Collieries Index

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Nanny Pit, Chopwell

Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ124593, 54° 55' 41" N, 1° 48' 23" W, 8.5 miles [14 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Nesham's Colliery, Newbottle

Opened before 1821.

Netherton Colliery, Bedlington

Opened before 1828. Owners:- Netherton Coal Co Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 81) NZ240826, 55° 8' 14" N, 1° 37' 25" W, 12 miles [19 Km] N of Newcastle.

Nettlesworth Drift, nr Waldridge

Includes:- Dene Drift. Closed Sep 1974. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ254493, 54° 50' 16" N, 1° 36' 16" W, 9 miles [14 Km] S of Newcastle.

New Pit, Houghton le Spring

Opened before 1828.

New Brancepeth Colliery, New Brancepeth

Closed 17 Jul 1953. Owners:- New Brancepeth Coll'y Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ222421, 54° 46' 24" N, 1° 39' 18" W, 13.5 miles [22 Km] S of Newcastle.

New Milking Hill Pit, Gateshead Fell

Opened before 1773.

New Pelton Main Colliery

Owners:- Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd.

New Pit

Part of Murton Colliery - half of East Shaft.

New Seaham Colliery

See Seaham Colliery.

New Shildon Colliery, Shildon

Closed Aug 1965. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ220256, 54° 37' 30" N, 1° 39' 33" W, 17 miles [28 Km] WNW of Middlesbrough.

New Washington Colliery

Opened before 1796.

Newbottle Colliery

Includes:- Dolly Pit, Dorothea Pit. Opened before 1799.

North Pit, Rainton

Opened before 1821.

North Biddick Colliery

Opened before 1710. Owners:- Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd.

North Elswick Colliery

Owners:- North Elswick Coal Co Ltd.

North Hetton Colliery

Owners:- Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd.

North Pit, Chopwell

Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ12296055, 54° 56' 22" N, 1° 48' 29" W, 8.5 miles [13 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

North Seaton Colliery

Owners:- Cowpen Coal Co Ltd.

North Tees Colliery, nr Winston

Closed Jan 1966. Location:- (Sheet 92) NZ123164, 54° 32' 33" N, 1° 48' 35" W, 23 miles [37 Km] W of Middlesbrough.

North Walbottle Colliery

Owners:- North Walbottle Coal Co Ltd.

Norwood Colliery

Owners:- Dunston Garesfield Collieries Ltd.

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O

Oakwellgate Colliery, Gateshead

Opened 29 May 1842.

Ouston 'A' Colliery

Owners:- Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ264535, 54° 52' 32" N, 1° 35' 19" W, 6.5 miles [10 Km] S of Newcastle.

Ouston 'B' Colliery

Owners:- Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ266545, 54° 53' 4" N, 1° 35' 7" W, 6 miles [9 Km] S of Newcastle.

Ouston Colliery

Opened before 1815.

Ouston 'E' Colliery, Ouston

Closed 31 Jan 1959. Owners:- Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Merged with Urpeth 'C' Colliery on 30 Mar 1957. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ266548, 54° 53' 14" N, 1° 35' 7" W, 5.5 miles [9 Km] S of Newcastle.

Oxclose 'A' Pit

Opened before 1799.

Oxclose Colliery

Opened before 1805.

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Page Bank Colliery, Page Bank

Closed Jul 1931. Owners:- Dorman, Long & Co Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ228354, 54° 42' 47" N, 1° 38' 46" W, 17.5 miles [28 Km] S of Newcastle.

Peases West Colliery

Includes:- West Emma Pit, West Lucy Pit, West Edward Pit.

Pegswood Colliery

Owners:- Owners of Bentinck West Hartley Coll'y.

Pelaw Main Colliery

Owners:- Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd.

Pelton Colliery, Pelton

Closed Feb 1965. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ255517, 54° 51' 34" N, 1° 36' 10" W, 7.5 miles [12 Km] S of Newcastle.

Penhall Drift

Closed 1963.

Pennyhill Pit, Chopwell

Opened 1802. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ1212660464, 54° 56' 19" N, 1° 48' 39" W, 8.5 miles [14 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Percy Main Colliery

Opened before 1828.

Phoenix Drift, nr Greenside

Closed Aug 1964. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ137628, 54° 57' 34" N, 1° 47' 10" W, 7 miles [12 Km] W of Newcastle.

Picktree Colliery

Opened before 1794.

Pigg Pit, Gateshead Fell

Opened before 1773.

Plain Pit, Rainton

Opened before 1815.

Plashetts Colliery, Plashetts

Location:- (Sheet 80) NY682895, 55° 11' 55" N, 2° 29' 59" W, 34.5 miles [56 Km] WSW of Alnwick.

Plenmeller Colliery, nr Haltwhistle

(Sheet 86).

Polka Pit

Part of Murton Colliery - half of Middle Shaft.

Pontop Colliery

Opened before 1828.

Pontop Hall Colliery

See South Medomsley Colliery.

Princes Street Drift, nr Shildon

Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ201263, 54° 37' 53" N, 1° 41' 19" W, 18.5 miles [30 Km] WNW of Middlesbrough.

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Quarry Drift, nr Bishop Auckland

Alias:- Etherley Dene Drift. Closed Sep 1955. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ205292, 54° 39' 27" N, 1° 40' 56" W, 18.5 miles [30 Km] WNW of Middlesbrough.

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Ramshaw No1 Colliery, nr West Auckland

Closed Oct 1959. Location:- (Sheet 92) NZ165273, 54° 38' 26" N, 1° 44' 40" W, 20.5 miles [33 Km] WNW of Middlesbrough.

Ramshaw No2 Colliery, nr West Auckland

Closed Oct 1959. Location:- (Sheet 92) NZ170267, 54° 38' 6" N, 1° 44' 12" W, 20.5 miles [33 Km] WNW of Middlesbrough.

Randolph Colliery, nr Evenwood

Closed 17 Feb 1962. Owners:- Randolph Coal Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 92) NZ 157249, 54° 37' 8" N, 1° 45' 25" W, 21 miles [34 Km] W of Middlesbrough.

Ravensworth Ann Colliery, nr Birtley

Alias:- Team Colliery, Teams Colliery, Ravensworth Betty Colliery. Closed Feb 1968. Owners:- Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Combined with Ravensworth Betty Colliery and sometimes known under that name. Ann Pit ceased to be used for drawing coal 8 Mar 1968 and from 11 Mar 1968 coal drawn from Ravensworth Park Drift which became Ravensworth Ann Colliery. Merged with Kibblesworth Colliery 24 Apr 1973. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ265579, 54° 54' 54" N, 1° 35' 12" W, 3.5 miles [6 Km] SSE of Newcastle.

Ravensworth Betty Colliery

Combined early with Ravensworth Ann Colliery.

Ravensworth Colliery

Opened before 1757.

Ravensworth Park Drift

Alias:- Lady Park Drift. Owners:- Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Drift closed 9 Mar 1968, re-opened as Ravensworth Ann Colliery 11 Mar 1968. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ242588, 54° 55' 24" N, 1° 37' 21" W, 3 miles [5 Km] SSW of Newcastle.

Ravensworth Shop Colliery

Alias:- Allerdene Shop Pit, Shop Pit. Closed 23 Feb 1962. Owners:- Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ257526, 54° 52' 3" N, 1° 35' 58" W, 7 miles [11 Km] S of Newcastle.

Redheugh Colliery, Gateshead

Opened 1872. Closed 1927. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ244625, 54° 57' 23" N, 1° 37' 8" W, 1 mile [2 Km] SW of Newcastle.

Rickless Travelling Drift

Part of Victoria Garesfield Colliery. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ1399460819, 54° 56' 30" N, 1° 46' 54" W, 7 miles [12 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Ridly Drift

Closed Jan 1956.

Rising Sun Colliery

Owners:- Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co Ltd.

Roddymoor Colliery, Crook

Includes:- West Emma, West Lucy, West Edward. Opened 1844. Closed 10 Aug 1963. Owners:- Pease & Partners Ltd; (1947) NCB. Merged with Wooley Colliery 1 Apr 1951. Location:- (Sheet 92) NZ156365, 54° 43' 23" N, 1° 45' 28" W, 18 miles [29 Km] SSW of Newcastle.

Rose Cottage Drift, nr Annfield Plain

Closed Aug 1955. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ175497, 54° 50' 30" N, 1° 43' 39" W, 10 miles [16 Km] SSW of Newcastle.

Row Pit, nr Harraton

Opened before 1828.

Ruler 'M' Drift

See Garesfield Colliery. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ1313660076, 54° 56' 6" N, 1° 47' 42" W, 8 miles [13 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Rush Pit, Gateshead Fell

Opened before 1773.

Russell's Wallsend Colliery

Opened before 1828.

Ryhope Colliery, Ryhope

Closed 25 Nov 1966. Owners:- Ryhope Coal Co; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ399535, 54° 52' 29" N, 1° 22' 41" W, 11 miles [18 Km] SE of Newcastle.

Ryton Moor Colliery

Opened before 1828.

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Sacriston Colliery, Sacriston

Alias:- Victoria Pit, Sacriston Victoria Colliery. Includes:- Sacriston Five-Quarter Drift. Opened 1839. Closed 15 Nov 1985. Owners:- Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Aborbed Low Nettlesworth Colliery & High Nettlesworth Colliery c 1890. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ234478, 54° 49' 28" N, 1° 38' 9" W, 10 miles [16 Km] S of Newcastle.

Sacriston Five-Quarter Drift

Opened 1940. Part of Sacriston Colliery.

Sacriston Victoria Colliery

See Sacriston Colliery.

Saint Pit

See Delves Colliery.

St Anthony's Colliery

Opened before 1828.

St Helen's Colliery, St Helen's Auckland

Opened 1831. Closed Apr 1926. Owners:- Pease & Partners Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 92) NZ196270, 54° 38' 15" N, 1° 41' 47" W, 19 miles [30 Km] WNW of Middlesbrough.

St Hilda's Colliery

Opened before 1839. Owners:- Harton Coal Co. At first called 'Harton Colliery'. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ361667, 54° 59' 37" N, 1° 26' 8" W, 7 miles [11 Km] ENE of Newcastle.

St Lawrence Colliery

Opened before 1834.

Seaham Colliery, Seaham

Alias:- New Seaham Colliery. Closed 1988. Owners:- Londonderry Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ413496, 54° 50' 22" N, 1° 21' 25" W, 13.5 miles [21 Km] SE of Newcastle.

Seaton Burn Colliery

Owners:- Seaton Burn Coal Co Ltd.

Seaton Delaval Colliery

Owners:- Hartley Main Collieries Ltd.

Seghill Colliery

Owners:- Seghill Coll'y Ltd.

Sherburn Hill Colliery, Sherburn Hill

Closed 7 Aug 1965. Owners:- Dorman, Long & Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ336427, 54° 46' 41" N, 1° 28' 39" W, 14 miles [23 Km] SSE of Newcastle.

Sheriff Hill Colliery, Wrekenton

Alias:- Ellison Main Colliery. Opened before 1793. Closed before 1895. Same location Isabella Pit. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ272596, 54° 55' 49" N, 1° 34' 32" W, 3 miles [5 Km] SSE of Newcastle.

Shield Row Coronation Drift

See Coronation Drift.

Shield Row Drift, Sacriston

Opened 1897. Owners:- Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Co Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ234475, 54° 49' 18" N, 1° 38' 9" W, 10 miles [16 Km] S of Newcastle.

Shilbottle Colliery, Shilbottle

Location:- (Sheet 81) NU215080, 55° 21' 56" N, 1° 39' 39" W, 4 miles [6 Km] SSE of Alnwick.

Shiney Row Colliery

Opened before 1808.

Shipcote Colliery, Gateshead

Opened c 1856. Closed 1880s.

Shire Moor Colliery

Opened before 1828.

Shop Pit

See Ravensworth Shop Colliery.

Shoreswood Colliery

Opened before 1855. Owners:- Carr & Co.

Shotton Colliery

Opened before 1841. Closed 1 Sep 1972. Owners:- Haswell Coal Co; Horden Collieries, (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ398413, 54° 45' 54" N, 1° 22' 53" W, 14.5 miles [23 Km] NNW of Middlesbrough.

Silksworth Colliery, Silksworth

Closed 5 Nov 1971. Owners:- Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ377541, 54° 52' 49" N, 1° 24' 44" W, 9.5 miles [16 Km] SE of Newcastle.

South Biddick Colliery

Opened before 1766.

South Garesfield Colliery, nr Rowlands Gill

Opened Aug 1887. Closed Feb 1960. Owners:- South Garesfield Coll'y Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ157572, 54° 54' 33" N, 1° 45' 18" W, 7 miles [12 Km] SW of Newcastle.

South Hetton Colliery, South Hetton

Opened 5 Aug 1833. Closed Jul 1982. Owners:- South Hetton Coal Co; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ383453, 54° 48' 4" N, 1° 24' 15" W, 14 miles [23 Km] SE of Newcastle.

South Medomsley Colliery, nr Dipton

Alias:- Pontop Hall Colliery. Opened 1861. Closed Jul 1980. Owners:- D Baker & Co; South Medomsley Coll'y Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Merged with Eden Colliery 30 Dec 1961 and site cleared. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ144531, 54° 52' 21" N, 1° 46' 32" W, 9.5 miles [15 Km] SW of Newcastle.

South Moor Colliery

Opened before 1828. Owners:- Holmside and South Moor Collieries Ltd.

South Pelaw Colliery, nr Chester-le-Street

Alias:- 'E' Pit. Closed 3 Jan 1964. Owners:- Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd; South Pelaw Coal Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ264523, 54° 51' 53" N, 1° 35' 19" W, 7 miles [11 Km] S of Newcastle.

South Shildon Colliery, Shildon

Closed Aug 1958. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ233253, 54° 37' 20" N, 1° 38' 21" W, 16.5 miles [26 Km] WNW of Middlesbrough.

Speculation Drift

Part of Victoria Garesfield Colliery. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ1430358122, 54° 55' 3" N, 1° 46' 37" W, 7.5 miles [12 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Speculation Pit

A drift. Part of Blaydon Main Colliery. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ19096280, 54° 57' 34" N, 1° 42' 7" W, 4 miles [6 Km] W of Newcastle.

Springfield Colliery

Opened before 1833.

Springwell (Vale Pit)

See Mount Moor Colliery.

Springwell Colliery, Springwell

Opened 1824. Closed Jun 1932. Owners:- John Bowes & Partners. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ285589, 54° 55' 26" N, 1° 33' 19" W, 3.5 miles [6 Km] SE of Newcastle. (Shaft and gear were maintained until the late 1960s as an escape route for Usworth - info from Alastair Greason).

Staindrop Field House Colliery, nr Evenwood Gate

Closed Jul 1967. Location:- (Sheet 92) NZ175249, 54° 37' 8" N, 1° 43' 44" W, 20 miles [32 Km] W of Middlesbrough.

Stanley Burn Drift, Prudhoe

Closed Feb 1965. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ115626, 54° 57' 28" N, 1° 49' 13" W, 8.5 miles [14 Km] W of Newcastle.

Stanley Colliery, nr Waterhouses

Opened before 1828. Closed Nov 1911. Owners:- Pease & Partners Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 92) NZ173397, 54° 45' 7" N, 1° 43' 52" W, 15.5 miles [25 Km] SSW of Newcastle.

Stanley Cottage Drift, nr Billy Row

Closed May 1968. Location:- (Sheet 92) NZ171391, 54° 44' 47" N, 1° 44' 4" W, 16 miles [26 Km] SSW of Newcastle.

Stargate Colliery, Stargate

Opened 1872. Closed 29 Jun 1963. Owners:- Stella Coal Co; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ161634, 54° 57' 54" N, 1° 44' 55" W, 5.5 miles [9 Km] W of Newcastle.

Stella Colliery

Alias:- Towneley Main Colliery. Opened before 1815. Owners:- Stella Coal Co Ltd.

Stobswood Colliery

Owners:- Stobswood Coal Co.

Success Pit, nr Newbottle

Opened before 1828.

Swalwell Garesfield Colliery, Swalwell

Closed Aug 1940. Owners:- Swalwell Garesfield Coal Co; Dunston Garesfield Colleries Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ205623, 54° 57' 17" N, 1° 40' 47" W, 3 miles [5 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Swang Pit, Gateshead Fell

Opened before 1773.

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