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  New Shildon Colliery  Index  New Shildon Colliery  

New Shildon Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 22000 25600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of New Shildon Colliery

  main page for New Shildon Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.1km 1830 1925
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km 1864 1946
Aycliffe East Quarry Aycliffe 4.7m/7.6km  
Aycliffe Quarry Aycliffe 4.5m/7.2km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.6m/2.7km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.3km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km 1830 1939
Black Horse Colliery Evenwood 4.8m/7.7km  07 Feb 1925
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 2.4m/3.9km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 0.8m/1.4km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.1m/1.8km 1925 1968
Buckhead Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.7km  
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.8m/7.8km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 4.3m/7.0km  
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.8m/7.7km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 2.1m/3.5km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.8m/3.0km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 4.8m/7.7km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 0.6m/1.1km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 0.7m/1.2km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.5m/7.2km  Jun 1923
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 2.6m/4.2km  
Deanery Colliery Shildon 1.2m/2.0km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 3.0m/4.8km  
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.7m/2.8km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 1.8m/3.0km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.7km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 2.3m/3.7km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 1.7m/2.8km  
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.1km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 2.2m/3.6km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km  
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 4.5m/7.3km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 3.0m/4.8km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 0.3m/0.6km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  
George Pit Etherley 3.3m/5.4km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.9m/7.9km 1841 
Gurney Pit  2.0m/3.3km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 0.8m/1.4km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 1.8m/3.0km 1829 Jul 1932
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.8km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 4.1m/6.7km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 2.6m/4.3km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.8m/7.8km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 2.3m/3.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 1.6m/2.6km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 3.5m/5.7km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 3.5m/5.7km 1836 Oct 1967
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.7m/2.8km  1946
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 5.0m/8.0km  
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.8m/7.8km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 3.9m/6.3km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.8m/3.0km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 1.6m/2.6km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 1.6m/2.7km  
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.9m/7.9km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1859 1967
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 4.8m/7.8km  1930's
North Pit  1.8m/2.9km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 1.8m/3.0km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 4.5m/7.3km  Mar 1912
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 2.3m/3.8km  
Paddock Mire Colliery  4.2m/6.8km  
Park House Colliery  3.9m/6.3km  
Pasture Pit  2.1m/3.4km 1830 1939
Phoenix Pit Etherley 4.1m/6.7km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 0.5m/0.8km 1939 1958
Providence Pit Cockfield 4.7m/7.6km 1834 
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 4.1m/6.7km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 3.5m/5.7km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 3.9m/6.3km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 4.5m/7.3km 1836 Dec 1912
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 1.0m/1.6km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 0.8m/1.3km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 0.8m/1.4km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 0.4m/0.7km 1830 1937
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.1km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 1.8m/3.0km 1829 Jul 1932
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 0.8m/1.3km 1929 Aug 1958
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 1.6m/2.7km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 2.8m/4.5km  Jul 1967
Sun Colliery Wackerfield, Evenwood 4.2m/6.8km  
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 3.6m/5.9km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 1.2m/2.0km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.4km  1943
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 1.6m/2.7km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 4.5m/7.3km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1859 1967
Tunnel Drift Shildon 0.8m/1.3km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 2.3m/3.8km 1838 Jul 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 0.5m/0.8km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 4.8m/7.8km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 4.9m/7.9km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.4m/7.1km  
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.5m/7.2km  Jun 1923
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 4.9m/7.9km  1924
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.5m/7.2km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.2km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of New Shildon Colliery

  main page for New Shildon Colliery


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