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Merrington Lane Drift

OS Grid Ref: NZ 26400 32400

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Page   main page for Merrington Lane Drift

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
16 Feet Pit Ferryhill 2.2m/3.6km  1924
Adelaide Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1830 1925
Annie Pit Ferryhill 1.8m/3.0km 1872 Mar 1905
Auckland Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.3km 1864 1946
Baal Hill Deerness Valley 4.8m/7.8km  
Barrington Pit nr. Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km 1859 1967
Bells Pit Coxhoe 4.1m/6.7km  
Binchester Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.6km 1855 1908
Bishop Middleham Colliery Bishop Middleham 4.5m/7.2km 1846 1936
Bishop Middleham Quarry Bishop Middleham 4.3m/6.9km  
Bishop's Close Colliery Spennymoor 1.9m/3.1km 1860 01 May 1909
Bishop's Park Colliery Bishop Auckland 2.5m/4.1km  
Black Boy Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km 1830 1939
Blue House Drift Bishop Auckland 1.1m/1.9km 1925 1930
Borehole Pit Coxhoe 4.6m/7.5km 1843 
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 4.2m/6.8km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 4.1m/6.7km  bef. 1894
Brancepeth Brickworks Willington 4.1m/6.7km  
Brancepeth Coking Plant Willington 4.1m/6.7km  
Brancepeth Colliery Willington 4.1m/6.7km 1840 22 Jul 1967
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 4.9m/7.9km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 4.8m/7.8km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Broom Colliery Ferryhill 1.8m/2.9km  
Browney Colliery Brandon 4.1m/6.7km 1871 Jul 1938
Busty Pit Byers Green 2.6m/4.2km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Colliery Byers Green 2.6m/4.2km 1841 Jun 1931
Byers Green Quarry Byers Green 2.6m/4.3km  
Catherine Pit Ferryhill 1.8m/3.0km 1872 Mar 1905
Challies Drift Newfield, Willington 3.8m/6.1km  13 Jun 1925
Challies Pit Newfield, Willington 3.8m/6.2km  
Charles Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.8m/6.2km  
Chilton Colliery Chilton 1.3m/2.1km 1872 15 Jan 1966
Chilton Quarry Chilton, nr. Ferryhill 2.4m/3.9km  
Clarence Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 4.6m/7.5km 1843 
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 4.1m/6.7km  
Coby Carr Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  
Copy Crooks Colliery (Seymour's) Shildon 4.8m/7.7km  
Cornforth Colliery Cornforth 4.1m/6.6km  
Cornforth Quarry Cornforth 3.5m/5.7km  
Coundon Colliery Coundon 2.7m/4.4km  
Coundon Gate Pit Coundon 2.7m/4.4km  
Coxhoe Colliery Coxhoe 4.6m/7.5km 1843 
Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe 4.7m/7.6km  
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 2.9m/4.7km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 4.3m/7.0km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dean and Chapter Colliery Ferryhill 1.1m/1.9km 1904 15 Jan 1966
Deanery Colliery Shildon 4.0m/6.4km  
East Howle Colliery Ferryhill 1.8m/3.0km 1872 18 Nov 1905
Eden Pit Middridge, nr. Shildon 4.5m/7.3km  
Eldon Colliery Shildon 3.1m/5.0km 1829 Jul 1932
Eldon Deep Extension Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.5m/5.7km  
Eldon Deep Opencast Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km  
Eldon Drift Shildon 3.0m/4.8km 1934 Oct 1962
Eldon Quarry/Brickworks Bishop Auckland 3.2m/5.2km  
Engine Pit Ferryhill 2.2m/3.6km  1924
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 4.4m/7.1km 1870 Dec 1950
Etherley Lane Drift Bishop Auckland 4.4m/7.1km  
Furnace Pit Shildon 4.8m/7.7km 1864 1937
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 4.1m/6.6km  
George Pit Cornforth 4.1m/6.6km  
Gibson Pit Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  1921
Gibson's Pit Willington 3.7m/6.0km 1841 
Gurney Pit  2.9m/4.7km 1830 1939
Hall Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  Sep 1955
Harry Pit Shildon 3.1m/5.0km 1829 Jul 1932
Hett Colliery Hett 3.0m/4.9km  
Coal Drift Hett 3.2m/5.2km  
Coal Shaft Hett 3.4m/5.5km  
Hett Gill Drift Hett 3.4m/5.5km  
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 4.9m/7.9km  bef. 1894
High Pit Ferryhill 0.6m/1.1km  
Hunwick Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  20 Aug 1921
Jane Pit Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  1925
Jane Pit West Cornforth 2.8m/4.6km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Jawblades Colliery Coundon 2.5m/4.1km  
John George Pit Hunwick 3.8m/6.2km  
John Henry Pit Shildon 2.6m/4.3km 1829 Jul 1932
Leasingthorne Brickworks nr. Coundon 1.4m/2.3km  
Leasingthorne Colliery nr. Coundon 1.4m/2.3km 1836 Oct 1967
Little Chilton Colliery Ferryhill 2.4m/3.9km  1865
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 4.4m/7.1km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 3.9m/6.3km  
Long Lane Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.3m/5.4km  
Machine Pit Bishop Auckland 3.4m/5.5km  1946
Mainsforth Colliery Ferryhill Station 2.6m/4.3km 1872 06 Dec 1968
Marion Pit Ferryhill 1.8m/3.0km 1872 Mar 1905
Mary Pit West Cornforth 2.9m/4.7km 1867 04 Mar 1967
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 4.5m/7.2km 1871 Dec 1950
Merrington Colliery Spennymoor 1.1m/1.9km 1846 03 Jun 1928
Merrington Lane Colliery Spennymoor 0.7m/1.2km  
Merrington Park Colliery Spennymoor 1.1m/1.9km  08 Aug 1927
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 2.2m/3.6km 1954 Jul 1978
Michael Pit Byers Green 2.6m/4.2km 1841 Jun 1931
Middlestone Moor Colliery Middlestone Moor 1.5m/2.5km  1965
Middridge Colliery Middridge, nr. Shildon 3.8m/6.2km  
Middridge Drift nr. Shildon 3.6m/5.9km 1954 1992?
Middridge Quarry (Limestone) Middridge, Shildon 4.5m/7.3km  
Miner Pit Meadowfield 4.4m/7.1km 1870 Dec 1950
New Shildon Colliery Shildon 5.0m/8.0km 1949 Aug 1965
Newfield Colliery Willington 3.7m/6.0km 1841 
Newton Cap Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1859 1967
No. 1 Shaft Willington (Hunwick) 4.3m/7.0km  1930's
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 4.4m/7.1km 1840 Dec 1950
North Close Colliery Spennymoor 1.1m/1.9km  
North Pit  3.3m/5.4km 1830 1939
North/Engine Pit Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Northern Pit Shildon 3.1m/5.0km 1829 Jul 1932
Old Towns Quarry Middridge 4.8m/7.8km  
Page Bank Colliery Page Bank 2.8m/4.6km 1855 Jul 1931
Park Drift Mine Willington, Co. Durham 4.3m/6.9km 1983 
Pasture Pit  3.1m/5.0km 1830 1939
Pickering Quarry  0.6m/1.0km  
Princes Street Drift nr. Shildon 4.6m/7.4km 1939 1958
Quarry Drift nr. Bishop Auckland 4.1m/6.7km  Sep 1955
Rock Colliery Spennymoor 1.1m/1.9km  
Rough Lea Colliery Hunwick 4.5m/7.2km 1858 1931
Shildon 'B' Pit Shildon 4.0m/6.5km 1810 1830
Shildon Colliery Shildon 4.8m/7.7km  15 Mar 1924
Shildon 'D' Pit Shildon 4.1m/6.7km 1810 1830
Shildon Lodge Colliery Shildon 4.5m/7.3km 1830 1937
South Brancepeth Colliery Page Bank 2.8m/4.6km 1855 Jul 1931
South Church Drift Bishop Auckland 4.0m/6.5km  27 Aug 1938
South Durham Colliery Shildon 3.1m/5.0km 1829 Jul 1932
South Shildon Colliery Shildon 4.8m/7.7km 1929 Aug 1958
Spennymoor Pit Spennymoor 1.1m/1.9km 1846 June 1927
Success Pit Tudhoe 2.0m/3.3km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 4.3m/7.0km  
Sunnybrow Colliery Willington 4.3m/6.9km 1840 1932
Tennants Pit Shildon 4.3m/7.0km  
Thickley Quarry (Limestone) Thickley, Shildon 4.5m/7.2km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 2.8m/4.5km  
Thrislington Coking Plant Thrislington 2.9m/4.7km  Apr 1954
Thrislington Colliery West Cornforth 2.9m/4.7km 1835 04 Mar 1967
Thrislington Quarry Cornforth 2.9m/4.7km  
Thrislington Quarry 1 Cornforth 3.3m/5.4km  
Thrislington Quarry 2 Cornforth 3.0m/4.8km  
Tindale Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Todhills Brickworks Opencast Todhills 3.3m/5.3km  
Todhills Quarry Bishop Auckland 3.6m/5.9km  
Toronto Colliery nr. Bishop Auckland 3.9m/6.3km 1859 1967
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 2.0m/3.3km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 2.0m/3.3km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Grange Colliery Spennymoor 0.8m/1.4km 1869 Mar 1885
Tudhoe Mill Drift Tudhoe 2.0m/3.3km 1954 Feb 1965
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 2.0m/3.3km 1945 23 May 1969
Tunnel Drift Shildon 4.1m/6.7km  
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 3.1m/5.0km 1854 1968
Vinovium Drift Spennymoor 3.4m/5.5km  
West Cornforth Colliery West Cornforth 2.9m/4.7km 1835 04 Mar 1967
West Durham Wallsend Colliery Shildon 4.7m/7.6km  
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 4.7m/7.6km  
West Hunwick Colliery Willington (Hunwick) 4.3m/7.0km  1930's
West Hunwick Quarry (Clay) Hunwick 4.3m/7.0km  
Westerton Colliery Westerton, Bishop Auckland 1.6m/2.7km 1838 Oct 1961
Whitworth Park Colliery Spennymoor 1.3m/2.1km 1841 29 Jul 1974
Willington Colliery Willington 4.3m/6.9km 1840 1932
Windlestone Colliery Ferryhill 2.2m/3.6km  1924
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.4km 1835 Mar 1934
Woodhouse Close Colliery Bishop Auckland 4.6m/7.5km  
York Hill Quarry Spennymoor 1.5m/2.4km  

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

Colliery Page   main page for Merrington Lane Drift

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