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Sheriff Hill Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 27320 59634

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Sheriff Hill Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Sheriff Hill Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
10 Feet Pit nr. Coundon 4.5m/7.3km 1842 
A Pit Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km  
Ada Pit Heworth 0.8m/1.4km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 4.5m/7.2km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Gateshead 1.1m/1.8km 1726 1973
Ann Pit Walker 3.2m/5.2km  
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.9km  
Aubone Pit Benwell 4.1m/6.6km  
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.9m/7.9km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Axwell Park Colliery Swalwell 4.6m/7.4km 1839 07 Aug 1954
Ayton Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.8km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.9m/7.9km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 3.3m/5.3km  
Battery Quarry Heworth 0.4m/0.7km  
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km  
Beams Wheels Pit Whickham 2.6m/4.3km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 4.3m/7.0km  
Beaumont Pit Benwell 3.6m/5.9km 1819 1848
Bensham Brick Works Gateshead 2.3m/3.7km  
Bensham Colliery Bensham, Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.2m/3.6km bef. 1743 
Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1760 
Benwell Colliery Benwell 4.3m/7.0km 1766 
Betty Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 2.5m/4.0km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 4.6m/7.5km  
Billet Pit Elswick 3.7m/6.0km  
Billy Pit Biddick 4.2m/6.8km  
Billy Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.9m/6.3km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 2.5m/4.0km 1913 May 1932
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 4.8m/7.8km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 4.8m/7.8km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Borehole Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.7km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 2.3m/3.8km  
Brandling Main Felling 1.7m/2.8km 1779 1931
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.8m/7.8km 1867 Feb 1965
Butney Pit Washington 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Carrhill Quarry Heworth 1.3m/2.1km  
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 5.0m/8.0km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Lamesley 0.6m/1.1km  
Chance Pit Harraton 3.9m/6.3km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.8km  
Chapel Pit Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.5km  
Charlotte Pit Benwell 4.5m/7.3km  
Charlotte Pit Walker 3.7m/6.0km bef. 1765 
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 4.4m/7.1km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 4.4m/7.1km 1680 
Church Pit Wallsend 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1782 
Church Quarry Heworth 0.4m/0.7km  
Claxton Quarry Gateshead 1.9m/3.1km  
Clockmill Brick Works Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km  
Clog Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Corn Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.7km  
Corner Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.9km  
Crowhall Quarry Felling 1.3m/2.2km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 4.1m/6.7km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 1.0m/1.6km  
Deckham Hall Colliery Gateshead 1.6m/2.6km  Dec 1893
Delaval Benwell Colliery Scotswood 4.6m/7.5km  15 May 1901
Delaval Pit Benwell 4.7m/7.6km  
Delight Pit Byker 3.1m/5.1km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 3.6m/5.8km  
Derwent Brick Works Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km  
Derwent Crook Colliery Low Fell 1.3m/2.1km bef. 1746 
Doll Pit Gateshead Fell 0.6m/1.1km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.4m/7.1km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.9m/6.3km  
Dunston Colliery Dunston 3.3m/5.3km 1875 Dec 1947
Dunston Garesfield Colliery Dunston 3.3m/5.3km 1875 Dec 1947
East Pit Wallsend 3.7m/6.0km  
Edge Pit Gateshead Fell 0.6m/1.1km  
Edith Pit Swalwell 4.5m/7.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Edward Pit Wallsend 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1782 
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 1.1m/1.8km 1726 1973
Elswick Colliery Elswick, Newcastle 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1828 
Elswick East Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 3.9m/6.3km  
Elswick Middle Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.0m/6.4km  
Elswick West Quarry Elswick, Newcastle 4.1m/6.7km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 0.8m/1.3km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 1.9m/3.1km  
Engine Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 4.0m/6.4km  
Fanny Pit Heworth 0.8m/1.4km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Farewell Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.2m/3.6km Bef. 1769 
Farnacres Colliery Whickham 2.6m/4.2km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 3.9m/6.3km 1700's 
Felling Colliery Felling 1.7m/2.8km 1779 1931
Felling Quarry Felling 1.5m/2.4km  
Fifth Pit Beamish 4.9m/7.9km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 1.2m/2.0km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 2.5m/4.0km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Fortune Pit Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.6km 1736 
Fortune Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.6km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 2.6m/4.3km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Friar's Goose Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 1.5m/2.5km 1798 1926
Garden Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.5km  
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.0m/6.5km  
George Pit Lamesley 0.9m/1.5km  
George Pit Low Fell 1.2m/2.0km  
Gibson's Pit Newfield 4.8m/7.8km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 4.6m/7.5km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 2.8m/4.5km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 3.0m/4.8km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Godspeed Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 3.7m/6.0km  
Graymare Quarry Gateshead 0.8m/1.3km  
Green Pit Lamesley 0.9m/1.5km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 0.8m/1.3km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 3.3m/5.3km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 5.0m/8.0km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harraton Colliery Harraton 3.6m/5.9km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Haugh Pit  4.5m/7.2km  
Heaton Colliery Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.6km 1736 
Heaton Quarry Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.0m/6.4km  
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 4.3m/7.0km 1792 1932
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 4.3m/7.0km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 4.3m/7.0km  
Henry Pit Wallsend 3.9m/6.3km  
Henry Pit Swalwell 4.5m/7.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Heworth Burn Quarry Heworth 1.3m/2.1km  
Heworth Colliery Heworth 0.8m/1.4km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Heworth Quarry Heworth 1.8m/3.0km  
High Burn Quarry Heworth 1.3m/2.1km  
Hill Pit Lamesley 1.5m/2.4km  
Holly Hill Pit Felling 1.5m/2.4km  
Hope Pit Gateshead Fell 0.6m/1.0km  
Jacks Row Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Jane Pit Walker 2.9m/4.7km bef. 1765 
Jesmond Colliery Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.7km  
John Pit Felling 1.6m/2.6km 1779 1931
John Pit Heworth 0.8m/1.3km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Joliffe Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Judith Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.0km  
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 2.8m/4.5km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 2.5m/4.0km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 2.1m/3.5km  
King Pit Walker 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1765 
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 0.3m/0.5km  
Lady Pit Dunston 2.8m/4.5km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km  
Lambton Pit Penshaw 4.8m/7.8km 1792 
Landsale Pit Lamesley 0.6m/1.0km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 1.8m/2.9km  
Lane Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.4km  
Lawson's Main Colliery Byker 3.1m/5.1km  
Letch Pit Lamesley 0.7m/1.2km  
Little Pit Washington 4.4m/7.1km 1894 Mar 1935
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 4.3m/7.0km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Long Benton Colliery Longbenton 4.8m/7.8km bef. 1760 
Low Burn Quarry Heworth 1.4m/2.3km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.6m/5.9km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.3m/7.0km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Meadow Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.8km  
Mexico Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 2.5m/4.1km  
Middle Pit Jesmond, Newcastle-on-Tyne 4.1m/6.7km  
Mill Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.8m/6.2km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 1.8m/3.0km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 4.7m/7.6km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 3.1m/5.1km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 3.4m/5.5km  15 May 1925
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1826 May 1931
Mushroom Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.7m/4.4km 1833 
Nanny Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.9km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
New D Pit Penshaw 4.9m/7.9km 1832 
New Pit Longbenton 4.8m/7.8km  
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 4.8m/7.8km 1841 1936
Nightingale Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.2m/3.6km Bef. 1769 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 2.8m/4.6km  
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 4.3m/7.0km 1700's 1815
North Biddick Colliery Washington 3.9m/6.3km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Elswick Pit Elswick, Newcastle 4.5m/7.2km  
North Pit Lamesley 1.1m/1.8km  
Norwood Brick Works Gateshead 2.6m/4.3km  
Norwood Coking Plant Dunston 2.3m/3.8km  
Norwood Colliery Dunston 2.8m/4.5km  
Oakwellgate Colliery Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km  
Old Engine Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Ouston Colliery Ouston 3.0m/4.8km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.8m/7.7km  
Paradise Colliery Benwell 3.6m/5.9km 1819 1848
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 3.7m/6.0km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.8m/7.7km  
Quarry Pit Springwell 0.9m/1.5km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 1.1m/1.8km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 1.4m/2.3km  
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 2.5m/4.0km  
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 3.0m/4.8km  
Ravensworth Park Drift Lamesley 2.0m/3.2km 1936 09 Mar 1968
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 2.7m/4.4km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 2.8m/4.5km  
Redheugh Brick Works Gateshead 2.8m/4.6km  
Redheugh Colliery Gateshead 2.5m/4.1km 1872 28 May 1927
Restoration Pit Byker, Newcastle 2.6m/4.3km Bef. 1769 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 3.0m/4.9km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 2.8m/4.6km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 3.9m/6.3km  29 May 1965
Rowleyhill Quarry Gateshead 0.8m/1.3km  
Rush Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Rush Pit Harraton 3.4m/5.5km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1782 
Scrog Pit Harraton 4.4m/7.1km  
Second Pit Beamish 5.0m/8.0km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shearlegs Pits Felling 2.2m/3.6km  
Shipcote Colliery Gateshead 2.1m/3.4km c. 1856 1880s
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 3.7m/6.0km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 5.0m/8.0km  01 Mar 1968
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 2.9m/4.7km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 2.9m/4.7km  08 Feb 1922
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 4.5m/7.3km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Spital Tongues Colliery Jesmond 4.2m/6.8km 1830's 1858
Spring Pit Lamesley 0.7m/1.2km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 0.8m/1.4km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 0.8m/1.4km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 0.8m/1.4km  
St. Anthony's Colliery Byker, Newcastle 2.2m/3.6km Bef. 1769 
St. Lawrence Colliery Newcastle-on-Tyne 2.7m/4.4km 1833 
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 4.3m/7.0km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 4.7m/7.6km  
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 0.3m/0.5km  
Street Pit Lamesley 1.3m/2.2km  
Success Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Swalwell Garesfield Colliery Swalwell 4.5m/7.3km 1920? Aug 1940
Team Colliery Gateshead 1.1m/1.8km 1726 1973
Teams Fire Brick Works Gateshead 2.7m/4.4km  
Thomas Pit Low Fell 1.3m/2.1km  
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 3.7m/6.0km  
Trafalgar Brick Works Gateshead 2.5m/4.0km  
Trial Pit Farnacres, Gateshead 2.3m/3.8km  
Tyne Main Colliery Friar's Goose, Gateshead 1.5m/2.5km 1798 1926
Tynevale Brick Works Gateshead 2.3m/3.7km  
Union Brick Works Birtley 2.5m/4.0km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 2.3m/3.7km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 0.8m/1.3km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 4.0m/6.4km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.6m/5.9km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 2.6m/4.3km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 1.1m/1.9km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit Felling 1.9m/3.1km 1779 1931
Victoria Pit Washington 4.2m/6.8km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 2.6m/4.3km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Walker Colliery Walker 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 4.8m/7.7km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 2.5m/4.0km 1855 08 Aug 1974
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 2.5m/4.0km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 2.5m/4.1km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 2.2m/3.6km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 3.1m/5.0km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Water Pit Beamish 4.6m/7.5km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 3.1m/5.1km 1924 20 Aug 1964
Way Pit Lamesley 1.6m/2.6km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 2.6m/4.3km 1845 01 Aug 1974
West Benwell Colliery Benwell 3.6m/5.9km 1819 1848
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.5m/7.3km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.5m/7.3km  
Whin Pit Lamesley 1.8m/3.0km  
White House Quarry Springwell 0.5m/0.9km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 4.9m/7.9km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 4.9m/7.9km 1830 
William Pit Benwell 4.0m/6.5km  
William Pit Felling 1.4m/2.3km 1779 1931
William Pit Friar's Goose, Gateshead 2.1m/3.5km 1841 1926
Willie Pit Heworth 0.9m/1.5km  
Windy Nook Quarry (Sandstone) Gateshead 0.6m/1.0km  
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.7km  
Wittle Pit Heworth 0.8m/1.3km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.7m/7.6km  
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.2m/5.2km  

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