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Princes Street Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 22100 26300

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Princes Street Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Princes Street Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 4.6m/7.5km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.4km 1830 1925
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km 1864 1946
Aycliffe East Quarry Aycliffe 4.8m/7.8km  
Aycliffe Quarry Aycliffe 4.6m/7.4km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.9km 1859 1967
Bildershaw Colliery nr. West Auckland 2.0m/3.2km  16 Oct 1956
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.6km 1855 1908
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.5m/7.3km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km 1830 1939
Black Horse Colliery Evenwood 5.0m/8.0km  07 Feb 1925
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.8km 1925 1930
Bolam Quarry (Whinstone) Heighington 2.7m/4.4km  
Brusselton Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.1m/1.9km 1834 07 June 1968
Brusselton Tower Colliery nr. West Auckland 1.3m/2.2km 1925 1968
Buckhead Opencast Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  
Busty Pit Byers Green 4.4m/7.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 4.4m/7.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 3.9m/6.3km  
Carterthorne Colliery Evenwood 4.7m/7.6km  Apr 1927
Catherine Pit St. Helen's Auckland 2.0m/3.3km 1835 31 Dec 1926
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.5m/7.3km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.6m/7.5km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.8m/2.9km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 4.5m/7.2km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 5.0m/8.0km  
Copeland House Colliery nr. West Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  Jan 1948
Copy Crooks Colliery Shildon 0.6m/1.1km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 0.5m/0.8km  
Corving Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.2m/6.8km  Jun 1923
Coundon Colliery Coundon 2.1m/3.5km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 2.1m/3.5km  
Deanery Colliery Shildon 0.8m/1.3km  
Deborah Opencast West Auckland 2.9m/4.7km  
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.8m/2.9km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 1.5m/2.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.0m/1.7km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 2.0m/3.2km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.2km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 4.6m/7.5km  1924
Etherley Dene Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 2.3m/3.7km  Sep 1955
Etherley Grange Colliery Etherley 2.0m/3.2km  
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.2km  
Evenwood Colliery Evenwood 4.6m/7.4km 1836 Dec 1912
Fiddlers Bank Drift Low Staindrop 3.1m/5.0km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 0.5m/0.8km 1864 1937
Gaugers Arms Drift West Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  
George Pit Etherley 3.1m/5.0km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.5m/7.3km 1841 
Gurney Pit  1.6m/2.7km 1830 1939
Haggs Lane Drift nr. Shildon 1.0m/1.6km  Jan 1964
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 1.5m/2.4km 1829 Jul 1932
High Toft Hill Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.9m/7.9km  
Hummerbeck Colliery West Auckland 2.3m/3.8km  02 Jul 1909
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 0.6m/1.1km  1925
Jane Pit Etherley 4.0m/6.4km  
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 2.2m/3.6km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.4m/7.1km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 1.9m/3.1km 1829 Jul 1932
Ladysmith Colliery Brusselton 1.7m/2.8km  July 1949
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 3.1m/5.1km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 3.1m/5.1km 1836 Oct 1967
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km  
Lutterington Hall Opencast Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.0km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.3m/2.1km  1946
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 4.9m/7.9km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 4.6m/7.4km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 4.9m/7.9km  08 Aug 1927
Michael Pit Byers Green 4.4m/7.1km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 3.5m/5.6km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 1.8m/2.9km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 1.4m/2.3km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 1.7m/2.8km  
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 0.4m/0.7km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.5m/7.3km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km 1859 1967
No. 1 Pit Shildon 0.6m/1.1km  
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 4.5m/7.2km  1930's
North Beechburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 5.0m/8.0km 1845 1966
North Bitchburn Colliery Howden-le-Wear 5.0m/8.0km 1845 1966
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 4.9m/7.9km  
North Pit  1.3m/2.2km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.6km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 1.5m/2.4km 1829 Jul 1932
Norwood Colliery Evenwood 4.6m/7.4km  Mar 1912
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 2.4m/3.9km  
Paddock Mire Colliery  4.5m/7.2km  
Park House Colliery  4.1m/6.6km  
Pasture Pit  1.6m/2.7km 1830 1939
Phoenix Pit Etherley 4.0m/6.4km  
Providence Pit Cockfield 4.8m/7.7km 1834 
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 2.0m/3.3km  Sep 1955
Railey Fell Colliery Evenwood 4.0m/6.5km  
Ramshaw Colliery West Auckland 3.5m/5.6km 1942 Oct 1959
Randolph Colliery nr. Evenwood 4.0m/6.5km 1893 17 Feb 1962
Randolph Pit Evenwood 4.6m/7.4km 1836 Dec 1912
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 4.9m/7.9km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.8m/7.8km 1858 1931
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 0.5m/0.9km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 0.9m/1.5km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 0.4m/0.7km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 0.1m/0.2km 1830 1937
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 0.8m/1.4km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 1.5m/2.4km 1829 Jul 1932
South Pit Evenwood 4.7m/7.6km  Apr 1927
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 0.9m/1.5km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 4.9m/7.9km 1846 June 1927
St. Helen's Colliery St. Helen's Auckland 1.5m/2.5km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Staindrop Field House Drift nr. Evenwood Gate 3.0m/4.8km  Jul 1967
Sun Colliery Wackerfield, Evenwood 4.5m/7.2km  
Tees Hetton Colliery Evenwood 3.7m/6.0km  
Tennants Pit Shildon 1.3m/2.1km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 1.2m/2.0km  
Throstle Gill Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.0m/1.6km  1943
Thrushwood Pit Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km 1989 1992
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.6km 1835 Mar 1934
Tindale Pit St. Helen's Auckland 1.5m/2.5km 1831 31 Dec 1926
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 5.0m/8.0km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.8km  
Toft Hill Quarry Etherley 4.5m/7.2km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.0m/4.8km 1859 1967
Tunnel Drift Shildon 0.4m/0.7km  
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.8m/6.1km  
West Auckland Colliery West Auckland 2.3m/3.8km 1838 Jul 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 0.3m/0.5km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 4.5m/7.2km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 4.5m/7.3km  
West Tees Colliery Ramshaw 4.5m/7.3km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitton Park Quarry Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  
William Pit Witton-le-Wear 4.2m/6.8km  Jun 1923
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 4.6m/7.5km  1924
Witton Park Colliery Witton-le-Wear 4.2m/6.8km  Jun 1923
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.6km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.7km  
Woodhouses Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.2m/3.6km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Princes Street Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Princes Street Drift

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