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  Chester South Moor Colliery  Index  Chester South Moor Colliery  
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Chester South Moor Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 26800 49400

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Chester South Moor Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Chester South Moor Colliery

In the following table the value given for the distance (miles/kilometres) from Chester South Moor Colliery are "as the crow flies" and are provided as an indication only.

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 4.0m/6.5km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 1.9m/3.1km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 4.6m/7.4km  
Adventure Pit West Rainton 3.2m/5.2km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Air Pit Beamish 4.3m/7.0km 1849 
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 4.4m/7.1km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Alma Drift Grange Villa 2.5m/4.1km  02 Mar 1955
Alma Pit Pelton 2.5m/4.1km 1858 
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.8km  
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 3.8m/6.1km  
Annie Pit Burnhope 4.9m/7.9km  22 Jul 1949
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 4.6m/7.4km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 1.4m/2.3km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.1km 1880s Sep 1949
Ayton Pit Harraton 3.8m/6.1km  
Beamish Colliery Beamish 4.3m/7.0km 1763 26 Mar 1966
Beamish Museum Chester-le-Street 4.5m/7.3km  
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 4.0m/6.5km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 3.9m/6.3km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 4.0m/6.5km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Belmont Colliery Pittington 4.0m/6.4km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 3.9m/6.3km  
Betty Pit Burnhope 4.8m/7.7km  22 Jul 1949
Betty Pit  3.9m/6.3km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 4.2m/6.8km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 3.4m/5.5km  
Billy Pit Harraton 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 3.9m/6.3km 1913 May 1932
Borehole Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.8km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 4.1m/6.7km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 3.1m/5.1km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Branch Pit West Rainton 4.0m/6.4km  
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 3.1m/5.1km  1924
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 3.6m/5.9km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.6m/7.4km  1890
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.9m/3.1km 1867 Feb 1965
Burnhope Colliery Burnhope 4.8m/7.7km Apr 1850 22 Jul 1949
Burns Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Busty Pit Craghead 3.5m/5.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.8m/2.9km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 0.8m/1.3km 1875 Apr 1926
Butney Pit Washington 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 1.8m/3.0km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  2.0m/3.3km  
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 2.6m/4.3km  07 Nov 1924
Causey Mill Drift nr. Stanley 3.6m/5.9km 1949 Jan 1955
Centre Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.1km  
Chance Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.7km  
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 2.4m/3.9km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 3.3m/5.4km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 3.5m/5.7km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 3.5m/5.7km 1680 
Church Pit Pittington 4.0m/6.4km 1836 1872?
Clog Pit  4.0m/6.4km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 2.1m/3.5km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 1.6m/2.6km  Apr 1957
Craghead Colliery Craghead 3.5m/5.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 3.7m/6.0km  1924
Cuckoo Drift Burnhope 4.1m/6.6km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 3.3m/5.4km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 1.3m/2.2km  
Dike Pit Beamish 4.0m/6.4km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.7km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 4.5m/7.2km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.3m/5.3km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 4.5m/7.2km  1956
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 2.6m/4.3km  07 Nov 1924
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 4.4m/7.1km  
Durham Main Colliery Durham 3.7m/6.0km  1924
East Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.1m/6.6km  1933
Edge Pit Beamish 3.9m/6.3km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 2.3m/3.8km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Edward Pit Craghead 3.5m/5.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 4.0m/6.4km  1956
Eller Shaft West Edmondsley 3.0m/4.9km  
Ellison's Shaft  3.6m/5.9km  
Elvet Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Engine Pit  3.5m/5.6km  
Engine Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.6m/2.7km 1867 Feb 1965
Fatfield Colliery Washington 3.9m/6.3km 1700's 
Fell Pit Burnhope 4.5m/7.2km  22 Jul 1949
Field House Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Fifth Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.6km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 2.0m/3.3km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 2.6m/4.2km  
Florence Pit Durham 4.2m/6.8km 1872 
Fortune Pit Burnhope 4.8m/7.7km  22 Jul 1949
Fortune Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.9km  
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 2.7m/4.4km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 3.0m/4.9km 1840 1934
Furnace Pit Pittington 4.0m/6.4km 1836 1872?
Galley's Field Corner Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Garden Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.9km  
Gate Pit Grange Villa 3.3m/5.3km  04 Aug 1938
George Pit Craghead 3.3m/5.3km 1839 11 Apr 1969
George Pit Lumley 2.1m/3.4km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 2.1m/3.5km 1841 1936
Gill Pit South Biddick 3.7m/6.0km  
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 4.9m/7.9km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Glow O'er 'em Pit  4.0m/6.4km  
Godspeed Pit  3.5m/5.7km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 3.6m/5.8km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenwell Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 3.4m/5.5km  
Handen Hold Colliery West Pelton 2.9m/4.7km 1860 01 Mar 1968
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 1.6m/2.6km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 1.4m/2.3km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  4.0m/6.4km  
Haugh Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 4.5m/7.3km 1818 
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 3.3m/5.3km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 3.3m/5.3km  
Hedley Colliery South Moor 5.0m/8.0km  
Hill Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 4.8m/7.8km  1951
Hill Top Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.1m/6.7km  
Hilltop Colliery Esh 4.6m/7.5km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 4.5m/7.2km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 1.4m/2.3km  
Holmside Brickworks Craghead 3.5m/5.7km  
Holmside Colliery Craghead 3.5m/5.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 4.3m/7.0km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.5m/7.2km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 3.0m/4.8km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  3.7m/6.0km  
Ice Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.6km  
Jacks Row Pit  2.8m/4.5km  
Jane Pit  3.8m/6.1km  
Joliffe Pit  3.5m/5.7km  
Judith Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.5km  
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 3.6m/5.9km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 3.8m/6.2km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kettledrum Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 1859 19 Mar 1936
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.2km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.2km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 4.5m/7.2km  
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 1.5m/2.5km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  3.6m/5.9km  
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 3.1m/5.1km 1790 
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 4.3m/6.9km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 3.1m/5.1km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 3.1m/5.1km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 3.1m/5.1km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Pit Penshaw 4.0m/6.4km 1792 
Lamp Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 1874 19 Mar 1936
Lanchester Towneley Drift nr. Towneley 4.9m/7.9km  Aug 1963
Lane Pit Harraton 3.8m/6.2km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 3.5m/5.7km  
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.1m/6.6km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 4.4m/7.1km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.1m/6.7km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Letch Pit High Moorsley 4.3m/7.0km 1824 1897
Little Pit Washington 4.1m/6.7km 1894 Mar 1935
Low Letch Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.5m/5.6km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Colliery Lumley 2.6m/4.2km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 2.5m/4.0km  
Malton Hilltop Colliery Langley Park 4.8m/7.8km  1951
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 4.1m/6.7km  1930's
Mary Pit Beamish 4.4m/7.1km 1883 26 Mar 1966
Mary Pit Durham 4.2m/6.8km  
Mary Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 1860 19 Mar 1936
Mary Pit Newbottle 3.9m/6.3km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 3.6m/5.8km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Middle Pit  4.2m/6.8km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 0.6m/1.1km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 3.5m/5.6km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 4.2m/6.8km  
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 3.3m/5.3km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 3.3m/5.4km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 5.0m/8.0km 1821 1935
Morrowedge Quarry  4.8m/7.7km  
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 4.5m/7.2km 1774 1956
Nelly Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 1.6m/2.7km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 0.8m/1.4km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New D Pit Penshaw 4.1m/6.6km 1832 
New Pit Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 15 Aug 1876 09 Feb 1937
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 4.5m/7.2km 1774 1956
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 2.1m/3.5km 1841 1936
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 3.8m/6.1km 1817 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 4.1m/6.6km  
North Biddick Colliery Washington 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 5.0m/8.0km 1821 1935
Old Engine Pit  3.6m/5.8km  
Old Pit Durham 2.7m/4.4km  07 Nov 1924
Oswald Pit Craghead 3.6m/5.8km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Ouston Colliery Ouston 3.3m/5.4km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.0m/6.5km  
Pea Flat Pit  2.4m/3.9km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 3.3m/5.3km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 1.6m/2.7km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 1.6m/2.6km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 4.0m/6.5km  
Pheasant Drift Burnhope 4.3m/6.9km  
Pity Me Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 3.3m/5.4km  
Polo Drift Burnhope 4.8m/7.7km  22 Jul 1949
Pontop Pit East Rainton 4.1m/6.6km 1790 
Quarry Pit East Rainton 4.4m/7.1km  
Rabbit Warren Drift Burnhope 4.1m/6.6km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 3.2m/5.2km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 3.6m/5.8km  
Ralph Pit Burnhope 4.8m/7.7km  22 Jul 1949
Ravensworth Brick and Tile Works Birtley 3.8m/6.2km  
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 2.0m/3.3km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Redhouse Pit  4.2m/6.8km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 2.8m/4.6km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 2.5m/4.0km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 3.9m/6.3km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.3km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 4.6m/7.5km  
Row Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.9km  29 May 1965
Rush Pit Harraton 3.6m/5.9km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 2.3m/3.7km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Sandy Pits  4.5m/7.3km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.7km  
Second Pit Beamish 3.9m/6.3km 1784 09 Nov 1962
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 2.3m/3.8km 1845 May 1947
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 3.3m/5.3km  
Six Feet Staple West Pelton 2.9m/4.7km  01 Mar 1968
Sixth Pit Beamish 4.1m/6.6km  
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 1.5m/2.4km  May 1990
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 3.4m/5.5km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 3.4m/5.5km  08 Feb 1922
South Engine Pit Durham 4.9m/7.9km  
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 1.8m/2.9km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 3.5m/5.7km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 1.7m/2.8km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 2.6m/4.2km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Street Pit Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Success Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 3.9m/6.3km  1956
Thomas Pit Craghead 3.5m/5.7km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 2.1m/3.5km  
Twizell Burn Drift Grange Villa 2.5m/4.1km 1843 01 Jul 1948
Twizell Colliery Grange Villa 3.3m/5.3km 1844 04 Aug 1938
Union Brick Works Birtley 3.8m/6.2km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 4.1m/6.7km  
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 2.2m/3.6km  30 Nov 1920
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 2.8m/4.6km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 3.5m/5.6km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Venture Pit  4.0m/6.5km  
Victoria Pit Washington 4.3m/6.9km  Mar 1935
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 1.1m/1.8km 1831 Apr 1926
Warren Drift Burnhope 4.1m/6.6km  22 Jul 1949
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 3.9m/6.3km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 5.0m/8.0km bef. 1794 
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 4.8m/7.8km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Water Pit Beamish 3.8m/6.1km  
Way Pit Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km  
Wellington Pit West Edmondsley 2.3m/3.8km  30 Nov 1920
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 2.3m/3.8km  30 Nov 1920
West Pelton Colliery Pelton 2.5m/4.1km 1858 1921
West Stanley Colliery Stanley 4.0m/6.5km 1832 19 Mar 1936
Whin Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 4.1m/6.6km  
Whitehall Pit Pelton 2.6m/4.2km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 4.1m/6.6km 1830 
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 3.0m/4.9km 1790 
William Pit Craghead 3.3m/5.3km 1839 11 Apr 1969
Witton Colliery Sacriston 2.7m/4.4km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 2.5m/4.0km  
Woodside Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 2.3m/3.8km  

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