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  Merryshields Quarry  Index  Merryshields Quarry  

Merryshields Quarry

OS Grid Ref: NZ 06400 61600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Greenside 4.6m/7.4km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 4.0m/6.5km  
Ann Pit Wylam 4.4m/7.1km  
Aydon Quarry Corbridge 4.3m/7.0km  
B Pit Greenside 4.8m/7.8km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1862 
Beal Quarry Ovingham 1.6m/2.6km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 1.6m/2.7km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km  
Broadoak Quarry Consett 3.8m/6.1km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 4.8m/7.7km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 0.5m/0.8km  
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 4.7m/7.6km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 4.2m/6.8km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 4.2m/6.8km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 4.2m/6.8km 1796 
Crossedge Quarry Stocksfield 3.0m/4.8km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Dummys Pit  4.5m/7.3km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  
East Shaft Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 4.4m/7.1km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 3.2m/5.2km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 1.5m/2.5km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 4.0m/6.5km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 1.3m/2.2km  
Endeavour Pit Wylam 4.0m/6.5km  
Fallow Pit  4.1m/6.6km bef. 1857 
Farnley Haugh Quarry Riding Mill 3.6m/5.9km  
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 4.8m/7.7km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Gray Mare Hill Drift Riding Mill 3.6m/5.9km  
Greenside Colliery Greenside 4.6m/7.5km  23 Jul 1966
Grey Mare Pit Whittonstall 4.0m/6.4km  
Greymare Hill Colliery  1.9m/3.1km  
Grooves Pit  3.1m/5.1km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 4.5m/7.3km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Haugh Pit Wylam 3.6m/5.8km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 4.4m/7.1km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 4.0m/6.5km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  1.5m/2.4km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 1.5m/2.4km  
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 3.1m/5.0km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 3.1m/5.0km  
Horsley Pit Spital 3.2m/5.2km  
Hutton Drift Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km  
James Pit Prudhoe 2.8m/4.6km  
John Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  
John Pit West Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 4.8m/7.7km  
Kiln Pit Hill Colliery Riding Mill 4.4m/7.1km  
Kyo Wood Pit  3.5m/5.6km bef. 1790 
Lee Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
Margery Pit Wylam 4.0m/6.5km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km  25 Nov 1966
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 0.8m/1.3km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 0.8m/1.3km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 0.6m/1.1km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Mosspool Pit Kiln Pit Hill 4.0m/6.5km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 4.0m/6.4km  
North Wylam Wylam 3.3m/5.4km  1892
Peggy Pit Wylam 3.4m/5.5km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km 1802 1940
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 4.5m/7.3km  Aug 1964
Primrose Pit Wylam 4.0m/6.5km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 4.0m/6.5km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 1.9m/3.1km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 4.6m/7.5km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 2.4m/3.9km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 4.2m/6.8km  
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 3.1m/5.1km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 3.1m/5.1km 1950 Feb 1965
Styford Quarry Corbridge 3.1m/5.0km  
Taylor Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thornbrough (Lead Ore) Corbridge 3.9m/6.3km  
Thornbrough Quarry Corbridge 3.9m/6.3km  
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 4.5m/7.2km  
Tilley Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 4.5m/7.3km  
Towneley Drift Garesfield 4.8m/7.8km  
Unthank Colliery Riding Mill 4.4m/7.1km  
West Drift Chopwell 3.0m/4.8km 1960 
West Pit House Shaft  3.6m/5.9km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 4.2m/6.8km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 4.4m/7.1km  1941
Whittonstall Colliery  2.7m/4.4km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 3.0m/4.9km 1907 25 Nov 1966
Wylam Colliery Wylam 4.0m/6.5km  

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