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  Blue Bell Pit  Index  Blue Bell Pit  

Blue Bell Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 31300 71300

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.8m/7.7km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 3.1m/5.0km  
Alfred Pit Jarrow 3.8m/6.1km 1803 
Algernon Colliery Backworth 0.6m/1.1km 1853 1966
Amelia Pit Cramlington 4.7m/7.6km  
Ann Pit Walker 4.4m/7.1km  
Anne Pit Cramlington 3.8m/6.1km  
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 0.6m/1.0km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 0.6m/1.0km 1818 Jun 1980
Basin Pit Longbenton 3.2m/5.2km  
Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.6m/5.8km bef. 1760 
Betsy Pit Cramlington 3.8m/6.1km  
Bigge Pit Willington 1.6m/2.7km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 3.1m/5.0km  
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 4.3m/6.9km  
Burdon Main Colliery North Sheilds 3.5m/5.7km 1811 
Burradon Colliery Burradon 2.5m/4.0km 1820 Nov 1975
Chance Pit North Sheilds 2.7m/4.4km 1811 
Chapter Main Colliery South Shields 4.4m/7.1km 1805 1825
Charlotte Pit Walker 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1765 
Chirton Colliery Chirton 3.3m/5.3km  
Chirton Pit North Sheilds 2.7m/4.4km 1811 
Church Pit Earsdon 0.5m/0.9km 1838 
Church Pit (New Engine Pit) South Shields 4.1m/6.6km Jun 1825 1940
Church Pit South Shields 4.1m/6.6km 1825 
Church Pit Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1782 
Collingwood Main Colliery North Sheilds 3.5m/5.7km 1811 
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Cramlington Brickworks Cramlington 3.8m/6.2km  
Cramlington Colliery Cramlington 3.8m/6.2km  
Cullercoats Colliery Cullercoats 3.0m/4.8km  
Delaval Pit New Hartley 2.4m/3.9km  
Delight Pit Byker 4.8m/7.8km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.5km  
Dudley Colliery Dudley 3.7m/6.0km 1856 1977
Dudley Pit (Cramlington Coll.) Dudley 3.7m/6.0km 1856 1977
Duke & Duchess Pit Earsdon 0.4m/0.7km  
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 3.8m/6.1km 1803 
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 0.4m/0.7km  22 Jun 1934
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 1.0m/1.7km  
East Pit Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km  
Eccles Colliery Backworth 0.6m/1.0km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 0.6m/1.0km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edward Pit Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 1.8m/2.9km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 0.8m/1.4km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 3.6m/5.9km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 4.0m/6.5km  
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 1.0m/1.6km 1874 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 1.0m/1.6km 1874 1973
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 2.1m/3.4km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 2.2m/3.6km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km 1736 
Gloria Colliery Hartley 4.0m/6.4km  1951
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 4.0m/6.5km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.4km  
Grange Pit Earsdon 0.6m/1.1km  
Hannah Pit Blyth 4.8m/7.8km  
Hartley Colliery New Hartley 3.6m/5.9km  Feb 1959
Hastings Pit Seaton Delaval 3.2m/5.2km 1875 27 May 1960
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 3.7m/6.0km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 3.0m/4.9km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 3.8m/6.1km  
Hester Pit Seaton Delaval 3.3m/5.4km  
Hester Pit New Hartley 3.3m/5.4km  
High Pit Willington Quay 2.5m/4.1km 1806 
Hopewell Pit North Sheilds 3.0m/4.8km 1811 
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 3.0m/4.9km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 3.5m/5.6km  
Jane Pit Walker 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 3.8m/6.1km 1803 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.7km  
John Pit Seghill 2.6m/4.2km 1824 1962
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 1.6m/2.7km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1829 
King Pit Walker 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1765 
Kitty Pit Seghill 2.6m/4.2km 1824 1962
Lamb Pit Cramlington 3.2m/5.2km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 4.8m/7.8km  
Lizzie Pit Weetslade 3.3m/5.4km 1903 1966
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.6m/5.8km bef. 1760 
Low Pit Willington Quay 2.5m/4.1km 1806 
Major Pit Seghill 2.6m/4.3km  1962
Manor Wallsend Colliery South Shields 4.4m/7.1km 1805 1825
Maude Pit Backworth 0.6m/1.1km Jun 1872 Dec 1960
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.7km  
Mill Pit New Hartley 3.3m/5.4km  Feb 1959
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 1.6m/2.7km  
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 0.8m/1.4km  
New Hartley Colliery New Hartley 3.6m/5.9km  Feb 1959
New Pit Howden 3.1m/5.0km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 3.6m/5.8km  
Newsham Colliery Blyth 4.8m/7.8km  
Nightingale Pit New Hartley 2.5m/4.1km  Feb 1959
Old Pit North Sheilds 3.5m/5.7km 1811 
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 3.0m/4.9km  
Percy Pit North Shields 3.0m/4.9km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 2.5m/4.0km  28 Sep 1929
Prospect Pit Chirton 3.3m/5.3km  
Prosperous Pit Backworth 1.4m/2.3km 1906 Dec 1960
Rake Lane Drift Backworth 1.4m/2.3km  
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Relief Pit Seaton Delaval 3.2m/5.2km 1884 27 May 1960
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 5.0m/8.0km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Cramlington 3.7m/6.0km  
Richard Pit Seaton Delaval 3.2m/5.2km 1838 27 May 1960
Richard Pit Willington Quay 2.4m/3.9km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 2.0m/3.3km  1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 2.0m/3.3km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1782 
Seaton Delaval Colliery Seaton Delaval 3.1m/5.1km 1838 27 May 1960
Seghill Brickworks Seghill 2.6m/4.2km  
Seghill Colliery Seghill 2.6m/4.2km 1824 1962
Shankhouse Colliery Shankhouse 4.7m/7.6km  
Shields Colliery Chirton 3.3m/5.3km  
St. Hilda's Colliery South Shields 4.1m/6.6km 1810 1940
Success Pit Seghill 2.1m/3.5km 1824 1962
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 3.8m/6.1km 1803 
Templetown Colliery South Shields 4.4m/7.1km 1805 1825
Venture Pit Willington Quay 2.5m/4.1km 1806 
Walker Colliery Walker 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1782 
Weetslade Colliery Weetslade 3.4m/5.5km 1903 1966
West Chirton Pit North Sheilds 3.5m/5.7km 1811 
West Cramlington Colliery Cramlington 4.1m/6.6km  30 Aug 1938
West Holywell Colliery Earsdon 1.8m/2.9km 1857 1861
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1829 
Westoe Colliery South Shields 4.6m/7.5km 1909 May 1993
Whin Pit New Hartley 3.3m/5.4km 1754 
Whitley Colliery Whitley Bay 2.6m/4.2km  
Wideopen Colliery Wideopen 4.2m/6.8km 1825 
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 2.5m/4.1km 1806 

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