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Middridge Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 24447 26894

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Middridge Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Middridge Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 3.2m/5.2km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.7km 1830 1925
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km 1864 1946
Aycliffe East Quarry Aycliffe 3.9m/6.3km  
Aycliffe Quarry Aycliffe 3.8m/6.1km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.3m/5.4km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.1m/6.7km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.2km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.5km 1830 1939
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km 1925 1930
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 4.0m/6.5km  
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 4.4m/7.1km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 2.5m/4.1km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1925 1968
Busty Pit Byers Green 4.3m/6.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.3m/6.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 3.8m/6.2km  
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.4m/5.5km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.8m/7.7km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.9m/7.9km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 0.4m/0.7km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 3.2m/5.2km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 4.6m/7.4km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 2.1m/3.4km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 1.9m/3.1km  
Coundon Colliery Coundon 2.1m/3.4km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 2.1m/3.4km  
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 4.5m/7.3km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Deanery Colliery Shildon 1.5m/2.4km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 4.3m/7.0km  
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.0m/1.6km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 0.8m/1.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.0km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.3m/0.5km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 0.6m/1.1km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.1km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 3.2m/5.2km  1924
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 3.2m/5.2km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.6km  
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 4.5m/7.3km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 1.3m/2.1km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  
George Pit Etherley 4.0m/6.5km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.8m/7.7km 1841 
Gurney Pit  0.9m/1.5km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 2.4m/3.9km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 0.8m/1.3km 1829 Jul 1932
High Pit Ferryhill 4.0m/6.4km  
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 5.0m/8.0km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 2.0m/3.2km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.7m/7.6km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 1.0m/1.7km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 3.1m/5.1km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 2.2m/3.6km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 2.2m/3.6km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 4.6m/7.4km  1865
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.4km  1946
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 4.9m/7.9km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 4.3m/6.9km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 3.6m/5.9km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.3m/6.9km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.3m/6.9km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 3.0m/4.9km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 0.4m/0.7km  
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 1.0m/1.6km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.6m/2.6km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.8m/7.7km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km 1859 1967
No. 1 Pit Shildon 2.1m/3.4km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 4.9m/7.9km  1930's
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.3m/6.9km  
North Pit  1.5m/2.4km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 2.7m/4.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 0.8m/1.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 1.5m/2.5km  
Pasture Pit  1.6m/2.7km 1830 1939
Phoenix Pit Etherley 5.0m/8.0km  
Pickering Quarry  4.1m/6.7km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 1.4m/2.3km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  Sep 1955
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 4.9m/7.9km 1942 Oct 1959
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 4.3m/6.9km  
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 1.1m/1.8km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.1m/1.8km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 1.3m/2.1km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 1.3m/2.1km 1830 1937
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.6km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 0.8m/1.3km 1829 Jul 1932
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.1m/1.8km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 4.3m/6.9km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 3.0m/4.8km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 4.4m/7.1km  Jul 1967
Tennants Pit Shildon 0.6m/1.1km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 0.7m/1.2km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  1943
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.7m/4.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.0m/4.8km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 5.0m/8.0km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.3km 1869 Mar 1885
Tunnel Drift Shildon 1.0m/1.7km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 4.0m/6.5km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 3.8m/6.1km 1838 Jul 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 1.7m/2.8km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 4.9m/7.9km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 5.0m/8.0km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.0km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 3.2m/5.2km  1924
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.7m/4.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Middridge Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Middridge Drift

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