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Middridge Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 25030 26364

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Middridge Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Middridge Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 3.1m/5.0km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km 1830 1925
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km 1864 1946
Aycliffe East Quarry Aycliffe 3.4m/5.5km  
Aycliffe Quarry Aycliffe 3.3m/5.3km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.6m/5.8km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.3km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.4m/3.9km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km 1830 1939
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 2.6m/4.3km 1925 1930
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 4.2m/6.8km  
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 4.4m/7.1km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 2.8m/4.5km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1925 1968
Busty Pit Byers Green 4.6m/7.5km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.6m/7.5km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 4.3m/6.9km  
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.8m/6.1km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Chilton Colliery Chilton 3.3m/5.3km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 4.5m/7.3km  
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 2.5m/4.0km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 2.3m/3.7km  
Coundon Colliery Coundon 2.5m/4.1km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 2.5m/4.1km  
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 4.6m/7.5km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Deanery Colliery Shildon 1.9m/3.1km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 1.2m/2.0km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.8km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.3km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 0.9m/1.5km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.9km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 3.1m/5.0km  1924
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.2km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 3.6m/5.9km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km  
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 4.8m/7.8km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 1.5m/2.5km 1864 1937
George Pit Etherley 4.5m/7.3km  
Gurney Pit  1.3m/2.2km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 2.7m/4.4km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.3km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 1.2m/2.0km 1829 Jul 1932
High Pit Ferryhill 4.0m/6.5km  
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  02 Jul 1909
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 1.8m/3.0km  1925
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 2.4m/3.9km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 1.3m/2.2km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 3.5m/5.6km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 2.5m/4.1km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 2.5m/4.1km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 4.5m/7.2km  1865
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km  1946
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 4.8m/7.7km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.4km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.5km  
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 3.8m/6.2km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.4km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.6m/7.5km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 3.4m/5.5km  1965
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 0.4m/0.7km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 0.6m/1.1km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.8m/3.0km 1949 Aug 1965
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1859 1967
No. 1 Pit Shildon 2.5m/4.0km  
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.4km  
North Pit  2.0m/3.2km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 1.2m/2.0km 1829 Jul 1932
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 1.1m/1.8km  
Pasture Pit  2.1m/3.5km 1830 1939
Pickering Quarry  4.3m/6.9km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 1.8m/2.9km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.3km  Sep 1955
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 4.6m/7.4km  
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 1.5m/2.5km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.1m/1.9km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 1.6m/2.7km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 1.6m/2.7km 1830 1937
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.4km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 1.2m/2.0km 1829 Jul 1932
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 1.1m/1.9km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 4.6m/7.4km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 4.7m/7.6km  Jul 1967
Tennants Pit Shildon 0.6m/1.0km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 0.7m/1.2km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.7m/4.4km  1943
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 3.3m/5.4km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 4.7m/7.6km 1869 Mar 1885
Tunnel Drift Shildon 1.4m/2.3km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 4.5m/7.2km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 4.1m/6.7km 1838 Jul 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 2.1m/3.4km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.8m/7.7km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 3.1m/5.0km  1924
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.1m/5.1km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Middridge Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Middridge Colliery

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