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Elvet Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 27626 41582

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Elvet Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Elvet Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 1.8m/2.9km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 2.4m/3.9km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 3.1m/5.1km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 2.8m/4.5km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 4.0m/6.4km 1826 
Adventure Pit West Rainton 4.1m/6.7km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 4.5m/7.3km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Allotment Drift Bearpark 2.7m/4.4km  Mar 1947
Annie Pit Ferryhill 4.8m/7.7km 1872 Mar 1905
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 2.8m/4.5km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.9m/6.3km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 1.1m/1.8km 1880s Sep 1949
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 2.3m/3.8km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 2.5m/4.0km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 2.3m/3.8km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells Pit Coxhoe 3.5m/5.7km  
Belmont Colliery Pittington 3.5m/5.6km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 4.5m/7.3km  
Borehole Pit Coxhoe 4.3m/7.0km 1843 
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 2.8m/4.5km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 3.8m/6.2km  bef. 1894
Boyne Colliery Durham 1.8m/2.9km  
Branch Pit West Rainton 4.3m/6.9km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 2.1m/3.4km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 2.1m/3.4km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 3.8m/6.1km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 3.1m/5.1km  1924
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 1.6m/2.7km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.8m/4.5km  1890
Browney Colliery Brandon 2.2m/3.6km 1871 Jul 1938
Buddle Pit Pittington 3.7m/6.0km  
Busty Pit Waldridge 4.6m/7.5km 1875 Apr 1926
Cassop Colliery Cassop 4.6m/7.4km 1840 1868
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 2.9m/4.7km 1840 1850's
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 4.8m/7.7km 1872 Mar 1905
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 2.4m/3.9km  07 Nov 1924
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 4.6m/7.4km  
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 4.9m/7.9km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 4.9m/7.9km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Pit Pittington 3.5m/5.6km 1836 1872?
Clarence Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 4.3m/7.0km 1843 
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 4.2m/6.8km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 3.8m/6.2km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 3.5m/5.7km  Apr 1957
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 4.9m/7.9km  
Coxhoe Colliery Coxhoe 4.3m/7.0km 1843 
Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe 4.4m/7.1km  
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 4.2m/6.8km  
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 1.1m/1.9km  1924
Crow Trees Colliery Quarrington Hill 4.3m/6.9km  bef. 1894
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 2.8m/4.5km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 1.3m/2.2km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 2.4m/3.9km  07 Nov 1924
Durham Main Colliery Durham 1.1m/1.9km  1924
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 4.8m/7.7km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 1.8m/2.9km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Pit Esh 4.8m/7.8km  
Field House Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 3.6m/5.8km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 3.5m/5.7km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 2.2m/3.6km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 1.1m/1.9km 1872 
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 2.1m/3.5km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 2.4m/3.9km 1840 1934
Furnace Pit Pittington 3.5m/5.6km 1836 1872?
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 4.4m/7.1km  
Galley's Field Corner Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
George Pit Lumley 4.6m/7.5km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Glow O'er 'em Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 2.5m/4.0km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenwell Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 3.5m/5.7km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.9m/6.3km  
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 4.5m/7.2km  
Hett Colliery Hett 2.8m/4.6km  
Coal Drift Hett 2.8m/4.5km  
Coal Shaft Hett 2.7m/4.4km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 2.7m/4.4km  
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 3.5m/5.7km  bef. 1894
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 4.6m/7.4km  1951
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 4.3m/6.9km  
Hilltop Colliery Esh 4.2m/6.8km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 4.1m/6.7km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 3.9m/6.3km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 0.6m/1.1km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 4.8m/7.8km 1817 
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 4.4m/7.1km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 2.1m/3.4km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 3.5m/5.6km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.6km 1831 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 2.4m/3.9km  
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 3.9m/6.3km  
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.6km 1831 
Lane Pit West Rainton 4.4m/7.1km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 4.6m/7.5km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.8m/7.7km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Letch Pit High Moorsley 4.0m/6.4km 1824 1897
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 1.8m/2.9km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 2.0m/3.3km  
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.6km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 3.9m/6.3km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 1.0m/1.6km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.1m/6.6km 1831 
Low Letch Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 4.6m/7.4km  1951
Marion Pit Ferryhill 4.8m/7.7km 1872 Mar 1905
Mary Pit Durham 1.1m/1.9km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 4.8m/7.8km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 1.7m/2.8km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 4.9m/7.9km  
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 4.1m/6.6km 1954 Jul 1978
Middle Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 4.3m/6.9km  
Miner Pit Meadowfield 1.8m/2.9km 1870 Dec 1950
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 3.1m/5.0km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 3.5m/5.6km  
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 3.3m/5.4km 1858 17 Jul 1953
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 1.8m/2.9km 1840 Dec 1950
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 4.0m/6.5km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 1.0m/1.6km 1849 
Old Pit Durham 2.1m/3.5km  07 Nov 1924
Old Quarrington Quarry 1 Bowburn 4.0m/6.4km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 3.8m/6.1km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 3 Bowburn 4.0m/6.4km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 4.8m/7.7km 1855 Jul 1931
Pittington Colliery Pittington 4.0m/6.5km  11 Jun 1891
Quarrington Hill Quarry Durham 4.3m/6.9km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 4.8m/7.8km  
Redhouse Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 4.3m/7.0km 1816 
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 4.2m/6.8km  
Running Waters Quarry Durham 3.5m/5.7km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 4.6m/7.5km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Sandy Pits  4.8m/7.7km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 2.4m/3.9km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 3.6m/5.9km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 2.8m/4.5km 1844 May 1935
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 4.5m/7.3km 1845 May 1947
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 1.5m/2.5km 1839 1875
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 3.3m/5.4km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 4.8m/7.7km 1855 Jul 1931
South Kelloe Colliery Quarrington Hill 4.6m/7.4km  
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.6m/5.8km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 1.3m/2.2km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 2.9m/4.7km  
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.6m/5.8km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.6m/5.8km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 4.8m/7.7km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 4.0m/6.4km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.6m/5.8km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 3.8m/6.1km 1854 1968
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 3.6m/5.8km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Vale Pit Cassop 4.6m/7.4km 1840 1877
Vale Pit Quarrington Hill 4.3m/6.9km  bef. 1894
Venture Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 4.9m/7.9km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 3.9m/6.3km  
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 2.0m/3.2km 1836 1875
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.9m/7.9km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Witch Hill Quarry Shadforth 4.4m/7.1km  
Witton Colliery Sacriston 3.6m/5.9km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 4.5m/7.3km  
Woodside Pit  3.5m/5.6km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Elvet Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Elvet Colliery

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