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  Cornforth Colliery  Index  Cornforth Colliery  

Cornforth Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 32626 34757

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cornforth Colliery

  main page for Cornforth Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Annie Pit Ferryhill 2.1m/3.5km 1872 Mar 1905
Bells Pit Coxhoe 1.6m/2.7km  
Bishop Middleham Colliery Bishop Middleham 2.2m/3.6km 1846 1936
Bishop Middleham Quarry Bishop Middleham 1.6m/2.7km  
Borehole Pit Coxhoe 1.1m/1.9km 1843 
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 2.3m/3.8km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 1.3m/2.2km  bef. 1894
Cassop Colliery Cassop 2.4m/3.9km 1840 1868
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 2.8m/4.5km 1840 1850's
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 2.1m/3.5km 1872 Mar 1905
Chilton Colliery Chilton 3.8m/6.1km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 2.5m/4.0km  
Clarence Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 1.1m/1.9km 1843 
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 1.0m/1.6km  
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 0.5m/0.9km  
Coxhoe Colliery Coxhoe 1.1m/1.9km 1843 
Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe 1.1m/1.9km  
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 4.5m/7.3km  
Crow Trees Colliery Quarrington Hill 1.8m/2.9km  bef. 1894
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.0m/6.4km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.6m/7.5km 1845 Bef. 1870
Deaf Hill Colliery Deaf Hill 3.5m/5.7km 1877 25 Feb 1967
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 2.8m/4.6km 1904 15 Jan 1966
East Hetton Colliery nr. Kelloe 1.8m/2.9km 1836 Jun 1983
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 2.1m/3.5km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Fishburn Coking Plant Fishburn, nr. Sedgefield 2.8m/4.5km  
Fishburn Colliery Fishburn, nr. Sedgefield 2.8m/4.5km 1910 30 Nov 1973
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 0.8m/1.3km  
Garmondsway Quarry nr. Coxhoe 1.6m/2.7km  
Harap Quarry Garmondsway 1.6m/2.7km  
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 5.0m/8.0km  
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 2.0m/3.2km  bef. 1894
High Pit Ferryhill 3.4m/5.5km  
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 4.2m/6.8km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.3km  
Jane Pit West Cornforth 1.2m/2.0km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Kelloe Colliery nr. Kelloe 1.8m/2.9km 1836 Jun 1983
Kelloe Winning Colliery Kelloe 3.0m/4.9km 1834 1983
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 4.9m/7.9km  
Lady Pit Wingate 4.6m/7.4km 1839 26 Oct 1962
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 2.5m/4.0km  1865
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 4.8m/7.8km  
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 4.7m/7.6km  
Lord Pit Wingate 4.6m/7.4km 1839 26 Oct 1962
Ludworth Colliery Ludworth 4.7m/7.6km 1837 1931
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 2.2m/3.6km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 2.1m/3.5km 1872 Mar 1905
Marl Hole Quarry Wheatley Hill 3.7m/6.0km  
Mary Pit West Cornforth 1.1m/1.9km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 3.6m/5.9km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.1m/6.6km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 2.2m/3.6km 1954 Jul 1978
New Pit Trimdon Grange 2.5m/4.1km 1872 16 Feb 1968
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km  
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 4.7m/7.6km 1849 
Old Quarrington Quarry 1 Bowburn 2.1m/3.4km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 2.1m/3.5km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 3 Bowburn 2.1m/3.4km  
Pickering Quarry  3.4m/5.5km  
Quarrington Hill Quarry Durham 2.0m/3.2km  
Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone) Ferryhill 0.9m/1.5km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km  
Running Waters Quarry Durham 3.5m/5.6km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 4.9m/7.9km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 4.8m/7.8km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 4.2m/6.8km 1844 May 1935
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 3.7m/6.0km 1839 1875
South Kelloe Colliery Quarrington Hill 1.6m/2.6km  
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km 1846 June 1927
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.6m/5.8km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 4.0m/6.4km  
Thornley Colliery Thornley 3.8m/6.1km 1835 09 Jan 1970
Thornton Pit Croxdale 3.9m/6.3km  
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 1.1m/1.9km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 1.1m/1.9km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Thrislington Quarry Cornforth 1.5m/2.4km  
Thrislington Quarry 1 Cornforth 1.0m/1.6km  
Thrislington Quarry 2 Cornforth 1.3m/2.1km  
Trimdon Colliery Trimdon 3.1m/5.0km 1840 1925
Trimdon Grange Coking Plant Trimdon Grange 2.6m/4.3km  
Trimdon Grange Colliery Trimdon Grange 2.6m/4.3km May 1845 16 Feb 1968
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.6m/5.8km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.6m/5.8km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 3.8m/6.1km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 4.6m/7.4km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.6m/5.8km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 1.6m/2.7km 1854 1968
Vale Pit Cassop 2.4m/3.9km 1840 1877
Vale Pit Quarrington Hill 1.9m/3.1km  bef. 1894
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 1.1m/1.9km 1835 04 Mar 1967
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 1.5m/2.5km  
Wheatley Hill Colliery Wheatley Hill 4.6m/7.4km 1869 03 May 1968
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 3.8m/6.2km 1836 1875
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 3.8m/6.2km  1924
Wingate Grange Colliery Wingate 4.7m/7.6km 1839 26 Oct 1962
Wingate Quarry (Limestone) nr. Trimdon 3.4m/5.5km  
Witch Hill Quarry Shadforth 3.3m/5.3km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km  

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cornforth Colliery

  main page for Cornforth Colliery


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