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Eppleton Quarry

OS Grid Ref: NZ 35700 48300

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Eppleton Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Eppleton Quarry

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 4.6m/7.5km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 3.8m/6.1km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 2.8m/4.6km 1826 
Adventure Pit West Rainton 2.6m/4.3km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 2.0m/3.2km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 1.8m/2.9km  
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 3.8m/6.1km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.5m/7.2km  
Belmont Colliery Pittington 3.0m/4.9km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 2.1m/3.4km  
Betty Pit  2.5m/4.1km  
Billy Pit Biddick 4.5m/7.3km  
Blossom Pit Hetton-le-Hole 0.8m/1.3km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 2.8m/4.5km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Branch Pit West Rainton 2.3m/3.7km  
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 3.5m/5.7km  1924
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 3.8m/6.1km  1890
Buddle Pit Pittington 3.1m/5.0km  
Butney Pit Washington 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Carmen Pit  3.6m/5.9km  
Caroline Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 0.4m/0.7km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Castlereagh Pit Dawdon 4.9m/7.9km 05 Oct 1907 25 Jul 1991
Chance Pit Harraton 4.9m/7.9km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.7km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 4.3m/7.0km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 4.3m/7.0km 1680 
Church Pit Pittington 3.0m/4.9km 1836 1872?
Clog Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 3.7m/6.0km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.6m/7.4km  Apr 1957
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 4.1m/6.6km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 4.6m/7.5km  
Dalton Winning Murton 2.6m/4.3km Apr 1843 29 Nov 1991
Dawdon Colliery Dawdon 4.9m/7.9km 05 Oct 1907 25 Jul 1991
Dolly Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 2.8m/4.6km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 5.0m/8.0km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 2.8m/4.6km  1956
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 1.1m/1.9km  
Elemore Colliery Easington Lane 1.6m/2.7km 1827 Feb 1974
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 2.3m/3.8km  1956
Ellison's Shaft  2.0m/3.3km  
Engine Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
Engine Pit  1.4m/2.3km  
Eppleton Colliery nr. Hetton le Hole 0.4m/0.7km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Fallowfield Quarry South Hetton 2.1m/3.5km  
Fatfield Colliery Washington 4.8m/7.7km 1700's 
Field House Pit  2.5m/4.0km  
Field House Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 1.5m/2.4km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 4.0m/6.5km  
Fortune Pit Harraton 4.8m/7.8km  
Frankland Colliery Durham 4.4m/7.1km 1840 1934
Furnace Pit Pittington 3.0m/4.9km 1836 1872?
Galley's Field Corner Pit  2.1m/3.4km  
Garden Pit Harraton 4.7m/7.6km  
George Pit Easington Lane 1.6m/2.7km 1827 Feb 1974
George Pit Lumley 3.4m/5.5km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gill Pit South Biddick 4.0m/6.5km  
Glow O'er 'em Pit  1.8m/3.0km  
Godspeed Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 4.1m/6.6km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenwell Pit  2.5m/4.0km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.6m/7.4km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 4.5m/7.2km  
Haswell Colliery Haswell 3.9m/6.3km 02 Jul 1835 31 Dec 1896
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 3.6m/5.9km  
Hat Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Haugh Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Hawthorn Coking Plant nr. Murton 2.5m/4.1km  
Hawthorn Combined Mine nr. Murton 2.5m/4.1km 02 Jan 1960 1992
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 1.1m/1.9km 1818 
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 4.5m/7.2km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 4.5m/7.2km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 3.2m/5.2km 1874 Dec 1985
Hetton Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 0.8m/1.4km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hetton Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 0.8m/1.4km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 4.4m/7.1km  
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 1.6m/2.7km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 1.7m/2.8km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 2.6m/4.2km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  2.0m/3.2km  
Isabella Pit Easington Lane 1.7m/2.8km 1827 Feb 1974
Jacks Row Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Jane Pit  2.6m/4.3km  
Jane Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 0.3m/0.6km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Joliffe Pit  4.6m/7.4km  
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 4.4m/7.1km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Knott Pit  2.1m/3.4km  
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 3.1m/5.1km 1831 
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 2.7m/4.4km 1790 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 4.4m/7.1km  
Lady Pit Easington Lane 1.6m/2.7km 1827 Feb 1974
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 2.6m/4.2km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 2.8m/4.5km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 2.8m/4.5km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 2.8m/4.5km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 3.1m/5.1km 1831 
Lambton Pit Penshaw 3.8m/6.2km 1792 
Lane Pit Harraton 4.7m/7.6km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 2.3m/3.7km  
Letch Pit High Moorsley 2.5m/4.1km 1824 1897
Lindsay Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 0.4m/0.7km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Little Pit Haswell 3.9m/6.3km 02 Jul 1835 1895
Little Pit Washington 4.3m/6.9km 1894 Mar 1935
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 3.1m/5.1km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 2.9m/4.7km 1828 
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 3.1m/5.1km 1831 
Low Letch Pit  2.1m/3.4km  
Ludworth Colliery Ludworth 4.2m/6.8km 1837 1931
Lumley Colliery Lumley 3.3m/5.3km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 3.3m/5.3km  
Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 0.8m/1.4km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 2.7m/4.4km  1930's
Mary Pit Newbottle 2.5m/4.1km  
McCall's Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 1.5m/2.4km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 2.0m/3.3km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Middle Pit  2.1m/3.4km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 4.0m/6.5km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 3.2m/5.2km  
Minor Pit Hetton-le-Hole 0.8m/1.3km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 3.5m/5.7km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 3.2m/5.2km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 1.5m/2.5km 1821 1935
Murton Coking Plant Murton 2.5m/4.1km  
Murton Colliery Murton 2.6m/4.3km Apr 1843 29 Nov 1991
The Nack Seaham 3.3m/5.4km 1849 1988
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 2.8m/4.6km 1774 1956
New D Pit Penshaw 3.8m/6.1km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 3.2m/5.2km 1874 Dec 1985
New Seaham Colliery Seaham 3.3m/5.4km 1849 1988
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 2.8m/4.6km 1774 1956
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 1.8m/2.9km 1817 
Nicky Nack Seaham 3.3m/5.4km 1849 1988
North Biddick Colliery Washington 4.8m/7.7km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 1.5m/2.5km 1821 1935
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 2.8m/4.5km  11 Jun 1891
Old Engine Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Oxclose Colliery Washington 4.9m/7.9km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.9m/6.3km  
Pea Flat Pit  3.1m/5.1km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.9m/6.3km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 3.2m/5.2km 1874 Dec 1985
Pittington Colliery Pittington 2.8m/4.5km  11 Jun 1891
Pity Me Pit  2.5m/4.1km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 2.1m/3.5km  
Middle (Polka) Pit Murton 2.6m/4.3km 1840 29 Nov 1991
Pontop Pit East Rainton 1.5m/2.5km 1790 
Quarry Pit East Rainton 1.3m/2.1km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 2.6m/4.3km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 2.0m/3.3km  
Redhouse Pit  1.7m/2.8km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 2.8m/4.6km 1816 
Ryhope Colliery Ryhope, Sunderland 4.1m/6.6km 1857 25 Nov 1966
Sandy Pits  1.7m/2.8km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Seaham Brickworks Seaham 3.3m/5.4km  
Seaham Colliery Seaham 3.3m/5.4km 1849 1988
Seaton Colliery Seaham 3.3m/5.3km 1845 1864
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 4.4m/7.1km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 3.8m/6.2km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 4.7m/7.6km 1844 May 1935
Silksworth Colliery Silksworth, Sunderland 3.8m/6.1km 1869 06 Nov 1971
South Hetton Colliery South Hetton 2.4m/3.9km 05 Aug 1833 Jul 1982
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 4.4m/7.1km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 3.3m/5.3km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Success Pit  4.5m/7.3km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 2.8m/4.6km  1956
Tempest Pit Seaham 4.3m/7.0km 1926 04 Jun 1993
Theresa Pit Dawdon 4.9m/7.9km 05 Oct 1907 25 Jul 1991
Tuthill Quarry nr. Haswell 4.0m/6.4km  
Union Pit Seaham 3.3m/5.3km 1845 1864
Vane Pit Seaham 4.3m/7.0km 1926 04 Jun 1993
Vane Tempest Colliery Seaham 4.3m/7.0km 1926 04 Jun 1993
Venture Pit  2.3m/3.8km  
Victoria Pit Washington 4.5m/7.2km  Mar 1935
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 3.8m/6.1km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 3.8m/6.1km 1830 
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 2.8m/4.6km 1790 
Woodside Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 3.4m/5.5km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Eppleton Quarry

Colliery Page   main page for Eppleton Quarry

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