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Thornley Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 36627 39487

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Thornley Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Thornley Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 4.0m/6.5km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 3.6m/5.8km 1826 
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 4.7m/7.6km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Anne Pit Garmondsway Moor 3.0m/4.9km  
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 4.0m/6.5km  
Bells Pit Coxhoe 3.5m/5.7km  
Belmont Colliery Pittington 4.7m/7.6km 1836 Bef. 1872
Blossom Pit Hetton-le-Hole 4.7m/7.6km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Borehole Pit Coxhoe 3.0m/4.8km 1843 
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 3.9m/6.3km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 3.5m/5.6km  bef. 1894
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.0m/6.5km  1890
Buddle Pit Pittington 3.5m/5.7km  
Cassop Colliery Cassop 1.5m/2.5km 1840 1868
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 3.0m/4.8km 1840 1850's
Castle Eden Colliery Castle Eden 4.5m/7.2km 1842 Feb 1959
Church Pit Pittington 4.7m/7.6km 1836 1872?
Clarence Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 3.0m/4.8km 1843 
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 3.5m/5.6km  
Cornforth Colliery Cornforth 3.8m/6.1km  
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 4.1m/6.7km  
Coxhoe Colliery Coxhoe 3.0m/4.8km 1843 
Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe 2.9m/4.7km  
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 2.0m/3.2km  
Crow Trees Colliery Quarrington Hill 2.3m/3.7km  bef. 1894
Deaf Hill Colliery Deaf Hill 1.8m/3.0km 1877 25 Feb 1967
East Hetton Colliery nr. Kelloe 2.0m/3.2km 1836 Jun 1983
Elemore Colliery Easington Lane 3.8m/6.2km 1827 Feb 1974
Fallowfield Quarry South Hetton 3.6m/5.8km  
Field House Pit  4.8m/7.8km  
Fishburn Coking Plant Fishburn, nr. Sedgefield 4.7m/7.6km  
Fishburn Colliery Fishburn, nr. Sedgefield 4.7m/7.6km 1910 30 Nov 1973
Furnace Pit Pittington 4.7m/7.6km 1836 1872?
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 3.5m/5.7km  
Garmondsway Moor Colliery Garmondsway Moor 3.0m/4.9km  
Garmondsway Quarry nr. Coxhoe 3.1m/5.0km  
George Pit Cornforth 3.8m/6.1km  
George Pit Easington Lane 3.8m/6.2km 1827 Feb 1974
Greenwell Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Harap Quarry Garmondsway 3.6m/5.8km  
Hartbushes Pit Hutton Henry, nr. Wingate 4.2m/6.8km 1841 
Haswell Colliery Haswell 1.7m/2.8km 02 Jul 1835 31 Dec 1896
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 2.1m/3.4km  
Hawthorn Coking Plant nr. Murton 4.2m/6.8km  
Hawthorn Combined Mine nr. Murton 4.2m/6.8km 02 Jan 1960 1992
Coal Shaft Hett 4.8m/7.7km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 4.8m/7.7km  
Hetton Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.6m/7.5km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hetton Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.6m/7.5km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 2.9m/4.7km  bef. 1894
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 1.7m/2.8km  
Horden Coking Plant Horden 4.9m/7.9km  Jan 1959
Horden Colliery Horden 4.9m/7.9km 1900 28 Feb 1986
Hutton Henry Colliery Hutton Henry, nr. Wingate 3.4m/5.5km 07 Apr 1876 13 Nov 1897
Isabella Pit Easington Lane 3.8m/6.1km 1827 Feb 1974
Jane Pit West Cornforth 5.0m/8.0km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Kelloe Colliery nr. Kelloe 2.0m/3.2km 1836 Jun 1983
Kelloe Winning Colliery Kelloe 1.1m/1.8km 1834 1983
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 5.0m/8.0km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 3.0m/4.9km 1831 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 3.8m/6.1km  
Lady Pit Easington Lane 3.8m/6.2km 1827 Feb 1974
Lady Pit Wingate 2.3m/3.7km 1839 26 Oct 1962
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 4.5m/7.3km  
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 3.0m/4.9km 1831 
Letch Pit High Moorsley 4.5m/7.2km 1824 1897
Little Pit Haswell 1.7m/2.8km 02 Jul 1835 1895
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 3.0m/4.9km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 3.5m/5.7km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 4.7m/7.6km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 3.0m/4.9km 1831 
Lord Pit Wingate 2.3m/3.7km 1839 26 Oct 1962
Low Letch Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Ludworth Colliery Ludworth 1.3m/2.1km 1837 1931
Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.6m/7.5km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Maria Pit Castle Eden 4.5m/7.2km 1842 Feb 1959
Marl Hole Quarry Wheatley Hill 0.4m/0.7km  
Marley Pit Hutton Henry, nr. Wingate 3.3m/5.3km 07 Apr 1876 
Mary Pit West Cornforth 4.9m/7.9km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Maurice Pit Castle Eden 4.5m/7.2km 1842 Feb 1959
Middle Pit  4.8m/7.8km  
Minor Pit Hetton-le-Hole 4.7m/7.6km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 4.5m/7.2km 1821 1935
Murton Coking Plant Murton 4.2m/6.8km  
New Pit Trimdon Grange 2.3m/3.8km 1872 16 Feb 1968
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 4.5m/7.2km 1821 1935
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.5m/5.7km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 4.7m/7.6km 1849 
Old Quarrington Quarry 1 Bowburn 2.3m/3.7km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 2.4m/3.9km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 3 Bowburn 2.3m/3.7km  
Perseverance Pit Hutton Henry, nr. Wingate 3.5m/5.6km 07 Apr 1876 
Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.5m/5.7km  11 Jun 1891
Quarrington Hill Quarry Durham 2.1m/3.4km  
Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone) Ferryhill 3.0m/4.8km  
Rodridge Colliery Hutton Henry, nr. Wingate 4.2m/6.8km 1841 
Running Waters Quarry Durham 2.1m/3.5km  
Sandy Pits  4.8m/7.7km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 3.8m/6.1km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 2.6m/4.3km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 3.0m/4.9km 1844 May 1935
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 4.3m/6.9km 1839 1875
Shotton Coking Plant Shotton 2.3m/3.7km  May 1958
Shotton Colliery Shotton 2.3m/3.7km 1840 01 Sep 1972
South Hetton Colliery South Hetton 3.8m/6.1km 05 Aug 1833 Jul 1982
South Kelloe Colliery Quarrington Hill 2.3m/3.7km  
South Wingate Colliery Hutton Henry, nr. Wingate 4.2m/6.8km 1841 
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 4.9m/7.9km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 4.9m/7.9km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Thrislington Quarry 1 Cornforth 4.8m/7.7km  
Trimdon Colliery Trimdon 2.4m/3.9km 1840 1925
Trimdon Grange Coking Plant Trimdon Grange 2.3m/3.7km  
Trimdon Grange Colliery Trimdon Grange 2.3m/3.7km May 1845 16 Feb 1968
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 4.5m/7.3km 1854 1968
Tuthill Quarry nr. Haswell 2.3m/3.8km  
Vale Pit Cassop 1.5m/2.5km 1840 1877
Vale Pit Quarrington Hill 2.2m/3.6km  bef. 1894
Venture Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 4.9m/7.9km 1835 04 Mar 1967
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 3.0m/4.8km  
Wheatley Hill Colliery Wheatley Hill 1.1m/1.9km 1869 03 May 1968
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 3.6m/5.9km 1836 1875
Wingate Grange Colliery Wingate 2.3m/3.8km 1839 26 Oct 1962
Wingate Quarry (Limestone) nr. Trimdon 1.1m/1.8km  
Witch Hill Quarry Shadforth 1.3m/2.1km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Thornley Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Thornley Colliery

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