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  Merrington Lane Colliery  Index  Merrington Lane Colliery  
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Merrington Lane Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 26800 33600

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Merrington Lane Colliery

Colliery Page   main page for Merrington Lane Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 4.5m/7.3km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 2.6m/4.3km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.7km 1830 1925
Allotment Drift Bearpark 4.5m/7.3km  Mar 1947
Anne Pit Garmondsway Moor 4.9m/7.9km  
Annie Pit Ferryhill 1.4m/2.3km 1872 Mar 1905
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 4.9m/7.9km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 4.5m/7.2km 1859 1967
Bells Pit Coxhoe 3.5m/5.7km  
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km 1855 1908
Bishop Middleham Colliery Bishop Middleham 4.5m/7.2km 1846 1936
Bishop Middleham Quarry Bishop Middleham 4.1m/6.6km  
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 2.0m/3.3km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km 1830 1939
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 1.9m/3.1km 1925 1930
Borehole Pit Coxhoe 4.1m/6.6km 1843 
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 3.5m/5.6km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 3.5m/5.7km  bef. 1894
Boyne Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.3km  
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 4.1m/6.6km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 4.1m/6.6km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 4.1m/6.6km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 4.2m/6.8km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 4.2m/6.8km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 1.8m/2.9km  
Browney Colliery Brandon 3.5m/5.7km 1871 Jul 1938
Busty Pit Byers Green 2.8m/4.5km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 2.8m/4.5km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 3.0m/4.8km  
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 4.6m/7.5km 1840 1850's
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 1.4m/2.3km 1872 Mar 1905
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 4.0m/6.5km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 4.0m/6.5km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 4.6m/7.5km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 1.8m/2.9km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 2.4m/3.9km  
Clarence Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 4.1m/6.6km 1843 
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 3.6m/5.8km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.3km  
Cornforth Colliery Cornforth 3.6m/5.9km  
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 3.1m/5.0km  
Coundon Colliery Coundon 3.4m/5.5km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 3.4m/5.5km  
Coxhoe Colliery Coxhoe 4.1m/6.6km 1843 
Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe 4.1m/6.7km  
Crow Trees Colliery Quarrington Hill 4.7m/7.6km  bef. 1894
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 2.1m/3.5km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.6m/5.8km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 0.8m/1.4km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Deanery Colliery Shildon 4.7m/7.6km  
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 1.4m/2.3km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Eldon Colliery Shildon 3.9m/6.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 4.2m/6.8km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 3.7m/6.0km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  
Elvet Colliery Durham 4.9m/7.9km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 2.6m/4.3km  1924
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 3.7m/6.0km 1870 Dec 1950
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 5.0m/8.0km  15 Nov 1985
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 3.5m/5.7km  
Garmondsway Moor Colliery Garmondsway Moor 4.9m/7.9km  
George Pit Cornforth 3.6m/5.9km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 4.0m/6.4km 1841 
Gurney Pit  3.6m/5.9km 1830 1939
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 3.9m/6.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Hett Colliery Hett 2.2m/3.6km  
Coal Drift Hett 2.5m/4.0km  
Coal Shaft Hett 2.6m/4.3km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 2.6m/4.3km  
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 4.2m/6.8km  bef. 1894
High Pit Ferryhill 0.8m/1.3km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 4.3m/7.0km  
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.3m/6.9km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 4.8m/7.7km  1925
Jane Pit West Cornforth 2.5m/4.0km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 3.2m/5.2km  
John George Pit Hunwick 4.1m/6.6km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 3.5m/5.6km 1829 Jul 1932
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 2.1m/3.5km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 2.1m/3.5km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 2.5m/4.0km  1865
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 3.7m/6.0km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 3.1m/5.1km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.6km  1946
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 2.6m/4.3km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 1.4m/2.3km 1872 Mar 1905
Mary Pit West Cornforth 2.5m/4.1km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 3.8m/6.1km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 1.1m/1.8km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Drift Spennymoor 0.7m/1.2km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 1.1m/1.8km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 1.6m/2.6km 1954 Jul 1978
Michael Pit Byers Green 2.8m/4.5km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 2.1m/3.4km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 4.6m/7.5km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 4.5m/7.2km 1954 1992?
Miner Pit Meadowfield 3.7m/6.0km 1870 Dec 1950
Newfield Colliery Willington 4.0m/6.4km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km 1859 1967
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 4.6m/7.4km  1930's
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 3.7m/6.0km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 1.1m/1.8km  
North Pit  4.1m/6.6km 1830 1939
Northern Pit Shildon 3.9m/6.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Oakenshaw Colliery nr. Brancepeth 4.9m/7.9km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 1 Bowburn 4.8m/7.7km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 4.6m/7.5km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 3 Bowburn 4.8m/7.7km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 2.6m/4.3km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 4.1m/6.7km 1983 
Pasture Pit  3.8m/6.1km 1830 1939
Pickering Quarry  0.5m/0.8km  
Quarrington Hill Quarry Durham 4.9m/7.9km  
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  Sep 1955
Raisby Hill Quarry (Limestone) Ferryhill 4.5m/7.3km  
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 1.1m/1.8km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.6m/7.5km 1858 1931
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 4.8m/7.7km 1810 1830
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 4.9m/7.9km 1810 1830
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 4.3m/7.0km 1839 1875
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 2.6m/4.3km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 4.7m/7.6km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 3.9m/6.3km 1829 Jul 1932
South Engine Pit Durham 4.9m/7.9km  
South Kelloe Colliery Quarrington Hill 4.7m/7.6km  
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 1.1m/1.8km 1846 June 1927
Success Pit Tudhoe 1.3m/2.1km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 3.6m/5.8km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 4.4m/7.1km 1840 1932
Thornton Pit Croxdale 2.0m/3.3km  
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 2.5m/4.1km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 2.5m/4.1km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Thrislington Quarry Cornforth 2.6m/4.3km  
Thrislington Quarry 1 Cornforth 3.1m/5.0km  
Thrislington Quarry 2 Cornforth 2.7m/4.4km  
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.3m/5.4km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.8m/6.1km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 4.3m/7.0km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 1.3m/2.1km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 1.3m/2.1km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 0.1m/0.3km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 1.5m/2.4km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 1.3m/2.1km 1945 23 May 1969
Tunnel Drift Shildon 5.0m/8.0km  
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 2.5m/4.0km 1854 1968
Vale Pit Quarrington Hill 4.8m/7.7km  bef. 1894
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.7m/6.0km  
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 2.5m/4.1km 1835 04 Mar 1967
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 4.0m/6.5km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 4.6m/7.4km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 4.6m/7.4km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 2.1m/3.5km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 1.1m/1.8km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Willington Colliery Willington 4.4m/7.1km 1840 1932
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 2.6m/4.3km  1924
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 0.7m/1.2km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Merrington Lane Colliery

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