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  Old Towns Quarry  Index  Old Towns Quarry  

Old Towns Quarry

OS Grid Ref: NZ 25703 24605

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1830 1925
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1864 1946
Aycliffe East Quarry Aycliffe 2.4m/3.9km  
Aycliffe Quarry Aycliffe 2.2m/3.6km  
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km 1855 1908
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km 1830 1939
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 4.2m/6.8km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.1m/5.0km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1925 1968
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.5m/7.3km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.1m/1.8km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 4.0m/6.5km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 3.0m/4.9km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 3.0m/4.8km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 3.6m/5.9km  
Deanery Colliery Shildon 2.8m/4.6km  
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 0.6m/1.0km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 2.3m/3.8km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 2.0m/3.2km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km  
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 4.5m/7.2km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 2.0m/3.2km 1864 1937
Gurney Pit  2.5m/4.0km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 3.1m/5.1km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 2.3m/3.8km 1829 Jul 1932
High Pit Ferryhill 5.0m/8.0km  
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 4.5m/7.3km  02 Jul 1909
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 2.7m/4.4km  1925
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 3.5m/5.7km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 2.5m/4.1km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 3.9m/6.3km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 3.6m/5.8km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 3.6m/5.8km 1836 Oct 1967
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.2km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  1946
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.8m/7.8km  
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 4.5m/7.3km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.1m/1.8km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 1.5m/2.5km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 0.6m/1.1km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 2.3m/3.8km 1949 Aug 1965
North Pit  3.0m/4.9km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 2.3m/3.8km 1829 Jul 1932
Pasture Pit  3.3m/5.3km 1830 1939
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 2.4m/3.9km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km  Sep 1955
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 2.4m/3.9km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.5m/2.5km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 2.5m/4.1km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 2.3m/3.8km 1830 1937
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 2.3m/3.8km 1829 Jul 1932
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.5m/2.5km 1929 Aug 1958
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 1.1m/1.9km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km  1943
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Tunnel Drift Shildon 2.2m/3.6km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 4.7m/7.6km 1838 Jul 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 2.7m/4.4km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km 1838 Oct 1961
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 3.6m/5.9km  1924
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  

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