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  Finchale Colliery  Index  Finchale Colliery  

Finchale Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 29300 47100

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 4.8m/7.8km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 3.9m/6.3km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 0.6m/1.1km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 2.5m/4.1km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 3.0m/4.9km 1826 
Adventure Pit West Rainton 1.3m/2.2km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 2.4m/3.9km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Alma Drift Grange Villa 4.6m/7.5km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 4.6m/7.5km 1858 
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km  
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 2.5m/4.1km  
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 2.5m/4.1km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 0.6m/1.0km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 2.6m/4.3km 1880s Sep 1949
Ayton Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 3.8m/6.2km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 3.8m/6.2km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 3.8m/6.2km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Belmont Colliery Pittington 2.0m/3.3km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 2.0m/3.3km  
Betty Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Big Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 4.0m/6.5km  
Billy Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blossom Pit Hetton-le-Hole 4.1m/6.6km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 2.6m/4.3km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Boyne Colliery Durham 4.8m/7.8km  
Branch Pit West Rainton 2.0m/3.2km  
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 1.0m/1.7km  1924
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 4.4m/7.1km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.5m/4.1km  1890
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.0m/6.5km 1867 Feb 1965
Buddle Pit Pittington 3.0m/4.9km  
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.9m/6.3km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 2.5m/4.0km 1875 Apr 1926
Butney Pit Washington 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  2.0m/3.2km  
Caroline Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 4.5m/7.2km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 2.4m/3.9km  07 Nov 1924
Chance Pit Harraton 4.3m/6.9km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 3.7m/6.0km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.6km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 4.0m/6.5km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 4.0m/6.5km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 2.0m/3.3km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 2.0m/3.3km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Pit Pittington 2.0m/3.3km 1836 1872?
Clog Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 0.3m/0.5km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 0.6m/1.0km  Apr 1957
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 4.5m/7.3km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 4.0m/6.5km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 3.4m/5.5km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.5km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 4.1m/6.6km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 4.1m/6.6km  1956
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 2.4m/3.9km  07 Nov 1924
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 2.8m/4.5km  
Durham Main Colliery Durham 2.5m/4.1km  1924
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.0m/6.5km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Elemore Colliery Easington Lane 4.0m/6.4km 1827 Feb 1974
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 3.3m/5.4km  1956
Ellison's Shaft  2.6m/4.3km  
Elvet Colliery Durham 3.6m/5.8km  
Engine Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Engine Pit  2.6m/4.3km  
Eppleton Colliery nr. Hetton le Hole 4.5m/7.2km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Eppleton Quarry Eppleton 4.0m/6.5km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.7m/6.0km 1867 Feb 1965
Field House Pit  2.0m/3.2km  
Field House Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.4m/7.1km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 3.1m/5.1km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 5.0m/8.0km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 2.6m/4.2km 1872 
Fortune Pit Harraton 3.9m/6.3km  
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 1.9m/3.1km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 1.2m/2.0km 1840 1860s
Furnace Pit Pittington 2.0m/3.3km 1836 1872?
Galley's Field Corner Pit  2.1m/3.4km  
Garden Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
George Pit Easington Lane 4.0m/6.4km 1827 Feb 1974
George Pit Lumley 1.0m/1.7km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 4.3m/6.9km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 4.0m/6.5km  
Glow O'er 'em Pit  2.2m/3.6km  
Godspeed Pit  4.2m/6.8km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 1.6m/2.6km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenwell Pit  2.1m/3.4km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 4.6m/7.4km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 0.6m/1.0km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 0.6m/1.0km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 4.5m/7.2km  
Hat Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Haugh Pit  3.9m/6.3km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 2.8m/4.6km 1818 
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 3.9m/6.3km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 3.9m/6.3km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.8m/7.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Hetton Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.1m/6.7km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hetton Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.1m/6.7km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 4.8m/7.7km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 2.4m/3.9km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 4.1m/6.7km  
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 3.4m/5.5km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 3.6m/5.8km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 1.5m/2.5km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  2.7m/4.4km  
Isabella Pit Easington Lane 4.0m/6.5km 1827 Feb 1974
Jacks Row Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Jane Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Jane Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 4.3m/7.0km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Joliffe Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 4.5m/7.3km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 2.6m/4.2km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 1.9m/3.1km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 2.0m/3.2km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  1.9m/3.1km  
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 3.6m/5.8km 1831 
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 2.6m/4.2km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 3.0m/4.9km  
Lady Pit Easington Lane 4.0m/6.4km 1827 Feb 1974
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 2.1m/3.5km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 2.6m/4.3km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 2.6m/4.3km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 2.6m/4.3km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 3.6m/5.8km 1831 
Lambton Pit Penshaw 4.1m/6.7km 1792 
Lane Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 1.7m/2.8km  
Letch Pit High Moorsley 2.4m/3.9km 1824 1897
Lindsay Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 4.5m/7.2km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Little Pit Washington 4.5m/7.3km 1894 Mar 1935
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 3.6m/5.8km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 3.1m/5.0km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 3.5m/5.6km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 3.6m/5.8km 1831 
Low Letch Pit  2.3m/3.8km  
Lumley Colliery Lumley 2.3m/3.8km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 2.1m/3.4km  
Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.1m/6.7km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 3.8m/6.1km  1930's
Mary Pit Newbottle 3.4m/5.5km  
McCall's Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.4m/7.1km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 1.9m/3.1km 1824 1897
Middle Pit  2.2m/3.6km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 1.9m/3.1km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 3.8m/6.1km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 4.1m/6.6km  
Minor Pit Hetton-le-Hole 4.1m/6.6km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Moorside Pit West Rainton 1.2m/2.0km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 3.0m/4.9km 1821 1935
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 3.5m/5.7km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 2.7m/4.4km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New D Pit Penshaw 4.2m/6.8km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 4.8m/7.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 4.1m/6.6km 1774 1956
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 4.3m/6.9km 1841 1936
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 2.3m/3.7km 1817 
North Biddick Colliery Washington 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 3.0m/4.9km 1821 1935
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.1m/5.0km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 3.5m/5.6km 1849 
Old Engine Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Old Pit Durham 1.9m/3.1km  07 Nov 1924
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.2m/6.8km  
Pea Flat Pit  1.6m/2.7km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 4.3m/6.9km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.7m/6.0km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 3.7m/6.0km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.2m/6.8km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 4.8m/7.8km 1874 Dec 1985
Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.1m/5.0km  11 Jun 1891
Pity Me Pit  2.7m/4.4km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 2.0m/3.2km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 2.4m/3.9km 1790 
Quarry Pit East Rainton 2.7m/4.4km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 1.3m/2.2km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 1.9m/3.1km  
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Redhouse Pit  2.4m/3.9km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 1.1m/1.8km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.9km  
Row Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.5km  29 May 1965
Running Waters Quarry Durham 4.8m/7.8km  
Rush Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 3.6m/5.9km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Sandy Pits  2.6m/4.2km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.5km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 3.0m/4.9km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 3.8m/6.2km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 3.8m/6.2km 1844 May 1935
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 3.6m/5.9km 1845 May 1947
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 4.4m/7.1km 1839 1875
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 4.3m/6.9km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 3.5m/5.6km  May 1990
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 5.0m/8.0km  08 Feb 1922
South Engine Pit Durham 3.6m/5.8km  
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 3.6m/5.9km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 4.0m/6.5km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 3.8m/6.1km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 2.3m/3.8km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Success Pit  3.8m/6.2km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 3.6m/5.8km  1956
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 4.3m/6.9km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 4.6m/7.5km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 3.9m/6.3km  30 Nov 1920
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 4.8m/7.8km  
Venture Pit  2.0m/3.3km  
Victoria Pit Washington 4.6m/7.5km  Mar 1935
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 3.1m/5.1km 1831 Apr 1926
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.0m/6.5km  30 Nov 1920
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 4.6m/7.5km 1858 1921
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 4.2m/6.8km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 4.6m/7.5km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 4.2m/6.8km 1830 
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 4.0m/6.5km 1836 1875
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 2.5m/4.0km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Witton Colliery Sacriston 3.4m/5.5km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 3.7m/6.0km  
Woodside Pit  1.2m/2.0km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 2.1m/3.4km  

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