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Esh Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 20262 44106

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Esh Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Esh Pit

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 3.5m/5.7km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 2.4m/3.9km  06 Apr 1984
Alderdene Drift Lanchester 3.5m/5.6km  
Allotment Drift Bearpark 3.1m/5.1km  Mar 1947
Annie Pit Burnhope 2.5m/4.0km  22 Jul 1949
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 4.3m/7.0km 1880s Sep 1949
Ballarat Drift Ivesley Lane, Cornsay Colliery 2.4m/3.9km 1960 1974
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 2.5m/4.1km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 2.4m/3.9km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 2.5m/4.1km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells House Colliery Cornsay 2.8m/4.5km 1928 May 1935
Betty Pit Burnhope 2.6m/4.2km  22 Jul 1949
Boyne Colliery Durham 3.5m/5.7km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 3.6m/5.8km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 3.6m/5.9km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 2.4m/3.9km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 3.3m/5.3km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 2.3m/3.8km  
Brooms Drift Hedley Hill 4.3m/6.9km  1883
Browney Colliery Brandon 4.3m/6.9km 1871 Jul 1938
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 2.6m/4.2km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Busty Pit Craghead 4.0m/6.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Waldridge 4.4m/7.1km 1875 Apr 1926
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1857 
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 3.5m/5.7km  07 Nov 1924
Chapelflat Drift Cornsay 3.2m/5.2km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 2.8m/4.6km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Clifford Drift Lanchester 1.7m/2.8km  
Colepike Drift Lanchester 3.1m/5.1km  
Colpike Drift Cornsay 3.2m/5.2km 1868 Sep 1953
Cornsay Colliery Cornsay 2.1m/3.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Craghead Colliery Craghead 4.0m/6.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.2km  1924
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 5.0m/8.0km 1845 Bef. 1870
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 2.3m/3.8km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 4.6m/7.5km  
Drift  5.0m/8.0km  
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 3.5m/5.7km  07 Nov 1924
Dunleyford Quarry Consett 4.4m/7.1km  
Durham Main Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.2km  1924
East Hedley Hope Colliery nr. Tow Law 3.5m/5.7km 1836 31 Jan 1959
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.5m/5.6km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 4.0m/6.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 3.1m/5.0km  
Elvet Colliery Durham 4.8m/7.8km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 4.3m/7.0km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 1.1m/1.9km 1866 Jun 1968
Etherley Colliery Etherley 2.7m/4.4km  
Fell Pit Burnhope 2.5m/4.1km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 3.4m/5.5km  May 1963
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 2.7m/4.4km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 3.0m/4.8km  15 Nov 1985
Ford Drift Cornsay 3.2m/5.2km 1868 Sep 1953
Fortune Pit Burnhope 2.6m/4.2km  22 Jul 1949
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 4.1m/6.7km  07 Nov 1924
George Pit Craghead 4.3m/7.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Gladdow Colliery Cornsay 3.9m/6.3km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 4.9m/7.9km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 4.3m/7.0km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 0.8m/1.4km  
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 2.6m/4.3km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 1.8m/2.9km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 1.3m/2.2km 1868 1958
Hannah Pit Lanchester 3.8m/6.1km  
Harvey Drift Lanchester 1.3m/2.2km  
Hedley Hill Colliery nr. Tow Law 2.9m/4.7km 1870's Nov 1929
Heugh Drift Esh 1.0m/1.6km  
High Drift Cornsay 2.1m/3.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 0.3m/0.5km  1951
Hilltop Colliery Esh 0.6m/1.1km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 0.8m/1.3km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 3.8m/6.2km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 4.0m/6.5km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 4.0m/6.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Humber Hill Drift Consett 4.1m/6.7km  09 Nov 1963
Hutton Drift Lanchester 2.0m/3.3km  
Inkermann Groove Pit  4.8m/7.8km  
Josephine Pit nr. Waterhouses 3.7m/6.0km 1857 Nov 1911
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 1.5m/2.5km  31 Oct 1975
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 4.0m/6.5km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 3.8m/6.1km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 1.1m/1.9km  Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 1.9m/3.1km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 0.8m/1.3km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 1.1m/1.8km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Leazes Drift Lanchester 2.7m/4.4km  Jan 1949
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 4.3m/7.0km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 4.8m/7.7km  
Lound Groove Drift Esh 1.0m/1.7km  
Low Drift Cornsay 2.1m/3.4km 1868 Sep 1953
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 2.5m/4.0km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 1.8m/2.9km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 0.3m/0.5km  1951
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 2.2m/3.6km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 2.2m/3.6km  
May Drift Lanchester 1.9m/3.1km  
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 4.3m/6.9km 1871 Dec 1950
Mercie Drift Lanchester 1.9m/3.1km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 4.6m/7.4km  
Miner Pit Meadowfield 4.3m/7.0km 1870 Dec 1950
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 4.4m/7.1km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  3.9m/6.3km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 4.1m/6.6km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 4.5m/7.3km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 1.7m/2.8km 1858 17 Jul 1953
No. 1 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.6m/5.8km 1955 May 1968
No. 2 Drift nr. Billy Row 3.6m/5.8km 1955 May 1968
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 4.3m/7.0km 1840 Dec 1950
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 4.1m/6.6km  
Old Pit Durham 4.1m/6.7km  07 Nov 1924
Oswald Pit Craghead 3.8m/6.2km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Park Head Drift Iveston 4.5m/7.2km  
Partridge Close Quarry Satley 4.3m/7.0km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 2.1m/3.4km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 2.6m/4.2km  22 Jul 1949
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.7km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 2.3m/3.7km  
Ragpathside Colliery Cornsay 3.0m/4.8km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 2.6m/4.2km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensbush Drift Cornsay 2.8m/4.6km  
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 0.6m/1.1km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.2km 1952 Aug 1955
Rush Pit Etherley 2.7m/4.4km 1869 
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 3.0m/4.8km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Shaw Knight Ballarat Drift Cornsay 2.4m/3.9km  
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 2.8m/4.6km 1845 May 1947
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 1.7m/2.8km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 4.4m/7.1km  May 1990
South Engine Pit Durham 4.8m/7.8km  
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 3.5m/5.7km  
Stanley Colliery nr. Waterhouses 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1828 Nov 1911
Stanley Cottage Drift nr. Billy Row 3.6m/5.8km 1955 May 1968
Success Pit Etherley 2.7m/4.4km  
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 5.0m/8.0km  
Sunniside Colliery Tow Law 4.5m/7.3km 1867 11 Apr 1925
Tanners Hall Colliery Willington 4.1m/6.7km  1957
Tanners Hall Opencast Tow Law 4.0m/6.4km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 1.3m/2.2km 1868 1958
Thomas Pit Craghead 4.0m/6.5km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 4.9m/7.9km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 3.5m/5.7km  30 Nov 1920
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 4.6m/7.5km  05 Oct 1973
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 1.3m/2.2km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Victoria Pit Hedley Fell 4.9m/7.9km  
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 4.7m/7.6km 1831 Apr 1926
Warren Drift Burnhope 2.3m/3.7km  22 Jul 1949
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 2.1m/3.4km 1859 Aug 1966
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 3.5m/5.6km  30 Nov 1920
West Brandon Drift nr. Waterhouses 2.4m/3.9km aft.1947 22 Aug 1958
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 3.5m/5.6km  30 Nov 1920
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 1.8m/3.0km  
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 4.9m/7.9km 1858 1921
Whitehall Pit Pelton 4.5m/7.2km  
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 1.9m/3.1km  
William Pit Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Witton Colliery Sacriston 2.5m/4.1km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 2.8m/4.5km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 5.0m/8.0km  09 Nov 1963
Wooley Colliery nr. Crook 3.7m/6.0km  1963
Wooley Pit Crook 3.8m/6.1km  10 Aug 1963

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Esh Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Esh Pit

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