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  Prudhoe Colliery  Index  Prudhoe Colliery  

Prudhoe Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 08700 63700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 4.7m/7.6km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 3.3m/5.4km  
Andrew Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Ann Pit Wylam 2.6m/4.2km  
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 4.5m/7.2km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 4.5m/7.2km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1857 
Aydon Quarry Corbridge 5.0m/8.0km  
B Pit Greenside 3.5m/5.7km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km bef. 1862 
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 4.4m/7.1km  
Beal Quarry Ovingham 2.0m/3.3km  
Bean Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 2.1m/3.4km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 2.6m/4.3km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 5.0m/8.0km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 5.0m/8.0km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 4.3m/6.9km  
Bog Pit Stella 5.0m/8.0km  
Broadoak Quarry Consett 4.5m/7.2km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 4.3m/6.9km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 4.0m/6.5km 11 Sep 1869 
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 1.7m/2.8km  
Cat Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.2km  
Chance Pit Throckley 4.3m/6.9km 1756 
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 2.9m/4.7km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 3.5m/5.7km  
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.8m/7.8km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 5.0m/8.0km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 2.6m/4.2km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 2.7m/4.4km 1796 
Crossedge Quarry Stocksfield 3.4m/5.5km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km  
Dummys Pit  4.8m/7.7km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  
East Shaft Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 3.8m/6.2km  
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 0.8m/1.4km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 0.5m/0.8km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 3.5m/5.7km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 3.8m/6.1km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 3.8m/6.1km  
Fallow Pit  3.1m/5.1km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 3.9m/6.3km  
Fence Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.9km  
Fence Pit Heddon 3.6m/5.9km  
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 4.1m/6.7km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 4.3m/6.9km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 4.0m/6.4km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 4.0m/6.5km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Gee Pit Throckley 3.7m/6.0km  
Greenside Colliery Greenside 3.4m/5.5km  23 Jul 1966
Greymare Hill Colliery  3.8m/6.2km  
Grooves Pit  2.5m/4.0km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 4.8m/7.8km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Haugh Pit Wylam 1.7m/2.8km  
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 4.0m/6.5km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.8km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  2.8m/4.6km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.1m/3.4km  
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 4.6m/7.4km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 4.6m/7.4km  
Hill Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.3km 1773 
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 5.0m/8.0km  
Horsley Pit Spital 1.8m/2.9km  
Humble Pit Throckley 3.8m/6.1km  
Humble Pit Heddon 3.8m/6.1km  
Hutton Drift Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km  
James Pit Prudhoe 1.1m/1.8km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 3.8m/6.1km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 3.8m/6.1km  
John Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km  
John Pit West Wylam 1.1m/1.8km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 3.2m/5.2km  
King Pit Throckley 3.6m/5.9km  
King Pit Heddon 3.6m/5.9km  
Kyo Wood Pit  2.5m/4.0km bef. 1790 
Lee Pit Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 3.6m/5.8km  
Margery Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 4.8m/7.7km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 3.7m/6.0km  
Mary Pit Throckley 3.7m/6.0km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 1.9m/3.1km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.1m/3.5km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 1.0m/1.7km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 2.3m/3.7km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km  
North Wylam Wylam 1.4m/2.3km  1892
Nymph Pit Throckley 4.6m/7.5km  
Peggy Pit Wylam 1.5m/2.5km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 2.9m/4.7km 1802 1940
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 3.1m/5.0km  Aug 1964
Primrose Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 1.1m/1.8km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km 1756 
Richard Pit Throckley 3.5m/5.7km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 3.5m/5.7km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 3.5m/5.7km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.6m/5.9km  
Rigg Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 3.5m/5.7km  
Robert Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 3.5m/5.7km  
Rye Pit Throckley 4.7m/7.6km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.8m/7.8km  
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.9m/7.9km  
Spittal Colliery Horsley-on-Tyne 1.9m/3.1km  1920's
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 1.8m/3.0km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 4.6m/7.4km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Styford Quarry Corbridge 4.5m/7.2km  
Taylor Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thistle Pit Throckley 4.0m/6.4km 1756 
Thornbrough (Lead Ore) Corbridge 4.7m/7.6km  
Thornbrough Quarry Corbridge 4.6m/7.5km  
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 4.2m/6.8km  
Throckley Brickworks Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Throckley Colliery Throckley 4.6m/7.4km  
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 4.3m/7.0km 1867 Jan 1954
Throckley 'Maria' Colliery Throckley 4.8m/7.7km  1953
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.6m/5.9km  
Tilley Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 4.6m/7.5km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 3.5m/5.7km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 4.0m/6.5km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 3.5m/5.7km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 4.6m/7.4km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 3.5m/5.7km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Wardle Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
West Drift Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km 1960 
West Engine Pit Heddon 3.8m/6.2km  
West Pit House Shaft  2.9m/4.7km  
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 0.9m/1.5km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 0.9m/1.5km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 4.6m/7.4km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 4.7m/7.6km  1941
Whin Pit Thockley 4.3m/6.9km  
Whittonstall Colliery  4.2m/6.8km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 4.0m/6.5km 1907 25 Nov 1966
Wylam Colliery Wylam 2.3m/3.7km  

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