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Leasingthorne Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 25200 30400

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Leasingthorne Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Leasingthorne Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 2.2m/3.6km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.3km 1830 1925
Annie Pit Ferryhill 3.2m/5.2km 1872 Mar 1905
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 4.7m/7.6km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km 1859 1967
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.9km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 2.1m/3.5km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.2m/2.0km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km 1830 1939
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 0.5m/0.9km 1925 1930
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 4.3m/7.0km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 4.3m/7.0km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 4.3m/7.0km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 2.7m/4.4km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.4m/7.1km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.5m/7.3km 1925 1968
Busty Pit Byers Green 2.5m/4.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 2.5m/4.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 2.3m/3.8km  
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 3.2m/5.2km 1872 Mar 1905
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.3m/7.0km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 3.5m/5.7km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 3.6m/5.8km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.5m/4.1km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 1.6m/2.6km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 3.1m/5.1km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.3km  
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 3.6m/5.9km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 3.3m/5.4km  
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 4.8m/7.7km  
Coundon Colliery Coundon 1.5m/2.4km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 1.5m/2.4km  
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.2m/6.8km 1876 1934
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 2.5m/4.0km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Deanery Colliery Shildon 2.5m/4.1km  
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 3.2m/5.2km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.2m/5.2km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 1.6m/2.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.2km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 1.6m/2.6km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 1.8m/2.9km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 2.2m/3.6km  1924
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 3.9m/6.3km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 3.3m/5.4km 1864 1937
George Pit Etherley 4.1m/6.6km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 3.5m/5.6km 1841 
Gurney Pit  1.5m/2.4km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 4.1m/6.6km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 1.6m/2.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Hett Colliery Hett 4.5m/7.2km  
Coal Drift Hett 4.7m/7.6km  
Coal Shaft Hett 4.9m/7.9km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 4.9m/7.9km  
High Pit Ferryhill 1.8m/3.0km  
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km  1925
Jane Pit West Cornforth 4.0m/6.5km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 1.2m/2.0km  
John George Pit Hunwick 3.5m/5.7km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 1.2m/2.0km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 4.6m/7.5km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 0.0m/0.0km  
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 3.1m/5.0km  1865
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.2km  1946
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 3.5m/5.6km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 3.2m/5.2km 1872 Mar 1905
Mary Pit West Cornforth 4.1m/6.6km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 2.1m/3.5km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 1.4m/2.3km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 3.6m/5.9km 1954 Jul 1978
Michael Pit Byers Green 2.5m/4.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 1.1m/1.8km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 2.5m/4.1km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 2.2m/3.6km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 3.2m/5.2km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 3.5m/5.7km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 3.5m/5.6km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1859 1967
No. 1 Pit Shildon 3.6m/5.9km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 3.9m/6.3km  1930's
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km  
North Pit  2.0m/3.2km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 1.6m/2.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 3.6m/5.8km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 3.4m/5.5km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 4.5m/7.3km 1983 
Pasture Pit  1.7m/2.8km 1830 1939
Pickering Quarry  2.0m/3.2km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 3.1m/5.1km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km  Sep 1955
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.1m/6.7km 1858 1931
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 2.6m/4.2km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 3.3m/5.4km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 2.7m/4.4km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 3.1m/5.0km 1830 1937
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 3.4m/5.5km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.2km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 1.6m/2.7km 1829 Jul 1932
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 3.3m/5.4km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Success Pit Tudhoe 3.4m/5.5km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 4.1m/6.6km 1840 1932
Tennants Pit Shildon 3.0m/4.8km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 3.0m/4.9km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 4.1m/6.6km  
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 4.1m/6.6km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 4.1m/6.6km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Thrislington Quarry Cornforth 3.9m/6.3km  
Thrislington Quarry 1 Cornforth 4.5m/7.2km  
Thrislington Quarry 2 Cornforth 4.0m/6.5km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  1943
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.3m/5.4km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 3.4m/5.5km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 3.4m/5.5km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 2.2m/3.6km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 3.1m/5.1km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 3.4m/5.5km 1945 23 May 1969
Tunnel Drift Shildon 2.7m/4.4km  
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 4.5m/7.3km 1854 1968
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 2.9m/4.7km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 4.8m/7.8km 1838 Jul 1967
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 4.1m/6.6km 1835 04 Mar 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 3.3m/5.3km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 3.9m/6.3km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 3.9m/6.3km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 1.2m/2.0km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 2.2m/3.6km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Willington Colliery Willington 4.1m/6.6km 1840 1932
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 2.2m/3.6km  1924
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 2.9m/4.7km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Leasingthorne Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Leasingthorne Colliery

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