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  Rough Lea Colliery  Index  Rough Lea Colliery  

Rough Lea Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 19333 33630

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 3.5m/5.6km  02 Jun 1928
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km 1830 1925
Allotment Drift Bearpark 4.7m/7.6km  Mar 1947
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 0.8m/1.3km  
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 2.6m/4.3km  Oct 1960
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km 1859 1967
Big Pit Crook 3.3m/5.3km  
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 2.6m/4.2km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.7m/6.0km 1830 1939
Bolckow Pit Crook 2.8m/4.6km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 1.5m/2.5km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 1.9m/3.1km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 1.5m/2.4km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 1.5m/2.4km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 1.5m/2.4km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 4.4m/7.1km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Browney Colliery Brandon 4.8m/7.7km 1871 Jul 1938
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 1.8m/3.0km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 1.8m/2.9km  
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.8m/7.7km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 3.6m/5.8km  28 Apr 1926
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 4.6m/7.5km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 4.5m/7.2km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 2.3m/3.8km  Jun 1923
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 3.1m/5.1km  
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 3.8m/6.2km  Apr 1929
Crook Colliery Crook 2.1m/3.4km  
Crook Drift Crook 2.2m/3.6km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 5.0m/8.0km 1876 1934
Deanery Colliery Shildon 4.1m/6.6km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 2.0m/3.2km  
Drift Evenwood 4.5m/7.2km  
Drift Evenwood 4.8m/7.7km  
Drift Evenwood 5.0m/8.0km  
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.7m/7.6km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Eldon Colliery Shildon 4.5m/7.2km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km  
Emma Pit Crook 2.9m/4.7km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Etherley Colliery Etherley 3.9m/6.3km  
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 3.5m/5.6km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km  
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 3.6m/5.9km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.1m/5.0km  
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  
George Pit Etherley 2.3m/3.7km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.0km  1921
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 4.8m/7.8km  
Gibson's Pit Willington 0.6m/1.1km 1841 
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 2.9m/4.7km  24 May 1907
Gurney Pit  4.3m/7.0km 1830 1939
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  Sep 1955
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.2m/3.6km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.2m/3.6km  03 Nov 1934
Harperley Colliery Crook 3.6m/5.8km  
Harry Pit Shildon 4.5m/7.2km 1829 Jul 1932
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 5.0m/8.0km 1870's Nov 1929
Helme Park Colliery Roddymoor 4.3m/6.9km  
High East Park Opencast Crook 3.8m/6.1km  
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 2.2m/3.6km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 3.4m/5.5km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.7m/2.8km  04 Sep 1907
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.0km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 2.4m/3.9km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 3.3m/5.4km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 1.6m/2.6km  
John George Pit Hunwick 0.5m/0.9km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 4.5m/7.2km 1829 Jul 1932
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 3.5m/5.7km 1857 Nov 1911
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 4.1m/6.7km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 4.1m/6.7km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Pit Crook 3.3m/5.3km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.8km  
Low Beechburn Colliery Crook 1.9m/3.1km  
Low Bitchburn Colliery Crook 1.9m/3.1km  1937
Lucy Pit Crook 2.9m/4.7km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  1946
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 2.5m/4.1km 1830 1936
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.5km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 1.8m/3.0km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 3.0m/4.9km  1965
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.5m/7.2km  
Newfield Colliery Willington 0.6m/1.1km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km 1859 1967
No. 1 Crook 3.5m/5.6km  02 Jun 1928
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.6m/5.9km 1955 May 1968
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 0.3m/0.6km  1930's
No. 2 Crook 3.5m/5.6km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.6m/5.9km 1955 May 1968
No. 3 Crook 3.5m/5.6km  02 Jun 1928
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.5m/2.4km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 1.5m/2.4km 1845 1966
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km  
North Pit  3.7m/6.0km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 4.5m/7.2km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 1.5m/2.5km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 2.4m/3.9km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 2.4m/3.9km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 1.6m/2.6km 1983 
Pasture Pit  3.5m/5.7km 1830 1939
Pease's West Colliery Crook 2.9m/4.7km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Phoenix Pit Etherley 2.4m/3.9km  
Pickering Quarry  5.0m/8.0km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 4.8m/7.7km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 3.5m/5.7km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 4.2m/6.8km 1942 Oct 1959
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 2.9m/4.7km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Rumby Hill Colliery Crook (Hunwick) 1.8m/3.0km  
Rush Pit Etherley 3.9m/6.3km 1869 
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 4.5m/7.2km 1810 1830
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 4.5m/7.2km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 4.8m/7.8km 1830 1937
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 2.4m/3.9km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 4.5m/7.2km 1829 Jul 1932
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 4.1m/6.6km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 3.6m/5.9km 1955 May 1968
Success Pit Etherley 3.9m/6.3km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 4.8m/7.7km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 5.0m/8.0km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 4.6m/7.4km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 0.4m/0.7km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 2.5m/4.1km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 2.8m/4.5km  
Thistle Flat Colliery Crook 2.0m/3.3km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 5.0m/8.0km  
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.1m/6.6km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 1.3m/2.2km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.4km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 4.1m/6.6km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 4.8m/7.7km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 4.8m/7.7km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 3.8m/6.1km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 4.8m/7.7km 1945 23 May 1969
Tunnel Drift Shildon 4.7m/7.6km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 1.2m/2.0km  
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 4.6m/7.5km 1859 Aug 1966
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 4.3m/6.9km 1838 Jul 1967
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 4.1m/6.6km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.6m/7.4km  
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 4.6m/7.5km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 0.3m/0.6km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 0.3m/0.5km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.8m/7.8km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km 1838 Oct 1961
White Lea Colliery Crook 2.8m/4.6km 1855 
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km  
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km 1841 29 Jul 1974
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 2.3m/3.8km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 0.4m/0.7km 1840 1932
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 2.3m/3.8km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 2.3m/3.7km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 3.1m/5.1km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 3.1m/5.0km  10 Aug 1963
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km  

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