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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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