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  Gibsons Drift  Index  Gibsons Drift  

Gibsons Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 13300 38700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Gibsons Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 2.1m/3.5km  02 Jun 1928
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 4.2m/6.8km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 2.1m/3.4km  Oct 1960
Big Pit Crook 1.6m/2.6km  
Black Prince Colliery Tow Law 1.0m/1.6km 1846 1933
Bolckow Pit Crook 2.0m/3.2km  
Bounder House Quarry (Ganister) Tow Law 1.9m/3.1km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 3.5m/5.6km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 3.0m/4.9km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 4.8m/7.8km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 4.8m/7.8km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 4.8m/7.8km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brooms Drift Hedley Hill 1.6m/2.7km  1883
Burnhill (Lead Ore)  4.8m/7.8km  
Butsfield Quarry (Ganister) nr. Consett 4.2m/6.8km  
Byerleyhouse Quarry Satley 3.6m/5.9km  
Chapelflat Drift Cornsay 3.0m/4.8km  
Clifford Drift Lanchester 4.3m/7.0km  
Coalford Quarry Satley 2.9m/4.7km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 1.8m/3.0km  28 Apr 1926
Colepike Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Colpike Drift Cornsay 3.7m/6.0km 1868 Sep 1953
Cornsay Colliery Cornsay 3.7m/6.0km 1868 Sep 1953
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 1.5m/2.4km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 2.7m/4.4km  
Crook Drift Crook 2.6m/4.3km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Dearness Opencast Tow Law 0.2m/0.4km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 2.8m/4.6km  
Dry Pry Lead Ore  4.9m/7.9km  
Drypry Vein Wolsingham, Weardale 4.9m/7.9km  
East Bustfield Quarry  4.1m/6.6km  
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 1.8m/3.0km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Edward Pit Tow Law 0.3m/0.6km  1945
Emma Pit Crook 1.9m/3.1km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 4.4m/7.1km 1866 Jun 1968
Etherley Colliery Etherley 3.3m/5.4km  
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 2.6m/4.3km  
Ford Drift Cornsay 3.7m/6.0km 1868 Sep 1953
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.6m/7.4km  
Gladdow Colliery Cornsay 2.8m/4.5km  
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 2.8m/4.6km  24 May 1907
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 4.8m/7.7km  
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 4.4m/7.1km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.4m/7.1km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 4.0m/6.5km 1868 1958
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.1km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.1km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 1.5m/2.4km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 2.5m/4.0km 1870's Nov 1929
Hedleyhope Colliery Tow Law 0.3m/0.6km 1836 1945
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 1.4m/2.3km  
High Drift Cornsay 3.7m/6.0km 1868 Sep 1953
High East Park Opencast Crook 1.2m/2.0km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 2.6m/4.3km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 2.6m/4.3km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 3.7m/6.0km  04 Sep 1907
Inkerman Colliery Tow Law 1.3m/2.2km 1873 
Inkermann Groove Pit  2.1m/3.4km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 3.2m/5.2km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 2.3m/3.8km 1857 Nov 1911
Lady Jane Pit Cornsay Fell 0.8m/1.3km  
Little Pit Crook 1.5m/2.5km  
Lound Groove Drift Esh 4.4m/7.1km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 3.1m/5.0km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 3.1m/5.0km  1937
Low Drift Cornsay 3.7m/6.0km 1868 Sep 1953
Lucy Pit Crook 1.9m/3.1km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 4.5m/7.3km 1830 1936
Mossy Burn Colliery Tow Law 1.5m/2.4km  
No. 1 Crook 2.1m/3.5km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 2.3m/3.8km 1955 May 1968
No. 2 Crook 2.1m/3.5km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 2.3m/3.8km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 2.1m/3.5km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.4m/7.1km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.4m/7.1km 1845 1966
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 3.5m/5.7km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 4.1m/6.7km  
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 4.7m/7.6km 1983 
Partridge Close Quarry Satley 3.4m/5.5km  
Pease's West Colliery Crook 1.9m/3.1km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Quickburn Quarry Consett 4.1m/6.7km  
Ravensbush Drift Cornsay 3.3m/5.3km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 1.9m/3.1km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.8m/7.8km 1858 1931
Royal George Pit Cornsay Fell 0.8m/1.4km 1845 
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 3.3m/5.3km  
Rush Pit Etherley 3.3m/5.4km 1869 
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 3.0m/4.9km  
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 2.3m/3.8km 1955 May 1968
Steelyburn Quarry Satley 3.2m/5.2km  
Success Pit Etherley 3.3m/5.4km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 0.8m/1.4km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 4.8m/7.8km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 3.1m/5.1km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 2.9m/4.7km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 4.0m/6.5km 1868 1958
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 3.1m/5.1km  
Thornley Pit Tow Law 0.5m/0.9km  
Victoria Pit Hedley Fell 1.0m/1.7km  
Viewly Hill (Ganister) Tow Law 2.2m/3.6km  1923
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 3.5m/5.7km 1859 Aug 1966
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 4.1m/6.6km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Butsfield Middle Quarry  4.5m/7.2km  
West Butsfield Triangular Quarry  4.3m/6.9km  
West Butsfield West Triangular Quarry  4.7m/7.6km  
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.3m/6.9km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 0.0m/0.1km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
White Lea Colliery Crook 2.0m/3.2km 1855 
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 4.1m/6.6km  
Willington Colliery Willington 4.8m/7.8km 1840 1932
Wolsingham Park (Lead Ore) Burnhill 4.9m/7.9km  
Woodburn Quarry Satley 4.3m/7.0km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 2.7m/4.4km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 2.8m/4.5km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 2.8m/4.5km  10 Aug 1963

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