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  Fawdon Colliery  Index  Fawdon Colliery  

Fawdon Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 22100 70200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Fawdon Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 2.8m/4.6km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 4.5m/7.2km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 3.2m/5.2km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 4.9m/7.9km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Throckley 3.0m/4.9km  
Ann Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.6km  
Ann Pit Newbiggin 1.3m/2.2km 1769 
Aubone Pit Benwell 4.2m/6.8km  
Augusta Pit Wide Open 0.6m/1.0km 1867 Feb 1960
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 3.3m/5.4km  
Bean Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Beaumont Pit Elswick 4.3m/6.9km 1819 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.1m/6.6km 1766 
Betty Pit Westerhope 2.8m/4.5km  1968
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 4.5m/7.2km  
Billet Pit Elswick 4.4m/7.1km  
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 1.9m/3.1km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 4.8m/7.7km  
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 1.1m/1.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 2.6m/4.2km  
Brass Pit Throckley 2.9m/4.7km  
Brenkley Colliery Seaton Burn 2.5m/4.1km  1985
Burradon Colliery Burradon 3.5m/5.7km 1820 Nov 1975
Callerton Colliery Callerton 3.6m/5.8km 1827 Dec 1948
Caroline Pit Scotswood 2.8m/4.6km 1750 1959
Carr's Drift (Clay &Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  
Cat Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  
Chance Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km 1756 
Chapel Pit Gateshead 4.6m/7.5km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 3.6m/5.9km  
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 3.2m/5.2km  
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 1.5m/2.4km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Cross Pit Throckley 3.8m/6.2km  
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 4.1m/6.7km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Delight Pit Byker 4.5m/7.3km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 0.6m/1.0km 1867 Feb 1960
Dudley Colliery Dudley 3.1m/5.1km 1856 1977
Dudley Pit (Cramlington Coll.) Dudley 3.1m/5.1km 1856 1977
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 4.1m/6.7km 1740? 
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.8m/7.7km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.8m/7.7km 1875 Dec 1947
East Walbottle Colliery Dinnington Village 2.3m/3.7km  Oct 1966
Edith Pit Swalwell 5.0m/8.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Benwell 3.2m/5.2km  
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.0m/6.4km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.9m/6.3km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.8m/6.2km  
Engine Pit No. 2 Throckley 3.2m/5.2km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 2.3m/3.7km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.8km 1736 
Fortune Pit Throckley 4.9m/7.9km  
Francis Pit Scotswood 2.9m/4.7km 1750 1959
Garden Pit Blaydon 3.1m/5.1km  Mar 1921
George Pit nr. Newburn 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1828 
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 2.3m/3.7km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 4.8m/7.8km  
Havannah Drift Hazlerigg 1.0m/1.6km Feb 1950 Mar 1977
Hazlerigg Colliery Dinnington 1.0m/1.6km 1892 Apr 1964
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.8km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.3m/7.0km  
Hedge Pit Longbenton 3.1m/5.0km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 5.0m/8.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Hester Pit Wide Open 1.4m/2.3km  Feb 1960
Hill Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.5km 1773 
Hopewell Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.9km  
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  
Jockey Pit No. 1 Throckley 3.6m/5.8km  
Jockey Pit No. 2 Throckley 3.2m/5.2km  
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 1.2m/2.0km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  1924
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1829 
Lady Pit Fenham 2.4m/3.9km  
Lady Pit Throckley 3.4m/5.5km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 4.5m/7.3km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.5km  
Lizzie Ann Pit Prestwick, Ponteland 2.5m/4.1km 1771 Oct 1966
Lizzie Pit Weetslade 2.6m/4.2km 1903 1966
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1760 
Loughbridge Drift Westerhope 3.1m/5.1km  1963
Mason Pit Seaton Burn 2.8m/4.6km  17 Aug 1965
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.3m/5.3km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.7m/6.0km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 5.0m/8.0km  Mar 1921
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 2.8m/4.6km 1750 1959
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.7km 1833 
New Pit Longbenton 3.5m/5.6km  
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.2m/5.2km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 2.5m/4.0km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 2.8m/4.5km  1968
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  1924
Nymph Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.3km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 4.6m/7.4km  
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 2.4m/3.9km  Dec 1948
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1828 
Prestwick Colliery Prestwick, Ponteland 2.3m/3.7km 1771 Oct 1966
Prosperous Pit Backworth 4.6m/7.5km 1906 Dec 1960
Pumping Shaft Dinnington 1.0m/1.6km 1892 Apr 1964
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 4.9m/7.9km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 1.5m/2.4km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Richard Pit Cramlington 4.3m/7.0km  
Richard Pit Willington Quay 3.8m/6.1km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 4.4m/7.1km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 4.9m/7.9km  1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 4.9m/7.9km  
Robert Pit Throckley 4.3m/7.0km  
Rye Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.2km  
Sally Pit Throckley 3.3m/5.3km  
Seaton Burn Colliery Seaton Burn 2.5m/4.0km 1844 17 Aug 1965
Speculation Pit Blaydon 5.0m/8.0km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 3.1m/5.0km 1830's 1858
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.8m/7.7km 1833 
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 5.0m/8.0km 1920? Aug 1940
Throckley 'Blucher' Colliery Walbottle 3.6m/5.9km  1956
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 3.1m/5.1km  1954
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 5.0m/8.0km 1867 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 4.4m/7.1km  1953
Tommy Pit Throckley 3.8m/6.2km  
Union Pit nr. Newburn 3.2m/5.2km  
View Pit Scotswood 2.8m/4.6km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1828 
Wardle Pit Throckley 4.3m/7.0km  
Weetslade Colliery Weetslade 2.6m/4.2km 1903 1966
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 3.2m/5.2km  
West Cramlington Colliery Cramlington 4.5m/7.2km  30 Aug 1938
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  1924
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1829 
Whin Pit Thockley 5.0m/8.0km  
Wideopen Colliery Wideopen 2.0m/3.2km 1825 
William Pit Benwell 4.3m/6.9km  
Williams Colliery Seaton Burn 1.8m/2.9km  1954
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  1924

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