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Chirton Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 35652 68285

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Chirton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Chirton Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Wallsend 4.4m/7.1km  
Alfred Pit Jarrow 2.3m/3.7km 1803 
Algernon Colliery Backworth 2.6m/4.3km 1853 19 Feb 1966
Ann Pit Walker 4.6m/7.4km  
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 3.9m/6.3km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 3.9m/6.3km 1818 Jun 1980
Backworth Quarry Backworth 4.1m/6.7km  
Bigge Pit Willington 2.5m/4.0km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 4.4m/7.1km  
Billy Mill Colliery North Shields 0.8m/1.3km 1921 1925
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 3.3m/5.3km  1915
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 3.6m/5.9km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 3.6m/5.9km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Burdon Main Colliery North Shields 0.6m/1.0km 1811 
Chance Pit North Shields 0.8m/1.3km 1811 
Chapter Main Colliery South Shields 1.6m/2.7km 1805 1825
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1765 
Chirton Pit North Shields 0.8m/1.3km 1811 
Church Pit Earsdon 3.5m/5.6km 1838 
Church Pit (New Engine Pit) South Shields 0.9m/1.5km Jun 1825 1940
Church Pit South Shields 0.9m/1.5km 1825 
Church Pit Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1782 
Collingwood Main Colliery North Shields 0.6m/1.0km 1811 
Cullercoats Colliery Cullercoats 1.1m/1.9km  
Delaval Pit New Hartley 4.6m/7.5km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.5m/7.3km  
Duke and Duchess Pit Earsdon 3.6m/5.9km  
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 2.3m/3.7km 1803 
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 3.6m/5.9km  22 Jun 1934
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 4.0m/6.5km  
East Pit Wallsend 4.3m/6.9km  
Eccles Colliery Backworth 3.9m/6.3km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 3.9m/6.3km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edward Pit Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 2.6m/4.2km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 2.3m/3.8km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 4.3m/7.0km  
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 4.0m/6.4km 1874 01 Sep 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 4.0m/6.4km 1874 1973
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 1.3m/2.1km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 1.9m/3.1km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 4.9m/7.9km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 4.7m/7.6km  
Grange Pit Earsdon 3.0m/4.8km  
Harton Colliery South Shields 2.5m/4.1km 1844 25 Jul 1969
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 3.1m/5.0km 1792 1932
Henry Pit Wallsend 4.7m/7.6km  
High Pit Willington Quay 2.6m/4.2km 1806 
Hopewell Pit North Shields 0.5m/0.9km 1811 
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 1.3m/2.2km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 1.8m/2.9km  
Jane Pit Walker 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 2.1m/3.5km 1803 
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 4.6m/7.4km bef. 1806 
King Pit Walker 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1765 
Low Pit Willington Quay 2.6m/4.2km 1806 
Manor Wallsend Colliery South Shields 1.6m/2.7km 1805 1825
Marsden Colliery Whitburn, nr. Sunderland 4.2m/6.8km May 1879 31 May 1968
Marsden Quarry (Limestone) Marsden 3.9m/6.3km  
Maude Pit Backworth 4.0m/6.4km Jun 1872 02 Dec 1960
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 2.3m/3.7km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 4.3m/6.9km  
Monkton Colliery Monkton 4.0m/6.4km  15 May 1925
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 2.3m/3.8km  
New Pit Howden 1.9m/3.1km 1808 
Nightingale Pit New Hartley 4.8m/7.7km  Feb 1959
Old Pit North Shields 0.6m/1.0km 1811 
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 1.3m/2.2km  
Percy Pit North Shields 1.3m/2.2km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 0.7m/1.2km  28 Sep 1929
Prosperous Pit Backworth 3.8m/6.1km 1906 Dec 1960
Rake Lane Drift Backworth 1.8m/3.0km 01 Jan 1953 31 May 1958
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 4.8m/7.7km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 4.6m/7.5km  
Richard Pit Willington Quay 4.6m/7.5km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 3.6m/5.8km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 3.6m/5.8km 1908 26 Apr 1969
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1782 
St. Hilda's Colliery South Shields 0.9m/1.5km 1810 1940
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 2.1m/3.5km 1803 
Templetown Colliery South Shields 1.6m/2.7km 1805 1825
Venture Pit Willington Quay 2.6m/4.2km 1806 
Walker Colliery Walker 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 5.0m/8.0km 1855 08 Aug 1974
West Chirton Pit North Shields 0.6m/1.0km 1811 
Westoe Colliery South Shields 1.3m/2.2km 1909 May 1993
Whitburn Colliery Whitburn, nr. Sunderland 4.2m/6.8km May 1879 31 May 1968
Whitley Colliery Whitley Bay 2.1m/3.5km  
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 2.6m/4.2km 1806 

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Chirton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Chirton Colliery

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