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  Cornsay Colliery  Index  Cornsay Colliery  
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Cornsay Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 16800 43600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cornsay Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Cornsay Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 4.5m/7.3km  06 Apr 1984
Alderdene Drift Lanchester 2.3m/3.8km  
Allotment Drift Bearpark 4.6m/7.4km  Mar 1947
Annie Pit Burnhope 3.0m/4.9km  22 Jul 1949
Arthur Pit Crook 4.1m/6.6km  
Ballarat Drift Ivesley Lane, Cornsay Colliery 0.8m/1.4km 1960 1974
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 4.4m/7.1km  Oct 1960
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 4.6m/7.5km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 4.5m/7.3km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 4.6m/7.5km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells House Colliery Cornsay 0.8m/1.3km 1928 May 1935
Betty Pit Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km  22 Jul 1949
Big Pit Crook 4.0m/6.4km  
Black Prince Colliery Tow Law 3.8m/6.1km 1846 1933
Blackfield Colliery Tow Law 4.0m/6.5km 1865 17 Sep 1928
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 4.8m/7.8km  
Bolckow Pit Crook 4.2m/6.8km  
Bounder House Tow Law 4.8m/7.7km 1916 1933
Bounder House Quarry (Ganister) Tow Law 4.7m/7.6km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 4.8m/7.8km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 4.5m/7.3km  
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 3.5m/5.6km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 3.7m/6.0km  
Brooms Drift Hedley Hill 2.3m/3.7km  1883
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Butsfield Quarry (Ganister) nr. Consett 4.5m/7.2km  
Byerleyhouse Quarry Satley 3.6m/5.8km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 4.7m/7.6km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Clifford Drift Lanchester 0.6m/1.0km  
Coalford Quarry Satley 3.4m/5.5km  
Colepike Drift Lanchester 1.6m/2.6km  
Craig Lea Colliery Harperley 4.9m/7.9km  Apr 1929
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 4.9m/7.9km  
Crook Colliery Crook 4.8m/7.7km  
Crook Drift Crook 4.6m/7.4km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 3.4m/5.5km  
Dearness Opencast Tow Law 3.6m/5.9km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 4.6m/7.5km  
Drift  4.2m/6.8km  
Drift  4.3m/7.0km  
Dunleyford Quarry Consett 2.9m/4.7km  
East Bustfield Quarry  3.4m/5.5km  
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 2.0m/3.3km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Edward Pit Tow Law 3.5m/5.6km  1945
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 4.5m/7.3km  
Emma Pit Crook 4.5m/7.2km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 1.8m/2.9km 1866 Jun 1968
Esh Pit Esh 2.1m/3.4km  
Etherley Colliery Etherley 2.5m/4.1km  
Fell Pit Burnhope 3.3m/5.3km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 3.0m/4.8km  May 1963
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 4.8m/7.8km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 4.7m/7.6km  15 Nov 1985
Fortune Pit Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km  22 Jul 1949
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 3.7m/6.0km  
Gladdow Colliery Cornsay 1.8m/2.9km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 4.3m/6.9km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 1.2m/2.0km  
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 1.1m/1.8km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 0.6m/1.1km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 0.8m/1.4km 1868 1958
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 4.6m/7.5km  
Hannah Pit Lanchester 2.8m/4.5km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km 1839 
Harperley Colliery Crook 4.7m/7.6km  
Harvey Drift Lanchester 1.3m/2.2km  
Healeyfield Vein Lanchester 4.2m/6.8km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 1.5m/2.4km 1870's Nov 1929
Hedleyhope Colliery Tow Law 3.5m/5.6km 1836 1945
Heugh Drift Esh 1.3m/2.2km  
High East Park Opencast Crook 4.5m/7.3km  
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 2.4m/3.9km  1951
Hilltop Colliery Esh 2.8m/4.5km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 2.9m/4.7km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 4.6m/7.4km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Humber Hill Drift Consett 2.3m/3.8km  09 Nov 1963
Hutton Drift Lanchester 2.3m/3.8km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 4.9m/7.9km  
Inkerman Colliery Tow Law 4.2m/6.8km 1873 
Inkermann Groove Pit  2.7m/4.4km  
Iveston Colliery Iveston 4.8m/7.7km 1839 1892
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 2.9m/4.7km 1857 Nov 1911
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 3.5m/5.6km  31 Oct 1975
Knitsley Mill Quarry Consett 4.1m/6.6km  
Lady Jane Pit Cornsay Fell 3.8m/6.2km  
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 2.8m/4.5km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 2.2m/3.6km  Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.1m/5.1km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 2.7m/4.4km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 2.9m/4.7km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Leazes Drift Lanchester 2.6m/4.2km  Jan 1949
Little Pit Crook 3.9m/6.3km  
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km  1927
Lound Groove Drift Esh 1.0m/1.7km  
Lucy Pit Crook 4.5m/7.2km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 2.2m/3.6km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 1.6m/2.7km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 2.4m/3.9km  1951
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 2.0m/3.3km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 2.0m/3.3km  
May Drift Lanchester 1.8m/3.0km  
Mercie Drift Lanchester 2.2m/3.6km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 4.5m/7.2km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  4.4m/7.1km  
Mossy Burn Colliery Tow Law 3.3m/5.3km  
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 3.5m/5.6km 1858 17 Jul 1953
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 2.8m/4.5km 1955 May 1968
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 2.8m/4.5km 1955 May 1968
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 4.8m/7.7km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 4.2m/6.8km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 4.9m/7.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Park Head Drift Iveston 4.0m/6.4km  
Partridge Close Quarry Satley 2.2m/3.6km  
Pease's West Colliery Crook 4.5m/7.2km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km  22 Jul 1949
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 3.3m/5.4km  
Ragpathside Colliery Cornsay 1.0m/1.6km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 3.1m/5.1km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensbush Drift Cornsay 0.7m/1.2km  
Red House Colliery Crook 4.4m/7.1km  
Rippon's Outlet Quarry Satley 3.2m/5.2km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 4.5m/7.2km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 2.8m/4.5km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.1km 1952 Aug 1955
Royal George Pit Cornsay Fell 3.8m/6.2km 1845 
Rush Pit Etherley 2.5m/4.1km 1869 
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 4.8m/7.8km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 0.8m/1.3km  
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 4.7m/7.6km 1845 May 1947
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 3.5m/5.6km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 4.9m/7.9km  
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km  22 Apr 1927
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 3.3m/5.3km  
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 2.4m/3.9km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 2.8m/4.5km 1955 May 1968
Steeleyburn Quarry Satley 3.0m/4.8km  
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 4.8m/7.7km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Success Pit Etherley 2.5m/4.1km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 2.9m/4.7km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 3.8m/6.1km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 3.5m/5.7km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 0.8m/1.4km 1868 1958
Thornley Pit Tow Law 4.2m/6.8km  
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 4.9m/7.9km  05 Oct 1973
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 3.1m/5.1km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Victoria Pit Hedley Fell 3.0m/4.8km  
Viewly Hill (Ganister) Tow Law 4.9m/7.9km  1923
Warren Drift Burnhope 3.3m/5.4km  22 Jul 1949
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 1.8m/3.0km 1859 Aug 1966
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 2.8m/4.5km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Butsfield Middle Quarry  4.6m/7.4km  
West Butsfield Triangular Quarry  4.3m/7.0km  
West Butsfield West Triangular Quarry  4.7m/7.6km  
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 0.5m/0.8km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 3.8m/6.1km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
White Lea Colliery Crook 4.3m/6.9km 1855 
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 0.3m/0.5km  
William Pit Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Witton Colliery Sacriston 4.6m/7.4km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 4.6m/7.5km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 4.1m/6.7km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 3.8m/6.1km  09 Nov 1963
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 3.1m/5.1km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 3.2m/5.2km  10 Aug 1963

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cornsay Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Cornsay Colliery

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