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  Byron Colliery  Index  Byron Colliery  

Byron Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 23800 49600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from Byron Colliery are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 3.8m/6.2km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 3.3m/5.4km 1952 1955
Air Pit Beamish 3.0m/4.8km 1849 
Alma Drift Grange Villa 1.2m/2.0km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 1.2m/2.0km 1858 
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 3.8m/6.2km  25 Aug 1962
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Annie Pit Burnhope 3.1m/5.0km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.1m/5.0km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 4.4m/7.1km 1880s Sep 1949
Ayton Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 3.0m/4.8km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.4km  
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 3.8m/6.2km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 3.7m/6.0km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 3.8m/6.2km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Betty Pit Burnhope 3.0m/4.9km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 3.8m/6.2km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 4.8m/7.7km  
Billy Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 5.0m/8.0km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 4.5m/7.3km 1913 May 1932
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.8m/7.7km  1924
Broom Pit Stanley 3.5m/5.7km  
Broom Pit Collierly 5.0m/8.0km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 2.0m/3.2km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.7m/2.8km 1867 Feb 1965
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 3.0m/4.9km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burns Pit Stanley 2.5m/4.0km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Busty Pit Craghead 1.6m/2.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.5m/2.5km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 1.1m/1.9km 1875 Apr 1926
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 4.1m/6.7km  25 Aug 1962
Carmen Pit  3.9m/6.3km  
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 3.0m/4.9km  07 Nov 1924
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 2.4m/3.9km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 2.4m/3.9km  
Chance Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.7km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 1.2m/2.0km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Charlotte Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 5.0m/8.0km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 5.0m/8.0km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 1.8m/3.0km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 1.8m/3.0km 1889 Oct 1967
Cocken Colliery Cocken 3.8m/6.2km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 3.1m/5.1km  Apr 1957
Craghead Colliery Craghead 1.6m/2.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 4.6m/7.4km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.7km  
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 2.3m/3.8km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 4.7m/7.6km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 0.6m/1.0km  
Dike Pit Beamish 2.6m/4.2km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.3km  
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 3.0m/4.9km  07 Nov 1924
Durham Main Colliery Durham 4.4m/7.1km  1924
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 2.6m/4.2km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 4.4m/7.1km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Beamish 2.5m/4.1km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 0.6m/1.0km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 1.6m/2.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Engine Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Engine Pit  4.8m/7.8km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.5m/2.5km 1867 Feb 1965
Fan Pit Stanley 3.8m/6.2km  
Fell Pit Burnhope 2.7m/4.4km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 4.5m/7.2km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 2.8m/4.6km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 3.7m/6.0km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 2.1m/3.5km  
Fortune Pit Burnhope 3.0m/4.9km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Fortune Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Fox Pit Stanley 3.8m/6.1km  
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 3.4m/5.5km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 4.4m/7.1km 1840 1860s
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km  
Garden Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 1.8m/3.0km  04 Aug 1938
George Pit Craghead 1.5m/2.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Lumley 4.0m/6.4km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 1.6m/2.7km 1841 1936
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 4.1m/6.6km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Godspeed Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 4.4m/7.1km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 4.5m/7.3km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 4.3m/7.0km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 1.8m/3.0km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 3.1m/5.1km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.1m/5.0km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km 1839 
Harraton Colliery Harraton 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.3m/6.9km  
Haugh Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 3.5m/5.7km  
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 4.7m/7.6km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 4.7m/7.6km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 3.3m/5.3km  
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 3.7m/6.0km  1951
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 2.6m/4.2km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 3.5m/5.6km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 1.6m/2.6km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 1.6m/2.7km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 1.6m/2.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 4.8m/7.8km 1817 
Hutton Drift Lanchester 3.6m/5.8km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km  
Ice Pit Beamish 2.7m/4.4km  
Jacks Row Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Joliffe Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 2.5m/4.1km  31 Oct 1975
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 2.5m/4.0km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 4.1m/6.6km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.2m/6.8km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km  
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 2.1m/3.5km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lamp Pit Stanley 2.5m/4.0km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.1m/6.7km 1837 Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 2.5m/4.0km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 3.2m/5.2km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 2.9m/4.7km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Leazes Drift Lanchester 3.9m/6.3km  Jan 1949
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.7km  1927
Louisa Colliery Stanley 3.3m/5.4km 1759 1964
Lound Groove Drift Esh 5.0m/8.0km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.0m/4.9km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Colliery Lumley 4.4m/7.1km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 4.3m/6.9km  
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.6km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 4.1m/6.7km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Manor House & May Drifts Lanchester 4.1m/6.6km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.6km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 4.3m/6.9km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 3.8m/6.1km  
Mary Pit Beamish 3.0m/4.8km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Stanley 2.5m/4.0km 1860 19 Mar 1936
May Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.6km  
Mercie Drift Lanchester 3.6m/5.9km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 1.8m/2.9km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 5.0m/8.0km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 3.9m/6.3km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 0.1m/0.3km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 1.0m/1.6km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 4.7m/7.6km 1858 17 Jul 1953
New Pit Stanley 2.5m/4.0km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 1.6m/2.7km 1841 1936
Old Engine Pit  5.0m/8.0km  
Old Pit Durham 3.4m/5.5km  07 Nov 1924
Oswald Pit Craghead 1.7m/2.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxhill Pit Stanley 3.6m/5.9km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 4.8m/7.8km  
Pea Flat Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 3.7m/6.0km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.5m/2.5km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 1.6m/2.6km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 2.6m/4.2km  
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.7km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 3.7m/6.0km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 2.4m/3.9km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Ralph Pit Burnhope 2.8m/4.5km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 4.6m/7.5km  
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 2.1m/3.5km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Resolution Pit West Rainton 4.6m/7.5km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.9km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 4.1m/6.6km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 3.6m/5.9km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 3.9m/6.3km 1952 Aug 1955
Row Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  29 May 1965
Rush Pit Harraton 4.7m/7.6km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 1.1m/1.8km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Scrog Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Second Pit Beamish 2.6m/4.3km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 1.3m/2.1km 1845 May 1947
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 1.8m/3.0km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 2.8m/4.6km  
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 4.7m/7.6km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 0.3m/0.6km  May 1990
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 4.0m/6.4km  08 Feb 1922
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 4.6m/7.5km  
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 2.3m/3.7km 1890 03 Jan 1964
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.7km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 3.8m/6.2km 1837 1915
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 4.2m/6.8km  
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 5.0m/8.0km  
Staple Pit Ditpon 4.8m/7.7km 1821 1938
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 2.0m/3.2km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 4.4m/7.1km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Success Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 4.3m/6.9km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Thomas Pit Craghead 1.6m/2.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 1.1m/1.8km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 1.1m/1.9km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 1.8m/3.0km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 4.2m/6.8km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 0.5m/0.8km  30 Nov 1920
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.9km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 2.5m/4.1km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.0m/4.9km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 4.4m/7.1km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 0.8m/1.3km 1831 Apr 1926
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 4.5m/7.3km 1913 May 1932
Water Pit Beamish 2.6m/4.3km  
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 0.6m/1.0km  30 Nov 1920
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 1.1m/1.9km 1858 1921
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 3.8m/6.1km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 2.5m/4.0km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whin Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 1.0m/1.6km  
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 4.8m/7.8km 1790 27 Feb 1965
William Pit Craghead 1.5m/2.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km  
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 4.2m/6.8km  25 Aug 1962
Witton Colliery Sacriston 2.1m/3.5km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 1.3m/2.2km  
Woodside Pit  5.0m/8.0km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 4.1m/6.7km  

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