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Black Boy Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 22500 28500

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Black Boy Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Black Boy Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 4.0m/6.4km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.0km 1830 1925
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.1m/0.2km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 4.5m/7.2km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.1m/5.0km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.1m/5.0km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.4km  
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.1km 1925 1930
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 4.0m/6.4km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 4.6m/7.4km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 4.6m/7.4km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 4.6m/7.4km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 4.7m/7.6km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 2.5m/4.0km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 2.6m/4.2km 1925 1968
Busty Pit Byers Green 3.0m/4.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 3.0m/4.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 2.5m/4.1km  
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 5.0m/8.0km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 2.3m/3.7km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 3.3m/5.3km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 3.4m/5.5km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.0m/3.3km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 3.5m/5.7km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km  
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 1.6m/2.7km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 1.3m/2.2km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.1km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 0.8m/1.3km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 0.8m/1.3km  
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 4.5m/7.3km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Deanery Colliery Shildon 0.5m/0.9km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.5m/4.0km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 0.8m/1.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.4km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.2m/2.0km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 1.5m/2.5km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.4km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 4.0m/6.4km  1924
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 2.0m/3.2km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km  
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 3.8m/6.2km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 1.8m/2.9km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  
George Pit Etherley 2.5m/4.1km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 3.3m/5.3km 1841 
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 2.1m/3.4km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.1km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 0.8m/1.4km 1829 Jul 1932
High Pit Ferryhill 3.9m/6.3km  
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  
Howden Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.8m/7.8km  04 Sep 1907
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.1km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 3.5m/5.6km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 0.8m/1.4km  
John George Pit Hunwick 3.2m/5.2km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 1.1m/1.9km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 2.6m/4.3km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 2.0m/3.3km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 2.0m/3.3km 1836 Oct 1967
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.3km  
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 0.0m/0.1km  1946
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 4.7m/7.6km 1830 1936
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.6km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 3.4m/5.5km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 3.0m/4.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 2.1m/3.4km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.0m/3.3km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 1.5m/2.5km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 2.4m/3.9km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.8m/2.9km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 3.3m/5.3km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km 1859 1967
No. 1 Pit Shildon 1.6m/2.7km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 3.3m/5.4km  1930's
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.1m/6.7km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 4.1m/6.7km 1845 1966
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km  
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 0.8m/1.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 3.1m/5.0km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 4.3m/6.9km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 4.8m/7.7km 1983 
Park House Colliery  5.0m/8.0km  
Phoenix Pit Etherley 3.5m/5.6km  
Pickering Quarry  4.0m/6.5km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 1.3m/2.2km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.1km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 4.0m/6.4km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 3.8m/6.1km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 4.7m/7.6km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 3.7m/6.0km 1858 1931
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 0.8m/1.4km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 2.0m/3.2km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 0.9m/1.5km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 1.3m/2.2km 1830 1937
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 4.3m/6.9km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.0km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 0.8m/1.4km 1829 Jul 1932
South Pit Evenwood 5.0m/8.0km  Apr 1927
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 2.0m/3.2km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 2.0m/3.2km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 3.8m/6.1km  Jul 1967
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 3.9m/6.3km 1840 1932
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 4.3m/7.0km  
Tennants Pit Shildon 2.0m/3.2km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 2.0m/3.2km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km  1943
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 2.0m/3.2km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.6m/5.9km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 4.5m/7.3km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.6km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 4.6m/7.5km 1954 Feb 1965
Tunnel Drift Shildon 1.1m/1.8km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 2.5m/4.1km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1838 Jul 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 1.3m/2.2km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 3.3m/5.4km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 3.4m/5.5km  
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 5.0m/8.0km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.7m/6.0km 1841 29 Jul 1974
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.1km  Jun 1923
Willington Colliery Willington 3.9m/6.3km 1840 1932
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 4.0m/6.4km  1924
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 3.8m/6.1km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.4m/2.3km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km  

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Colliery Page   main page for Black Boy Colliery

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