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  Rake Lane Drift  Index  Rake Lane Drift  

Rake Lane Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 33400 70300

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Wallsend 3.6m/5.8km  
Alfred Pit Jarrow 3.0m/4.9km 1803 
Algernon Colliery Backworth 1.0m/1.6km 1853 1966
Ann Pit Walker 4.5m/7.2km  
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 2.1m/3.4km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 2.1m/3.4km 1818 Jun 1980
Basin Pit Longbenton 4.1m/6.6km  
Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1760 
Bigge Pit Willington 1.5m/2.4km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 3.6m/5.8km  
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 1.4m/2.3km  1915
Burdon Main Colliery North Sheilds 2.2m/3.6km 1811 
Burradon Colliery Burradon 3.9m/6.3km 1820 Nov 1975
Chance Pit North Sheilds 1.5m/2.4km 1811 
Chapter Main Colliery South Shields 3.2m/5.2km 1805 1825
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1765 
Chirton Colliery Chirton 1.8m/3.0km  
Chirton Pit North Sheilds 1.5m/2.4km 1811 
Church Pit Earsdon 1.6m/2.6km 1838 
Church Pit (New Engine Pit) South Shields 2.8m/4.5km Jun 1825 1940
Church Pit South Shields 2.8m/4.5km 1825 
Church Pit Wallsend 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1782 
Collingwood Main Colliery North Sheilds 2.2m/3.6km 1811 
Cullercoats Colliery Cullercoats 1.6m/2.6km  
Delaval Pit New Hartley 3.0m/4.8km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.2m/6.8km  
Duke & Duchess Pit Earsdon 1.8m/2.9km  
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 3.0m/4.9km 1803 
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 1.8m/2.9km  22 Jun 1934
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 2.1m/3.4km  
East Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.4km  
Eccles Colliery Backworth 2.1m/3.4km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 2.1m/3.4km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edward Pit Wallsend 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 1.6m/2.7km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 0.6m/1.1km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 3.8m/6.2km  
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 2.1m/3.4km 1874 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 2.1m/3.4km 1874 1973
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 1.0m/1.7km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 1.5m/2.5km  
Gloria Colliery Hartley 5.0m/8.0km  1951
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 4.3m/6.9km  
Grange Pit Earsdon 1.1m/1.8km  
Hartley Colliery New Hartley 4.6m/7.5km  Feb 1959
Harton Colliery South Shields 4.1m/6.7km 1844 25 Jul 1969
Hastings Pit Seaton Delaval 4.3m/7.0km 1875 27 May 1960
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.4m/7.1km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 3.3m/5.3km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Longbenton 4.0m/6.5km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 4.1m/6.7km  
Hester Pit Seaton Delaval 4.2m/6.8km  
Hester Pit New Hartley 4.2m/6.8km  
High Pit Willington Quay 2.2m/3.6km 1806 
Hopewell Pit North Sheilds 1.6m/2.7km 1811 
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 2.0m/3.3km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 2.6m/4.2km  
Jane Pit Walker 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 3.0m/4.8km 1803 
John Pit Seghill 3.9m/6.3km 1824 1962
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1806 
Killingworth West Moor Colliery Killingworth 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1829 
King Pit Walker 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1765 
Kitty Pit Seghill 3.9m/6.3km 1824 1962
Lamb Pit Cramlington 4.5m/7.3km  
Lizzie Pit Weetslade 4.8m/7.7km 1903 1966
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1760 
Low Pit Willington Quay 2.2m/3.6km 1806 
Major Pit Seghill 4.0m/6.5km  1962
Manor Wallsend Colliery South Shields 3.2m/5.2km 1805 1825
Maude Pit Backworth 2.1m/3.4km Jun 1872 Dec 1960
Mill Pit New Hartley 3.7m/6.0km  Feb 1959
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 1.3m/2.2km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 4.8m/7.8km  
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 0.6m/1.1km  
New Hartley Colliery New Hartley 4.6m/7.5km  Feb 1959
New Pit Howden 2.3m/3.8km 1808 
New Pit Longbenton 4.3m/7.0km  
Nightingale Pit New Hartley 3.1m/5.0km  Feb 1959
Old Pit North Sheilds 2.2m/3.6km 1811 
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 2.0m/3.3km  
Percy Pit North Shields 2.0m/3.3km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 1.1m/1.8km  28 Sep 1929
Prospect Pit Chirton 1.8m/3.0km  
Prosperous Pit Backworth 2.3m/3.8km 1906 Dec 1960
Relief Pit Seaton Delaval 4.3m/7.0km 1884 27 May 1960
Richard Pit Seaton Delaval 4.3m/7.0km 1838 27 May 1960
Richard Pit Willington Quay 3.3m/5.4km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km  1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 2.5m/4.1km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1782 
Seaton Delaval Colliery Seaton Delaval 4.3m/6.9km 1838 27 May 1960
Seghill Brickworks Seghill 3.9m/6.3km  
Seghill Colliery Seghill 3.9m/6.3km 1824 1962
Shields Colliery Chirton 1.8m/3.0km  
St. Hilda's Colliery South Shields 2.8m/4.5km 1810 1940
Success Pit Seghill 3.5m/5.6km 1824 1962
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 3.0m/4.8km 1803 
Templetown Colliery South Shields 3.2m/5.2km 1805 1825
Venture Pit Willington Quay 2.2m/3.6km 1806 
Walker Colliery Walker 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 2.8m/4.5km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 2.8m/4.5km bef. 1782 
Weetslade Colliery Weetslade 4.8m/7.8km 1903 1966
West Chirton Pit North Sheilds 2.2m/3.6km 1811 
West Holywell Colliery Earsdon 3.1m/5.0km 1857 1861
West Moor Colliery Killingworth 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1829 
Westoe Colliery South Shields 3.2m/5.2km 1909 May 1993
Whin Pit New Hartley 3.6m/5.9km 1754 
Whitley Colliery Whitley Bay 1.5m/2.5km  
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 2.2m/3.6km 1806 
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.4m/7.1km  

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