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Ford Quarry

OS Grid Ref: NZ 36200 57200

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ford Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Ford Quarry

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Betty Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Big Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 4.1m/6.7km  
Billy Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 3.3m/5.3km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 3.3m/5.3km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Borehole Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 4.8m/7.8km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Building Hill Quarry Sunderland 2.2m/3.6km  
Butney Pit Washington 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Carley Hill Quarry (Limestone) Sunderland 2.0m/3.3km  
Castletown Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 0.6m/1.1km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Chance Pit Harraton 4.2m/6.8km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 4.0m/6.5km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 4.0m/6.5km 1680 
Clog Pit  3.6m/5.8km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 4.3m/6.9km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.5km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 3.5m/5.6km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 3.5m/5.6km  1956
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 4.2m/6.8km  1956
Engine Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 3.8m/6.1km 1700's 
Field House Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.0m/6.5km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 4.5m/7.3km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Harraton 4.6m/7.5km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 3.0m/4.8km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Fulwell Quarry (Limestone) Sunderland 2.3m/3.8km  
Fulwell Waterworks Fulwell, Sunderland 2.6m/4.2km  
Garden Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Gill Pit South Biddick 3.8m/6.1km  
Glebe Colliery Washington 3.3m/5.4km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Godspeed Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 4.8m/7.7km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Harton Colliery South Shields 4.3m/6.9km 1844 25 Jul 1969
Hat Pit  3.6m/5.8km  
Haugh Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 4.3m/6.9km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 4.3m/6.9km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 2.7m/4.4km 1874 Dec 1985
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 4.5m/7.3km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.3m/6.9km  
Hylton Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 0.6m/1.1km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Hylton Quarry Sunderland 0.4m/0.7km  
Jacks Row Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Jane Pit  4.2m/6.8km  
Joliffe Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Judith Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 5.0m/8.0km 1790 
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 4.8m/7.8km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 4.8m/7.8km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 4.8m/7.8km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Pit Penshaw 3.6m/5.8km 1792 
Lane Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Lane Pit Harraton 3.8m/6.1km  
Little Pit Washington 3.4m/5.5km 1894 Mar 1935
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 3.8m/6.1km  1930's
Marsden Colliery Whitburn, nr. Sunderland 4.9m/7.9km May 1879 31 May 1968
Mary Pit Newbottle 4.1m/6.7km  
McCall's Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.0m/6.5km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 4.0m/6.5km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 3.5m/5.6km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 4.5m/7.3km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 4.6m/7.4km  15 May 1925
Monkwearmouth Colliery Sunderland 2.0m/3.2km Jun 1835 24 Nov 1993
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 3.5m/5.6km 1774 1956
New D Pit Penshaw 3.4m/5.5km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 2.7m/4.4km 1874 Dec 1985
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 3.5m/5.6km 1774 1956
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 4.3m/7.0km  
North Biddick Colliery Washington 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Old Engine Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Oxclose Colliery Washington 2.6m/4.2km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.5m/5.6km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 4.5m/7.3km  
Pemberton Main Colliery Sunderland 2.0m/3.2km Jun 1835 24 Nov 1993
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.5m/5.6km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 2.7m/4.4km 1874 Dec 1985
Pity Me Pit  4.8m/7.8km  
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 4.1m/6.7km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 4.3m/7.0km  
Row Pit Harraton 4.7m/7.6km  29 May 1965
Rush Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Ryhope Colliery Ryhope, Sunderland 3.2m/5.2km 1857 25 Nov 1966
Scrog Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.5km  
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 4.5m/7.3km  
Silksworth Colliery Silksworth, Sunderland 2.1m/3.4km 1869 06 Nov 1971
Springwell Colliery Springwell 4.8m/7.8km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 4.9m/7.9km  
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 4.0m/6.5km  
Success Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 4.0m/6.4km  1956
Thistley Hall Quarry Sunderland 1.9m/3.1km  
Usworth Colliery Usworth 3.0m/4.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Victoria Pit Washington 3.3m/5.3km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 3.0m/4.8km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 4.6m/7.4km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Washington Colliery Washington 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 3.7m/6.0km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 3.3m/5.4km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Wearmouth Colliery Sunderland 2.0m/3.2km Jun 1835 24 Nov 1993
Wellington Pit Usworth 3.0m/4.8km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Whitburn Colliery Whitburn, nr. Sunderland 4.9m/7.9km May 1879 31 May 1968
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 3.4m/5.5km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 3.4m/5.5km 1830 

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Ford Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Ford Quarry

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