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  Oxhill Pit  Index  Oxhill Pit  

Oxhill Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 18588 52233

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 4.6m/7.4km 1837 
Air Pit Beamish 1.8m/2.9km 1849 
Alma Drift Grange Villa 3.0m/4.8km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 3.0m/4.8km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.2m/5.2km 1843 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 1.1m/1.9km  25 Aug 1962
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 2.7m/4.4km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit Burnhope 2.6m/4.2km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 2.6m/4.2km 1864 Jul 1980
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 2.4m/3.9km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.5m/5.7km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.6m/7.5km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.6m/7.5km  Oct 1961
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.6m/7.4km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 1.8m/2.9km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 2.3m/3.7km  
Betty Pit Burnhope 2.5m/4.0km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 4.7m/7.6km 1862 1932
Billingside Drift Medomsley 3.8m/6.1km  Jan 1879
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.6m/5.8km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Bog Pit Pontop 1.8m/3.0km  
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 3.7m/6.0km  
Brack Pit Kyo 1.3m/2.2km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 3.8m/6.1km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 4.1m/6.7km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 2.3m/3.8km 1874 Mar 1929
Broom Pit Stanley 0.1m/0.3km  
Broom Pit Collierly 1.3m/2.1km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.1m/6.6km 1867 Feb 1965
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 3.7m/6.0km  1950
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 2.5m/4.0km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 2.5m/4.1km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Burns Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.5km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 1.6m/2.7km  
Busty Pit Craghead 1.9m/3.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Medomsley 4.5m/7.2km  06 Oct 1972
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.1m/6.6km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 4.8m/7.8km 1875 Apr 1926
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 1.2m/2.0km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 3.0m/4.9km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1857 
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 4.4m/7.1km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 2.4m/3.9km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 2.1m/3.5km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 4.1m/6.6km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 0.8m/1.3km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Clifford Drift Lanchester 4.8m/7.8km  
Colepike Drift Lanchester 4.4m/7.1km  
Conquest Pit Tantobie 1.6m/2.7km  Oct 1948
Coronation Drift Blaydon 4.5m/7.3km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 2.9m/4.7km  Jul 1980
Craghead Colliery Craghead 1.9m/3.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 1.2m/2.0km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.2km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1847 
Crookhall Colliery Consett 4.6m/7.5km 1830 09 Nov 1963
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 2.8m/4.6km  
Delight Pit Dipton 2.0m/3.3km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Delves Colliery Delves, nr. Consett 4.6m/7.5km 1847 Sep 1913
Dene Drift Waldridge 4.0m/6.5km  
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 4.1m/6.7km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Dike Pit Beamish 2.0m/3.3km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 2.0m/3.3km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Dummys Pit  5.0m/8.0km bef. 1790 
Dunleyford Quarry Consett 4.1m/6.6km  
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 2.1m/3.4km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 1.4m/2.3km  1930
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 1.7m/2.8km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 1.9m/3.1km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 2.6m/4.3km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 3.3m/5.3km 1844 18 July 1980
Edge Pit Beamish 2.0m/3.2km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.4m/5.5km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 1.9m/3.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 4.9m/7.9km 1836 
Esther Pit Tanfield 2.3m/3.7km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.2m/6.8km 1867 Feb 1965
Fan Pit Stanley 1.1m/1.9km  
Fell Pit Burnhope 2.5m/4.1km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 2.6m/4.2km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 2.2m/3.6km  
Fortune Pit Burnhope 2.5m/4.0km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Fox Pit Stanley 0.5m/0.9km  
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 1.2m/2.0km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 2.3m/3.8km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.7m/7.6km  
George Pit Craghead 2.1m/3.4km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Gibson's Pit Newfield 3.8m/6.1km 1841 1936
Gin Pit Medomsley 4.3m/6.9km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 4.3m/7.0km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 2.1m/3.5km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 1.6m/2.6km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 5.0m/8.0km  
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 5.0m/8.0km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 3.0m/4.8km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 2.1m/3.4km  
Hannah Pit Lanchester 3.1m/5.1km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 1.6m/2.6km 1839 
Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.3m/6.9km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 0.3m/0.6km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 0.5m/0.8km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 3.1m/5.0km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 1.5m/2.5km  
Hive Pit Pontop 2.7m/4.4km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 2.5m/4.1km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 1.9m/3.1km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 1.9m/3.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 4.4m/7.1km  
Humber Hill Drift Consett 4.2m/6.8km  09 Nov 1963
Hunter Pit Medomsley 4.1m/6.7km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Lanchester 3.2m/5.2km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.2km  
Ice Pit Beamish 1.9m/3.1km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 4.3m/7.0km 1898 06 Oct 1972
Iveston Colliery Iveston 3.3m/5.4km 1839 1892
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 4.5m/7.2km  31 Oct 1975
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.5km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 4.3m/7.0km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.7m/7.6km 1914 Dec 1932
Knitsley Mill Quarry Consett 4.8m/7.7km  
Lamp Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.5km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 3.1m/5.1km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 3.8m/6.1km 1837 Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.3km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 4.6m/7.4km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.3m/7.0km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Latterday Saint Pit Consett 4.6m/7.5km  
Law Pit Lanchester 1.8m/3.0km 1800 
Leazes Drift Lanchester 2.7m/4.4km  Jan 1949
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.4m/7.1km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.4m/7.1km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 2.9m/4.7km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 1.4m/2.3km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.5m/5.6km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 1.8m/3.0km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 0.4m/0.7km 1759 1964
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.8m/6.2km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 2.6m/4.2km  Jul 1980
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 3.1m/5.0km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 3.8m/6.1km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Manor House & May Drifts Lanchester 3.3m/5.4km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 3.3m/5.4km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 1.3m/2.2km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 1.0m/1.6km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.5m/5.6km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 1.6m/2.7km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 2.7m/4.4km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.5km 1860 19 Mar 1936
May Drift Lanchester 3.6m/5.8km  
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 4.5m/7.2km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 4.6m/7.4km  
Mercie Drift Lanchester 3.3m/5.4km  
Moor Pit Pontop 1.5m/2.4km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 1.0m/1.6km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Mount Pit Tantobie 1.7m/2.8km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 2.1m/3.5km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 3.8m/6.2km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 4.6m/7.4km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Pit Stanley 1.5m/2.5km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 3.8m/6.1km 1841 1936
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.5m/5.6km 1700's 1815
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.7km 1765 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 2.5m/4.1km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 1.9m/3.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Park Head Drift Iveston 2.0m/3.3km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 0.1m/0.3km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.2m/6.8km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 4.3m/6.9km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 3.0m/4.9km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 1.9m/3.1km  
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.2km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 2.5m/4.1km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 3.8m/6.2km  1938
Prosperous Pit Collierly 1.6m/2.7km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 0.4m/0.7km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 2.9m/4.7km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 2.7m/4.4km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 4.1m/6.7km  
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Riding Drift Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 4.2m/6.8km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 1.6m/2.6km 1952 Aug 1955
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 4.0m/6.5km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Saints Pit Delves, nr. Consett 4.6m/7.4km 1847 Sep 1913
Second Pit Beamish 2.3m/3.7km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 4.5m/7.3km  
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 4.1m/6.7km 1845 May 1947
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 3.0m/4.8km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 2.1m/3.5km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 3.9m/6.3km  May 1990
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 4.3m/7.0km  
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 1.3m/2.1km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.5m/5.7km 1765 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 2.5m/4.1km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 0.8m/1.3km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 4.9m/7.9km 1890 03 Jan 1964
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 1.4m/2.3km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 0.2m/0.4km 1837 1915
Speculation Drift Blaydon 4.5m/7.2km  
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 2.2m/3.6km  
Spring Pits  2.7m/4.4km  
Staple Pit Ditpon 1.1m/1.9km 1821 1938
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 4.5m/7.3km  
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 3.8m/6.1km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 2.6m/4.3km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 1.4m/2.3km  
Success Pit Ditpon 3.8m/6.2km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 2.3m/3.8km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 1.3m/2.2km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 1.6m/2.6km 1768 Oct 1948
Thomas Pit Craghead 1.9m/3.1km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 3.9m/6.3km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 5.0m/8.0km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 3.3m/5.4km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 2.9m/4.7km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 2.3m/3.8km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 3.5m/5.6km  30 Nov 1920
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 0.5m/0.8km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 4.0m/6.5km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.8m/6.2km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 4.3m/7.0km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Victory Pit Consett 4.6m/7.5km  09 Nov 1963
Victory Pit Delves, nr. Consett 4.6m/7.4km 1847 Sep 1913
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 4.3m/6.9km 1831 Apr 1926
Water Level Drift East Castle 2.2m/3.6km  
Water Pit Beamish 2.6m/4.3km  
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.4m/5.5km  30 Nov 1920
West Ellimore Colliery Delves 4.1m/6.7km  
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 2.3m/3.8km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 2.9m/4.7km 1858 1921
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 3.8m/6.2km  1938
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 1.0m/1.6km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 1.5m/2.5km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whitehall Pit Pelton 2.7m/4.4km  
William Pit Craghead 2.1m/3.4km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Medomsley 4.1m/6.7km 1856 21 Nov 1964
William Pit Annfield Plain 0.8m/1.3km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 1.2m/2.0km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 1.6m/2.6km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 1.0m/1.7km  25 Aug 1962
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 3.8m/6.2km  1938
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.7km  
Witton Colliery Sacriston 5.0m/8.0km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 4.1m/6.7km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 3.4m/5.5km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 3.5m/5.6km  09 Nov 1963

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