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  Follonsby Colliery  Index  Follonsby Colliery  

Follonsby Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 30600 62000

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.4m/7.1km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 3.3m/5.3km  
Ada Pit Heworth 1.6m/2.6km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Alfred Pit Jarrow 2.6m/4.2km 1803 
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Ann Pit Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 1.8m/2.9km  
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.3km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 4.3m/7.0km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.5m/7.2km  
Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1760 
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Bigge Pit Willington 4.1m/6.6km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 3.3m/5.3km  
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 4.3m/6.9km 1913 May 1932
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 2.5m/4.1km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 2.5m/4.1km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Borehole Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.3km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Brandling Main Felling 1.9m/3.1km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 4.7m/7.6km  
Burdon Main Colliery North Sheilds 4.3m/7.0km 1811 
Butney Pit Washington 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Carley Hill Quarry (Limestone) Sunderland 5.0m/8.0km  
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 2.4m/3.9km  
Castletown Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 4.3m/7.0km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Centre Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  
Chance Pit North Sheilds 4.3m/7.0km 1811 
Chance Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 3.7m/6.0km  
Chapter Main Colliery South Shields 3.7m/6.0km 1805 1825
Charlotte Pit Walker 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1765 
Chirton Colliery Chirton 4.9m/7.9km  
Chirton Pit North Sheilds 4.3m/7.0km 1811 
Church Pit (New Engine Pit) South Shields 4.5m/7.2km Jun 1825 1940
Church Pit South Shields 4.5m/7.2km 1825 
Church Pit Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1782 
Collingwood Main Colliery North Sheilds 4.3m/7.0km 1811 
Corn Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
Crowhall Quarry Felling 1.5m/2.4km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km  Dec 1893
Delight Pit Byker 2.8m/4.5km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 2.2m/3.6km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1746 
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 3.0m/4.8km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.8m/7.8km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.8m/7.8km 1875 Dec 1947
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 2.6m/4.2km 1803 
East Pit Wallsend 2.1m/3.5km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 2.8m/4.5km  
Edward Pit Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 4.0m/6.4km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1828 
Emidy Pit Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 1.6m/2.6km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 2.6m/4.3km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.3m/2.2km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.8m/7.8km  
Felling Colliery Felling 1.9m/3.1km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 2.0m/3.3km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 4.5m/7.2km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 3.8m/6.1km  
Ford Quarry Sunderland 4.5m/7.3km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.9km 1736 
Frederick Pit Usworth 2.3m/3.8km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.5m/4.0km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
George Pit Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km  
George Pit Low Fell 3.6m/5.8km  
Glebe Colliery Washington 3.6m/5.9km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km  
Green Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 4.7m/7.6km  
Harton Colliery South Shields 3.6m/5.8km 1844 25 Jul 1969
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.9km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.9km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 2.1m/3.4km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 4.7m/7.6km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 2.8m/4.5km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 1.6m/2.6km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
High Pit Willington Quay 3.2m/5.2km 1806 
Hill Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.3km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 2.5m/4.1km  
Hopewell Pit North Sheilds 4.4m/7.1km 1811 
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 3.6m/5.8km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 3.1m/5.0km  
Hylton Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 4.3m/7.0km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Hylton Quarry Sunderland, Tyne & Wear 4.5m/7.2km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jane Pit Walker 1.4m/2.3km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 2.7m/4.4km 1803 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  
John Pit Felling 2.0m/3.3km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 1.6m/2.7km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Judith Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.9m/7.9km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 4.6m/7.5km  
King Pit Walker 1.8m/2.9km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 2.5m/4.1km  
Lady Pit Dunston 4.8m/7.8km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Landsale Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.0km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  
Lane Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 2.8m/4.5km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 3.2m/5.2km  
Little Pit Washington 5.0m/8.0km 1894 Mar 1935
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1760 
Low Pit Willington Quay 3.2m/5.2km 1806 
Manor Wallsend Colliery South Shields 3.7m/6.0km 1805 1825
Meadow Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.4m/7.1km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.9m/7.9km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.4km  
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 4.1m/6.7km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 0.6m/1.0km  
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
New Pit Howden 3.1m/5.1km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 4.0m/6.4km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.3m/2.2km Bef. 1769 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 4.1m/6.6km  
North Biddick Colliery Washington 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 4.2m/6.8km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.8m/7.8km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 3.1m/5.0km  
Old Pit North Sheilds 4.3m/7.0km 1811 
Oxclose Colliery Washington 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1805 
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 3.6m/5.8km  
Percy Pit North Shields 3.6m/5.8km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 4.9m/7.9km  28 Sep 1929
Prospect Pit Chirton 4.9m/7.9km  
Prosperous Pit Backworth 4.8m/7.7km 1906 Dec 1960
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 3.5m/5.7km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 0.3m/0.6km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 0.3m/0.5km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 3.8m/6.2km 1872 28 May 1927
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 1.8m/2.9km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Willington Quay 4.6m/7.4km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km  1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Rush Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.4km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1782 
Shearlegs Pits Felling 2.6m/4.2km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 2.5m/4.0km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shields Colliery Chirton 4.9m/7.9km  
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 2.9m/4.7km c. 1856 1880s
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 4.8m/7.7km  08 Feb 1922
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 4.8m/7.7km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.3m/5.3km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 2.3m/3.8km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 2.4m/3.9km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 1.3m/2.2km Bef. 1769 
St. Hilda's Colliery South Shields 4.5m/7.2km 1810 1940
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.6m/4.2km 1833 
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.5m/4.1km  
Street Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Team Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.7km 1726 1973
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 2.7m/4.4km 1803 
Templetown Colliery South Shields 3.7m/6.0km 1805 1825
Thistley Hall Quarry Sunderland 4.7m/7.6km  
Thomas Pit Low Fell 3.5m/5.7km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.3m/6.9km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.5m/4.0km 1798 1926
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 4.6m/7.5km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 1.6m/2.7km  
Usworth Colliery Usworth 2.3m/3.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 1.6m/2.7km 1779 1931
Venture Pit Willington Quay 3.2m/5.2km 1806 
Victoria Pit Washington 4.8m/7.7km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 2.3m/3.8km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Walker Colliery Walker 1.8m/2.9km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 0.0m/0.1km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 4.3m/6.9km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 2.8m/4.6km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 3.6m/5.9km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Way Pit Lamesley 3.5m/5.6km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 2.3m/3.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Chirton Pit North Sheilds 4.3m/7.0km 1811 
Whin Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
White House Quarry Springwell 2.1m/3.4km  
William Pit Felling 2.2m/3.6km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.0m/3.3km 1841 1926
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 3.2m/5.2km 1806 
Wittle Pit Heworth 1.6m/2.7km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 2.5m/4.0km  

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