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  Fir Tree Colliery  Index  Fir Tree Colliery  

Fir Tree Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 13400 34400

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Fir Tree Colliery

  main page for Fir Tree Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 0.5m/0.9km  02 Jun 1928
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 3.5m/5.6km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 2.0m/3.3km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km 1859 1967
Bell's Shaft Wolsingham 5.0m/8.0km  
Big Pit Crook 2.1m/3.5km  
Black Prince Colliery Tow Law 3.3m/5.4km 1846 1933
Bolckow Pit Crook 2.1m/3.4km  
Bounder House Quarry (Ganister) Tow Law 3.6m/5.9km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 3.1m/5.0km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 2.8m/4.6km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 4.5m/7.2km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 4.5m/7.2km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 4.5m/7.2km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brooms Drift Hedley Hill 4.3m/7.0km  1883
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.3m/6.9km  Apr 1927
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 0.8m/1.3km  28 Apr 1926
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.1m/5.0km  Jun 1923
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 4.2m/6.8km  05 Nov 1927
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 1.1m/1.9km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 2.2m/3.6km  
Crook Drift Crook 2.3m/3.8km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Dearness Opencast Tow Law 2.8m/4.6km  
Doctors Gate Quarry  3.9m/6.3km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 2.5m/4.1km  
Drift Evenwood 3.5m/5.6km  
Drift Evenwood 3.6m/5.9km  
Drift Evenwood 3.8m/6.1km  
East Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 4.7m/7.6km  
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.0m/6.4km 1836 31 Jan 1959
East Pasture Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  
Edward Pit Tow Law 3.0m/4.9km  1945
Emma Pit Crook 1.8m/3.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Etherley Colliery Etherley 4.6m/7.5km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 2.0m/3.2km  
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
George Pit Etherley 4.2m/6.8km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  1921
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 2.6m/4.3km  
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.3m/7.0km 1841 
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 0.7m/1.2km  24 May 1907
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 1.6m/2.6km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 1.6m/2.6km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 1.3m/2.1km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.6m/7.4km 1870's Nov 1929
Hedleyhope Colliery Tow Law 3.0m/4.9km 1836 1945
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 1.2m/2.0km  
High East Park Opencast Crook 1.5m/2.4km  
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km  
High Wham Colliery Butterknowle 5.0m/8.0km  31 Mar 1921
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 2.3m/3.8km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 0.2m/0.4km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 2.0m/3.2km  04 Sep 1907
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  20 Aug 1921
Inkerman Colliery Tow Law 3.5m/5.6km 1873 
Inkermann Groove Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Jane Pit Etherley 3.4m/5.5km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 2.5m/4.1km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.3m/6.9km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 3.6m/5.8km 1857 Nov 1911
Lady Jane Pit Cornsay Fell 3.1m/5.1km  
Little Pit Crook 2.2m/3.6km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.7km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 1.8m/2.9km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 1.8m/2.9km  1937
Lucy Pit Crook 1.8m/3.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 2.1m/3.4km 1830 1936
Moorhill Drift Hamsterly, Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  Oct 1961
Mossy Burn Colliery Tow Law 4.1m/6.6km  
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 3.6m/5.8km  
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.3m/7.0km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.7km 1859 1967
No. 1 Crook 0.5m/0.9km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.6m/5.9km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 3.8m/6.1km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 0.5m/0.9km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.6m/5.9km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 0.5m/0.9km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 2.5m/4.1km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 2.5m/4.1km 1845 1966
North Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 5.0m/8.0km  
North Marsfield Colliery Rowntree, Butterknowle 4.1m/6.7km  
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 3.2m/5.2km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 4.5m/7.2km  
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 4.5m/7.2km 1983 
Pease's West Colliery Crook 1.8m/3.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 3.4m/5.5km  
Pit Close Colliery Morley 4.2m/6.8km  
Providence Pit Cockfield 4.8m/7.7km 1834 
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 3.8m/6.2km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 4.8m/7.7km 1942 Oct 1959
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 1.8m/3.0km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 3.6m/5.9km 1858 1931
Rowan Tree Colliery  4.1m/6.6km  
Royal George Pit Cornsay Fell 3.2m/5.2km 1845 
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 1.8m/3.0km  
Rush Pit Etherley 4.6m/7.5km 1869 
South Rowntree Colliery Butterknowle 4.2m/6.8km  
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 3.6m/5.9km 1955 May 1968
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 3.5m/5.6km  
Success Pit Etherley 4.6m/7.5km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 3.1m/5.1km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 3.9m/6.3km 1840 1932
Sunnyside (Lead Ore) Wolsingham 5.0m/8.0km  10 Jul 1891
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 3.6m/5.8km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 3.6m/5.8km  
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 1.6m/2.6km  
Thornley Pit Tow Law 2.5m/4.1km  
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 5.0m/8.0km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 3.8m/6.2km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.7km 1859 1967
Victoria Pit Hedley Fell 3.7m/6.0km  
Viewly Hill (Ganister) Tow Law 4.0m/6.4km  1923
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 4.8m/7.7km  
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 3.8m/6.1km  
West Crane Row Drift Butterknowle 5.0m/8.0km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 3.8m/6.1km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 3.8m/6.1km  
West Rowntree Colliery Butternkowle 4.2m/6.8km  13 Sep 1930
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 2.6m/4.2km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
Wham Colliery Butterknowle 5.0m/8.0km  29 Aug 1931
Wham Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  
White Lea Colliery Crook 2.0m/3.3km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km  
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.1m/5.0km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 3.9m/6.3km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.1m/5.0km  Jun 1923
Woodifield Colliery Crook 1.5m/2.5km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 3.7m/6.0km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 3.6m/5.9km  10 Aug 1963

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Fir Tree Colliery

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