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  Backworth Brickworks  Index  Backworth Brickworks  

Backworth Brickworks

OS Grid Ref: NZ 30400 71900

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Backworth Brickworks

  main page for Backworth Brickworks

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.6m/7.4km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 3.2m/5.2km  
Alfred Pit Jarrow 4.3m/7.0km 1803 
Algernon Colliery Backworth 1.3m/2.1km 1853 1966
Amelia Pit Cramlington 4.1m/6.6km  
Ann Pit Walker 4.6m/7.5km  
Anne Pit Cramlington 3.1m/5.1km  
Augusta Pit Wide Open 4.7m/7.6km 1867 Feb 1960
Backworth Colliery Backworth 0.0m/0.0km 1818 Jun 1980
Basin Pit Longbenton 3.1m/5.0km  
Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1760 
Betsy Pit Cramlington 3.1m/5.1km  
Bigge Pit Willington 2.1m/3.5km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 3.2m/5.2km  
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 0.6m/1.0km  1915
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 4.0m/6.5km  
Burdon Main Colliery North Sheilds 4.1m/6.7km 1811 
Burradon Colliery Burradon 1.8m/3.0km 1820 Nov 1975
Chance Pit North Sheilds 3.4m/5.5km 1811 
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1765 
Chirton Colliery Chirton 3.9m/6.3km  
Chirton Pit North Sheilds 3.4m/5.5km 1811 
Church Pit Earsdon 0.7m/1.2km 1838 
Church Pit (New Engine Pit) South Shields 4.8m/7.7km Jun 1825 1940
Church Pit South Shields 4.8m/7.7km 1825 
Church Pit Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1782 
Collingwood Main Colliery North Sheilds 4.1m/6.7km 1811 
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Cramlington Brickworks Cramlington 3.2m/5.2km  
Cramlington Colliery Cramlington 3.2m/5.2km  
Cullercoats Colliery Cullercoats 3.6m/5.8km  
Delaval Pit New Hartley 2.3m/3.8km  
Delight Pit Byker 4.9m/7.9km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.2m/6.8km  
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 4.7m/7.6km 1867 Feb 1960
Dudley Colliery Dudley 3.0m/4.9km 1856 1977
Dudley Pit (Cramlington Coll.) Dudley 3.0m/4.9km 1856 1977
Duke & Duchess Pit Earsdon 0.3m/0.6km  
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 4.3m/7.0km 1803 
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 0.3m/0.6km  22 Jun 1934
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 0.8m/1.3km  
East Pit Wallsend 4.1m/6.6km  
Eccles Colliery Backworth 0.0m/0.0km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 0.0m/0.0km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edward Pit Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 2.2m/3.6km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 1.5m/2.5km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 3.8m/6.2km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 3.8m/6.1km  
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 0.7m/1.2km 1874 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 0.7m/1.2km 1874 1973
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 2.8m/4.5km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 2.8m/4.5km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.3m/6.9km 1736 
Gloria Colliery Hartley 3.6m/5.8km  1951
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 3.8m/6.1km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 4.1m/6.7km  
Grange Pit Earsdon 1.1m/1.9km  
Hannah Pit Blyth 4.5m/7.2km  
Hartley Colliery New Hartley 3.2m/5.2km  Feb 1959
Hastings Pit Seaton Delaval 2.8m/4.5km 1875 27 May 1960
Hazlerigg Colliery Dinnington 4.8m/7.8km 1892 Apr 1964
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.3m/6.9km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 4.1m/6.6km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 2.8m/4.6km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km  
Hester Pit Seaton Delaval 3.0m/4.8km  
Hester Pit Wide Open 4.7m/7.6km  Feb 1960
Hester Pit New Hartley 3.0m/4.8km  
High Pit Willington Quay 3.0m/4.8km 1806 
Hopewell Pit North Sheilds 3.6m/5.8km 1811 
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 3.6m/5.9km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 4.0m/6.5km  
Jane Pit Walker 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 4.3m/7.0km 1803 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.5km  
John Pit Seghill 2.0m/3.3km 1824 1962
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 1.3m/2.1km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1829 
King Pit Walker 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1765 
Kitty Pit Seghill 2.0m/3.3km 1824 1962
Lamb Pit Cramlington 2.6m/4.3km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 4.9m/7.9km  
Lizzie Pit Weetslade 2.8m/4.5km 1903 1966
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1760 
Low Pit Willington Quay 3.0m/4.8km 1806 
Major Pit Seghill 2.1m/3.4km  1962
Maude Pit Backworth 0.0m/0.1km Jun 1872 Dec 1960
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.5km  
Mill Pit New Hartley 3.3m/5.3km  Feb 1959
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 2.2m/3.6km  
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 1.5m/2.5km  
Nelson Colliery Cramlington 4.5m/7.3km 1934 Jan 1958
New Delaval Colliery nr.Blyth 4.8m/7.8km  1955
New Hartley Colliery New Hartley 3.2m/5.2km  Feb 1959
New Pit Howden 3.6m/5.9km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 3.5m/5.6km  
Newsham Colliery Blyth 4.5m/7.2km  
Nightingale Pit New Hartley 2.4m/3.9km  Feb 1959
Old Pit North Sheilds 4.1m/6.7km 1811 
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 3.6m/5.9km  
Percy Pit North Shields 3.6m/5.9km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 3.1m/5.1km  28 Sep 1929
Prospect Pit Chirton 3.9m/6.3km  
Prosperous Pit Backworth 1.4m/2.3km 1906 Dec 1960
Pumping Shaft Dinnington 4.8m/7.7km 1892 Apr 1964
Rake Lane Drift Backworth 2.1m/3.4km  
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Relief Pit Seaton Delaval 2.8m/4.5km 1884 27 May 1960
Richard Pit Cramlington 3.1m/5.0km  
Richard Pit Seaton Delaval 2.8m/4.5km 1838 27 May 1960
Richard Pit Willington Quay 2.3m/3.7km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 2.2m/3.6km  1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 2.2m/3.6km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1782 
Seaton Burn Colliery Seaton Burn 4.4m/7.1km 1844 17 Aug 1965
Seaton Delaval Colliery Seaton Delaval 2.7m/4.4km 1838 27 May 1960
Seghill Brickworks Seghill 2.0m/3.3km  
Seghill Colliery Seghill 2.0m/3.3km 1824 1962
Shankhouse Colliery Shankhouse 4.1m/6.6km  
Shields Colliery Chirton 3.9m/6.3km  
St. Hilda's Colliery South Shields 4.8m/7.7km 1810 1940
Success Pit Seghill 1.5m/2.5km 1824 1962
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 4.3m/7.0km 1803 
Venture Pit Willington Quay 3.0m/4.8km 1806 
Walker Colliery Walker 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1782 
Weetslade Colliery Weetslade 2.8m/4.6km 1903 1966
West Chirton Pit North Sheilds 4.1m/6.7km 1811 
West Cramlington Colliery Cramlington 3.4m/5.5km  30 Aug 1938
West Holywell Colliery Earsdon 1.2m/2.0km 1857 1861
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1829 
Whin Pit New Hartley 3.3m/5.4km 1754 
Whitley Colliery Whitley Bay 3.1m/5.1km  
Wideopen Colliery Wideopen 3.6m/5.9km 1825 
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 3.0m/4.8km 1806 

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