliery   Woodland        
West Cottingwood Colliery   Morpeth        1920's
West Crake Scar Colliery   Woodland        
West Cramlington Colliery   Cramlington        30 Aug 1938
West Crane Row Drift   Butterknowle        
West Drift (Woodland)   Woodland        
West Duddo Colliery   Morpeth        18 Sep 1897
West Durham Wallsend Colliery   Shildon        
West End Colliery   Cockfield        10 Feb 1937
West End [NRY]   Romaldkirk        Mar 1927
West Garth Colliery   West Garth Farm, Copley        31 Mar 1934
West Harperley Colliery   Harperley        05 May 1936
West Hetton Colliery   Coxhoe        
West Mickley Colliery   Prudhoe        1924
West Pasture (Lead Ore)   Stanhope, Weardale        
West Pelton Colliery   Pelton     1858   1921
West Pits Colliery   Woodland        
West Pontop Colliery   Ditpon        1938
West Rowntree Colliery   Butternkowle        13 Sep 1930
West Scrafton Colliery   West Scrafton, Bedale        1915
West Shieldrow Colliery   Stanley        10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery   Stanley     1832   19 Mar 1936
West Thornley Colliery   nr. Tow Law     1890s   06 Nov 1965
West Woodland Colliery   Woodland        Jan 1949
West Wylam Colliery   West Wylam        1961
Westerton Colliery   Westerton, Bishop Auckland     1838   Oct 1961
Westholme Colliery   Winston        22 Aug 1914
Westoe Colliery   South Shields     1909   May 1993
Westwood Colliery   Whickham        
Westwood Colliery [2]   Ebchester        1941
Wham Colliery   Butterknowle        29 Aug 1931
Wheatley Hill Colliery   Wheatley Hill     1869   03 May 1968
Whetstone Mea Colliery   Allenheads        30 Sep 1927
Whicham (Iron Ore)   Millom        
Whickham Colliery   Whickham, Gateshead        
Whinnah (Iron Ore)   Lamplugh        
Whinnetly Colliery   Haydon Bridge        1893
Whinnyhill Colliery   Cleator Moor        
Whitburn Colliery   Whitburn, nr. Sunderland     May 1879   31 May 1968
White House Colliery   Egglestone (Romaldkirk)        
White Lea Colliery   Crook     1855   
Whitechapel Colliery   Haydon Bridge        22 Jun 1935
Whitecliffe (Ironstone)   Saltburn        
Whitehaven Colliery   Whitehaven        1985
Whiteheaps (Fluorspar)   Hunstanworth, Derwent Valley        
Whitehouse Colliery (Morpeth)   Morpeth        Dec 1902
Whites Cut Colliery   Midgeholme        1925
Whitesike (Lead Ore)   Alston        
Whitley Colliery   Whitley Bay        
Whitriggs (Iron Ore)   Lindal        1915
Whittle Colliery   Newton-on-the-Moor        1987
Whittonstall Drift   Whittonstall     1907   25 Nov 1966
Whitwell Colliery   Whitwell     1836   1875
Whitworth Park Colliery   Spennymoor     1841   29 Jul 1974
Widdrington Colliery   Widdrington        
Wigglesworth Colliery   Cockfield        
William Colliery   Whitehaven        1954
William Gill Colliery   Reeth, Arkengarthdale        
Willington Colliery   Willington     1840   1932
Willington Colliery (NBL)   Willington Quay     1806   
Willy Hole (Lead Ore)   Harwood-in-Teesdale        
Winder (Iron Ore)   Winder        
Winder Gill (Iron Ore)   Winder        
Windlestone Colliery   Ferryhill        1924
Wingate Grange Colliery   Wingate     1839   26 Oct 1962
Wiregill (Lead Ore)   Teesdale        
Witton Main Colliery   Witton-le-Wear        27 Nov 1916
Witton Park Colliery   Witton-le-Wear        Jun 1923
Wolf Cleugh (Lead Ore)   Weardale        
Wood Drift   Camerton        13 Oct 1938
Wood Drift [Howden]   Howden-le-Wear        25 Jul 1935
Woodend (Iron Ore)   Woodend        31 Dec 1931
Woodhorn Colliery   Woodhorn     1894   28 Feb 1981
Woodhouse Close Colliery   Bishop Auckland     1835   Mar 1934
Woodifield Colliery   Crook        
Woodland Colliery   Woodland        Mar 1921
Woodside Colliery   Etherley        Apr 1950
Wooley Colliery   nr. Crook        1963
Woolley Hills Colliery   Cockfield        1951
Workington Colliery   Workington        
Wylam Colliery   Wylam        
Wylam Hills Colliery   Wylam        1920's
Wyndham Pit (Iron Ore)   Bigrigg        
Wythemoor Colliery   Distington        1923


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