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  Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery  Index  Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery  

Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 16800 36200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 1.8m/3.0km  02 Jun 1928
Allotment Drift Bearpark 4.7m/7.6km  Mar 1947
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 1.5m/2.5km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 0.5m/0.8km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1859 1967
Big Pit Crook 1.0m/1.7km  
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km 1860 01 May 1909
Black Prince Colliery Tow Law 3.6m/5.9km 1846 1933
Bolckow Pit Crook 0.6m/1.0km  
Bounder House Quarry (Ganister) Tow Law 4.5m/7.2km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 0.8m/1.4km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 0.5m/0.8km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 2.3m/3.7km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 2.3m/3.7km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 2.3m/3.7km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 3.9m/6.3km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Brooms Drift Hedley Hill 3.7m/6.0km  1883
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 3.8m/6.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 4.0m/6.4km  
Chapelflat Drift Cornsay 4.5m/7.2km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 1.8m/3.0km  28 Apr 1926
Colpike Drift Cornsay 4.6m/7.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Cornsay Colliery Cornsay 4.6m/7.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.4m/5.5km  Jun 1923
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 1.9m/3.1km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 0.1m/0.3km  
Dearness Opencast Tow Law 2.9m/4.7km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 0.2m/0.4km  
Drift Evenwood 4.9m/7.9km  
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 2.6m/4.3km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Edward Pit Tow Law 2.9m/4.7km  1945
Emma Pit Crook 0.7m/1.2km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 4.1m/6.6km 1866 Jun 1968
Etherley Colliery Etherley 2.5m/4.1km  
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  Sep 1955
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 2.3m/3.8km  
Ford Drift Cornsay 4.6m/7.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.2m/5.2km  
George Pit Etherley 4.0m/6.5km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.6km  1921
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 2.6m/4.3km  
Gibson's Pit Willington 2.8m/4.5km 1841 
Gladdow Colliery Cornsay 4.6m/7.5km  
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 1.8m/2.9km  24 May 1907
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  Sep 1955
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 4.3m/7.0km 1868 1958
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.0m/3.3km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.0m/3.3km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 1.6m/2.6km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 3.1m/5.0km 1870's Nov 1929
Hedleyhope Colliery Tow Law 2.9m/4.7km 1836 1945
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 2.4m/3.9km  
High Drift Cornsay 4.6m/7.4km 1868 Sep 1953
High East Park Opencast Crook 1.7m/2.8km  
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 2.1m/3.4km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.6m/2.6km  04 Sep 1907
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.6km  20 Aug 1921
Inkerman Colliery Tow Law 4.0m/6.5km 1873 
Inkermann Groove Pit  4.5m/7.2km  
Jane Pit Etherley 3.6m/5.9km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 0.6m/1.0km  
John George Pit Hunwick 2.8m/4.5km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 1.6m/2.7km 1857 Nov 1911
Lady Jane Pit Cornsay Fell 3.5m/5.6km  
Little Pit Crook 1.0m/1.7km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  
Lound Groove Drift Esh 4.6m/7.5km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 0.9m/1.5km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 0.9m/1.5km  1937
Low Drift Cornsay 4.6m/7.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Lucy Pit Crook 0.7m/1.2km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 2.8m/4.6km 1830 1936
Michael Pit Byers Green 3.8m/6.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Mossy Burn Colliery Tow Law 4.0m/6.5km  
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 4.9m/7.9km 1858 17 Jul 1953
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 5.0m/8.0km  
Newfield Colliery Willington 2.8m/4.5km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km 1859 1967
No. 1 Crook 1.8m/3.0km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 1.8m/2.9km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 2.5m/4.1km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 1.8m/3.0km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 1.8m/2.9km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 1.8m/3.0km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 2.2m/3.6km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 2.2m/3.6km 1845 1966
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 1.0m/1.6km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 2.0m/3.3km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 3.7m/6.0km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 2.3m/3.7km 1983 
Pease's West Colliery Crook 0.7m/1.2km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 3.6m/5.9km  
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 4.6m/7.4km  
Ravensbush Drift Cornsay 4.5m/7.3km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 0.7m/1.2km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 2.2m/3.6km 1858 1931
Royal George Pit Cornsay Fell 3.5m/5.7km 1845 
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 1.1m/1.8km  
Rush Pit Etherley 2.5m/4.1km 1869 
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 3.8m/6.1km  
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 4.9m/7.9km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 3.7m/6.0km 1855 Jul 1931
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 1.8m/2.9km 1955 May 1968
Success Pit Etherley 2.5m/4.1km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 2.3m/3.8km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 2.1m/3.5km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 1.2m/2.0km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 1.3m/2.1km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 4.3m/7.0km 1868 1958
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 1.2m/2.0km  
Thornley Pit Tow Law 3.0m/4.9km  
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.0m/4.9km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 2.7m/4.4km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 4.9m/7.9km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km 1859 1967
Victoria Pit Hedley Fell 3.4m/5.5km  
Viewly Hill (Ganister) Tow Law 4.8m/7.8km  1923
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.5m/5.6km  
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 3.1m/5.1km 1859 Aug 1966
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 3.1m/5.0km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 2.5m/4.1km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 2.5m/4.0km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 2.6m/4.2km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
White Lea Colliery Crook 0.6m/1.1km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km  
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 4.9m/7.9km  
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.4m/5.5km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 2.1m/3.5km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.4m/5.5km  Jun 1923
Woodifield Colliery Crook 0.8m/1.4km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 1.5m/2.5km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 1.5m/2.4km  10 Aug 1963

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