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Moorhill Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 10000 28600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Moorhill Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Moorhill Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbots Close Colliery Crook 4.7m/7.6km  02 Jun 1928
Arn Gill Colliery nr. Copley 2.4m/3.9km 1947 05 May 1951
Arnghyll Colliery nr. Copley 2.4m/3.9km 1947 05 May 1951
Black Horse Colliery Evenwood 4.6m/7.5km  07 Feb 1925
Blackhill Opencast West Auckland 2.1m/3.4km  
Blakeley Colliery Hargill 3.8m/6.2km 1885 1895
Blakeley Quarry  4.7m/7.6km  
Bolton Close Quarry  5.0m/8.0km  
Bowes Hill Colliery Butterknowle 2.0m/3.2km  31 Nov 1929
Buckhead Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  
Busty Drift nr. Copley 3.1m/5.1km 1947 05 May 1951
Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 1.8m/3.0km  1950
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.8m/4.6km  Apr 1927
Cockfield Quarry Cockfield 2.3m/3.7km  
Cold Knott Colliery Nr. Crook 5.0m/8.0km  28 Apr 1926
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 4.3m/6.9km  Jan 1948
Copley Bent Colliery Butterknowle 2.1m/3.4km  1924
Copley Colliery Cockfield 2.1m/3.4km  20 Mar 1930
Copley Lane Colliery Butterknowle 2.1m/3.4km  30 Nov 1922
Copperside Colliery Woodland 2.4m/3.9km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.4m/7.1km  Jun 1923
Cow Close Colliery Woodland 2.0m/3.3km  
Cowley Drift nr. Copley 3.2m/5.2km 1947 05 May 1951
Cowley Shaft Woodland 2.8m/4.5km  Mar 1921
Cox House Colliery Evenwood 2.2m/3.6km  05 Nov 1927
Cragg Wood Colliery Cockfield 3.1m/5.0km  
Cragg Wood Quarry Evenwood 3.4m/5.5km  
Crake Scar Colliery Cockfield 1.4m/2.3km  
Dean Colliery  3.1m/5.0km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  
Diamond Pit Butterknowle 2.0m/3.2km  
Doctors Gate Quarry  2.7m/4.4km  
Drift Evenwood 2.4m/3.9km  
Drift Evenwood 2.1m/3.5km  
Drift Evenwood 2.0m/3.2km  
Dunn's House Drift Woodland 2.4m/3.9km  1924
East Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 2.3m/3.7km  
East Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 0.5m/0.9km  
East Pasture Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.2km  
Engine Pit Cockfield 3.0m/4.9km  
Esperley Lane Drift Cockfield, Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  Feb 1962
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 3.5m/5.6km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 4.9m/7.9km  
Fir Tree Colliery Harperley 4.1m/6.7km  
Fredericks West Pit Witton-le-Wear 3.3m/5.4km  
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  
Gaunless Lead Mill Butterknowle 2.4m/3.9km  
Gordon House Colliery Cockfield 3.3m/5.3km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Gordon Pit Butterknowle 2.1m/3.5km  1950
Greenhead Colliery Harperley 4.5m/7.2km  24 May 1907
Haggerleases Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.5m/2.5km  
Hall Pit Cockfield 3.3m/5.3km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Hargill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.5m/7.2km  03 Nov 1934
Hargill Hill Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.5m/7.2km  03 Nov 1934
Hartley Colliery Butterknowle 2.3m/3.7km  
Heather Colliery Butterknowle 1.8m/3.0km  21 May 1926
High House Colliery Butterknowle 1.5m/2.5km  30 Dec 1909
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.8m/4.5km  
High Trough Colliery Copley 2.3m/3.8km  19 Feb 1927
High Wham Colliery Butterknowle 1.3m/2.2km  31 Mar 1921
Hollin Hall Colliery Fir Tree, Crook 4.3m/6.9km  
Holly Moor Colliery Cockfield 2.6m/4.2km  29 May 1929
Hutton Pit Cockfield 3.0m/4.9km  
Jane Pit Etherley 4.5m/7.3km  
John Pit Cockfield 3.0m/4.9km 1867 
Lands Colliery Cockfield 3.0m/4.9km 1879 
Langleydale Colliery Cockfield 3.1m/5.0km  1931
Low Summerhill Colliery Woodland 2.0m/3.3km  03 Feb 1926
Lynesack Colliery Woodland 2.3m/3.7km  31 Jan 1926
Marshall Green Colliery Witton le Wear 4.0m/6.4km 1830 1936
Meadowleigh Colliery Copley Lane 2.3m/3.7km  17 Apr 1926
Mill Bank Colliery Copley 2.3m/3.7km  14 Dec 1928
Millfield Grange Colliery Cockfield 2.1m/3.5km  25 Feb 1911
Mostyn Pit Cockfield 3.3m/5.3km 1893 17 Feb 1962
New Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.5m/4.1km  
New Copley Colliery Cockfield 3.0m/4.9km 1867 
New Morley Colliery Butterknowle 2.0m/3.3km  02 Dec 1936
No. 1 Crook 4.7m/7.6km  02 Jun 1928
No. 2 Crook 4.7m/7.6km  02 Jun 1928
No. 3 Crook 4.7m/7.6km  02 Jun 1928
North Butterknowle Colliery Butterknowle 1.3m/2.1km  30 Aug 1919
North Crane Row Colliery Butterknowle 0.8m/1.3km  
North Marsfield Colliery Rowntree, Butterknowle 0.7m/1.2km  
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 3.4m/5.5km  Mar 1912
Oakly Bank Quarry Evenwood 2.6m/4.3km  
Paddock Mire Colliery  4.6m/7.5km  
Park House Colliery  4.6m/7.5km  
Phoenix Pit Etherley 4.5m/7.3km  
Pikestone (Lead Ore) Frosterley 4.2m/6.8km  10 Jul 1891
Pioneer Pit Cockfield 1.4m/2.3km  
Pit Close Colliery Morley 2.1m/3.5km  
Pond House Colliery Woodland 2.1m/3.4km  04 Sep 1926
Providence Pit Cockfield 2.9m/4.7km 1834 
Quarry West Pit Butterknowle 1.8m/3.0km  1950
Raby Moor Colliery Cockfield 3.2m/5.2km  
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 3.8m/6.1km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 4.1m/6.6km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 4.1m/6.7km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 3.5m/5.6km 1836 Dec 1912
Rowan Tree Colliery  0.8m/1.4km  
Shotton Moor Colliery Shotton Moor 3.1m/5.0km  08 Mar 1930
Smout Pit Cockfield 2.3m/3.7km  20 Mar 1930
South Pit Evenwood 2.8m/4.6km  Apr 1927
South Rowntree Colliery Butterknowle 0.9m/1.5km  
South Side Colliery Butterknowle 1.3m/2.2km  Jun 1914
Stonechester Colliery Hamsterley 1.6m/2.7km  
Storey Lodge Colliery Cockfield 3.1m/5.1km  
Sun Colliery Wackerfield, Evenwood 4.6m/7.5km  
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 4.2m/6.8km  
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km 1989 1992
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 3.2m/5.2km  
Victoria Colliery Cockfield 3.0m/4.9km 1867 
West Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 2.5m/4.1km  
West Copley Colliery Woodland 2.5m/4.0km  
West Crake Scar Colliery Woodland 1.9m/3.1km  
West Crane Row Drift Butterknowle 0.8m/1.3km  
West Rowntree Colliery Butternkowle 0.8m/1.3km  13 Sep 1930
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 3.3m/5.3km  
Wham Colliery Butterknowle 1.4m/2.3km  29 Aug 1931
Wham Farm Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.2m/2.0km  
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.3km  
Wigglesworth Colliery Cockfield 2.8m/4.6km  
William Pit Butterknowle 2.1m/3.4km  1950
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.4m/7.1km  Jun 1923
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.4m/7.1km  Jun 1923
Woodland Colliery Woodland 2.4m/3.9km  Mar 1921
Woodland Fell Colliery Woodland 2.5m/4.1km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Moorhill Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Moorhill Drift

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