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Cornforth Quarry

OS Grid Ref: NZ 31700 34700

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cornforth Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Cornforth Quarry

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 3.5m/5.7km  1924
Anne Pit Garmondsway Moor 1.8m/3.0km  
Annie Pit Ferryhill 1.6m/2.7km 1872 Mar 1905
Bells Pit Coxhoe 1.5m/2.4km  
Bishop Middleham Colliery Bishop Middleham 2.4m/3.9km 1846 1936
Bishop Middleham Quarry Bishop Middleham 1.9m/3.1km  
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km 1925 1930
Borehole Pit Coxhoe 1.3m/2.1km 1843 
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 2.1m/3.4km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 1.2m/2.0km  bef. 1894
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 2.2m/3.6km  
Browney Colliery Brandon 5.0m/8.0km 1871 Jul 1938
Cassop Colliery Cassop 2.7m/4.4km 1840 1868
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 2.8m/4.5km 1840 1850's
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 1.6m/2.7km 1872 Mar 1905
Chilton Colliery Chilton 3.4m/5.5km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 2.1m/3.5km  
Clarence Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 1.3m/2.1km 1843 
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 0.9m/1.5km  
Cornforth Colliery Cornforth 0.5m/0.9km  
Coxhoe Colliery Coxhoe 1.3m/2.1km 1843 
Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe 1.3m/2.1km  
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 4.6m/7.5km  
Crow Trees Colliery Quarrington Hill 2.0m/3.3km  bef. 1894
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.5m/5.6km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.2m/6.8km 1845 Bef. 1870
Deaf Hill Colliery Deaf Hill 4.1m/6.6km 1877 25 Feb 1967
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 2.3m/3.8km 1904 15 Jan 1966
East Hetton Colliery nr. Kelloe 2.1m/3.5km 1836 Jun 1983
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 1.6m/2.7km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Elvet Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 3.5m/5.7km  1924
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 4.8m/7.8km 1870 Dec 1950
Fishburn Coking Plant Fishburn, nr. Sedgefield 3.2m/5.2km  
Fishburn Colliery Fishburn, nr. Sedgefield 3.2m/5.2km 1910 30 Nov 1973
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 0.7m/1.2km  
Garmondsway Moor Colliery Garmondsway Moor 1.8m/3.0km  
Garmondsway Quarry nr. Coxhoe 2.2m/3.6km  
George Pit Cornforth 0.5m/0.9km  
Harap Quarry Garmondsway 2.2m/3.6km  
Hett Colliery Hett 2.4m/3.9km  
Coal Drift Hett 2.3m/3.7km  
Coal Shaft Hett 2.2m/3.6km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 2.2m/3.6km  
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 2.0m/3.2km  bef. 1894
High Pit Ferryhill 2.9m/4.7km  
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 4.4m/7.1km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 4.2m/6.8km  
Jane Pit West Cornforth 0.7m/1.2km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Kelloe Colliery nr. Kelloe 2.1m/3.5km 1836 Jun 1983
Kelloe Winning Colliery Kelloe 3.5m/5.6km 1834 1983
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 4.9m/7.9km  
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 4.8m/7.7km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 4.8m/7.7km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 2.2m/3.6km  1865
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 4.8m/7.8km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 4.4m/7.1km  
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 4.5m/7.2km  
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 2.0m/3.2km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 1.6m/2.7km 1872 Mar 1905
Marl Hole Quarry Wheatley Hill 4.1m/6.7km  
Mary Pit West Cornforth 0.7m/1.2km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 4.9m/7.9km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 3.1m/5.0km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 3.5m/5.7km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 1.6m/2.7km 1954 Jul 1978
Miner Pit Meadowfield 4.8m/7.8km 1870 Dec 1950
New Pit Trimdon Grange 3.1m/5.0km 1872 16 Feb 1968
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 4.8m/7.8km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km  
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 4.5m/7.2km 1849 
Old Quarrington Quarry 1 Bowburn 2.2m/3.6km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 2.2m/3.6km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 3 Bowburn 2.2m/3.6km  
Pickering Quarry  2.9m/4.7km  
Quarrington Hill Quarry Durham 2.1m/3.5km  
Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone) Ferryhill 1.4m/2.3km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km  
Running Waters Quarry Durham 3.5m/5.7km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 4.9m/7.9km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 5.0m/8.0km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 4.2m/6.8km 1844 May 1935
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 3.5m/5.6km 1839 1875
South Engine Pit Durham 4.9m/7.9km  
South Kelloe Colliery Quarrington Hill 1.8m/3.0km  
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km 1846 June 1927
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.1m/5.0km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 4.2m/6.8km  
Thornley Colliery Thornley 4.1m/6.7km 1835 09 Jan 1970
Thornton Pit Croxdale 3.4m/5.5km  
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 0.7m/1.2km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 0.7m/1.2km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Thrislington Quarry Cornforth 1.1m/1.9km  
Thrislington Quarry 1 Cornforth 0.8m/1.4km  
Thrislington Quarry 2 Cornforth 1.0m/1.6km  
Trimdon Colliery Trimdon 3.6m/5.9km 1840 1925
Trimdon Grange Coking Plant Trimdon Grange 3.1m/5.1km  
Trimdon Grange Colliery Trimdon Grange 3.1m/5.1km May 1845 16 Feb 1968
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.1m/5.0km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.1m/5.0km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 3.2m/5.2km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 4.0m/6.5km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.1m/5.0km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 1.2m/2.0km 1854 1968
Vale Pit Cassop 2.7m/4.4km 1840 1877
Vale Pit Quarrington Hill 2.1m/3.4km  bef. 1894
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 0.7m/1.2km 1835 04 Mar 1967
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 1.5m/2.5km  
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 3.7m/6.0km 1836 1875
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 3.5m/5.7km  1924
Wingate Quarry (Limestone) nr. Trimdon 3.9m/6.3km  
Witch Hill Quarry Shadforth 3.5m/5.7km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 3.0m/4.8km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Cornforth Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Cornforth Quarry

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