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  Edgewell Colliery  Index  Edgewell Colliery  

Edgewell Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 08936 62322

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Edgewell Colliery

  main page for Edgewell Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 4.0m/6.5km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 3.0m/4.9km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 2.5m/4.0km  
Ann Pit Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 4.0m/6.5km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 3.8m/6.2km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1857 
B Pit Greenside 3.3m/5.3km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1862 
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 4.0m/6.5km  
Beal Quarry Ovingham 2.3m/3.8km  
Bean Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 2.5m/4.0km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 2.1m/3.5km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 4.8m/7.8km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 4.8m/7.7km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 4.1m/6.6km  
Bog Pit Stella 4.8m/7.8km  
Broadoak Quarry Consett 3.5m/5.7km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 4.1m/6.6km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 3.4m/5.5km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 1.6m/2.7km  
Cat Pit Throckley 4.7m/7.6km  
Chance Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.5km 1756 
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 2.8m/4.6km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 3.1m/5.1km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 4.8m/7.7km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 2.6m/4.2km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 2.6m/4.2km 1796 
Crossedge Quarry Stocksfield 3.9m/6.3km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.2km  
Dummys Pit  3.9m/6.3km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  
East Shaft Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 4.0m/6.5km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 3.0m/4.8km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 2.5m/4.0km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 0.5m/0.9km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 3.5m/5.7km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 2.5m/4.0km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.6km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 4.1m/6.6km  
Fallow Pit  2.6m/4.3km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 4.3m/6.9km  
Fence Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.6km  
Fence Pit Heddon 4.1m/6.6km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.9m/7.9km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 4.0m/6.4km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.5km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 3.4m/5.5km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 4.6m/7.5km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.6km  
Gray Mare Hill Drift Riding Mill 4.7m/7.6km  
Greenside Colliery Greenside 3.1m/5.0km  23 Jul 1966
Greymare Hill Colliery  3.3m/5.3km  
Grooves Pit  1.8m/3.0km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 4.0m/6.4km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Haugh Pit Wylam 2.0m/3.3km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 3.9m/6.3km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 2.5m/4.0km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  2.1m/3.4km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 1.2m/2.0km  
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 3.8m/6.1km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 3.8m/6.1km  
Hill Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km 1773 
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.3m/7.0km  
Horsley Pit Spital 2.6m/4.3km  
Humble Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
Humble Pit Heddon 4.1m/6.7km  
Hutton Drift Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km  
James Pit Prudhoe 1.3m/2.1km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.6km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 4.1m/6.6km  
John Pit Chopwell 2.5m/4.0km  
John Pit West Wylam 1.3m/2.1km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 3.1m/5.1km  
King Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.4km  
King Pit Heddon 4.0m/6.4km  
Kyo Wood Pit  2.0m/3.2km bef. 1790 
Lee Pit Chopwell 2.4m/3.9km  
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 3.9m/6.3km  
Margery Pit Wylam 2.5m/4.0km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 4.6m/7.4km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 4.1m/6.6km  
Mary Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.6km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 1.5m/2.5km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 1.5m/2.5km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 0.9m/1.5km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 1.6m/2.7km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 2.8m/4.6km  
North Wylam Wylam 1.9m/3.1km  1892
Peggy Pit Wylam 1.9m/3.1km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 2.3m/3.7km 1802 1940
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 3.0m/4.8km  Aug 1964
Primrose Pit Wylam 2.5m/4.0km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 2.5m/4.0km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 0.8m/1.4km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 1.3m/2.1km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km 1756 
Richard Pit Throckley 3.9m/6.3km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 3.9m/6.3km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 3.9m/6.3km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 2.7m/4.4km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 2.9m/4.7km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.1m/6.7km  
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.2m/6.8km  
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 2.7m/4.4km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 1.6m/2.6km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 4.5m/7.2km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Styford Quarry Corbridge 4.6m/7.4km  
Taylor Pit Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thistle Pit Throckley 4.3m/7.0km 1756 
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 4.5m/7.3km 1867 Jan 1954
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.1m/5.0km  
Tilley Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 3.8m/6.1km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 3.5m/5.7km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.5m/5.6km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 3.5m/5.7km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 4.5m/7.2km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 3.5m/5.7km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Victoria Drift Blaydon 4.9m/7.9km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.3m/7.0km 1870 13 Jul 1962
West Drift Chopwell 3.0m/4.8km 1960 
West Engine Pit Heddon 4.1m/6.7km  
West Pit House Shaft  2.3m/3.8km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 1.1m/1.9km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 1.1m/1.9km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 3.7m/6.0km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 3.9m/6.3km  1941
Whin Pit Thockley 4.8m/7.7km  
Whittonstall Colliery  3.4m/5.5km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 3.1m/5.1km 1907 25 Nov 1966
Wylam Colliery Wylam 2.5m/4.0km  

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