Museum
Friends of Durham Mining Museum
Events Calendar
e-Books and Books for sale
Photograph Gallery
Document Archive
Master Name Index
Discussion Forums
What's new in the site

Mining History
Colliery Index
Colliery Index
Shaft cross sections
Borings and Sinkings
List of Mines
Colliery Managers
Abandoned Seams
Colliery Maps
Company Overviews
Who's Who
Mineral Information
Managers Certificates
Educational Material
Bibliography
Statistics
Workers/Employee Lists
Notes for Family Historians

Disaster Reports
Names of those killed
Disasters in the 1700s
Disasters in the 1800s
Disasters in the 1900s
Memorials
Awards for Gallantry

Links to other sites of interest
Industrial Heritage Days Out
Former www.pitwork.net site

View our Guestbook

Index to site

Contact and address details


  Killhopehead (Lead Ore)  Index  Killhopehead (Lead Ore)  

Killhopehead (Lead Ore)

OS Grid Ref: NY 81049 43202

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Killhopehead (Lead Ore)

  main page for Killhopehead (Lead Ore)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Allenhead Smelting Mill Allenhead 3.1m/5.1km  
Allenheads (Lead Ore) Allenheads 3.4m/5.5km  
Ashgill Head (Lead Ore) Middleton-in-Teesdale 4.8m/7.8km  
Barbury (Fluorspar) Ireshopeburn 4.5m/7.2km  
Barney Crag (Lead Ore) Stanhope 2.2m/3.6km  
Bashamere (Lead Ore) Stanhope 5.0m/8.0km  
Beaumont (Fluorspar) Allenheads 3.3m/5.4km  
Benty Field (Lead Ore) Alston 3.5m/5.6km  
Blackdene (Lead Ore) St. Johns Chapel 4.4m/7.1km  
Blagill Mine Alston Moor 4.9m/7.9km  
Bloomsbury Mine (Lead Ore) Nenthead 2.3m/3.7km  
Blueheaps (Lead Ore) Killhope 0.8m/1.4km  
Boundary Shaft (Lead Ore)  2.4m/3.9km  
Brackenhill Shaft (Lead Ore)  3.7m/6.0km  
Breckon Hill Shaft (Lead Ore) Allendale 3.7m/6.0km  
Broadsike (Lead Ore)  4.5m/7.2km  
Brownley Hill (Bloomsberry) Mine Nenthead 2.3m/3.7km  
Brownley Hill Mine (Lead Ore) Alston 2.0m/3.3km  Aug 1937
Burtree Pasture (Lead Ore) Cowshill, Weardale 3.3m/5.3km  
Byerhopehead Quarry Allenhead 4.0m/6.4km  
Capelcleugh (Lead Ore) Nenthead 1.8m/2.9km  
Carricks (Iron Ore) Ireshopeburn, Weardale 4.5m/7.3km  May 1949
Carshield (Lead Ore & Zinc) West Allendale 2.7m/4.4km  
Cat Pits Allenheads 4.7m/7.6km  
Cat Pits Allenhead 2.5m/4.0km  
Clargillhead Mine (Lead Ore) Alston 4.5m/7.2km  
Claypath (Lead Ore)  2.6m/4.2km  
Claypath Vein (Lead Ore)  2.6m/4.2km  
Clints Pits  1.3m/2.2km  
Clintscrag (Lead Ore)  4.6m/7.4km  
Coalcleugh (Lead Ore) Nenthead 1.3m/2.2km  
Copthill Quarry Copthill, Weardale 2.9m/4.7km  
Corbitmere (Lead Ore) Stanhope 4.2m/6.8km  
Cowhorse (Lead Ore)  1.6m/2.7km  
Cowhorse Hush (Lead Ore)  1.2m/2.0km  
Crag Green Mine (Lead Ore) Alston 4.8m/7.8km  
Craigs Level (Lead Ore) Weardale 4.5m/7.3km  
Cuthberts Level (Lead Ore) Killhope 1.1m/1.8km  
Deepcleugh (Lead Ore) Stanhope 4.8m/7.7km  
Deepcleugh Level St. John's Chapel 4.9m/7.9km  
Doctor's Hush Killhope 1.3m/2.2km  
Dodd End Quarry Allenheads 3.7m/6.0km  
Dog Shaft (Lead Ore) Killhope 0.4m/0.7km  
Dowpot Syke (Lead & Zinc Ores) Alston 4.4m/7.1km  
Ellershope (Lead Ore) Allenheads 4.3m/6.9km  
Elmford (Lead Ore)  4.1m/6.7km  
Elphagreen Quarry Sparty Lea 3.9m/6.3km  
Farnberry Mine (Lead and Zinc) Alston 5.0m/8.0km  
Flinty Quarry  2.6m/4.2km  
Flow Edge Drift Alston 4.5m/7.2km  
Frazer's Hush Mine Rookhope 5.0m/8.0km  
Frazer's Quarry nr. Allenheads 4.4m/7.1km  
Galligill Syke (Lead Ore) Alston 3.3m/5.3km  
Gill's Quarry nr. Allenheads 3.6m/5.9km  
Green Quarry nr. Allenheads 4.8m/7.7km  
Greencleugh (Fluorspar) Weardale 4.6m/7.4km  
Greenfield Hush (Lead Ore)  2.5m/4.0km  
Greenfield North String (Lead Ore)  2.6m/4.2km  
Greenfield Vein (Lead Ore)  2.6m/4.3km  
Greenleycleugh (Lead Ore) Allendale 5.0m/8.0km  
Groove Heads (Lead Ore) Ireshopeburn 4.5m/7.2km  
Guddamgill Mine (Lead Ore) Nenthead 1.8m/3.0km  
Guinea Grove Hush nr. Cowshill 2.2m/3.6km  
Guttergill (Lead Ore) Alston 4.3m/7.0km  
Haggs (Lead Ore) Nent Valley 2.9m/4.7km  
Hearty Cleugh Mine Carrshield, West Allendale 4.3m/6.9km  
High Guinea Groove (Lead Ore)  2.4m/3.9km  
High Level Mine Alston 3.5m/5.6km  
High Yearncleugh Groove (Lead Ore)  5.0m/8.0km  
Holy Field Mine (Lead Ore and Zinc) Alston 4.9m/7.9km  
Hudgillburn Mine (Lead Ore) Alston 3.9m/6.3km  
Hull's Quarry  3.1m/5.1km  
Killhope (Lead Ore) Weardale 0.9m/1.5km  
Kirkstead (Lead Ore)  1.6m/2.7km  
Ladlewell Quarry Allendale 2.0m/3.2km  
Level Head Engine Shaft Weardale 3.2m/5.2km  
Littlegill Hush  2.8m/4.6km  
Lodgegill (Lead Ore) Burnhope Moor 3.5m/5.7km  
Lodgesike (Lead Ore)  4.3m/7.0km  
Longty Head (Lead Ore)  4.0m/6.4km  
Low Guinea Groove (Lead Ore)  2.3m/3.8km  
Low Yearncleugh Groove (Lead Ore)  4.5m/7.3km  
Lower Northgrain Quarry nr. Allenheads 4.5m/7.3km  
Middlecleugh (Lead Ore) Nenthead 1.3m/2.1km  
Upper Level Nenthead 1.3m/2.1km  
Middlehope (Lead Ore)  2.0m/3.3km  
Middlehope Old (Lead Ore)  4.9m/7.9km  
Middlehopehead Air Shaft  4.1m/6.7km  
Middlehopehead Groove (Lead Ore)  4.4m/7.1km  
Midge Pits Vein (Lead Ore) Cowshill, Weardale 3.3m/5.3km  
Mills Vein Level (Lead) Allenhead 3.1m/5.1km  
Mohopehead Mine (Lead Ore) Carrshield, West Allendale 4.8m/7.8km  
Natrass Mine (Lead & Zinc) Alston 4.8m/7.7km  
North Grain (Lead Ore) Stanhope 4.6m/7.4km  bef. Jun 1875
Northgrain Quarry nr. Allenheads 4.6m/7.4km  
Old Fall (Lead Ore) St. John's Chapel 4.9m/7.9km  31 Dec 1928
Park (Lead Ore)  0.8m/1.4km  
Peatstack (Lead Ore) Nenthead 1.8m/2.9km  
Peter's Hush  1.8m/2.9km  
Peter's Pits (Coal)  2.5m/4.0km  
Philipson's Quarry  3.1m/5.0km  
Proud's Quarry  3.1m/5.0km  
Queensbury (Lead Ore) Stanhope 3.1m/5.0km  
Rampgill (Lead Ore) Nenthead 1.6m/2.7km  
Random Shaft (Lead Ore)  0.4m/0.7km  
Random Shaft (Lead Ore)  0.4m/0.7km  
Redgleam Quarry  4.5m/7.2km  
Rookhopenhead (Copper Ore)  4.7m/7.6km  
Rough & Ready Mine (Lead Ore)  1.2m/2.0km  
Scraith Head (Lead Ore) Alston Moor 3.5m/5.7km  
Scraithole (Lead Ore) Carrshield, West Allendale 2.3m/3.7km  
Sedling (Lead Ore) Weardale 3.3m/5.3km  
Sedling Vein Cowshill, Weardale 3.1m/5.1km  
Silverdikes (Lead Ore)  4.8m/7.8km  
Sipton (Lead Ore) Allenheads 4.7m/7.6km  
Smallcleugh (Lead Ore) Nenthead 1.3m/2.2km  
Soldier's Quarry  3.3m/5.4km  
St. Peter's (Lead Ore) Sparty Lea 4.3m/6.9km  Apr 1943
Swinhope Moor East Allendale 2.2m/3.6km  
Swinhopehead (Lead Ore)  2.9m/4.7km  
Thorneyknowe Quarry Allenhead 3.6m/5.8km  
Thorngreen Quarry Allenheads 3.0m/4.8km  
Tindale Fell Pits (Coal)  1.4m/2.3km  
Tynebottom Mine Garrigill, South Tynedale 4.5m/7.3km  
Tynehead Smelting Mill (Lead Ore) Alston 4.7m/7.6km  
Wainford Bridge Quarry East Allendale 3.0m/4.9km  
Wellheads Hush nr. Cowshill 1.9m/3.1km  
Wellhope (Lead Ore)  3.5m/5.7km  
Wellhope Mine West Allendale 3.4m/5.5km  
Wellhopehead (Lead Ore)  2.6m/4.2km  
Wellhopehead Lead Ore West Allendale 2.6m/4.3km  
Wellhopehead Shafts West Allendale 2.3m/3.7km  
Wellhopeknot Mine Garrigill 2.5m/4.0km  
Wham (Lead Ore)  4.3m/6.9km  
Whinsike Quarry Ireshopeburn 3.8m/6.1km  
Whitesike (Lead Ore) Alston 3.6m/5.8km  
Windy Brow Vein South Tynedale 4.0m/6.4km  
Woodhead Quarry Allenhead 3.3m/5.3km  
Yad Moss (Lead Ore)  4.8m/7.8km  

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Killhopehead (Lead Ore)

  main page for Killhopehead (Lead Ore)


Mail:
Webmaster

Back

Home
Copyright © 1999-2008 by The Durham Mining Museum and its contributors
Registered Charity No: 1110608
Page last updated: 10 Apr 2008


Search

Print