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Collieries in Northumberland and Durham

Compiled by Brian Pears

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Tanfield Lea Colliery, Tanfield Lea

Closed 25 Aug 1962. Owners:- Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ188544, 54° 53' 2" N, 1° 42' 25" W, 7 miles [11 Km] SW of Newcastle.

Tanfield Moor Colliery, Tantobie

Opened before 1828. Closed Oct 1948. Owners:- Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ169545, 54° 53' 6" N, 1° 44' 12" W, 7.5 miles [12 Km] SW of Newcastle.

Team Colliery

Opened before 1828. See Ravensworth Ann Colliery.

Teams Colliery

See Ravensworth Ann Colliery.

Temple Main Colliery

Opened before 1828.

Thornley Colliery, nr Rowlands Gill

See Garesfield Colliery.

Thornley Colliery, Thornley

Opened before 1841. Closed 9 Jan 1970. Owners:- Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ365395, 54° 44' 56" N, 1° 25' 58" W, 14.5 miles [23 Km] NNW of Middlesbrough.

Thrislington Colliery, West Cornforth

Closed 4 Mar 1967. Owners:- Henry Stobart & Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ309338, 54° 41' 53" N, 1° 31' 14" W, 14 miles [23 Km] NW of Middlesbrough.

Throckley Colliery

Owners:- Throckley Coal Co Ltd.

Tilley Drift

Part of Garesfield Colliery. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ13656043, 54° 56' 18" N, 1° 47' 13" W, 7.5 miles [12 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Tilley Pit

Part of Garesfield Colliery. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ1394159862, 54° 55' 59" N, 1° 46' 57" W, 7.5 miles [12 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Tin Mill Colliery, Blackhill

Alias:- Consett Colliery, Mount Pleasant Colliery, Blackhill Colliery. Opened before 1866. Closed Aug 1910. Owners:- Shotley Bridge Iron Co; (1866) Consett Iron Co. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ104515, 54° 51' 29" N, 1° 50' 17" W, 12 miles [19 Km] SW of Newcastle.

Tongue Burns Drift, Blackhall Mill

Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ12115703, 54° 54' 28" N, 1° 48' 40" W, 9 miles [15 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Towneley Colliery

See Emma Colliery.

Towneley Drift

Part of Garesfield Colliery. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ14035983, 54° 55' 58" N, 1° 46' 52" W, 7.5 miles [12 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Towneley Main Colliery

See Stella Colliery.

Trimdon Grange Colliery, Trimdon Grange

Closed 16 Feb 1968. Owners:- East Hetton Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ366356, 54° 42' 50" N, 1° 25' 55" W, 12.5 miles [20 Km] NW of Middlesbrough.

Tudhoe Colliery

Owners:- Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co Ltd.

Tudhoe Mill Drift, Tudhoe

Closed Feb 1965. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ252355, 54° 42' 50" N, 1° 36' 32" W, 17.5 miles [28 Km] S of Newcastle.

Tudhoe Park Colliery, Tudhoe

Closed May 1969. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ268357, 54° 42' 56" N, 1° 35' 2" W, 17 miles [27 Km] NW of Middlesbrough.

Tursdale Colliery, nr Cornforth

Owners:- Dorman, Long & Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Merged with Bowburn Colliery before 1947. NCB cleared surface buildings and built workshops - shaft used to access training face. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ292360, 54° 43' 5" N, 1° 32' 48" W, 16 miles [25 Km] NW of Middlesbrough.

Twizell Burn - Alma Drift

See Alma Drift.

Twizell Burn Drift, Grange Villa

Closed 1 Jul 1948. Owners:- Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ232515, 54° 51' 28" N, 1° 38' 19" W, 7.5 miles [12 Km] S of Newcastle.

Tyne Main Colliery, Friar's Goose, Gateshead

Opened before 1828. Two main shafts + shaft near Hawk's Iron Works.

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Upper Heworth Colliery, Gateshead

Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ282609, 54° 56' 31" N, 1° 33' 35" W, 2.5 miles [4 Km] SE of Newcastle.

Urpeth Busty Colliery

Owners:- Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ249536, 54° 52' 35" N, 1° 36' 43" W, 6.5 miles [10 Km] S of Newcastle.

Urpeth 'C' Colliery, Urpeth

Owners:- Pelaw Main Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Closed and re-opened in 1947. Merged with Ouston 'E' Colliery 30 Mar 1957. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ243545, 54° 53' 4" N, 1° 37' 16" W, 6 miles [9 Km] S of Newcastle.

Ushaw Moor Colliery, Ushaw Moor

Opened 1866. Closed 5 Aug 1960. Owners:- Henry Chaytor, (1893) Pease & Partners Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ220428, 54° 46' 46" N, 1° 39' 29" W, 13 miles [21 Km] S of Newcastle.

Usworth Colliery, Usworth

Closed 8 Aug 1974. Owners:- Leversons Wallsend Collieries Ltd; Washington Coal Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Combined with Wardley No 1 Colliery and Wardley No 2 Colliery 2 Jan 1959. Combined colliery based atWardley No 1 Colliery was renamed Usworth Colliery 20 Jan 1969. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ315584, 54° 55' 9" N, 1° 30' 31" W, 5 miles [8 Km] SE of Newcastle.

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Vale Pit

See Mount Moor Colliery.

Vane Tempest Colliery, Seaham

Closed Jun 1993. Owners:- Londonderry Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ425503, 54° 50' 44" N, 1° 20' 17" W, 13.5 miles [22 Km] SE of Newcastle.

Victoria Drift

Part of Blaydon Burn Colliery. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ16826227, 54° 57' 17" N, 1° 44' 14" W, 5.5 miles [9 Km] W of Newcastle.

Victoria Garesfield Colliery, Victoria Garesfield

Includes:- Coronation Drift, Speculation Drift, Hookergate Drift, Ashtree Drift, Rickless Travelling Drift. Opened c 1860. Closed 13 Jul 1962. Owners:- Thomas Ramsey, Victoria Garesfield Coll'y Co; (1899) Priestman Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ145580, 54° 54' 59" N, 1° 46' 26" W, 7.5 miles [12 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Victoria Pit

See Sacriston Colliery.

Victory Pit

Closed 9 Nov 1963. See Delves Colliery and Crookhall Colliery.

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Walbottle Colliery, nr Newburn

Opened before 1828. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ177649, 54° 58' 42" N, 1° 43' 24" W, 5 miles [8 Km] W of Newcastle.

Waldridge Colliery, Waldridge

Closed Apr 1926. Owners:- Thiedman & Wallis, Waldridge Coal Co; (1899) Priestman Collieries Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ250501, 54° 50' 42" N, 1° 36' 38" W, 8.5 miles [14 Km] S of Newcastle.

Walker Colliery

Opened before 1765.

Wallsend Colliery

Opened before 1782. Owners:- Wallsend & Hebburn Coal Co Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ310664, 54° 59' 28" N, 1° 30' 56" W, 4 miles [6 Km] ENE of Newcastle.

Wardley Colliery

Opened before 1868. Owners:- John Bowes & Partners. Replaced by Follonsby Colliery. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ306620, 54° 57' 6" N, 1° 31' 20" W, 3.5 miles [6 Km] ESE of Newcastle.

Wardley No 1 Colliery, White Mare Pool

Alias:- Follonsby Colliery. Opened Dec 1911. Closed 8 Aug 1974. Owners:- John Bowes & Partners. Replaced Wardley Colliery. Combined with Wardley No 2 Colliery and Usworth Colliery on 2 Jan 1959. Renamed Usworth Colliery 20 Jan 1969. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ313608, 54° 56' 27" N, 1° 30' 41" W, 4 miles [7 Km] ESE of Newcastle.

Wardley No 2 Colliery

Re-opened 2 Jan 1959 and combined with Wardley No 1 Colliery and Usworth Colliery. Shaft closed 29 Apr 1971. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ306620, 54° 57' 6" N, 1° 31' 20" W, 3.5 miles [6 Km] ESE of Newcastle.

Washington '1' Pit

Opened before 1828.

Washington Colliery

Opened before 1794. Owners:- Leversons Wallsend Collieries Ltd.

Washington 'F' Colliery, Washington

Closed 21 Jun 1968. Owners:- Washington Coal Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ303574, 54° 54' 37" N, 1° 31' 38" W, 5 miles [8 Km] SE of Newcastle.

Washington Glebe Colliery, Washington

Closed 4 Aug 1972. Owners:- Washington Coal Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ308563, 54° 54' 1" N, 1° 31' 11" W, 5.5 miles [9 Km] SE of Newcastle.

Watergate Colliery, nr Sunniside

Opened 1926. Closed 20 Aug 1964. Owners:- Priestman Collieries Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ222599, 54° 55' 60" N, 1° 39' 13" W, 3 miles [5 Km] SW of Newcastle.

Waterhouses Colliery, Waterhouses

Closed Aug 1966. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ185411, 54° 45' 52" N, 1° 42' 45" W, 14.5 miles [24 Km] SSW of Newcastle.

Wearmouth Colliery, Sunderland

Alias:- Monkwearmouth Colliery. Opened 1835. Closed Jun 1994. Owners:- Wearmouth Coal Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ394578, 54° 54' 48" N, 1° 23' 7" W, 9.5 miles [15 Km] ESE of Newcastle.

Weetslade Colliery

Owners:- Hazlerigg & Burradon Coal Co Ltd.

Wellington Colliery

Opened before 1828.

West Auckland Colliery

Closed Jul 1967.

West Brandon Drift, nr Waterhouses

Opened after 1947. Closed 22 Aug 1958. Owners:- NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ198402, 54° 45' 23" N, 1° 41' 32" W, 15 miles [24 Km] SSW of Newcastle.

West Cramlington Colliery

Opened before 1842.

West Drift

Opened 1960. Part of Chopwell Colliery. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ089575, 54° 54' 43" N, 1° 51' 40" W, 11 miles [18 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

West Edward Pit

Alias:- Edward Pit. Opened 1849. See Peases West Colliery and Roddymoor Colliery.

West Ellimore Colliery

Owners:- Consett Iron Co. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ120503, 54° 50' 50" N, 1° 48' 47" W, 11.5 miles [19 Km] SW of Newcastle.

West Emma Pit

Alias:- Emma Pit. Opened 1846. See Peases West Colliery and Roddymoor Colliery.

West Lintz Drift, nr Tantobie

Alias:- Brass Thill Drift, Esther Pit. Opened 1874. Closed Mar 1929. Owners:- Lintz Coll'y Co; (c 1900) South Garesfield Coll'y Co Ltd. Closed c 1878, re-opened as Esther Pit c 1900. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ156548, 54° 53' 15" N, 1° 45' 24" W, 8 miles [13 Km] SW of Newcastle.

West Lucy Pit, Billy Row

Alias:- Lucy Pit. Opened 1849. See Peases West Colliery and Roddymoor Colliery.

West Moor Colliery

See Killingworth West Moor.

West Pelton Colliery

Owners:- Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd.

West Pit

Part of Murton Colliery.

West Pit House Shaft

Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ1237260609, 54° 56' 24" N, 1° 48' 25" W, 8.5 miles [13 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

West Stanley Colliery

Owners:- South Derwent Coal Co Ltd.

West Thornley Colliery, nr Tow Law

Closed 6 Nov 1965. Owners:- Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 92) NZ133386, 54° 44' 32" N, 1° 47' 36" W, 17.5 miles [28 Km] SSW of Newcastle.

West Wylam Colliery

Owners:- Mickley Coal Co Ltd.

Westerton Colliery, Westerton

Closed Oct 1961. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ237318, 54° 40' 50" N, 1° 37' 57" W, 17.5 miles [28 Km] WNW of Middlesbrough.

Westoe Colliery, South Shields

Closed May 1993. Owners:- Harton Coal Co; (1947), NCB. Re-opened by NCB in 1947. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ373368, 54° 43' 29" N, 1° 25' 15" W, 12.5 miles [20 Km] NW of Middlesbrough.

Westwood Colliery

Opened 1871. Closed 1941. Owners:- Consett Iron Co Ltd. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ112567, 54° 54' 17" N, 1° 49' 31" W, 10 miles [16 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Wheatley Hill Colliery, Wheatley Hill

Closed 3 May 1968. Owners:- Weardale Steel, Coal & Coke Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ385393, 54° 44' 49" N, 1° 24' 7" W, 13.5 miles [22 Km] NNW of Middlesbrough.

Whitburn Colliery, Whitburn Colliery

Opened May 1879. Closed 7 Jun 1968. Owners:- Whitburn Coal Co; Harton Coal Co; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ408637, 54° 57' 58" N, 1° 21' 46" W, 9.5 miles [16 Km] E of Newcastle.

Whitefield Colliery, Chopwell

Includes:- John Pit. Opened before 1828.

Whittle Colliery, Newton-on-the-Moor

Location:- (Sheet 81) NU176064, 55° 21' 5" N, 1° 43' 21" W, 4.5 miles [7 Km] S of Alnwick.

Whittonstall Drift, Whittonstall

Opened 1907. Closed 25 Nov 1966. Owners:- Consett Iron Co; (1947) NCB. Part of Chopwell Colliery. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ087572, 54° 54' 34" N, 1° 51' 51" W, 11 miles [18 Km] WSW of Newcastle.

Whitworth Park Colliery, Spennymoor

Closed Jul 1974. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ250340, 54° 42' 1" N, 1° 36' 43" W, 17.5 miles [28 Km] WNW of Middlesbrough.

Willington Colliery, Willington Quay

Includes:- Bigge's Pit. Opened before 1778.

Wilson's Field Colliery, Gateshead

Opened before 1645.

Windsor's Colliery

Opened before 1828.

Wingate Grange Colliery, Wingate

Closed 26 Oct 1962. Owners:- Wingate Coal Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 93) NZ398373, 54° 43' 44" N, 1° 22' 55" W, 12 miles [20 Km] NNW of Middlesbrough.

Winlaton Colliery

Opened before 1587.

Witton Colliery, Sacriston

Includes:- Witton Shield Row No 2 Drift. Opened 1859. Closed 8 Jan 1966. Owners:- Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Co Ltd; (1947) NCB. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ238461, 54° 48' 33" N, 1° 37' 47" W, 11 miles [18 Km] S of Newcastle.

Witton Shield Row Drift, Sacriston

Opened 1920. Owners:- Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Co Ltd. Part of Witton Colliery.

Witton Shield Row No 2 Drift, Sacriston

Opened c 1940. Closed 1941. Owners:- Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Co Ltd. Part of Witton Colliery.

Woodhorn Colliery

Owners:- Ashington Coal Co Ltd.

Woodside Winnings

Owners:- Consett Iron Co. Part of Crookhall Colliery. Location:- (Sheet 88) NZ138490, 54° 50' 8" N, 1° 47' 6" W, 11.5 miles [19 Km] SW of Newcastle.

Wooley Colliery, nr Crook

Owners:- Pease & Partners Ltd; (!947) NCB. Closed Aug 1931, later re-opened. Merged with Roddymoor Colliery 1 Apr 1951. Location:- (Sheet 92) NZ178385, 54° 44' 28" N, 1° 43' 25" W, 16.5 miles [26 Km] SSW of Newcastle.

Wylam Colliery

Opened before 1828.

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