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Collieries in Northumberland and Durham
Compiled by Brian Pears
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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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- 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.
