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Murton Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 39900 47300

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Murton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Murton Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Adolphus Pit Pittington 4.4m/7.1km 1826 
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 4.1m/6.7km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 4.5m/7.2km  
Benridge Pit West Rainton 4.5m/7.3km  
Betty Pit  5.0m/8.0km  
Blossom Pit Hetton-le-Hole 2.5m/4.0km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Branch Pit West Rainton 4.6m/7.4km  
Buddle Pit Pittington 4.6m/7.5km  
Caroline Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 2.2m/3.6km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Castlereagh Pit Dawdon 2.3m/3.7km 05 Oct 1907 25 Jul 1991
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 4.8m/7.7km  
Dawdon Colliery Dawdon 2.3m/3.7km 05 Oct 1907 25 Jul 1991
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 3.8m/6.1km  
Easington Colliery Easington 3.0m/4.9km 1899 07 May 1993
Elemore Colliery Easington Lane 2.8m/4.6km 1827 Feb 1974
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 4.8m/7.8km  1956
Ellison's Shaft  4.7m/7.6km  
Engine Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Eppleton Colliery nr. Hetton le Hole 2.2m/3.6km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Eppleton Quarry Eppleton 2.6m/4.3km  
Fallowfield Quarry South Hetton 2.0m/3.2km  
Field House Pit  4.7m/7.6km  
Field House Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 3.4m/5.5km  
Galley's Field Corner Pit  4.5m/7.2km  
George Pit Easington Lane 2.8m/4.6km 1827 Feb 1974
Glow O'er 'em Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Greenwell Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Haswell Colliery Haswell 3.5m/5.7km 02 Jul 1835 31 Dec 1896
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 4.3m/7.0km  
Hawthorn Coking Plant nr. Murton 1.0m/1.7km  
Hawthorn Combined Mine nr. Murton 1.0m/1.7km 02 Jan 1960 1992
Hawthorn Quarry Seaham 2.3m/3.8km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 3.7m/6.0km 1818 
Hetton Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 2.4m/3.9km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hetton Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 2.4m/3.9km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 5.0m/8.0km  
Horden Coking Plant Horden 4.3m/6.9km  Jan 1959
Horden Colliery Horden 4.3m/6.9km 1900 28 Feb 1986
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 4.1m/6.7km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 4.1m/6.7km  
Hutton's Moor Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Isabella Pit Easington Lane 2.8m/4.6km 1827 Feb 1974
Jane Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 2.3m/3.7km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Knott Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.4m/7.1km 1831 
Lady Pit Easington Lane 2.8m/4.6km 1827 Feb 1974
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 4.7m/7.6km  
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.4m/7.1km 1831 
Lane Pit West Rainton 4.8m/7.8km  
Letch Pit High Moorsley 4.6m/7.4km 1824 1897
Lindsay Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 2.2m/3.6km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Little Pit Haswell 3.5m/5.7km 02 Jul 1835 1895
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.4m/7.1km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 4.5m/7.2km 1828 
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.4m/7.1km 1831 
Low Letch Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Ludworth Colliery Ludworth 4.2m/6.8km 1837 1931
Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 2.4m/3.9km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Mary Pit Newbottle 5.0m/8.0km  
McCall's Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 3.4m/5.5km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 4.6m/7.5km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Middle Pit  4.3m/7.0km  
Minor Pit Hetton-le-Hole 2.5m/4.0km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 3.6m/5.8km 1821 1935
Murton Coking Plant Murton 1.0m/1.7km  
The Nack Seaham 1.5m/2.5km 1849 1988
New Seaham Colliery Seaham 1.5m/2.5km 1849 1988
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 4.4m/7.1km 1817 
Nicky Nack Seaham 1.5m/2.5km 1849 1988
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 3.6m/5.8km 1821 1935
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 4.3m/7.0km  11 Jun 1891
Pittington Colliery Pittington 4.3m/7.0km  11 Jun 1891
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 4.8m/7.8km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 4.1m/6.7km 1790 
Quarry Pit East Rainton 3.8m/6.2km  
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 4.6m/7.5km  
Redhouse Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Ryhope Colliery Ryhope, Sunderland 3.8m/6.2km 1857 25 Nov 1966
Sandy Pits  4.0m/6.4km  
Seaham Brickworks Seaham 1.5m/2.5km  
Seaham Colliery Seaham 1.5m/2.5km 1849 1988
Seaton Colliery Seaham 1.5m/2.4km 1845 1864
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 5.0m/8.0km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Shotton Coking Plant Shotton 3.7m/6.0km  May 1958
Shotton Colliery Shotton 3.7m/6.0km 1840 01 Sep 1972
Silksworth Colliery Silksworth, Sunderland 4.4m/7.1km 1869 06 Nov 1971
South Hetton Colliery South Hetton 1.5m/2.5km 05 Aug 1833 Jul 1982
Tempest Pit Seaham 2.4m/3.9km 1926 04 Jun 1993
Theresa Pit Dawdon 2.3m/3.7km 05 Oct 1907 25 Jul 1991
Tuthill Quarry nr. Haswell 3.0m/4.8km  
Union Pit Seaham 1.5m/2.4km 1845 1864
Vane Pit Seaham 2.4m/3.9km 1926 04 Jun 1993
Vane Tempest Colliery Seaham 2.4m/3.9km 1926 04 Jun 1993
Venture Pit  4.6m/7.4km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Murton Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Murton Colliery

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