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  Chopwell North Terrace Drift B  Index  Chopwell North Terrace Drift B  

Chopwell North Terrace Drift B

OS Grid Ref: NZ 11500 58600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Chopwell North Terrace Drift B

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In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from Chopwell North Terrace Drift B are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 1.5m/2.4km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 2.5m/4.0km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 4.8m/7.7km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.7km  
Ann Pit Wylam 3.9m/6.3km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 3.3m/5.4km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 3.8m/6.2km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 2.4m/3.9km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 1.8m/2.9km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1857 
B Pit Greenside 2.8m/4.5km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 1.0m/1.6km bef. 1862 
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 4.6m/7.4km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.5m/5.6km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 3.1m/5.1km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 3.1m/5.1km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 2.6m/4.2km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 3.2m/5.2km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 4.1m/6.7km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 4.1m/6.7km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 1.8m/3.0km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 4.3m/6.9km  
Billingside Drift Medomsley 3.3m/5.4km  Jan 1879
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 3.9m/6.3km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 3.3m/5.3km  
Bog Pit Stella 4.3m/6.9km  
Bog Pit Pontop 4.4m/7.1km  
Brack Pit Kyo 4.6m/7.4km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 4.3m/6.9km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 3.6m/5.8km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 3.4m/5.5km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 1.5m/2.5km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 0.9m/1.5km  
Broom Pit Collierly 4.6m/7.4km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 3.2m/5.2km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 3.3m/5.3km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 3.8m/6.2km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 4.1m/6.7km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.0km  06 Oct 1972
Bute Pit Garesfield 1.6m/2.6km 11 Sep 1869 
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.5m/7.3km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 4.0m/6.5km  
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 4.7m/7.6km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 0.0m/0.1km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 0.5m/0.8km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 0.0m/0.1km 1920 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 4.1m/6.7km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 1.3m/2.1km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.5m/7.3km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 0.5m/0.8km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 4.1m/6.7km  Oct 1948
Consett Colliery Blackhill 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Content Pit Blaydon 4.8m/7.7km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 1.6m/2.7km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 3.5m/5.7km  Jul 1980
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 3.9m/6.3km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 3.2m/5.2km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 2.7m/4.4km 1796 
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1847 
Delight Pit Dipton 4.0m/6.5km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 2.3m/3.8km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Dipton Colliery Dipton 4.0m/6.5km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Duke Pit Chopwell 0.8m/1.4km  
Dummys Pit  1.2m/2.0km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 0.5m/0.9km bef. 1857 
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km  
East Drift Chopwell 0.3m/0.6km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 0.5m/0.9km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 1.5m/2.5km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 1.3m/2.1km  
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 4.6m/7.4km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 4.2m/6.8km 1844 18 July 1980
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 2.8m/4.5km  
Edward Pit Winlaton 4.4m/7.1km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.7km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 3.5m/5.6km 1836 
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 3.4m/5.5km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 3.7m/6.0km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.7km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 4.9m/7.9km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 3.5m/5.7km  
Fallow Pit  1.6m/2.7km bef. 1857 
First Pit Winlaton 3.2m/5.2km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 0.6m/1.1km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 3.3m/5.4km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 0.5m/0.9km  
Freehold Pit Blaydon 4.6m/7.5km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 0.8m/1.4km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 1.6m/2.6km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.0m/4.8km  1854
Gin Pit Medomsley 3.4m/5.5km  
Gray Mare Hill Drift Riding Mill 4.4m/7.1km  
Greenside Colliery Greenside 2.5m/4.0km  23 Jul 1966
Grey Mare Pit Whittonstall 4.9m/7.9km  
Greymare Hill Colliery  4.1m/6.6km  
Grooves Pit  1.3m/2.2km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 1.3m/2.1km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Haugh Pit Wylam 3.6m/5.8km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 0.9m/1.5km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.8km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.7km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  2.7m/4.4km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.1m/3.4km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.8m/7.7km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 3.2m/5.2km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 3.2m/5.2km  
Hive Pit Pontop 4.1m/6.7km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 3.8m/6.2km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 1.8m/3.0km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 2.3m/3.8km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 0.1m/0.2km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.1km 1898 06 Oct 1972
James Pit Prudhoe 3.1m/5.1km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 5.0m/8.0km  
John Pit Chopwell 0.7m/1.2km  
John Pit West Wylam 3.1m/5.1km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 3.4m/5.5km  
King Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
King Pit Heddon 4.9m/7.9km  
Kyo Wood Pit  1.7m/2.8km bef. 1790 
Law Pit Lanchester 4.3m/6.9km 1800 
Lee Pit Chopwell 0.7m/1.2km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 3.3m/5.3km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 3.3m/5.3km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.0m/4.9km 1855 Mar 1929
Loud Pit Pontop 4.8m/7.8km  
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 3.3m/5.4km  Jul 1980
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.8km  
Margery Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.7km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 0.0m/0.1km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 3.6m/5.8km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 3.5m/5.7km 1867 Jul 1980
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 3.1m/5.0km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 2.9m/4.7km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 3.6m/5.9km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.9m/4.7km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 3.5m/5.6km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 3.1m/5.0km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 0.9m/1.5km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 4.9m/7.9km  Mar 1921
Moor Pit Pontop 4.8m/7.7km  
Mosspool Pit Kiln Pit Hill 4.7m/7.6km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 4.1m/6.7km  Oct 1948
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 3.8m/6.1km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 0.6m/1.1km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.7m/4.4km 1765 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 4.2m/6.8km  
North Wylam Wylam 3.8m/6.2km  1892
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 4.5m/7.3km  Aug 1958
Peggy Pit Wylam 3.6m/5.8km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 1.1m/1.8km 1802 1940
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 2.9m/4.7km  Aug 1964
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 4.0m/6.4km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 3.8m/6.2km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 3.8m/6.2km  1938
Primrose Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.7km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 4.1m/6.7km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 3.5m/5.7km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 3.6m/5.8km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 3.1m/5.1km  
Richard Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 4.9m/7.9km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 4.9m/7.9km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 2.0m/3.2km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 2.2m/3.6km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 1.3m/2.1km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 1.6m/2.7km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 4.1m/6.7km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.7m/4.4km 1765 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 3.8m/6.2km 1861 Jul 1980
Speculation Drift Blaydon 1.7m/2.8km  
Spring Pits  3.6m/5.9km  
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 2.5m/4.0km 1950 Feb 1965
Staple Pit Ditpon 5.0m/8.0km 1821 1938
Stargate Colliery Stargate 4.1m/6.6km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 3.1m/5.1km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 4.5m/7.2km  
Success Pit Ditpon 3.8m/6.2km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 3.5m/5.6km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 4.3m/6.9km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 0.0m/0.1km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 0.8m/1.3km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 1.6m/2.7km  
Tilley Pit  1.6m/2.6km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 4.5m/7.3km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 1.0m/1.7km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 3.7m/6.0km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 1.6m/2.7km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 3.7m/6.0km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 4.1m/6.6km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 3.7m/6.0km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Victoria Drift Blaydon 4.0m/6.4km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 1.8m/3.0km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Water Level Drift East Castle 4.8m/7.8km  
West Drift Chopwell 1.7m/2.8km 1960 
West Engine Pit Heddon 4.9m/7.9km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 3.4m/5.5km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  1.3m/2.1km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 3.8m/6.2km  1938
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 3.2m/5.2km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 3.2m/5.2km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 1.1m/1.9km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 1.3m/2.1km  1941
Whittonstall Colliery  3.1m/5.0km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 1.9m/3.1km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Medomsley 2.5m/4.0km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Willie Pit Tantobie 4.3m/6.9km 1762 Oct 1948
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 3.8m/6.2km  1938
Wylam Colliery Wylam 3.5m/5.7km  

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