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Browney Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 24900 39000

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Browney Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Browney Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 1.0m/1.7km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 2.7m/4.4km  06 Apr 1984
Allotment Drift Bearpark 1.1m/1.8km  Mar 1947
Annie Pit Ferryhill 4.1m/6.6km 1872 Mar 1905
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 3.0m/4.8km 1880s Sep 1949
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 4.4m/7.1km  
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 2.7m/4.4km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 2.8m/4.6km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 2.7m/4.4km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells Pit Coxhoe 4.1m/6.6km  
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.6km 1860 01 May 1909
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 3.5m/5.6km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 4.3m/7.0km  bef. 1894
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 4.5m/7.3km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 4.8m/7.7km  
Boyne Colliery Durham 1.0m/1.7km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 3.4m/5.5km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 3.4m/5.5km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 3.4m/5.5km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 0.6m/1.1km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 0.6m/1.0km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 2.2m/3.6km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 1.5m/2.5km  
Busty Pit Byers Green 3.8m/6.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 3.8m/6.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 4.3m/6.9km  
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 4.3m/6.9km 1840 1850's
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 4.1m/6.6km 1872 Mar 1905
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.1km  07 Nov 1924
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.5m/7.2km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.3m/7.0km  
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 4.7m/7.6km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km  
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 5.0m/8.0km  
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 3.1m/5.0km  1924
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 1.5m/2.5km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 1.1m/1.8km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 4.1m/6.7km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.1km  07 Nov 1924
Durham Main Colliery Durham 3.1m/5.0km  1924
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 4.1m/6.6km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Elvet Colliery Durham 2.2m/3.6km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 0.4m/0.7km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 3.9m/6.3km 1866 Jun 1968
Esh Pit Esh 4.3m/6.9km  
Etherley Colliery Etherley 3.9m/6.3km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 4.4m/7.1km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 1.3m/2.2km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 3.4m/5.5km 1872 
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 3.9m/6.3km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 4.6m/7.5km 1840 1934
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 4.8m/7.8km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.4m/7.1km 1841 
Grange Colliery Belmont 4.8m/7.7km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 5.0m/8.0km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 4.8m/7.8km 1868 1958
Hett Colliery Hett 2.5m/4.0km  
Coal Drift Hett 2.6m/4.3km  
Coal Shaft Hett 2.8m/4.5km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 2.8m/4.5km  
Heugh Drift Esh 4.4m/7.1km  
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 4.5m/7.2km  bef. 1894
High Pit Ferryhill 4.3m/7.0km  
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 4.2m/6.8km  1951
Hilltop Colliery Esh 3.9m/6.3km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 3.9m/6.3km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 2.1m/3.5km  
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit West Cornforth 4.8m/7.8km 1867 04 Mar 1967
John George Pit Hunwick 4.6m/7.4km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 4.8m/7.8km 1857 Nov 1911
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 4.6m/7.4km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 4.4m/7.1km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 4.9m/7.9km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 4.6m/7.4km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 4.5m/7.3km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.8m/7.7km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 0.4m/0.7km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 0.5m/0.9km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 3.0m/4.9km  
Lound Groove Drift Esh 4.8m/7.8km  
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 4.2m/6.8km  1951
Marion Pit Ferryhill 4.1m/6.6km 1872 Mar 1905
Mary Pit Durham 3.4m/5.5km  
Mary Pit West Cornforth 4.9m/7.9km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 0.5m/0.8km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 3.3m/5.3km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.3m/5.3km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 3.5m/5.7km 1954 Jul 1978
Michael Pit Byers Green 3.8m/6.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 4.5m/7.3km  1965
Miner Pit Meadowfield 0.4m/0.7km 1870 Dec 1950
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 2.5m/4.1km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.4m/7.1km 1841 
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 4.8m/7.8km 1955 May 1968
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 4.8m/7.8km 1955 May 1968
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 0.4m/0.7km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.3m/5.3km  
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 4.4m/7.1km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 3.2m/5.2km  
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 3.0m/4.9km 1849 
Old Pit Durham 3.9m/6.3km  07 Nov 1924
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 4.9m/7.9km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 2.5m/4.1km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 3.3m/5.3km 1983 
Pickering Quarry  4.0m/6.5km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 3.3m/5.3km  
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 3.9m/6.3km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.8m/7.7km 1858 1931
Rush Pit Etherley 3.9m/6.3km 1869 
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 4.6m/7.4km  
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 4.7m/7.6km 1844 May 1935
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 3.0m/4.9km 1839 1875
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 2.5m/4.1km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 2.5m/4.1km 1855 Jul 1931
South Engine Pit Durham 2.2m/3.6km  
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 3.3m/5.3km 1846 June 1927
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 4.8m/7.8km 1955 May 1968
Success Pit Etherley 3.9m/6.3km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 2.3m/3.8km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 1.1m/1.8km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 4.3m/7.0km 1840 1932
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 4.1m/6.7km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 4.3m/6.9km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 4.8m/7.8km 1868 1958
Thornton Pit Croxdale 1.6m/2.7km  
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 4.9m/7.9km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 4.9m/7.9km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.6m/5.8km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 2.3m/3.8km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 2.3m/3.8km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 3.3m/5.4km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 2.1m/3.5km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 2.3m/3.8km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 3.7m/6.0km 1854 1968
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 2.9m/4.7km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 4.8m/7.8km  
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 4.1m/6.7km 1859 Aug 1966
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 3.2m/5.2km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 4.9m/7.9km 1835 04 Mar 1967
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 4.7m/7.6km  
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 5.0m/8.0km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.2km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 3.8m/6.1km 1836 1875
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.1m/5.0km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Willington Colliery Willington 4.3m/7.0km 1840 1932
Witton Colliery Sacriston 4.4m/7.1km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 4.4m/7.1km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 4.4m/7.1km  10 Aug 1963
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 2.8m/4.6km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Browney Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Browney Colliery

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