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Esh Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 19500 42300

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Esh Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Esh Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 3.4m/5.5km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 2.9m/4.7km  06 Apr 1984
Alderdene Drift Lanchester 3.9m/6.3km  
Allotment Drift Bearpark 2.7m/4.4km  Mar 1947
Annie Pit Burnhope 3.5m/5.7km  22 Jul 1949
Arthur Pit Crook 4.2m/6.8km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 4.8m/7.7km 1880s Sep 1949
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 4.6m/7.4km  
Ballarat Drift Ivesley Lane, Cornsay Colliery 1.7m/2.8km 1960 1974
Bankfoot Coking Plant Crook 4.1m/6.7km  Oct 1960
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 3.0m/4.9km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 2.9m/4.7km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 3.0m/4.9km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells House Colliery Cornsay 2.2m/3.6km 1928 May 1935
Betty Pit Burnhope 3.6m/5.9km  22 Jul 1949
Big Pit Crook 4.0m/6.4km  
Black Prince Colliery Tow Law 4.9m/7.9km 1846 1933
Bolckow Pit Crook 4.0m/6.5km  
Bowden Close Colliery Helmington Row 4.0m/6.5km 1845 Jun 1930
Bowden Close Quarry Helmington Row 3.8m/6.2km  
Boyne Colliery Durham 3.4m/5.5km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 4.1m/6.6km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 4.1m/6.6km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 4.1m/6.6km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 3.3m/5.4km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 3.4m/5.5km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 1.6m/2.7km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 3.3m/5.4km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 3.5m/5.7km  
Brooms Drift Hedley Hill 3.5m/5.7km  1883
Browney Colliery Brandon 3.9m/6.3km 1871 Jul 1938
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 3.6m/5.9km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 4.3m/6.9km  07 Nov 1924
Chapelflat Drift Cornsay 2.8m/4.5km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 4.0m/6.5km  
Clifford Drift Lanchester 1.8m/2.9km  
Colepike Drift Lanchester 3.3m/5.4km  
Colpike Drift Cornsay 3.4m/5.5km 1868 Sep 1953
Cornsay Colliery Cornsay 1.8m/2.9km 1868 Sep 1953
Crook Colliery Crook 4.3m/6.9km  
Crook Drift Crook 4.1m/6.6km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km  1924
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.8m/7.7km 1845 Bef. 1870
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 3.5m/5.6km  
Dearness Opencast Tow Law 4.5m/7.2km  
Dowfold Quarry Helmington Row 4.1m/6.6km  
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 4.3m/6.9km  07 Nov 1924
Dunleyford Quarry Consett 4.6m/7.5km  
Durham Main Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km  1924
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 2.5m/4.1km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.6m/7.5km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Tow Law 4.3m/6.9km  1945
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 4.3m/7.0km  
Emma Pit Crook 4.3m/6.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 4.1m/6.6km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Pit Esh 1.1m/1.9km  
Etherley Colliery Etherley 1.5m/2.5km  
Fell Pit Burnhope 3.6m/5.9km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 4.1m/6.7km  May 1963
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 3.7m/6.0km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 2.8m/4.6km  15 Nov 1985
Ford Drift Cornsay 3.4m/5.5km 1868 Sep 1953
Fortune Pit Burnhope 3.6m/5.9km  22 Jul 1949
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 4.8m/7.8km  07 Nov 1924
Gibsons Drift Tow Law 4.4m/7.1km  
Gladdow Colliery Cornsay 3.5m/5.6km  
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 1.2m/2.0km  
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 2.8m/4.6km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 1.9m/3.1km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 0.9m/1.5km 1868 1958
Hannah Pit Lanchester 4.3m/6.9km  
Harperley Colliery Crook 4.9m/7.9km  
Harvey Drift Lanchester 2.0m/3.2km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 1.9m/3.1km 1870's Nov 1929
Hedleyhope Colliery Tow Law 4.3m/6.9km 1836 1945
Heugh Drift Esh 0.5m/0.8km  
High Drift Cornsay 1.8m/2.9km 1868 Sep 1953
High East Park Opencast Crook 4.8m/7.7km  
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 1.5m/2.4km  1951
Hilltop Colliery Esh 1.6m/2.6km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 1.8m/2.9km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 4.8m/7.8km  
Hole-in-the-Wall Colliery Crook 4.1m/6.6km 1935 21 Nov 1964
Humber Hill Drift Consett 4.2m/6.8km  09 Nov 1963
Hutton Drift Lanchester 2.9m/4.7km  
Inkermann Groove Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Job's Hill Colliery Crook 4.5m/7.2km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 2.5m/4.1km 1857 Nov 1911
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 2.6m/4.3km  31 Oct 1975
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 5.0m/8.0km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Lady Jane Pit Cornsay Fell 4.8m/7.8km  
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 4.3m/6.9km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 2.3m/3.7km  Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.1m/5.0km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 2.0m/3.2km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 2.3m/3.7km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Leazes Drift Lanchester 3.5m/5.7km  Jan 1949
Little Pit Crook 3.9m/6.3km  
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 4.1m/6.6km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 4.5m/7.2km  
Lound Groove Drift Esh 1.0m/1.6km  
Low Drift Cornsay 1.8m/2.9km 1868 Sep 1953
Lucy Pit Crook 4.3m/6.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 3.2m/5.2km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 2.5m/4.0km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 1.5m/2.4km  1951
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 3.0m/4.8km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 3.0m/4.8km  
May Drift Lanchester 2.6m/4.3km  
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 4.0m/6.5km 1871 Dec 1950
Mercie Drift Lanchester 2.8m/4.6km  
Miner Pit Meadowfield 4.1m/6.6km 1870 Dec 1950
Mossy Burn Colliery Tow Law 4.6m/7.4km  
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 1.6m/2.7km 1858 17 Jul 1953
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 2.5m/4.0km 1955 May 1968
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 2.5m/4.0km 1955 May 1968
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 4.1m/6.6km 1840 Dec 1950
Norwich Pit Helmington Row 3.9m/6.3km 1845 Jun 1930
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 3.0m/4.8km  
Old Pit Durham 4.8m/7.8km  07 Nov 1924
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 4.7m/7.6km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 3.9m/6.3km 1983 
Partridge Close Quarry Satley 4.0m/6.5km  
Pease's West Colliery Crook 4.3m/6.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 3.2m/5.2km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 3.6m/5.9km  22 Jul 1949
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 3.4m/5.5km  
Ragpathside Colliery Cornsay 2.8m/4.6km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 3.6m/5.9km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensbush Drift Cornsay 2.5m/4.0km  
Red House Colliery Crook 4.5m/7.3km  
Roddymoor Colliery Crook 4.3m/6.9km 1844 10 Aug 1963
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 1.6m/2.6km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 4.7m/7.6km 1952 Aug 1955
Royal George Pit Cornsay Fell 4.9m/7.9km 1845 
Rush Pit Etherley 1.5m/2.5km 1869 
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 4.1m/6.7km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 1.7m/2.8km  
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 4.0m/6.5km 1845 May 1947
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 1.6m/2.7km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 4.7m/7.6km 1855 Jul 1931
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 4.3m/7.0km  
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 2.1m/3.4km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 2.5m/4.0km 1955 May 1968
Steeleyburn Quarry Satley 4.7m/7.6km  
Success Pit Etherley 1.5m/2.5km  
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 4.8m/7.7km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 3.5m/5.6km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 3.0m/4.8km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 2.8m/4.5km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 0.9m/1.5km 1868 1958
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 4.7m/7.6km  30 Nov 1920
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 1.5m/2.4km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Victoria Pit Hedley Fell 4.0m/6.5km  
Warren Drift Burnhope 3.4m/5.5km  22 Jul 1949
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 0.9m/1.5km 1859 Aug 1966
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 4.6m/7.5km  30 Nov 1920
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 1.3m/2.1km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.6m/7.5km  30 Nov 1920
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 1.9m/3.1km  
West Thornley Colliery nr. Tow Law 4.5m/7.2km 1890s 06 Nov 1965
White Lea Colliery Crook 4.1m/6.7km 1855 
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 1.8m/3.0km  
Witton Colliery Sacriston 3.5m/5.7km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 3.9m/6.3km  
Woodifield Colliery Crook 5.0m/8.0km  
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 2.5m/4.1km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 2.6m/4.2km  10 Aug 1963

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Esh Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Esh Colliery

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