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  Percy Main Colliery  Index  Percy Main Colliery  

Percy Main Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 33742 67095

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Wallsend 3.1m/5.1km  
Alfred Pit Jarrow 1.0m/1.7km 1803 
Algernon Colliery Backworth 2.3m/3.8km 1853 1966
Ann Pit Walker 3.2m/5.2km  
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 3.6m/5.9km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 3.6m/5.9km 1818 Jun 1980
Basin Pit Longbenton 4.1m/6.6km  
Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1760 
Bigge Pit Willington 1.6m/2.6km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 3.1m/5.1km  
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 3.0m/4.9km  1915
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 3.0m/4.8km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 3.0m/4.8km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Brandling Main Felling 4.8m/7.7km 1779 1931
Burdon Main Colliery North Sheilds 1.0m/1.6km 1811 
Chance Pit North Sheilds 0.6m/1.1km 1811 
Chapter Main Colliery South Shields 1.4m/2.3km 1805 1825
Charlotte Pit Walker 2.8m/4.6km bef. 1765 
Chirton Colliery Chirton 1.3m/2.2km  
Chirton Pit North Sheilds 0.6m/1.1km 1811 
Church Pit Earsdon 3.5m/5.6km 1838 
Church Pit (New Engine Pit) South Shields 1.5m/2.4km Jun 1825 1940
Church Pit South Shields 1.5m/2.4km 1825 
Church Pit Wallsend 1.6m/2.7km bef. 1782 
Collingwood Main Colliery North Sheilds 1.0m/1.6km 1811 
Crowhall Quarry Felling 4.7m/7.6km  
Cullercoats Colliery Cullercoats 2.3m/3.8km  
Delight Pit Byker 4.3m/7.0km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 3.1m/5.1km  
Duke & Duchess Pit Earsdon 3.5m/5.6km  
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 1.0m/1.7km 1803 
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 3.5m/5.6km  22 Jun 1934
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 4.0m/6.5km  
East Pit Wallsend 2.9m/4.7km  
Eccles Colliery Backworth 3.6m/5.9km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 3.6m/5.9km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edward Pit Wallsend 1.6m/2.7km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 1.6m/2.6km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 2.1m/3.4km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 3.0m/4.8km  
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.0m/6.4km Bef. 1769 
Felling Colliery Felling 4.8m/7.7km 1779 1931
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 4.0m/6.4km 1874 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 4.0m/6.4km 1874 1973
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 1.0m/1.6km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 3.6m/5.8km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.3km 1736 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km  
Grange Pit Earsdon 3.1m/5.0km  
Harton Colliery South Shields 2.3m/3.7km 1844 25 Jul 1969
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.3km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 1.6m/2.7km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 4.3m/6.9km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 3.4m/5.5km  
High Pit Willington Quay 1.3m/2.2km 1806 
Hopewell Pit North Sheilds 0.8m/1.3km 1811 
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 0.5m/0.9km  
Jane Pit Walker 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 0.9m/1.5km 1803 
John Pit Felling 5.0m/8.0km 1779 1931
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 4.6m/7.4km bef. 1829 
King Pit Walker 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1765 
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 4.3m/7.0km  
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.1m/6.7km bef. 1760 
Low Pit Willington Quay 1.3m/2.2km 1806 
Manor Wallsend Colliery South Shields 1.4m/2.3km 1805 1825
Marsden Colliery Whitburn, nr. Sunderland 4.8m/7.8km May 1879 31 May 1968
Marsden Quarry (Limestone) Marsden 4.5m/7.3km  
Maude Pit Backworth 3.6m/5.8km Jun 1872 Dec 1960
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 1.5m/2.4km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 3.0m/4.8km  
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 2.1m/3.4km  
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.5km 1833 
New Pit Howden 0.5m/0.8km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 4.1m/6.7km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 4.0m/6.4km Bef. 1769 
Old Pit North Sheilds 1.0m/1.6km 1811 
Preston Colliery North Shields 1.3m/2.1km  28 Sep 1929
Prospect Pit Chirton 1.3m/2.2km  
Prosperous Pit Backworth 3.0m/4.9km 1906 Dec 1960
Rake Lane Drift Backworth 2.0m/3.3km  
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 3.5m/5.7km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 3.4m/5.5km  
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 3.8m/6.2km Bef. 1769 
Richard Pit Willington Quay 3.6m/5.9km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km  1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 1.6m/2.7km bef. 1782 
Shields Colliery Chirton 1.3m/2.2km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 4.0m/6.4km Bef. 1769 
St. Hilda's Colliery South Shields 1.5m/2.4km 1810 1940
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.5km 1833 
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 0.9m/1.5km 1803 
Templetown Colliery South Shields 1.4m/2.3km 1805 1825
Venture Pit Felling 4.5m/7.2km 1779 1931
Venture Pit Willington Quay 1.3m/2.2km 1806 
Walker Colliery Walker 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 1.6m/2.7km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 1.6m/2.7km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 3.6m/5.9km 1855 08 Aug 1974
West Chirton Pit North Sheilds 1.0m/1.6km 1811 
West Holywell Colliery Earsdon 4.8m/7.8km 1857 1861
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 4.6m/7.4km bef. 1829 
Westoe Colliery South Shields 2.3m/3.8km 1909 May 1993
Whitburn Colliery Whitburn, nr. Sunderland 4.8m/7.8km May 1879 31 May 1968
Whitley Colliery Whitley Bay 3.1m/5.0km  
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 4.6m/7.4km 1841 1926
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 1.3m/2.2km 1806 
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 2.3m/3.8km  

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