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Bensham Brick Works

OS Grid Ref: NZ 24139 61501

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Bensham Brick Works

Colliery Page   main page for Bensham Brick Works

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 3.1m/5.1km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 4.4m/7.1km  
Ada Pit Heworth 2.7m/4.4km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adams Main Pit Newcastle 2.8m/4.5km  
Addison Colliery Ryton 4.8m/7.8km 1865 22 Feb 1963
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.5m/5.6km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 3.6m/5.8km  
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Aubone Pit Benwell 1.8m/2.9km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 2.9m/4.7km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 2.4m/3.9km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Ayton Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 2.9m/4.7km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 1.6m/2.6km  
Bank Top Quarry Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.8m/4.6km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.9m/7.9km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 4.8m/7.7km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 4.8m/7.7km  Oct 1961
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 4.7m/7.6km  
Basin Pit Longbenton 4.5m/7.2km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 2.1m/3.5km  
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 4.6m/7.4km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 0.4m/0.7km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 2.0m/3.3km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 1.4m/2.3km 1819 1848
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 0.5m/0.9km bef. 1743 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 2.0m/3.3km 1766 
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 4.4m/7.1km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 4.4m/7.1km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Bewes Hill Quarry Ryton 4.6m/7.5km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 3.4m/5.5km 1862 1932
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 4.4m/7.1km  
Billet Pit Elswick 1.4m/2.3km  
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.0m/4.9km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 4.3m/7.0km 1913 May 1932
Blakelaw Pit Kenton 3.8m/6.1km  
Blaydon Brickworks Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km  
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 4.6m/7.5km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Main Colliery Blaydon 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1828 Mar 1921
Bog Pit Stella 4.6m/7.5km  
Borehole Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.4m/7.1km  
Bower Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Brandling Main Felling 2.1m/3.5km 1779 1931
Brandling Pit Gosofrth 3.8m/6.2km  
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.3m/6.9km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Caroline Pit Scotswood 3.6m/5.8km 1750 1959
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 1.6m/2.6km  
Carr's Drift (Clay and Coal) Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  
Centre Pit Lamesley 2.6m/4.2km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 2.3m/3.7km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 1.0m/1.7km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 2.2m/3.6km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1765 
Church Quarry Heworth 2.0m/3.2km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 1.3m/2.1km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 3.5m/5.6km 1952 Mar 1983
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 0.5m/0.9km  
Content Pit Blaydon 3.6m/5.8km  Mar 1921
Corn Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.1km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 1.8m/2.9km  
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 4.6m/7.5km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Coxlodge Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1847 
Crowhall Quarry Felling 2.5m/4.1km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 1.1m/1.9km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 2.3m/3.8km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 2.3m/3.8km  
Delight Pit Byker 2.6m/4.3km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 3.7m/6.0km  
Denton Quarry Denton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.4m/5.5km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 0.3m/0.6km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 1.0m/1.6km bef. 1746 
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.9km  
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 1.6m/2.6km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 1.0m/1.6km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 1.0m/1.6km 1875 Dec 1947
East Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.4km  
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 4.8m/7.8km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 1.5m/2.5km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 2.2m/3.6km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Winlaton 4.3m/7.0km  
Edward Pit Benwell 2.8m/4.5km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km 1726 1973
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 1.8m/2.9km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 1.6m/2.7km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 1.7m/2.8km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 1.9m/3.1km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 2.5m/4.1km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.5km  
Fanny Pit Gosforth 4.3m/7.0km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 2.7m/4.4km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Fanny Pit Gateshead Fell 1.8m/2.9km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.9m/4.7km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 0.3m/0.6km  
Felling Colliery Felling 2.1m/3.5km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 2.0m/3.2km  
Fifth Pit Beamish 5.0m/8.0km  
First Pit Winlaton 4.8m/7.7km 1801 
Flat Pit Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 4.0m/6.5km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.2m/5.2km 1736 
Francis Pit Scotswood 4.0m/6.5km 1750 1959
Frederick Pit Usworth 5.0m/8.0km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Freehold Pit Blaydon 4.3m/6.9km  
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 1.5m/2.5km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Blaydon 4.1m/6.7km  Mar 1921
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 2.3m/3.8km  
George Pit Lamesley 2.3m/3.8km  
George Pit Low Fell 1.4m/2.3km  
George Pit nr. Newburn 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1828 
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 3.3m/5.3km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Gosforth Colliery Gosforth 4.3m/7.0km 1825 
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 3.6m/5.8km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 3.0m/4.8km  
Green Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.5km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 3.1m/5.0km  Mar 1921
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.2m/5.2km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.5m/5.7km  
Hedge Pit Longbenton 4.8m/7.8km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 3.7m/6.0km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 2.2m/3.6km 1920? Aug 1940
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 2.6m/4.3km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 2.7m/4.4km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 3.0m/4.8km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 2.6m/4.3km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.0m/6.5km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 2.3m/3.8km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 1.6m/2.7km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jane Pit Walker 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1765 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.8km  
John Pit Felling 2.0m/3.2km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 2.6m/4.3km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Jubilee/North Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.3m/7.0km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Kenton Colliery Kenton 3.7m/6.0km  
Kew Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km  1924
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 3.3m/5.3km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 3.1m/5.1km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 3.1m/5.1km  
King Pit Walker 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 2.5m/4.1km  
Lady Pit Dunston 0.5m/0.8km  
Lady Pit Fenham 3.4m/5.5km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Landsale Pit Lamesley 2.3m/3.7km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 2.6m/4.3km  
Lemington Quarry Lemington, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.2m/6.8km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 4.7m/7.6km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 4.7m/7.6km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.3m/5.3km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1760 
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 2.7m/4.4km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.3m/7.0km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.3m/5.3km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 4.8m/7.8km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Meadow Pit Lamesley 2.4m/3.9km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 0.3m/0.6km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 3.0m/4.8km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.8m/2.9km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.5km  
Milner Pit Blaydon 4.0m/6.5km  Mar 1921
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 4.5m/7.3km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 4.7m/7.6km  15 May 1925
Montagu Main Colliery Scotswood 3.5m/5.7km 1750 13 Nov 1959
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.2m/3.6km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 2.3m/3.7km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km  
New Pit Longbenton 4.0m/6.5km  
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.9m/4.7km Bef. 1769 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 5.0m/8.0km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.3m/5.3km 1700's 1815
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 2.3m/3.8km  
North Fenham Colliery North Fenham, Newcastle 3.1m/5.0km  
North Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
North/Gin Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km  1924
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 0.4m/0.7km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 0.3m/0.5km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 0.5m/0.8km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 1.8m/2.9km  
Ottovale Coking Plant Blaydon 4.2m/6.8km  Aug 1958
Ouston Colliery Ouston 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Paradise Colliery Benwell 1.4m/2.3km 1819 1848
Percy Pit nr. Newburn 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1828 
Quarry Pit Springwell 1.6m/2.7km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 2.6m/4.3km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 2.5m/4.0km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.0m/6.4km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 2.8m/4.5km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 4.4m/7.1km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 4.3m/7.0km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 0.6m/1.0km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 0.6m/1.1km 1872 28 May 1927
Regent/Engine Pit Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.9m/4.7km Bef. 1769 
Riddell's Wallsend Colliery Coxlodge, nr. Gosforth 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1821 16 Jun 1894
Riding Drift Lamesley 3.8m/6.1km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 3.3m/5.3km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 3.0m/4.9km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 2.7m/4.4km  
Shearlegs Pits Felling 1.8m/2.9km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 2.3m/3.7km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 1.3m/2.2km c. 1856 1880s
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.9m/6.3km  
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.5m/7.3km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 4.5m/7.3km  08 Feb 1922
Speculation Pit Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km  Mar 1921
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 2.4m/3.9km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 2.1m/3.4km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 3.1m/5.1km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 3.1m/5.1km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 2.9m/4.7km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.2m/3.6km 1833 
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 2.5m/4.1km  
Street Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.0km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 2.2m/3.6km 1920? Aug 1940
Team Colliery Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 0.4m/0.7km  
Thomas Pit Low Fell 1.1m/1.9km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 2.8m/4.5km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 0.1m/0.3km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 0.3m/0.6km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 1.5m/2.5km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 0.1m/0.3km  
Union Brick Works Birtley 3.9m/6.3km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 3.5m/5.6km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 2.6m/4.3km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 4.9m/7.9km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.3m/7.0km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 5.0m/8.0km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 2.4m/3.9km 1779 1931
Victoria Drift Blaydon 4.5m/7.3km  
Victoria Pit Usworth 5.0m/8.0km 1910 01 Aug 1974
View Pit Scotswood 3.5m/5.7km 1765 1934
Walbottle Colliery nr. Newburn 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1828 
Walker Colliery Walker 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1765 1920
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 4.0m/6.4km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 4.3m/7.0km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 4.5m/7.3km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Water Pit Beamish 4.8m/7.8km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 1.5m/2.4km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 3.6m/5.9km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 5.0m/8.0km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 1.4m/2.3km 1819 1848
West Denton Colliery Lemington-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km  1924
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.4m/3.9km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 2.4m/3.9km  
Whin Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
White House Quarry Springwell 2.1m/3.5km  
William Pit Benwell 1.7m/2.8km  
William Pit Felling 1.8m/2.9km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.2m/3.6km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 2.5m/4.0km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 2.3m/3.7km  
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 2.9m/4.7km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 2.6m/4.3km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 2.7m/4.4km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 1.1m/1.8km  
Yarmouth Pit Lemington-on-Tyne 3.7m/6.0km  1924

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