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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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  • Old Black Boy Colliery (Coundon Grange)
  • Old Carterthorne Colliery (Barony)
  • Old Copley Colliery (Lynesack & Softley)
  • Old Copley Smout [Pit] (Lynesack & Softley)
  • Old Durham Colliery (Elvet)
  • Old Durham Shincliffe [Colliery] (Elvet)
  • Old Eldon Colliery (Eldon)
  • Old Eldon Drift (Eldon)
  • Old Etherley Colliery (Escomb)
  • Old Etherley Colliery (George Pit) (Escomb)
  • Old Etherley Colliery (Jane Pit) (Witton-le-Wear)
  • Old Etherley Colliery (Phoenix Pit) (Escomb)
  • Old Etherley Rush [Pit] (Bishop Auckland)
  • Old Gordon [Colliery] (Cockfield)
  • Old Lonsdale [Colliery] (Pittington Hallgarth)
  • Old Louisa [Colliery] (Tanfield)
  • Old Medomsley [Colliery] (Iveston)
  • Old North End [Colliery] (Cockfield)
  • Old Roddymoor Colliery (Crook & Billy Row)
  • Old Sherburn [Colliery] (Sherburn)
  • Old Shield Pit (Tanfield)
  • Old South Moor Colliery (Tanfield)
  • Old Thornley [Colliery] (Thornley)
  • Old Upper Heworth Colliery (Heworth)
  • Old Water Level [Colliery] (Hedleyhope)
  • Old White Lea [Colliery] (Crook & Billy Row)

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