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  Jawblades Colliery  Index  Jawblades Colliery  

Jawblades Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 23298 29854

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Jawblades Colliery

  main page for Jawblades Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.5km 1830 1925
Annie Pit Ferryhill 4.4m/7.1km 1872 Mar 1905
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.3km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 4.1m/6.6km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.2km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.9km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 2.3m/3.7km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.0m/0.0km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.4km 1830 1939
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 4.9m/7.9km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 4.8m/7.8km 1845 Jun 1930
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 4.0m/6.4km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 4.0m/6.4km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 4.0m/6.4km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.4m/5.5km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.5m/5.6km 1925 1968
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 2.3m/3.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 1.8m/3.0km  
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 4.4m/7.1km 1872 Mar 1905
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.4m/3.9km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 2.9m/4.7km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 4.5m/7.2km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km  
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.8m/7.7km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 2.6m/4.2km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 2.3m/3.7km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.0m/6.4km  Jun 1923
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 0.2m/0.4km  
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 5.0m/8.0km 1876 1934
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 3.6m/5.9km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Deanery Colliery Shildon 1.5m/2.4km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 4.4m/7.1km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.0m/4.8km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 1.1m/1.9km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.6km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 1.6m/2.6km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 1.2m/2.0km  
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.1km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 2.6m/4.2km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km  
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 4.6m/7.5km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 2.6m/4.2km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 4.4m/7.1km  
George Pit Etherley 2.8m/4.6km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.3km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 2.8m/4.5km 1841 
Gurney Pit  1.0m/1.7km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 3.0m/4.9km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.7km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 1.1m/1.9km 1829 Jul 1932
High Pit Ferryhill 3.1m/5.0km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.8m/7.7km  04 Sep 1907
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.3km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.6km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 3.8m/6.1km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 5.0m/8.0km  
John George Pit Hunwick 2.8m/4.5km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 1.0m/1.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 3.5m/5.7km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 1.2m/2.0km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 1.2m/2.0km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 4.4m/7.1km  1865
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 2.7m/4.4km  
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 0.9m/1.5km  1946
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 4.8m/7.7km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 4.4m/7.1km 1872 Mar 1905
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 4.8m/7.8km 1830 1936
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 2.6m/4.2km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 3.2m/5.2km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 2.5m/4.1km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 2.6m/4.2km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 4.8m/7.7km 1954 Jul 1978
Michael Pit Byers Green 2.3m/3.7km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 1.2m/2.0km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.4m/3.9km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 2.0m/3.2km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 3.0m/4.8km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 2.6m/4.3km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 2.8m/4.5km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.8m/3.0km 1859 1967
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 3.0m/4.9km  1930's
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.1m/6.7km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.1m/6.7km 1845 1966
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 2.6m/4.2km  
North Pit  0.8m/1.4km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 1.1m/1.9km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 4.8m/7.8km 1845 Jun 1930
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 3.5m/5.7km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 3.5m/5.6km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 4.1m/6.7km 1983 
Pasture Pit  0.5m/0.9km 1830 1939
Phoenix Pit Etherley 3.8m/6.1km  
Pickering Quarry  3.1m/5.1km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 2.1m/3.5km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.7km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 4.4m/7.1km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 4.4m/7.1km 1942 Oct 1959
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 2.6m/4.2km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 3.3m/5.4km 1858 1931
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 1.6m/2.7km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 2.8m/4.5km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 1.8m/2.9km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 2.2m/3.6km 1830 1937
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 3.5m/5.6km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 1.1m/1.9km 1829 Jul 1932
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 2.8m/4.5km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 2.6m/4.2km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 4.6m/7.5km  Jul 1967
Success Pit Tudhoe 4.3m/6.9km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 5.0m/8.0km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 3.5m/5.6km 1840 1932
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 2.6m/4.2km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 4.8m/7.8km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  1943
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.0m/4.8km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.8m/3.0km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 4.3m/6.9km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 4.3m/6.9km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 3.1m/5.1km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 3.7m/6.0km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 4.3m/6.9km 1945 23 May 1969
Tunnel Drift Shildon 1.9m/3.1km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 3.5m/5.7km 1838 Jul 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 2.3m/3.7km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 3.0m/4.9km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 3.1m/5.0km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 1.2m/2.0km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 2.8m/4.5km 1841 29 Jul 1974
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.0m/6.4km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 3.5m/5.6km 1840 1932
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 3.5m/5.6km  1924
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.0m/6.4km  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 2.8m/4.6km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 3.8m/6.2km  

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Jawblades Colliery

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