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  Gosforth Colliery  Index  Gosforth Colliery  

Gosforth Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 25400 68400

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 1.1m/1.8km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 2.1m/3.4km  
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 3.3m/5.4km  
Algernon Colliery Backworth 4.1m/6.6km 1853 1966
Ann Pit Newbiggin 3.5m/5.6km 1769 
Ann Pit Walker 3.3m/5.3km  
Aubone Pit Benwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Augusta Pit Wide Open 2.2m/3.6km 1867 Feb 1960
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 3.8m/6.1km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 3.8m/6.1km 1818 Jun 1980
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 1.0m/1.7km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 4.3m/7.0km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Beaumont Pit Elswick 3.6m/5.8km 1819 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 1.1m/1.8km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 3.8m/6.1km 1766 
Betty Pit Westerhope 4.5m/7.3km  1968
Bigge Pit Willington 3.8m/6.2km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 2.1m/3.4km  
Billet Pit Elswick 3.7m/6.0km  
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 2.5m/4.1km  
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 4.0m/6.5km  1915
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 3.9m/6.3km 1779 1931
Brass Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km  
Brenkley Colliery Seaton Burn 4.1m/6.6km  1985
Burradon Colliery Burradon 2.7m/4.4km 1820 Nov 1975
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.5m/5.6km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 4.2m/6.8km  
Carr's Drift (Clay &Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.7km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 3.3m/5.3km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 3.4m/5.5km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1765 
Church Pit Earsdon 4.5m/7.2km 1838 
Church Pit Wallsend 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1782 
Coronation Pit nr. Newburn 4.8m/7.7km  
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 0.8m/1.4km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crowhall Quarry Felling 4.5m/7.2km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 4.0m/6.5km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Delight Pit Byker 2.5m/4.0km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 2.9m/4.7km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.8m/6.2km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1746 
Dinnington Colliery Wide Open 2.2m/3.6km 1867 Feb 1960
Dudley Colliery Dudley 3.3m/5.4km 1856 1977
Dudley Pit (Cramlington Coll.) Dudley 3.3m/5.4km 1856 1977
Duke & Duchess Pit Earsdon 4.1m/6.6km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 4.0m/6.4km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 4.0m/6.4km 1875 Dec 1947
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 4.1m/6.6km  22 Jun 1934
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 4.6m/7.4km  
East Pit Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km  
East Walbottle Colliery Dinnington Village 4.5m/7.2km  Oct 1966
Eccles Colliery Backworth 3.8m/6.1km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 3.8m/6.1km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Benwell 3.3m/5.4km  
Edward Pit Wallsend 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 3.7m/6.0km  
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.3m/5.3km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.3m/5.4km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 4.4m/7.1km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km  
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.8m/6.2km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 4.5m/7.2km  
Fawdon Colliery Fawdon 2.3m/3.7km 1810 
Felling Colliery Felling 3.9m/6.3km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 4.1m/6.6km  
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 4.5m/7.3km 1874 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 4.5m/7.3km 1874 1973
Flatworth Pit North Shields 4.4m/7.1km  
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.5m/2.4km 1736 
Francis Pit Scotswood 3.8m/6.2km 1750 1959
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  Mar 1921
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km  
Grange Pit Earsdon 4.7m/7.6km  
Havannah Drift Hazlerigg 3.1m/5.0km Feb 1950 Mar 1977
Hazlerigg Colliery Dinnington 2.7m/4.4km 1892 Apr 1964
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.5m/2.4km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.0m/3.3km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 4.2m/6.8km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 1.0m/1.6km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 2.3m/3.8km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Hester Pit Wide Open 2.9m/4.7km  Feb 1960
High Pit Willington Quay 3.8m/6.2km 1806 
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 5.0m/8.0km  
Jane Pit Walker 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1765 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.4m/2.3km  
John Pit Felling 4.0m/6.4km 1779 1931
John Pit Seghill 4.6m/7.4km 1824 1962
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 1.3m/2.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.5km  1924
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 2.4m/3.9km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 1.7m/2.8km bef. 1829 
King Pit Walker 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1765 
Kitty Pit Seghill 4.6m/7.4km 1824 1962
Lady Pit Dunston 4.3m/7.0km  
Lady Pit Fenham 2.8m/4.6km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 2.5m/4.0km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  
Lizzie Ann Pit Prestwick, Ponteland 4.8m/7.8km 1771 Oct 1966
Lizzie Pit Weetslade 2.3m/3.7km 1903 1966
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 1.1m/1.8km bef. 1760 
Low Pit Willington Quay 3.8m/6.2km 1806 
Major Pit Seghill 4.5m/7.3km  1962
Mason Pit Seaton Burn 4.8m/7.7km  17 Aug 1965
Maude Pit Backworth 3.6m/5.9km Jun 1872 Dec 1960
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.6m/7.4km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 1.4m/2.3km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.0m/4.8km  
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 4.0m/6.5km  
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.4m/5.5km 1750 1959
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 4.4m/7.1km  
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.6km 1833 
New Pit Howden 4.8m/7.8km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 1.1m/1.8km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.8m/6.2km Bef. 1769 
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 2.7m/4.4km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 2.3m/3.8km  
North Walbottle Colliery Westerhope 4.5m/7.3km  1968
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.5km  1924
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 4.6m/7.4km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 4.3m/7.0km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km  
Pawley Letch Pit Callerton 4.5m/7.3km  Dec 1948
Prestwick Colliery Prestwick, Ponteland 4.6m/7.4km 1771 Oct 1966
Prosperous Pit Backworth 2.6m/4.3km 1906 Dec 1960
Pumping Shaft Dinnington 2.6m/4.2km 1892 Apr 1964
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 3.6m/5.8km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 0.8m/1.4km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.3m/5.4km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Cramlington 4.4m/7.1km  
Richard Pit Willington Quay 1.6m/2.7km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km  1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 2.7m/4.4km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1782 
Seaton Burn Colliery Seaton Burn 3.6m/5.8km 1844 17 Aug 1965
Seghill Brickworks Seghill 4.6m/7.4km  
Seghill Colliery Seghill 4.6m/7.4km 1824 1962
Shearlegs Pits Felling 3.3m/5.3km  
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 3.5m/5.6km c. 1856 1880s
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 2.1m/3.4km 1830's 1858
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 3.8m/6.2km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.6km 1833 
Success Pit Seghill 4.3m/6.9km 1824 1962
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.8m/7.8km 1920? Aug 1940
Throckley 'Coronation' Colliery Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  1954
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 4.6m/7.5km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.0m/6.5km 1798 1926
Union Pit nr. Newburn 4.8m/7.7km  
Venture Pit Felling 3.8m/6.2km 1779 1931
Venture Pit Willington Quay 3.8m/6.2km 1806 
View Pit Scotswood 3.4m/5.5km 1765 1934
Walker Colliery Walker 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 3.6m/5.9km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1782 
Weetslade Colliery Weetslade 2.3m/3.8km 1903 1966
Wellington Pit nr. Newburn 4.8m/7.7km  
West Cramlington Colliery Cramlington 4.6m/7.5km  30 Aug 1938
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.5km  1924
West Holywell Colliery Earsdon 4.3m/6.9km 1857 1861
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 1.7m/2.8km bef. 1829 
Wideopen Colliery Wideopen 2.5m/4.1km 1825 
William Pit Benwell 3.8m/6.1km  
William Pit Felling 4.1m/6.6km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 3.5m/5.6km 1841 1926
Williams Colliery Seaton Burn 3.6m/5.9km  1954
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 3.8m/6.2km 1806 
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.5km  1924

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