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  Dryburn Grange Colliery  Index  Dryburn Grange Colliery  

Dryburn Grange Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 25944 45129

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Dryburn Grange Colliery

  main page for Dryburn Grange Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 2.8m/4.5km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 1.5m/2.4km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 1.7m/2.8km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 3.6m/5.8km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 4.6m/7.5km 1826 
Adventure Pit West Rainton 3.6m/5.9km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 4.5m/7.3km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Allotment Drift Bearpark 3.4m/5.5km  Mar 1947
Alma Drift Grange Villa 4.3m/7.0km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 4.3m/7.0km 1858 
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 5.0m/8.0km  
Annie Pit Burnhope 4.6m/7.4km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 3.6m/5.8km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 2.3m/3.7km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 1.3m/2.2km 1880s Sep 1949
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 1.4m/2.3km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 1.4m/2.3km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 1.4m/2.3km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Belmont Colliery Pittington 3.8m/6.1km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 4.3m/6.9km  
Betty Pit Burnhope 4.6m/7.4km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Boyne Colliery Durham 2.8m/4.5km  
Branch Pit West Rainton 4.1m/6.7km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 3.1m/5.1km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 3.1m/5.1km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 4.0m/6.4km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.8m/4.6km  1924
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 2.3m/3.7km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 3.4m/5.5km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 3.6m/5.8km  1890
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.3m/7.0km 1867 Feb 1965
Browney Colliery Brandon 3.8m/6.1km 1871 Jul 1938
Buddle Pit Pittington 4.5m/7.2km  
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 4.6m/7.4km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Busty Pit Craghead 4.5m/7.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.1m/6.7km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 2.3m/3.7km 1875 Apr 1926
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 2.2m/3.6km  
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 2.6m/4.3km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 2.6m/4.3km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Pit Pittington 3.8m/6.1km 1836 1872?
Cocken Colliery Cocken 2.7m/4.4km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 1.9m/3.1km  Apr 1957
Craghead Colliery Craghead 4.5m/7.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 5.0m/8.0km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.5m/5.7km 1845 Bef. 1870
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 3.8m/6.2km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 3.2m/5.2km  
Durham Main Colliery Durham 1.3m/2.2km  1924
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.0m/4.8km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 4.5m/7.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Elvet Colliery Durham 2.4m/3.9km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 3.5m/5.6km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 4.3m/6.9km 1866 Jun 1968
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.1m/6.6km 1867 Feb 1965
Fell Pit Burnhope 4.3m/7.0km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Field House Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 2.4m/3.9km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 1.1m/1.9km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 2.7m/4.4km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 2.3m/3.7km 1872 
Fortune Pit Burnhope 4.6m/7.4km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 0.6m/1.0km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 2.1m/3.4km 1840 1860s
Furnace Pit Pittington 3.8m/6.1km 1836 1872?
Galley's Field Corner Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 5.0m/8.0km  04 Aug 1938
George Pit Craghead 4.5m/7.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Lumley 3.4m/5.5km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 4.5m/7.2km 1841 1936
Glow O'er 'em Pit  4.5m/7.3km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 2.6m/4.3km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 4.4m/7.1km  
Greenwell Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 4.9m/7.9km 1868 1958
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.9m/7.9km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 1.9m/3.1km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 2.3m/3.7km  
Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 3.2m/5.2km  1951
Hilltop Quarry Esh 2.7m/4.4km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 1.5m/2.4km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 4.5m/7.2km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 4.5m/7.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Houghall Colliery Durham 3.1m/5.0km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 4.0m/6.4km 1817 
Hutton Drift Lanchester 4.6m/7.5km  
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 2.4m/3.9km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 2.6m/4.2km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 1.1m/1.8km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  4.2m/6.8km  
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 4.9m/7.9km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 3.7m/6.0km  
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 4.1m/6.6km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.9m/7.9km 1837 Aug 1963
Lane Pit West Rainton 4.0m/6.5km  
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.5m/5.7km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 3.0m/4.9km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 3.0m/4.8km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Letch Pit High Moorsley 4.5m/7.3km 1824 1897
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 3.5m/5.6km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 4.0m/6.4km  
Londonderry Pit Pittington 4.6m/7.5km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 3.0m/4.8km  
Lound Groove Drift Esh 4.6m/7.5km  
Low Letch Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Lumley Colliery Lumley 4.6m/7.4km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 4.3m/7.0km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km 1870 22 Jul 1961
May Drift Lanchester 5.0m/8.0km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 4.3m/7.0km 1824 1897
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 3.4m/5.5km 1871 Dec 1950
Mercie Drift Lanchester 4.6m/7.5km  
Middle Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 2.0m/3.2km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 3.1m/5.1km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 2.9m/4.7km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 2.6m/4.2km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 2.9m/4.7km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 4.5m/7.2km 1841 1936
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 4.7m/7.6km 1817 
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 3.5m/5.6km 1840 Dec 1950
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 4.7m/7.6km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 3.0m/4.8km 1849 
Old Pit Durham 0.6m/1.0km  07 Nov 1924
Oswald Pit Craghead 4.4m/7.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Pea Flat Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.1m/6.6km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 4.1m/6.6km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 3.8m/6.2km  
Pittington Colliery Pittington 4.7m/7.6km  11 Jun 1891
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 4.5m/7.2km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 4.8m/7.7km 1790 
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 3.8m/6.2km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 4.3m/7.0km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 4.2m/6.8km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Redhouse Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 3.5m/5.7km 1816 
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 2.8m/4.6km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 2.2m/3.6km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Sandy Pits  4.8m/7.7km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 3.7m/6.0km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 5.0m/8.0km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 4.4m/7.1km 1844 May 1935
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 2.1m/3.4km 1845 May 1947
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 3.9m/6.3km 1839 1875
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.9m/7.9km  01 Mar 1968
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 2.9m/4.7km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 3.1m/5.0km  May 1990
South Engine Pit Durham 2.4m/3.9km  
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 4.5m/7.2km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 4.3m/7.0km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 4.6m/7.4km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 5.0m/8.0km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 4.9m/7.9km 1868 1958
Thomas Pit Craghead 4.5m/7.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 4.1m/6.6km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 4.3m/6.9km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 5.0m/8.0km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 2.9m/4.7km  30 Nov 1920
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 2.8m/4.6km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Venture Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 3.0m/4.9km 1831 Apr 1926
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 4.8m/7.8km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.0m/4.8km  30 Nov 1920
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 4.3m/6.9km 1858 1921
Whitehall Pit Pelton 4.0m/6.5km  
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 4.0m/6.5km 1836 1875
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 4.8m/7.7km 1790 27 Feb 1965
William Pit Craghead 4.4m/7.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Witton Colliery Sacriston 1.4m/2.3km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 2.1m/3.4km  
Woodside Pit  3.1m/5.1km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 4.3m/6.9km  

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