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Holmside Brickworks

OS Grid Ref: NZ 21200 50600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Holmside Brickworks

Colliery Page   main page for Holmside Brickworks

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 4.8m/7.7km  06 Apr 1984
Air Pit Beamish 1.8m/3.0km 1849 
Alderdene Drift Lanchester 4.0m/6.5km  
Alma Drift Grange Villa 1.4m/2.3km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 1.4m/2.3km 1858 
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 4.0m/6.5km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 2.3m/3.8km  25 Aug 1962
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 4.5m/7.3km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit Burnhope 2.1m/3.4km  22 Jul 1949
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 4.5m/7.3km 1864 Jul 1980
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.8m/7.8km  
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.7km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 1.8m/3.0km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 2.4m/3.9km  
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 4.8m/7.8km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 4.6m/7.5km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 4.8m/7.8km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Betty Pit Burnhope 1.9m/3.1km  22 Jul 1949
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 4.2m/6.8km 1862 1932
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 4.1m/6.7km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Bog Pit Pontop 3.7m/6.0km  
Brack Pit Kyo 3.3m/5.3km  
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 4.3m/7.0km 1874 Mar 1929
Broom Pit Stanley 1.8m/3.0km  
Broom Pit Collierly 3.2m/5.2km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 1.7m/2.8km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.5m/4.1km 1867 Feb 1965
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 1.9m/3.1km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 4.2m/6.8km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Burns Pit Stanley 1.1m/1.9km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 3.6m/5.8km  
Busty Pit Craghead 0.0m/0.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.5m/4.0km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 2.9m/4.7km 1875 Apr 1926
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 2.6m/4.3km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 4.3m/6.9km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 1.6m/2.7km bef. 1857 
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.2km  07 Nov 1924
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 1.8m/2.9km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 1.5m/2.5km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 2.2m/3.6km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.5m/5.7km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.5m/5.7km 1889 Oct 1967
Clifford Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.2km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.8km  Apr 1957
Colepike Drift Lanchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Colpike Drift Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Conquest Pit Tantobie 3.6m/5.8km  Oct 1948
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 4.8m/7.8km  Jul 1980
Craghead Colliery Craghead 0.0m/0.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.0km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 2.8m/4.6km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1847 
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 1.7m/2.8km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 2.1m/3.5km  
Dike Pit Beamish 1.6m/2.7km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 4.0m/6.4km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Drift  3.8m/6.2km  
Drift  3.8m/6.2km  
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.2km  07 Nov 1924
Dunleyford Quarry Consett 4.9m/7.9km  
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.2km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.3m/5.3km  1930
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 1.5m/2.4km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 3.0m/4.9km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 4.3m/7.0km  
Edge Pit Beamish 1.5m/2.5km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 1.5m/2.4km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 0.0m/0.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 1.1m/1.8km  
Esh Pit Esh 4.0m/6.5km  
Esther Pit Tanfield 4.2m/6.8km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.6m/4.2km 1867 Feb 1965
Fan Pit Stanley 2.3m/3.8km  
Fell Pit Burnhope 1.7m/2.8km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 3.1m/5.0km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 2.0m/3.2km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 3.3m/5.4km  
Ford Drift Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Fortune Pit Burnhope 1.9m/3.1km  22 Jul 1949
Fox Pit Stanley 2.1m/3.4km  
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km  07 Nov 1924
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.8km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 1.2m/2.0km  04 Aug 1938
George Pit Craghead 0.3m/0.6km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Gibson's Pit Newfield 2.3m/3.7km 1841 1936
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 4.0m/6.4km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 3.6m/5.8km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 2.8m/4.5km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 4.2m/6.8km  
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 4.6m/7.4km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.4m/7.1km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 5.0m/8.0km 1868 1958
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 1.8m/2.9km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 3.6m/5.9km  
Hannah Pit Lanchester 3.8m/6.2km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.8km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.8m/7.8km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.1km 1839 
Harvey Drift Lanchester 3.7m/6.0km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 1.9m/3.1km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 1.6m/2.6km  
Heugh Drift Esh 4.9m/7.9km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 4.3m/6.9km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 3.8m/6.2km  1951
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 1.3m/2.2km  
Hilltop Colliery Esh 4.0m/6.4km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 3.8m/6.2km  
Hive Pit Pontop 4.5m/7.3km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 3.2m/5.2km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 4.2m/6.8km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Holmside Colliery Craghead 0.0m/0.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hutton Drift Lanchester 2.7m/4.4km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.8km  
Ice Pit Beamish 1.6m/2.7km  
Iveston Colliery Iveston 4.9m/7.9km 1839 1892
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 2.9m/4.7km  31 Oct 1975
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 1.1m/1.9km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 4.0m/6.4km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.2m/6.8km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 4.5m/7.3km  
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 3.8m/6.1km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Lamp Pit Stanley 1.1m/1.9km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 3.8m/6.2km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 3.0m/4.8km  Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 2.1m/3.4km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 3.3m/5.4km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 3.0m/4.9km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Law Pit Lanchester 3.7m/6.0km 1800 
Leazes Drift Lanchester 2.7m/4.4km  Jan 1949
Lily Colliery Dipton 3.7m/6.0km  
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 4.8m/7.7km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.9km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 4.2m/6.8km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 3.6m/5.8km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 1.6m/2.7km 1759 1964
Lound Groove Drift Esh 4.6m/7.5km  
Low Hutton Drift Pontop 4.6m/7.4km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.0m/4.9km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 4.6m/7.4km  Jul 1980
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 3.0m/4.9km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 3.4m/5.5km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 3.8m/6.2km  1951
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 3.1m/5.0km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 3.1m/5.0km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 2.7m/4.4km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 2.2m/3.6km  
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.2m/6.8km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 1.8m/2.9km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 4.6m/7.5km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Stanley 1.1m/1.9km 1860 19 Mar 1936
May Drift Lanchester 3.2m/5.2km  
Mercie Drift Lanchester 2.8m/4.6km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 3.5m/5.6km  
Moor Pit Pontop 3.3m/5.4km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 2.2m/3.6km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  1.3m/2.1km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 3.6m/5.8km  Oct 1948
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 4.0m/6.5km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 1.9m/3.1km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 2.6m/4.3km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Pit Stanley 1.1m/1.9km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 2.3m/3.7km 1841 1936
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.2m/6.8km 1700's 1815
North Pit Pontop 4.3m/7.0km  
Old Pit Durham 4.9m/7.9km  07 Nov 1924
Oswald Pit Craghead 0.1m/0.3km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxhill Pit Stanley 1.9m/3.1km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 3.2m/5.2km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 2.0m/3.3km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.6m/4.2km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 2.6m/4.3km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 2.0m/3.2km  
Pike Pit Pontop 4.3m/6.9km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 3.8m/6.1km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 1.9m/3.1km  22 Jul 1949
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.1m/5.0km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 4.5m/7.2km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pea Pit Dipton 3.5m/5.6km  
Prosperous Pit Collierly 3.6m/5.8km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 2.0m/3.2km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 1.8m/2.9km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 1.9m/3.1km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.6m/7.5km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 4.1m/6.7km  
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Rickleton Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 3.6m/5.8km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 3.9m/6.3km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 4.0m/6.4km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.8km 1952 Aug 1955
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 2.1m/3.5km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Second Pit Beamish 1.9m/3.1km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 2.3m/3.8km 1845 May 1947
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 1.8m/2.9km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 1.9m/3.1km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 2.0m/3.2km  May 1990
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.6m/7.4km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 4.6m/7.5km  08 Feb 1922
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 2.9m/4.7km  
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 4.5m/7.2km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 3.3m/5.4km 1890 03 Jan 1964
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.9km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 2.1m/3.4km 1837 1915
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 2.8m/4.5km  
Spring Pits Pontop 4.6m/7.5km  
Staple Pit Ditpon 3.0m/4.9km 1821 1938
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 3.0m/4.8km  
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 4.6m/7.4km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 3.4m/5.5km  
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 4.3m/6.9km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 2.7m/4.4km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 3.5m/5.6km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 5.0m/8.0km 1868 1958
Thomas Pit Craghead 0.0m/0.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 4.5m/7.2km  
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 1.7m/2.8km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 1.3m/2.1km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 1.2m/2.0km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Union Brick Works Birtley 4.5m/7.2km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 4.5m/7.2km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 1.5m/2.5km  30 Nov 1920
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 2.0m/3.2km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 2.9m/4.7km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.0m/4.9km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 4.9m/7.9km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 2.4m/3.9km 1831 Apr 1926
Warren Drift Burnhope 1.8m/2.9km  22 Jul 1949
Water Level Drift East Castle 3.9m/6.3km  
Water Pit Beamish 2.1m/3.4km  
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 1.5m/2.4km  30 Nov 1920
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 1.5m/2.4km  30 Nov 1920
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 4.3m/7.0km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 1.3m/2.1km 1858 1921
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 2.2m/3.6km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 1.1m/1.9km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whitehall Pit Pelton 1.0m/1.6km  
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km  
William Pit Craghead 0.2m/0.4km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 3.0m/4.8km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 3.5m/5.6km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 2.6m/4.2km  25 Aug 1962
Witton Colliery Sacriston 3.1m/5.1km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 2.3m/3.8km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 4.7m/7.6km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 4.6m/7.5km  09 Nov 1963

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Holmside Brickworks

Colliery Page   main page for Holmside Brickworks

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