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Eldon Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 25000 27800

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Eldon Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Eldon Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 2.6m/4.2km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.2km 1830 1925
Annie Pit Ferryhill 4.5m/7.3km 1872 Mar 1905
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km 1864 1946
Aycliffe East Quarry Aycliffe 4.1m/6.7km  
Aycliffe Quarry Aycliffe 4.0m/6.5km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.0m/6.4km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.6m/5.8km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.6km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.5km 1830 1939
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km 1925 1930
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 4.7m/7.6km  
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 3.7m/6.0km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.1m/5.1km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.4m/5.5km 1925 1968
Busty Pit Byers Green 3.8m/6.2km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 3.8m/6.2km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 3.5m/5.6km  
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 4.5m/7.3km 1872 Mar 1905
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.8m/6.1km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.5m/7.3km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.6m/7.4km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 0.9m/1.5km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 2.5m/4.1km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 3.9m/6.3km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km  
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 2.6m/4.3km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 2.3m/3.8km  
Coundon Colliery Coundon 1.8m/2.9km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 1.8m/2.9km  
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 3.8m/6.1km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Deanery Colliery Shildon 1.8m/2.9km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 4.5m/7.3km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.6m/2.6km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 0.6m/1.1km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.9m/1.5km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.0km  
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 0.7m/1.2km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 2.6m/4.2km  1924
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 3.5m/5.7km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 2.0m/3.2km 1864 1937
George Pit Etherley 4.1m/6.7km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.5m/7.2km 1841 
Gurney Pit  0.6m/1.1km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 3.0m/4.9km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 0.6m/1.1km 1829 Jul 1932
High Pit Ferryhill 3.2m/5.2km  
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 4.3m/7.0km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 1.7m/2.8km  1925
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 1.6m/2.6km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.5m/7.2km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 0.5m/0.9km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 3.7m/6.0km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 1.6m/2.6km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 1.6m/2.6km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 3.9m/6.3km  1865
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km  
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.2km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km  1946
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 4.2m/6.8km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 4.5m/7.3km 1872 Mar 1905
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 3.6m/5.9km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 3.7m/6.0km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 3.0m/4.8km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.6m/5.9km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 3.8m/6.2km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 2.5m/4.0km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 0.9m/1.5km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 0.6m/1.1km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 1.6m/2.6km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 2.3m/3.7km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.5m/7.2km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km 1859 1967
No. 1 Pit Shildon 2.6m/4.3km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 4.7m/7.6km  1930's
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 3.6m/5.9km  
North Pit  1.5m/2.5km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 0.6m/1.1km 1829 Jul 1932
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 2.0m/3.2km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 4.9m/7.9km 1855 Jul 1931
Pasture Pit  1.5m/2.5km 1830 1939
Pickering Quarry  3.4m/5.5km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 2.0m/3.2km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.9m/4.7km  Sep 1955
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 3.6m/5.9km  
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 1.5m/2.5km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.8m/3.0km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 1.7m/2.8km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 1.8m/3.0km 1830 1937
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 4.9m/7.9km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 0.6m/1.1km 1829 Jul 1932
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.8m/3.0km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 3.6m/5.9km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 5.0m/8.0km  Jul 1967
Tennants Pit Shildon 1.3m/2.2km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 1.5m/2.4km  
Thrislington Quarry Cornforth 4.8m/7.8km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  1943
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 4.6m/7.4km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 3.8m/6.1km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 4.8m/7.7km 1954 Feb 1965
Tunnel Drift Shildon 1.5m/2.5km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.7m/6.0km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 4.1m/6.7km 1838 Jul 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 2.2m/3.6km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 4.7m/7.6km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 4.8m/7.7km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 3.8m/6.2km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 2.6m/4.2km  1924
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Eldon Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Eldon Drift

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