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Durham Collieries search results

Browse by Colliery

The following is an alphabetical list of collieries in County Durham, from c.1850 to c.1990. Please click on a colliery name for further information or click on an initial letter to jump to collieries in that section.

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  • Beamish Burn [Colliery] (Chester-le-Street)
  • Beamish Busty [Colliery] (Tanfield)
  • Beamish Colliery (Tanfield)
  • Beamish Colliery (Urpeth)
  • Beamish Colliery (East Stanley Pit) (Tanfield)
  • Beamish Colliery (Second Pit) (Tanfield)
  • Beamish James [Pit] (Tanfield)
  • Beamish Park [Pit] (Tanfield)
  • Beamish Water Pit (Tanfield)
  • Bearpark Aldin Grange [Colliery] (Witton Gilbert)
  • Bearpark Brancepeth Colliery (Witton Gilbert)
  • Bearpark Colliery (Elvet (det))
  • Beaumont Drift (Redworth)
  • Beechburn Colliery (North Bedburn)
  • Beechburn Grange [Colliery] (North Bedburn)
  • Bell Close [Colliery] (Staindrop)
  • Bell's House [Colliery] (Cornsay)
  • Belmont Colliery (Durham St. Giles)
  • Bessie Pit [1] (Winlaton)
  • Bessie Pit [2] (Winlaton)
  • Betsey Pit (Winlaton)
  • Bettie Pit (Greencroft)
  • Betty Pit (Newbottle)
  • Betty Pit [1] (Lamesley)
  • Betty Pit [2] (Lamesley)
  • Bewicke Main Colliery (Kibblesworth)

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