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  Harperley Colliery  Index  Harperley Colliery  

Harperley Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 14200 36400

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Harperley Colliery

  main page for Harperley Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 0.7m/1.2km  02 Jun 1928
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 3.1m/5.0km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 1.1m/1.8km  Oct 1960
Big Pit Crook 0.9m/1.5km  
Black Prince Colliery Tow Law 2.4m/3.9km 1846 1933
Bolckow Pit Crook 1.0m/1.7km  
Bounder House Quarry (Ganister) Tow Law 3.0m/4.9km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 2.5m/4.0km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 2.1m/3.4km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 3.9m/6.3km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 3.9m/6.3km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 3.9m/6.3km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brooms Drift Hedley Hill 3.1m/5.0km  1883
Chapelflat Drift Cornsay 4.2m/6.8km  
Coalford Quarry Satley 4.5m/7.2km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 0.5m/0.8km  28 Apr 1926
Colpike Drift Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Cornsay Colliery Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.2km  Jun 1923
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 0.3m/0.5km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 1.5m/2.5km  
Crook Drift Crook 1.6m/2.6km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Dearness Opencast Tow Law 1.7m/2.8km  
Doctors Gate Quarry  4.9m/7.9km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 1.8m/3.0km  
Drift Evenwood 4.7m/7.6km  
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 1.8m/3.0km  1945
Emma Pit Crook 0.8m/1.4km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 4.9m/7.9km 1866 Jun 1968
Etherley Colliery Etherley 3.5m/5.6km  
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 1.3m/2.1km  
Ford Drift Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.1m/5.0km  
George Pit Etherley 4.8m/7.8km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  1921
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 1.5m/2.4km  
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.2m/6.8km 1841 
Gladdow Colliery Cornsay 4.2m/6.8km  
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 1.3m/2.2km  24 May 1907
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 4.8m/7.8km 1868 1958
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.3m/3.7km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.3m/3.7km  03 Nov 1934
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 3.3m/5.3km 1870's Nov 1929
Hedleyhope Colliery Tow Law 1.8m/3.0km 1836 1945
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 0.8m/1.3km  
High Drift Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km 1868 Sep 1953
High East Park Opencast Crook 0.2m/0.4km  
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 1.6m/2.6km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 1.2m/2.0km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 2.2m/3.6km  04 Sep 1907
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  20 Aug 1921
Inkerman Colliery Tow Law 2.6m/4.3km 1873 
Inkermann Groove Pit  3.6m/5.9km  
Jane Pit Etherley 4.1m/6.7km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 2.0m/3.3km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.2m/6.8km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 2.3m/3.8km 1857 Nov 1911
Lady Jane Pit Cornsay Fell 2.2m/3.6km  
Little Pit Crook 1.0m/1.6km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 1.6m/2.7km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 1.6m/2.7km  1937
Low Drift Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Lucy Pit Crook 0.8m/1.4km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 3.0m/4.9km 1830 1936
Mossy Burn Colliery Tow Law 3.0m/4.9km  
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.8m/7.8km  
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.2m/6.8km 1841 
No. 1 Crook 0.7m/1.2km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 2.4m/3.9km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 3.8m/6.2km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 0.7m/1.2km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 2.4m/3.9km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 0.7m/1.2km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 2.9m/4.7km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 2.9m/4.7km 1845 1966
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 2.6m/4.2km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 3.6m/5.8km  
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 3.9m/6.3km 1983 
Partridge Close Quarry Satley 4.8m/7.8km  
Pease's West Colliery Crook 0.8m/1.4km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 4.1m/6.7km  
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 4.8m/7.8km  
Ravensbush Drift Cornsay 4.5m/7.2km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 0.8m/1.4km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 3.6m/5.8km 1858 1931
Royal George Pit Cornsay Fell 2.3m/3.7km 1845 
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 1.8m/2.9km  
Rush Pit Etherley 3.5m/5.6km 1869 
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 4.0m/6.4km  
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 2.4m/3.9km 1955 May 1968
Steelyburn Quarry Satley 4.8m/7.7km  
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 4.8m/7.7km  
Success Pit Etherley 3.5m/5.6km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 1.8m/3.0km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 3.6m/5.9km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 2.6m/4.2km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 2.5m/4.1km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 4.8m/7.8km 1868 1958
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 1.6m/2.7km  
Thornley Pit Tow Law 1.6m/2.6km  
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 4.6m/7.5km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 5.0m/8.0km  
Victoria Pit Hedley Fell 2.5m/4.1km  
Viewly Hill (Ganister) Tow Law 3.4m/5.5km  1923
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 4.8m/7.8km  
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 3.9m/6.3km 1859 Aug 1966
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 4.1m/6.7km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 3.8m/6.2km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 3.8m/6.1km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 1.4m/2.3km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
White Lea Colliery Crook 1.0m/1.6km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.2km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 3.6m/5.9km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.2km  Jun 1923
Woodifield Colliery Crook 1.3m/2.1km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 2.5m/4.1km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 2.5m/4.1km  10 Aug 1963

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Harperley Colliery

  main page for Harperley Colliery


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