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Esther Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 15996 54989

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Esther Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Esther Pit

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Garesfield 2.3m/3.7km 1837 
A Pit Greenside 4.5m/7.3km  
Air Pit Beamish 3.3m/5.3km 1849 
Alderdene Drift Lanchester 4.7m/7.6km  
Allendale Drift Ebchester 2.6m/4.2km  
Andrews House Colliery Whickham 3.1m/5.0km 1840 Dec 1920
Ann Pit Tanfield Lea 2.1m/3.5km  25 Aug 1962
Anne Pit nr. Burnopfield 0.7m/1.2km 1855 Mar 1929
Annie Pit Burnhope 4.6m/7.5km  22 Jul 1949
Annie Pit nr. Dipton 1.5m/2.4km 1864 Jul 1980
Ash Tree Colliery Winlaton 3.3m/5.3km 1798 
Ashtree Drift Blaydon 2.8m/4.6km  
Ashtree Pit Blaydon 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1857 
Axwell Colliery Swalwell 4.1m/6.7km 1878 31 Dec 1887
B Pit Greenside 4.6m/7.4km  
Bagnall Colliery Swalwell 4.1m/6.7km 1878 31 Dec 1887
Bakers Quarry High Spen 4.8m/7.8km  
Bankside Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1862 
Bantling Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 2.0m/3.3km  
Barcus Close Colliery nr. Burnopfield 1.9m/3.1km  Apr 1966
Barlow Fell Drift Barlow 2.8m/4.6km  Oct 1961
Barlow Towneley Drift Barlow 2.8m/4.6km  Oct 1961
Barlowfell Quarry High Spen 3.6m/5.8km  
Barlowfield Drift Rowlands Gill 2.8m/4.5km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 3.3m/5.3km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 3.5m/5.6km  
Beaumont Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 1.3m/2.1km  
Bessie Pit Blaydon Burn 4.7m/7.6km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Betsey Pit Winlaton 4.7m/7.6km  
Betty Pit Chopwell 4.6m/7.4km  
Betty Pit Burnhope 4.6m/7.4km  22 Jul 1949
Billingside Drift Leadgate 2.3m/3.8km  Jan 1879
Blackburn Fell Drift nr. Sunniside 3.7m/6.0km Jul 1937 Feb 1979
Blackhill Colliery Blackhill 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Blaydon Burn Colliery Blaydon Burn 4.6m/7.5km 1850s 03 Nov 1956
Blaydon Quarry Blaydon 4.5m/7.3km  
Bog Pit Pontop 1.3m/2.2km  
Boghole Drift Crook Hall, nr. Consett 3.4m/5.5km  
Brack Pit Kyo 1.1m/1.9km  
Bradley Colliery Leadgate 2.9m/4.7km  bef. 1875?
Bradley Drift Leadgate 2.8m/4.6km 1963 25 Sep 1966
Brass Thill Drift nr. Tantobie 0.1m/0.3km 1874 Mar 1929
Broadoak Quarry Consett 3.8m/6.2km  
Brockwell Drift Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  
Broom Pit Stanley 2.3m/3.8km  
Broom Pit Collierly 1.0m/1.7km  
Bryan's Leap Colliery Rowlands Gill 2.0m/3.2km  1950
Burnhills - Blaydon Quarry Ryton 4.5m/7.3km  
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 4.6m/7.4km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burnopfield Colliery Burnopfield 1.1m/1.9km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Burns Pit Stanley 3.5m/5.6km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Bush Blades Colliery Collierly 0.6m/1.1km  
Busty Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 1.4m/2.3km  
Busty Pit Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Medomsley 2.8m/4.6km  06 Oct 1972
Busty Seam Drift Medomsley 3.6m/5.8km  
Bute Pit Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km 11 Sep 1869 
Bute Pit Tanfield Lea 1.8m/2.9km  25 Aug 1962
Byermoor Colliery Byermoor 2.1m/3.5km 1860 02 Feb 1968
Carr House Pit nr. Consett 3.6m/5.8km 1870 09 Nov 1963
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.2km  
Charley Pit Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Charlie Pit Medomsley 2.2m/3.6km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Chopwell Colliery Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km 1781 25 Nov 1966
Chopwell Mill Staple Chopwell 3.1m/5.1km  
Chopwell North Terrace Drift A Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km 1920 
Chopwell North Terrace Drift B Chopwell 3.5m/5.7km 1924 
Clinty Drift Garesfield 3.6m/5.8km  
Clockburn Drift Winlaton Mill 3.8m/6.1km 1952 Mar 1983
Conclusion Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km 1799 25 Nov 1966
Conquest Pit Tantobie 0.5m/0.9km  Oct 1948
Consett Colliery Blackhill 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Content Pit Blaydon 4.8m/7.7km  Mar 1921
Coronation Drift Blaydon 2.2m/3.6km  
Coronation Drift nr. Dipton 1.5m/2.5km  Jul 1980
Cowen's Pit Blaydon Burn 4.6m/7.5km 1872 03 Nov 1956
Craghead Colliery Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 2.0m/3.2km  
Creswell Pit Annfield Plain 2.1m/3.4km  
Crookbank Colliery Burnopfield 2.1m/3.5km bef. 1847 
Crookhall Colliery Consett 4.0m/6.5km 1830 09 Nov 1963
D Pit Medomsley 2.2m/3.6km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Delves Colliery Delves, nr. Consett 4.1m/6.6km 1847 Sep 1913
Derwent Colliery Medomsley 2.2m/3.6km 1856 21 Nov 1964
Derwent Cote Quarry  1.8m/3.0km  
Derwenthaugh Coking Plant Blaydon-on-Tyne 4.5m/7.3km  
Dike Pit Beamish 3.7m/6.0km  
Dipton Colliery Dipton 0.9m/1.5km Apr 1855 Nov 1940
Drift  2.9m/4.7km  
Drift  2.8m/4.5km  
Duke Pit Chopwell 3.7m/6.0km  
Dummys Pit  2.7m/4.4km bef. 1790 
Dunleyford Quarry Consett 4.8m/7.7km  
Earl Pit Chopwell 3.3m/5.3km bef. 1857 
East Castle Colliery Annfield Plain 1.9m/3.1km  
East Drift Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  
East Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 1.4m/2.3km  1930
East Shaft Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  bef. 1922
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.5m/5.6km  1933
East Tanfield Colliery nr. Tantobie 2.1m/3.5km 1844 09 Jan 1965
Ebchester Main Colliery Ebchester 3.1m/5.1km  
Ebchester Opencast Ebchester 4.2m/6.8km  
Eden - Main Coal Drift Leadgate 2.2m/3.6km  
Eden Colliery Leadgate 2.4m/3.9km 1844 18 July 1980
Edge Pit Beamish 3.6m/5.9km  
Edward Pit Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Elm Park Drift Medomsley 3.5m/5.6km 1836 
Fallow Pit  4.1m/6.6km bef. 1857 
Fan Pit Stanley 2.1m/3.5km  
Fell Coking Plant Consett 5.0m/8.0km Mar 1924 
Fell Pit Burnhope 4.7m/7.6km  22 Jul 1949
Fenhall Drift nr. Lanchester 4.0m/6.5km  May 1963
Fifth Pit Beamish 3.7m/6.0km  
First Pit Winlaton 3.2m/5.2km 1801 
Five-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.4m/5.5km  
Folly Quarry (Sand) Ryton, Greenside 4.7m/7.6km  
Fortune Pit Burnhope 4.6m/7.4km  22 Jul 1949
Fortune Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km  
Fox Pit Stanley 2.1m/3.4km  
Friarside Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 1.4m/2.3km 1865 Feb 1960
Furnace Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.9km  
Furnace Pit Annfield Plain 1.8m/3.0km  
Garesfield Colliery Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km 1800 29 Jan 1960
Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 3.1m/5.1km  1854
Gate Pit Grange Villa 4.3m/6.9km  04 Aug 1938
Gellesfield Quarry High Spen 4.1m/6.7km  
George Pit Craghead 4.3m/6.9km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Gin Pit Medomsley 2.8m/4.6km  
Greencroft Colliery Annfield Plain 2.8m/4.5km 1840 
Greencroft Tower Colliery Annfield Plain 2.9m/4.7km 1838 Jul 1957
Greenside Colliery Greenside 4.5m/7.2km  23 Jul 1966
Grooves Pit  4.5m/7.3km bef. 1790 
Hamsterley Colliery Hamsterley 2.7m/4.4km 1864 02 Feb 1968
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 4.8m/7.7km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Hangingstone Quarry Consett 2.4m/3.9km  
Hannah Pit Lanchester 4.3m/6.9km  
Harelaw Pit Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.7km 1839 
Hassockfield Quarry Shotley Bridge 3.3m/5.4km  
Hazard Pit Blaydon 4.7m/7.6km  Mar 1921
Heavygate Pit Chopwell 3.0m/4.8km  
Hedge Pit Stanley 2.3m/3.7km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 2.6m/4.2km  
High Marley Hill Drift Byermoor 2.4m/3.9km 1948 29 Jun 1963
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 3.4m/5.5km  
Hive Pit Pontop 1.8m/3.0km  
Hobson Pit Burnopfield 1.1m/1.9km 1742 09 Aug 1968
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 4.2m/6.8km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Hookergate Drift Victoria Garesfield 2.1m/3.4km  
Hunter Pit Medomsley 2.2m/3.6km 1889 21 Nov 1964
Hutton Drift Chopwell 3.6m/5.9km  
Hutton Pit Annfield Plain 2.1m/3.4km  
Hutton Seam Drift  2.1m/3.4km  
Ice Pit Beamish 3.5m/5.7km  
Isabella Pit Medomsley 2.8m/4.5km 1898 06 Oct 1972
Iveston Colliery Iveston 3.1m/5.1km 1839 1892
John Pit Chopwell 3.8m/6.1km  
John Shaft  2.1m/3.4km  
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 3.5m/5.6km 1859 19 Mar 1936
King Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km  25 Nov 1966
Knitsley Mill Quarry Consett 4.8m/7.8km  
Kyo Wood Pit  4.6m/7.5km bef. 1790 
Lamp Pit Stanley 3.5m/5.6km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Colliery Lanchester 4.3m/6.9km  
Latterday Saint Pit Consett 4.0m/6.5km  
Law Pit Lanchester 1.1m/1.9km 1800 
Leazes Drift Lanchester 4.5m/7.3km  Jan 1949
Lee Pit Chopwell 3.9m/6.3km  
Lilley Brickworks Rowlands Gill 2.6m/4.2km  
Lilley Drift Rowlands Gill 2.6m/4.2km 1877 06 Jan 1957
Lily Colliery Dipton 0.8m/1.4km  
Lintz Colliery nr. Burnopfield 0.7m/1.2km 1855 Mar 1929
Lizzie Pit Annfield Plain 2.1m/3.5km  1927
Lodge Pit Marley Hill 3.3m/5.3km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Loud Pit Pontop 1.9m/3.1km  
Louisa Colliery Stanley 2.5m/4.0km 1759 1964
Low Hutton Drift Pontop 0.8m/1.3km  
Main Coal Drift nr. Dipton 0.8m/1.3km  Jul 1980
Main Drift Ebchester 2.6m/4.2km  
Malton Amy Drift Lanchester 4.8m/7.8km  
Margaret Pit Tanfield Lea 1.8m/2.9km 1903 25 Aug 1962
Margaret Pit Stanley 2.1m/3.5km  
Maria Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km  25 Nov 1966
Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.3m/5.3km 1841 03 Mar 1983
Mary Pit Beamish 3.1m/5.1km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Blaydon Burn 4.5m/7.2km 1850s 28 Mar 1953
Mary Pit nr. Dipton 1.2m/2.0km 1867 Jul 1980
Mary Pit Stanley 3.5m/5.6km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Medomsley Colliery Medomsley 2.8m/4.6km 1839 06 Oct 1972
Medomsley Cross Roads Colliery Medomsley 3.0m/4.8km  
Milkwellburn Colliery Chopwell 3.1m/5.0km  
Moor Pit Pontop 1.5m/2.5km  
Morrison Busty Colliery Annfield Plain 2.7m/4.4km 1927 05 Oct 1973
Morrowedge Quarry  3.4m/5.5km  
Mount Pit Tantobie 0.6m/1.0km  Oct 1948
Mount Pleasant Colliery Blackhill 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Mountsett Quarry Tantobie 0.3m/0.6km  
Nanny Pit Chopwell 3.5m/5.6km  
New Pit Stanley 3.5m/5.6km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
North Banks / Marley Hill Colliery Marley Hill 3.3m/5.3km 1700's 1815
North Lintz Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 1.4m/2.3km 1865 Feb 1960
North Pit Pontop 1.8m/2.9km  
Oswald Pit Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Oxhill Pit Stanley 2.3m/3.7km  
Park Head Drift Iveston 3.0m/4.9km  
Pea Pit Shield Row 2.1m/3.5km  
Pennyhill Pit Chopwell 4.1m/6.6km 1802 1940
Pike Pit Pontop 1.3m/2.2km  
Ploughsett Opencast Lofthouse 0.5m/0.8km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 4.6m/7.4km  22 Jul 1949
Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 2.0m/3.2km  
Pontop Hall Colliery nr. Dipton 1.4m/2.3km 1861 Jul 1980
Pontop Pea Pit Dipton 1.0m/1.6km  
Pontop Pike Colliery Ditpon 2.6m/4.3km  1938
Prosperous Pit Collierly 0.6m/1.1km  
Quaking House Pit Annfield Plain 2.4m/3.9km  05 Oct 1973
Ralph Pit Burnhope 4.6m/7.4km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Grange Opencast Kibblesworth 4.6m/7.5km  
Rickless Travelling Drift Blaydon 3.8m/6.2km  
Rose Cottage Drift nr. Annfield Plain 3.3m/5.4km 1952 Aug 1955
Ruler 'M' Drift Garesfield 3.6m/5.8km  
Saints Pit Delves, nr. Consett 4.0m/6.5km 1847 Sep 1913
Second Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.2km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Coronation Drift Sacriston 2.2m/3.6km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 4.8m/7.7km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 3.6m/5.9km  
Snipes Dene Pit Rowlands Gill 3.0m/4.8km  
South Derwent Colliery Annfield Plain 2.1m/3.4km  
South Garesfield Colliery nr. Rowlands Gill 1.4m/2.3km 1865 Feb 1960
South Medomsley Colliery nr. Dipton 1.4m/2.3km 1861 Jul 1980
South Moor Colliery Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
South Pontop Colliery Annfield Plain 2.1m/3.5km  22 Apr 1927
South Tanfield Colliery Stanley 2.1m/3.4km 1837 1915
Speculation Drift Blaydon 2.1m/3.5km  
Spring Gardens Colliery Lanchester 3.8m/6.1km  
Spring Pits Pontop 1.4m/2.3km  
Staple Pit Ditpon 1.5m/2.5km 1821 1938
Stockerley House Pit nr. Consett 3.5m/5.6km 1839 09 Nov 1963
Straightneck Pit Hamsterley 0.3m/0.6km  
Stubble Pit Tanfield 1.0m/1.6km  
Success Pit Ditpon 2.6m/4.3km  1938
Surtees (No. 2) Pit Dipton 0.3m/0.6km  Nov 1940
Tanfield Lea Colliery Tanfield Lea 1.8m/2.9km 1829 25 Aug 1962
Tanfield Moor Colliery Tantobie 0.7m/1.2km 1768 Oct 1948
Taylor Pit Chopwell 3.6m/5.8km 1798 25 Nov 1966
Thomas Pit Craghead 4.2m/6.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Three Quarter Seam Drift Medomsley 3.5m/5.6km  
Three-Quarter Drift Chopwell 3.3m/5.4km  
Tilley Drift Garesfield 3.6m/5.9km  
Tilley Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Tin Mill Colliery Blackhill 4.0m/6.4km bef. 1866 Aug 1910
Tinker Row Quarry Marley Hill 3.9m/6.3km  
Tongue Burns Drift Blackhall Mill 2.6m/4.3km  
Towneley Drift Garesfield 3.2m/5.2km  
Towneley Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 1.3m/2.2km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 5.0m/8.0km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 4.3m/6.9km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Upcast Shaft Annfield Plain 2.5m/4.1km  05 Oct 1973
Victoria Drift Blaydon 4.5m/7.3km  
Victoria Garesfield Colliery Victoria Garesfield 2.1m/3.4km 1870 13 Jul 1962
Victory Pit Consett 4.0m/6.5km  09 Nov 1963
Victory Pit Delves, nr. Consett 4.0m/6.5km 1847 Sep 1913
Water Level Drift East Castle 2.1m/3.5km  
Water Level Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 1.6m/2.6km  
Water Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.6km  
Watergate Colliery nr. Sunniside 5.0m/8.0km 1924 20 Aug 1964
West Drift Chopwell 4.6m/7.4km 1960 
West Ellimore Colliery Delves 3.7m/6.0km  
West Lintz Drift nr. Tantobie 0.1m/0.3km 1874 Mar 1929
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 5.0m/8.0km 1858 1921
West Pit House Shaft  4.1m/6.7km  
West Pontop Colliery Ditpon 2.6m/4.3km  1938
West Quarry Ebchester 3.1m/5.1km  
West Shieldrow Colliery Stanley 2.1m/3.5km  10 Dec 1934
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 3.5m/5.6km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Westwood Colliery Whickham 3.1m/5.0km  
Westwood Colliery Ebchester 2.9m/4.7km  1941
Whickham Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Whickhambanks Colliery Whickham, Gateshead 4.8m/7.7km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 4.9m/7.9km  
Whittonstall Drift Whittonstall 4.6m/7.5km 1907 25 Nov 1966
William Pit Craghead 4.3m/7.0km 1839 11 Apr 1969
William Pit Medomsley 2.3m/3.7km 1856 21 Nov 1964
William Pit Annfield Plain 2.3m/3.8km 1818 05 Oct 1973
Willie Pit Annfield Plain 1.9m/3.1km  
Willie Pit Tantobie 0.7m/1.2km 1762 Oct 1948
Wind Pit Tanfield Lea 1.6m/2.7km  25 Aug 1962
Windsor (North) Pit Ditpon 2.6m/4.3km  1938
Windyhill Quarry High Spen 3.8m/6.2km  
Wood Head Quarry Hamsterley 1.6m/2.7km  
Woodhouse Quarry High Spen 4.3m/7.0km  
Woodside Common Quarry Crook Hall, nr. Consett 3.6m/5.8km  
Woodside Winnings nr. Consett 3.8m/6.2km  09 Nov 1963
Yew Tree Drift nr. Rowlands Gill 1.6m/2.6km  

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