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  Old Durham Colliery  Index  Old Durham Colliery  

Old Durham Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 29217 41503

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Old Durham Colliery

  main page for Old Durham Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 2.7m/4.4km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 3.3m/5.4km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 3.1m/5.1km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 2.0m/3.2km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 3.1m/5.0km 1826 
Adventure Pit West Rainton 3.6m/5.9km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 3.8m/6.2km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Allotment Drift Bearpark 3.6m/5.9km  Mar 1947
Annie Pit Ferryhill 4.7m/7.6km 1872 Mar 1905
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 2.0m/3.2km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.9m/6.3km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 1.6m/2.6km 1880s Sep 1949
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 3.2m/5.2km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 3.4m/5.5km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 3.2m/5.2km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells Pit Coxhoe 3.0m/4.8km  
Belmont Colliery Pittington 2.8m/4.5km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 3.9m/6.3km  
Borehole Pit Coxhoe 3.7m/6.0km 1843 
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 2.3m/3.7km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 3.3m/5.3km  bef. 1894
Boyne Colliery Durham 2.7m/4.4km  
Branch Pit West Rainton 3.6m/5.9km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 3.0m/4.9km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 3.0m/4.9km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 4.8m/7.7km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.7m/4.4km  1924
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 2.6m/4.3km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.0m/3.2km  1890
Browney Colliery Brandon 3.0m/4.9km 1871 Jul 1938
Buddle Pit Pittington 2.8m/4.6km  
Cassop Colliery Cassop 3.7m/6.0km 1840 1868
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 2.1m/3.4km 1840 1850's
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 4.7m/7.6km 1872 Mar 1905
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 3.0m/4.8km  07 Nov 1924
Church Pit Pittington 2.8m/4.5km 1836 1872?
Clarence Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 3.7m/6.0km 1843 
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 3.6m/5.9km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 3.6m/5.9km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 3.5m/5.7km  Apr 1957
Cornforth Colliery Cornforth 4.7m/7.6km  
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 4.5m/7.2km  
Coxhoe Colliery Coxhoe 3.7m/6.0km 1843 
Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe 3.7m/6.0km  
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 3.2m/5.2km  
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 1.6m/2.6km  1924
Crow Trees Colliery Quarrington Hill 3.5m/5.6km  bef. 1894
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.1m/5.1km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 2.0m/3.2km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 3.0m/4.8km  07 Nov 1924
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 4.9m/7.9km  
Durham Main Colliery Durham 1.6m/2.6km  1924
East Hetton Colliery nr. Kelloe 4.3m/7.0km 1836 Jun 1983
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 4.7m/7.6km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Elemore Colliery Easington Lane 4.7m/7.6km 1827 Feb 1974
Elvet Colliery Durham 1.0m/1.6km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 2.6m/4.2km 1870 Dec 1950
Field House Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 3.5m/5.6km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 4.1m/6.7km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 3.2m/5.2km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 0.8m/1.4km 1872 
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 2.5m/4.1km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 2.2m/3.6km 1840 1860s
Furnace Pit Pittington 2.8m/4.5km 1836 1872?
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 3.9m/6.3km  
Galley's Field Corner Pit  3.8m/6.1km  
George Pit Cornforth 4.7m/7.6km  
George Pit Easington Lane 4.7m/7.6km 1827 Feb 1974
George Pit Lumley 4.4m/7.1km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Glow O'er 'em Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 2.0m/3.2km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenwell Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 3.5m/5.7km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.9m/6.3km  
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 3.5m/5.6km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 4.8m/7.7km 1818 
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 2.8m/4.6km  bef. 1894
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 3.3m/5.3km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 4.4m/7.1km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 0.8m/1.4km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 4.4m/7.1km 1817 
Isabella Pit Easington Lane 4.6m/7.5km 1827 Feb 1974
Jane Pit West Cornforth 4.8m/7.8km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Kelloe Colliery nr. Kelloe 4.3m/7.0km 1836 Jun 1983
Kepier Colliery Durham 0.8m/1.4km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 1.6m/2.6km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 3.8m/6.2km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 3.1m/5.1km 1831 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 1.5m/2.4km  
Lady Pit Easington Lane 4.7m/7.6km 1827 Feb 1974
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 3.1m/5.1km  
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 3.1m/5.1km 1831 
Lane Pit West Rainton 3.9m/6.3km  
Letch Pit High Moorsley 3.8m/6.2km 1824 1897
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 2.6m/4.2km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 2.7m/4.4km  
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 3.1m/5.1km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 3.0m/4.9km 1828 
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 3.1m/5.1km 1831 
Low Letch Pit  3.6m/5.9km  
Ludworth Colliery Ludworth 4.3m/7.0km 1837 1931
Marion Pit Ferryhill 4.7m/7.6km 1872 Mar 1905
Mary Pit West Cornforth 4.8m/7.8km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Meadows Pit Rainton 4.3m/6.9km 1824 1897
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 2.5m/4.1km 1871 Dec 1950
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 4.0m/6.5km 1954 Jul 1978
Middle Pit  3.7m/6.0km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 4.5m/7.3km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 3.0m/4.8km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 4.2m/6.8km 1821 1935
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 4.3m/7.0km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 4.7m/7.6km 1817 
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 2.6m/4.2km 1840 Dec 1950
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 4.2m/6.8km 1821 1935
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.1m/5.1km  11 Jun 1891
Old Pit Durham 2.5m/4.1km  07 Nov 1924
Old Quarrington Quarry 1 Bowburn 3.1m/5.1km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 3.0m/4.8km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 3 Bowburn 3.1m/5.1km  
Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.1m/5.1km  11 Jun 1891
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 4.8m/7.7km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 4.5m/7.3km 1790 
Quarrington Hill Quarry Durham 3.5m/5.6km  
Quarry Pit East Rainton 4.6m/7.5km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 4.3m/6.9km  
Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone) Ferryhill 4.8m/7.8km  
Redhouse Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 3.9m/6.3km 1816 
Running Waters Quarry Durham 2.5m/4.1km  
Sandy Pits  4.0m/6.5km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 1.5m/2.4km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 2.7m/4.4km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 1.8m/2.9km 1844 May 1935
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 0.9m/1.5km 1839 1875
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 4.3m/7.0km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Engine Pit Durham 1.0m/1.6km  
South Kelloe Colliery Quarrington Hill 3.8m/6.2km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.8m/6.2km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 3.1m/5.1km  
Thornley Colliery Thornley 4.7m/7.6km 1835 09 Jan 1970
Thornton Pit Croxdale 3.2m/5.2km  
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 4.8m/7.8km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 4.8m/7.8km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.8m/6.2km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.8m/6.2km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 4.5m/7.2km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.8m/6.2km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 3.5m/5.6km 1854 1968
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 4.5m/7.3km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Vale Pit Cassop 3.7m/6.0km 1840 1877
Vale Pit Quarrington Hill 3.5m/5.6km  bef. 1894
Venture Pit  3.5m/5.7km  
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 4.8m/7.8km 1835 04 Mar 1967
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 3.3m/5.3km  
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 1.0m/1.7km 1836 1875
Witch Hill Quarry Shadforth 3.4m/5.5km  
Witton Colliery Sacriston 4.3m/7.0km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Woodside Pit  3.0m/4.8km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 4.3m/7.0km  

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