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  Highfield Drift  Index  Highfield Drift  

Highfield Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 06600 56600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 4.6m/7.4km 1837 
Bankside Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1862 
Beal Quarry Ovingham 4.6m/7.4km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 4.7m/7.6km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 4.6m/7.5km  
Billingside Drift Medomsley 4.1m/6.7km  Jan 1879
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 4.6m/7.5km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 4.0m/6.4km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Broadoak Quarry Consett 2.0m/3.3km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 3.5m/5.6km  06 Oct 1972
Bute Pit Garesfield 4.9m/7.9km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 3.6m/5.8km  
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 4.6m/7.4km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 4.5m/7.3km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Consett Colliery Blackhill 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.8m/7.7km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 4.9m/7.9km  Jul 1980
Crookhall Colliery Consett 4.8m/7.8km 1830 09 Nov 1963
Delves Colliery Delves, nr. Consett 4.8m/7.8km 1847 Sep 1913
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 3.6m/5.9km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Quarry  4.6m/7.4km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Dummys Pit  3.2m/5.2km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  
East Shaft Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 2.6m/4.3km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 1.9m/3.1km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 5.0m/8.0km 1844 18 July 1980
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 3.8m/6.1km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 3.3m/5.3km 1836 
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 4.0m/6.5km  
Fallow Pit  4.8m/7.7km bef. 1857 
Fell Coking Plant Consett 4.7m/7.6km Mar 1924 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.8m/4.5km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 4.9m/7.9km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Gin Pit Medomsley 3.8m/6.1km  
Gray Mare Hill Drift Riding Mill 1.1m/1.8km  
Grey Mare Pit Whittonstall 1.6m/2.6km  
Greymare Hill Colliery  1.6m/2.7km  
Grooves Pit  4.0m/6.4km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 3.1m/5.1km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Healeyfield (Lead Ore) Castleside 4.8m/7.8km  1892
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.7km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  1.6m/2.7km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.5m/4.1km  
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 5.0m/8.0km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 3.6m/5.9km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 3.6m/5.8km 1898 06 Oct 1972
John Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km  
Kiln Pit Hill Colliery Riding Mill 1.9m/3.1km  
Kyo Wood Pit  4.5m/7.2km bef. 1790 
Latterday Saint Pit Consett 4.8m/7.8km  
Lee Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km  25 Nov 1966
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 3.5m/5.6km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 3.3m/5.3km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 3.1m/5.0km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.4m/3.9km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 3.6m/5.9km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 2.4m/3.9km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km  
Mosspool Pit Kiln Pit Hill 1.4m/2.3km  
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Nanny Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km 1802 1940
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 4.3m/7.0km  1938
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 4.6m/7.4km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 1.1m/1.9km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 4.5m/7.3km  
Saints Pit Delves, nr. Consett 4.8m/7.8km 1847 Sep 1913
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.8m/7.7km  
Silvertongue (Lead Ore)  4.6m/7.4km  
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.8m/7.8km  
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 4.8m/7.7km 1950 Feb 1965
Success Pit Ditpon 4.3m/7.0km  1938
Taylor Pit Chopwell 3.2m/5.2km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 2.7m/4.4km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 4.9m/7.9km  
Tilley Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 4.1m/6.6km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 3.4m/5.5km  
Towneley Drift Garesfield 5.0m/8.0km  
Unthank Colliery Riding Mill 1.8m/2.9km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 5.0m/8.0km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Victory Pit Consett 4.8m/7.8km  09 Nov 1963
Victory Pit Delves, nr. Consett 4.8m/7.8km 1847 Sep 1913
West Drift Chopwell 1.5m/2.4km 1960 
West Pit House Shaft  4.3m/6.9km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 4.3m/7.0km  1938
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 4.9m/7.9km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 4.9m/7.9km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 2.8m/4.6km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 3.0m/4.8km  1941
Whittonstall Colliery  0.3m/0.6km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 1.3m/2.1km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Medomsley 3.6m/5.9km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 4.3m/7.0km  1938

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Highfield Drift

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