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Shield Row Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 23400 47500

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Shield Row Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Shield Row Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 4.3m/6.9km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 2.5m/4.1km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 3.0m/4.9km 1952 1955
Air Pit Beamish 4.0m/6.5km 1849 
Alderdene Drift Lanchester 4.8m/7.8km  
Allotment Drift Bearpark 4.6m/7.4km  Mar 1947
Alma Drift Grange Villa 2.5m/4.1km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 2.5m/4.1km 1858 
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 4.7m/7.6km  25 Aug 1962
Annie Pit Burnhope 2.7m/4.4km  22 Jul 1949
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.1m/5.1km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 3.5m/5.6km 1880s Sep 1949
Beamish Colliery Beamish 4.0m/6.5km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 4.5m/7.2km  
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 2.5m/4.1km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 2.4m/3.9km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 2.5m/4.1km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Betty Pit Burnhope 2.6m/4.3km  22 Jul 1949
Boyne Colliery Durham 4.3m/6.9km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 4.6m/7.4km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 4.6m/7.5km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 4.5m/7.3km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.5m/7.3km  1924
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 3.8m/6.1km  
Broom Pit Stanley 4.1m/6.7km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 1.4m/2.3km  
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.0m/4.9km 1867 Feb 1965
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 2.6m/4.3km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burns Pit Stanley 3.4m/5.5km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Busty Pit Craghead 2.3m/3.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.8m/4.6km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 1.5m/2.5km 1875 Apr 1926
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 1.3m/2.1km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  4.5m/7.2km  
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 2.1m/3.4km  07 Nov 1924
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 3.6m/5.9km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 3.5m/5.7km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 0.0m/0.1km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 4.4m/7.1km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 2.3m/3.8km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 2.3m/3.8km 1889 Oct 1967
Clifford Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.7km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 3.9m/6.3km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 3.0m/4.9km  Apr 1957
Cornsay Colliery Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Craghead Colliery Craghead 2.3m/3.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 4.8m/7.8km  
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 3.5m/5.7km  1924
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 1.9m/3.1km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 1.8m/2.9km  
Dike Pit Beamish 3.7m/6.0km  
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 2.1m/3.4km  07 Nov 1924
Durham Main Colliery Durham 3.5m/5.7km  1924
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.6m/5.9km  1933
Edge Pit Beamish 3.6m/5.8km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 0.9m/1.5km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 2.3m/3.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 1.2m/2.0km  
Elvet Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.3km  
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 4.0m/6.5km 1866 Jun 1968
Esh Pit Esh 2.8m/4.6km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.8m/4.6km 1867 Feb 1965
Fan Pit Stanley 4.7m/7.6km  
Fell Pit Burnhope 2.3m/3.8km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 4.1m/6.7km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 4.0m/6.5km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 3.6m/5.9km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 1.0m/1.6km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 4.0m/6.4km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 4.4m/7.1km 1872 
Fortune Pit Burnhope 2.6m/4.3km  22 Jul 1949
Fox Pit Stanley 4.5m/7.2km  
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 2.6m/4.3km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 3.9m/6.3km 1840 1934
Gate Pit Grange Villa 3.0m/4.9km  04 Aug 1938
George Pit Craghead 2.3m/3.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Lumley 4.2m/6.8km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 3.0m/4.8km 1841 1936
Grange Colliery Belmont 4.5m/7.3km 1844 Apr 1948
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 4.5m/7.2km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenlands Drift Quebec, Co. Durham 3.5m/5.6km  
Greenwell Wood Drift nr. Lanchester 4.8m/7.7km  
Hall Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.1m/6.7km  
Hamsteels Colliery nr. Esh Winning 4.2m/6.8km 1868 1958
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 3.1m/5.1km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hannah Pit Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 3.0m/4.9km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.1m/5.1km  
Harvey Drift Lanchester 3.4m/5.5km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 4.2m/6.8km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 3.9m/6.3km  
Heugh Drift Esh 3.8m/6.2km  
High Drift Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 2.5m/4.1km  1951
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.6m/5.8km  
Hilltop Colliery Esh 2.4m/3.9km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 2.2m/3.6km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 1.2m/2.0km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 2.3m/3.8km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 2.3m/3.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hutton Drift Lanchester 3.0m/4.8km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 5.0m/8.0km  
Ice Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.1km  
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 1.3m/2.1km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 4.6m/7.4km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 3.4m/5.5km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 1.6m/2.7km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Lamp Pit Stanley 3.4m/5.5km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 4.9m/7.9km  
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 2.5m/4.0km  Aug 1963
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 1.8m/2.9km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 2.0m/3.3km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 1.8m/2.9km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Leazes Drift Lanchester 3.5m/5.7km  Jan 1949
Louisa Colliery Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 1759 1964
Lound Groove Drift Esh 3.8m/6.2km  
Low Drift Cornsay 4.7m/7.6km 1868 Sep 1953
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.3m/7.0km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 4.8m/7.8km  
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 3.6m/5.8km  
Malton Colliery nr. Lanchester 3.4m/5.5km 1870 22 Jul 1961
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 2.5m/4.1km  1951
Manor House and May Drifts Lanchester 3.5m/5.6km  
Manor House Drift Lanchester 3.5m/5.6km  
Margaret Pit Stanley 4.6m/7.4km  
Mary Pit Beamish 4.0m/6.5km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Durham 4.4m/7.1km  
Mary Pit Stanley 3.4m/5.5km 1860 19 Mar 1936
May Drift Lanchester 3.4m/5.5km  
Mercie Drift Lanchester 3.0m/4.9km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 1.9m/3.1km  
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 4.6m/7.4km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 4.8m/7.7km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.6km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  3.1m/5.1km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 1.3m/2.1km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 1.6m/2.6km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 3.4m/5.5km 1858 17 Jul 1953
New Pit Stanley 3.4m/5.5km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 3.0m/4.8km 1841 1936
Old Pit Durham 2.6m/4.3km  07 Nov 1924
Oswald Pit Craghead 2.2m/3.6km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxhill Pit Stanley 4.1m/6.7km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 4.8m/7.8km  
Pea Flat Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 4.3m/7.0km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 2.8m/4.6km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 2.8m/4.6km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 2.0m/3.3km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 2.6m/4.3km  22 Jul 1949
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 4.1m/6.7km  05 Oct 1973
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 1.9m/3.1km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 2.6m/4.3km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 3.4m/5.5km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Resolution Pit West Rainton 4.8m/7.7km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 4.7m/7.6km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 4.9m/7.9km  18 May 1929
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 2.4m/3.9km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 3.8m/6.2km 1952 Aug 1955
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 0.1m/0.3km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Second Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.2km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 3.1m/5.1km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 4.0m/6.4km  
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 3.4m/5.5km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 1.6m/2.6km  May 1990
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 4.9m/7.9km  
South Engine Pit Durham 4.5m/7.3km  
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 4.4m/7.1km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 3.5m/5.6km 1890 03 Jan 1964
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 4.3m/7.0km 1837 1915
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 4.0m/6.5km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 3.1m/5.1km  
Taylor Pit nr. Esh Winning 4.2m/6.8km 1868 1958
Thomas Pit Craghead 2.3m/3.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 2.4m/3.9km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 2.5m/4.0km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 3.0m/4.9km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 0.9m/1.5km  30 Nov 1920
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 4.0m/6.5km  05 Oct 1973
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 3.8m/6.2km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.3m/7.0km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 3.1m/5.0km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 1.8m/3.0km 1831 Apr 1926
Warren Drift Burnhope 1.9m/3.1km  22 Jul 1949
Water Pit Beamish 3.9m/6.3km  
Waterhouses Colliery Waterhouses 5.0m/8.0km 1859 Aug 1966
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 0.9m/1.5km  30 Nov 1920
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 0.9m/1.5km  30 Nov 1920
West Harvey Drift Lanchester 4.3m/6.9km  
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 2.5m/4.0km 1858 1921
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 4.6m/7.4km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.4m/5.5km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whitehall Pit Pelton 2.1m/3.4km  
Wilkshill Quarry Cornsay 4.4m/7.1km  
William Pit Craghead 2.3m/3.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Annfield Plain 4.4m/7.1km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 5.0m/8.0km  25 Aug 1962
Witton Colliery Sacriston 0.8m/1.4km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 0.0m/0.1km  
Woodside Pit  4.8m/7.7km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 4.7m/7.6km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Shield Row Drift

Colliery Page   main page for Shield Row Drift

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