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John Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 12000 59700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 1.5m/2.4km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 1.7m/2.8km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 4.1m/6.6km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Andrew Pit Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  
Ann Pit Wylam 3.1m/5.1km  
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 3.5m/5.6km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 4.3m/7.0km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 1.9m/3.1km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 1.5m/2.4km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 1.6m/2.7km bef. 1857 
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.6m/7.4km 1878 31 Dec 1887
B Pit Greenside 2.0m/3.3km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.6m/7.4km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bankside Pit Chopwell 0.2m/0.4km bef. 1862 
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.3m/5.4km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 2.8m/4.6km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 2.8m/4.6km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 2.0m/3.3km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 2.9m/4.7km  
Beal Quarry Ovingham 4.8m/7.8km  
Bearl Quarry Ovington 5.0m/8.0km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 3.5m/5.7km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 3.5m/5.7km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 1.1m/1.8km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 3.6m/5.8km  
Billingside Drift Medomsley 4.0m/6.5km  Jan 1879
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 4.7m/7.6km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 3.3m/5.3km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 2.6m/4.3km  
Bog Pit Stella 3.6m/5.8km  
Bog Pit Pontop 4.8m/7.8km  
Brack Pit Kyo 5.0m/8.0km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 5.0m/8.0km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 4.3m/6.9km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 3.7m/6.0km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 2.3m/3.7km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 1.6m/2.6km  
Broom Pit Collierly 4.9m/7.9km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 3.0m/4.9km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 2.6m/4.3km  
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 3.9m/6.3km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 4.5m/7.2km  
Busty Pit Medomsley 3.8m/6.1km  06 Oct 1972
Bute Pit Garesfield 1.1m/1.9km 11 Sep 1869 
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.4m/7.1km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Bywell Bridge Quarry Merryshields 3.9m/6.3km  
Cat Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.3km  
Chance Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.7km 1756 
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 0.7m/1.2km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 1.1m/1.9km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 0.7m/1.2km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 0.7m/1.2km 1924 
Clara Vale Colliery Clara Vale 3.4m/5.5km Jul 1893 05 Feb 1966
Clinty Drift Garesfield 0.6m/1.1km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 4.1m/6.6km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 0.2m/0.4km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 4.4m/7.1km  Oct 1948
Content Pit Blaydon 4.2m/6.8km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 1.6m/2.7km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 4.0m/6.5km  Jul 1980
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 3.3m/5.3km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Crawcrook Quarry Crawcrook 2.5m/4.1km  
Crawford's Elizabeth Pit Crawcrook 2.0m/3.2km 1796 
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1847 
Delight Pit Dipton 4.4m/7.1km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 3.0m/4.9km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 4.6m/7.4km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 4.4m/7.1km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Duke Pit Chopwell 0.1m/0.3km  
Duke Pit nr. Newburn 5.0m/8.0km 1740? 
Dummys Pit  1.9m/3.1km bef. 1790 
Earl Pit Chopwell 0.5m/0.8km bef. 1857 
East Drift Chopwell 0.5m/0.9km  
East Shaft Chopwell 1.3m/2.1km  bef. 1922
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 2.3m/3.7km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 2.0m/3.2km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 4.8m/7.7km 1844 18 July 1980
Edgewell Colliery Near Prudhoe 2.5m/4.0km  
Edward Pit Winlaton 3.8m/6.1km  
Elliot Pit Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 4.2m/6.8km 1836 
Eltringham Colliery Prudhoe 3.1m/5.0km  
Emma Colliery Ryton 3.0m/4.8km 1845 19 Apr 1968
Endeavour Pit Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  
Engine Bank Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
Engine Bank Pit Heddon 4.1m/6.7km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 3.8m/6.1km  
Fallow Pit  0.9m/1.5km bef. 1857 
Fan's Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.3km  
Fence Pit Throckley 4.3m/7.0km  
Fence Pit Heddon 4.3m/7.0km  
First Pit Winlaton 2.8m/4.5km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 1.4m/2.3km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 2.6m/4.3km  
Fortune Pit Chopwell 0.3m/0.5km  
Fortune Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km  
Freehold Pit Blaydon 4.0m/6.4km  
Furnace Pit Chopwell 0.7m/1.2km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 1.1m/1.9km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.5m/4.1km  1854
Gee Pit Throckley 4.4m/7.1km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1828 
Gin Pit Medomsley 4.1m/6.6km  
Greenside Colliery Greenside 1.8m/2.9km  23 Jul 1966
Greymare Hill Colliery  4.4m/7.1km  
Grooves Pit  0.7m/1.2km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 2.0m/3.2km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Haugh Pit Wylam 2.9m/4.7km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 4.6m/7.4km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 0.8m/1.3km  
Heddon Colliery Wylam-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.6km  
Hedge Pit Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  
Hedley Colliery [NBL]  3.0m/4.9km  
Hedley Park Colliery nr. Prudhoe 2.1m/3.5km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.6m/7.5km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Highfield Drift Whittonstall 3.8m/6.2km  
Highfield East Drift Whittonstall 3.8m/6.2km  
Hill Pit Throckley 5.0m/8.0km 1773 
Hive Pit Pontop 4.6m/7.5km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 3.9m/6.3km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 1.8m/2.9km  
Horsley Pit Spital 4.9m/7.9km  
Humble Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.2km  
Humble Pit Heddon 4.5m/7.2km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 3.0m/4.9km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 0.7m/1.2km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 3.8m/6.2km 1898 06 Oct 1972
James Pit Prudhoe 2.6m/4.2km  
Jenny Pit Throckley 4.2m/6.8km  
Jenny Pit Heddon 4.2m/6.8km  
John Pit West Wylam 2.6m/4.2km  
Kepier Pit Crawcrook 2.6m/4.3km  
King Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
King Pit Heddon 4.1m/6.7km  
Kyo Wood Pit  1.0m/1.7km bef. 1790 
Law Pit Lanchester 4.7m/7.6km 1800 
Lee Pit Chopwell 0.0m/0.1km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 5.0m/8.0km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 3.0m/4.8km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 3.0m/4.8km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 3.2m/5.2km 1855 Mar 1929
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 3.8m/6.1km  Jul 1980
Margaret Pit Wylam-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.6km  
Margery Pit Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 0.7m/1.2km  25 Nov 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 3.0m/4.8km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit Heddon 4.3m/7.0km  
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 4.0m/6.5km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Throckley 4.3m/7.0km  
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 3.8m/6.1km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 3.6m/5.8km  
Merryshields Quarry Corbridge 3.6m/5.9km  
Mickley Bank Colliery nr. Prudhoe 3.0m/4.9km  
Mickley Colliery Stocksfield 3.3m/5.3km  
Mickley Grange Colliery Stocksfield 3.2m/5.2km  09 Feb 1932
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 1.6m/2.6km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 4.2m/6.8km  Mar 1921
Mount Pit Tantobie 4.3m/7.0km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 4.0m/6.4km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 0.3m/0.5km  
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.7m/4.4km 1765 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 4.7m/7.6km  
North Wylam Wylam 3.2m/5.2km  1892
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 3.9m/6.3km  Aug 1958
Peggy Pit Wylam 2.9m/4.7km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 0.4m/0.7km 1802 1940
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1828 
Phoenix Drift nr. Greenside 2.1m/3.5km  Aug 1964
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 4.1m/6.7km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 4.3m/7.0km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 4.5m/7.3km  1938
Primrose Pit Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 4.5m/7.2km  
Prosperous Pit Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  
Prudhoe Colliery Prudhoe 3.1m/5.1km  
Prudhoe Main Colliery West Wylam 2.6m/4.2km  
Quarry Pit Throckley 4.8m/7.8km 1756 
Richard Pit Throckley 4.1m/6.7km  
Richard Pit Heddon-on-the-Wall 4.1m/6.7km 1764 
Richard Pit Heddon 4.1m/6.7km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 1.3m/2.1km  
Ringing Pit Ebchester 2.7m/4.4km  
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 0.6m/1.1km  
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 1.6m/2.7km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.8m/6.2km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 2.7m/4.4km 1765 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 4.3m/7.0km 1861 Jul 1980
Speculation Drift Blaydon 1.7m/2.8km  
Speculation Pit Blaydon 4.7m/7.6km  Mar 1921
Spring Pits  4.1m/6.7km  
Stanley Burn Drift Prudhoe 1.8m/2.9km 1950 Feb 1965
Stargate Colliery Stargate 3.4m/5.5km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 3.4m/5.5km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 4.8m/7.7km  
Success Pit Ditpon 4.5m/7.3km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 3.8m/6.2km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 4.5m/7.2km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 0.7m/1.2km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thistle Pit Throckley 4.5m/7.2km 1756 
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 1.6m/2.6km  
Throckley 'Isabella' Colliery Throckley 4.3m/6.9km 1867 Jan 1954
Tilley Drift Garesfield 1.0m/1.7km  
Tilley Pit  1.1m/1.9km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 1.6m/2.7km  
Towneley Colliery Ryton 3.0m/4.8km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Drift Garesfield 1.2m/2.0km  
Towneley Emma Colliery Ryton 3.0m/4.8km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Towneley Main Colliery Stargate 3.4m/5.5km 1803 29 Jun 1963
Townley Main Colliery Ryton 3.0m/4.8km 1843 19 Apr 1968
Victoria Drift Blaydon 3.3m/5.4km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 1.8m/3.0km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1828 
West Drift Chopwell 2.3m/3.8km 1960 
West Engine Pit Heddon 4.1m/6.7km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 3.7m/6.0km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pit House Shaft  0.5m/0.9km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 4.5m/7.3km  1938
West Wylam Brickworks West Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  
West Wylam Colliery West Wylam 2.6m/4.3km  1961
Westwood Colliery Whickham 1.9m/3.1km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 2.0m/3.2km  1941
Whittonstall Colliery  3.6m/5.9km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 2.5m/4.1km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Medomsley 3.1m/5.1km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Willie Pit Tantobie 4.5m/7.2km 1762 Oct 1948
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 4.5m/7.3km  1938
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.7m/7.6km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.7km  
Wylam Colliery Wylam 2.8m/4.6km  

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