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  Hummerbeck Colliery  Index  Hummerbeck Colliery  

Hummerbeck Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 18400 25200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hummerbeck Colliery

  main page for Hummerbeck Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km 1830 1925
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1864 1946
Balmer Hill Quarry Gainford 4.5m/7.2km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 0.8m/1.3km  16 Oct 1956
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km 1830 1939
Black Horse Colliery Evenwood 2.6m/4.3km  07 Feb 1925
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 1.3m/2.1km  
Bowes Hill Colliery Butterknowle 4.5m/7.2km  31 Nov 1929
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.4m/2.3km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.1m/1.9km 1925 1968
Buckhead Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km  
Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 4.7m/7.6km  1950
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.8m/4.5km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 1.3m/2.1km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 4.1m/6.6km  
Cockfield Quarry Cockfield 4.4m/7.1km  
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.3m/2.1km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 1.6m/2.7km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 2.0m/3.2km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.5m/5.7km  Jun 1923
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 3.9m/6.3km  
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 3.3m/5.4km  05 Nov 1927
Cragg Wood Colliery Cockfield 2.8m/4.6km  
Dean Colliery  3.2m/5.2km  
Deanery Colliery Shildon 2.7m/4.4km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 1.3m/2.1km  
Diamond Pit Butterknowle 4.6m/7.5km  
Drift Evenwood 3.5m/5.7km  
Drift Evenwood 3.6m/5.9km  
Drift Evenwood 3.7m/6.0km  
East Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 3.9m/6.3km  
East Pasture Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km  
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 4.0m/6.4km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 3.8m/6.1km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 4.3m/7.0km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  
Engine Pit Cockfield 3.1m/5.0km  
Esperley Lane Drift Cockfield, Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.6km  Feb 1962
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 1.8m/2.9km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.1km  
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 2.3m/3.7km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 0.7m/1.2km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.5m/7.2km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 2.6m/4.2km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 1.8m/2.9km  
George Pit Etherley 2.9m/4.7km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  1921
Gordon House Colliery Cockfield 3.3m/5.3km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Gurney Pit  4.0m/6.4km 1830 1939
Haggerleases Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km  
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 1.3m/2.2km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  Sep 1955
Hall Pit Cockfield 3.3m/5.3km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Harry Pit Shildon 3.8m/6.1km 1829 Jul 1932
Hartley Colliery Butterknowle 4.5m/7.2km  
Heather Colliery Butterknowle 4.1m/6.6km  21 May 1926
High House Colliery Butterknowle 4.0m/6.5km  30 Dec 1909
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km  
High Wham Colliery Butterknowle 4.5m/7.3km  31 Mar 1921
Holly Moor Colliery Cockfield 4.3m/6.9km  29 May 1929
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  20 Aug 1921
Hutton Pit Cockfield 4.4m/7.1km  
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.3km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 3.2m/5.2km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 4.1m/6.6km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 4.2m/6.8km 1829 Jul 1932
John Pit Cockfield 4.4m/7.1km 1867 
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 0.6m/1.0km  July 1949
Lands Colliery Cockfield 3.1m/5.0km 1879 
Langton Quarry Gainford 4.1m/6.6km  
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.4m/0.7km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  1946
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 4.3m/7.0km 1830 1936
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 4.1m/6.6km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 3.8m/6.2km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 3.9m/6.3km  
Millfield Grange Colliery Cockfield 4.0m/6.5km  25 Feb 1911
Mostyn Pit Cockfield 3.3m/5.3km 1893 17 Feb 1962
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 3.3m/5.4km  
New Copley Colliery Cockfield 4.4m/7.1km 1867 
New Morley Colliery Butterknowle 3.8m/6.1km  02 Dec 1936
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 2.2m/3.6km 1949 Aug 1965
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km 1859 1967
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 4.8m/7.8km  1930's
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.6m/7.5km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.6m/7.5km 1845 1966
North Marsfield Colliery Rowntree, Butterknowle 4.8m/7.8km  
North Pit  3.3m/5.3km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 3.8m/6.1km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 2.3m/3.7km  Mar 1912
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 4.5m/7.3km  
Paddock Mire Colliery  2.1m/3.4km  
Park House Colliery  1.7m/2.8km  
Pasture Pit  3.5m/5.7km 1830 1939
Phoenix Pit Etherley 3.2m/5.2km  
Pit Close Colliery Morley 3.4m/5.5km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 2.4m/3.9km 1939 1958
Providence Pit Cockfield 2.6m/4.2km 1834 
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  Sep 1955
Raby Moor Colliery Cockfield 3.9m/6.3km  
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 2.6m/4.2km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 1.7m/2.8km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 1.6m/2.7km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 2.3m/3.7km 1836 Dec 1912
Rowan Tree Colliery  4.6m/7.5km  
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 2.8m/4.6km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 3.0m/4.9km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 2.6m/4.2km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 2.5m/4.0km 1830 1937
Smout Pit Cockfield 4.6m/7.4km  20 Mar 1930
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.3km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 3.8m/6.1km 1829 Jul 1932
South Rowntree Colliery Butterknowle 4.6m/7.5km  
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 3.0m/4.9km 1929 Aug 1958
South Side Colliery Butterknowle 4.7m/7.6km  Jun 1914
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 1.3m/2.1km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 0.5m/0.9km  Jul 1967
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 4.1m/6.7km  
Storey Lodge Colliery Cockfield 2.8m/4.5km  
Sun Colliery Wackerfield, Evenwood 2.1m/3.4km  
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 1.4m/2.3km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 3.5m/5.6km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km  1943
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 1.3m/2.1km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 2.8m/4.5km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km 1859 1967
Tunnel Drift Shildon 2.8m/4.5km  
Victoria Colliery Cockfield 4.4m/7.1km 1867 
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 4.6m/7.5km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 0.9m/1.5km 1838 Jul 1967
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 3.3m/5.3km  
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 2.1m/3.4km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 4.8m/7.8km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 4.9m/7.9km  
West Rowntree Colliery Butternkowle 4.7m/7.6km  13 Sep 1930
Wham Colliery Butterknowle 4.5m/7.2km  29 Aug 1931
Wham Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  
Wigglesworth Colliery Cockfield 4.5m/7.2km  
William Pit Butterknowle 4.6m/7.5km  1950
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.5m/5.7km  Jun 1923
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.5m/5.7km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.7m/2.8km  

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Hummerbeck Colliery

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