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Plain Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 32204 48693

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

Colliery map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Plain Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Plain Pit

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 2.6m/4.3km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 3.0m/4.9km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 2.7m/4.4km 1826 
Adventure Pit West Rainton 1.0m/1.7km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 1.5m/2.5km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 0.5m/0.8km  
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 3.0m/4.9km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 2.3m/3.7km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.2km 1880s Sep 1949
Ayton Pit Harraton 4.5m/7.2km  
Belmont Colliery Pittington 2.0m/3.3km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 1.0m/1.7km  
Betty Pit  1.6m/2.7km  
Big Pit Harraton 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 3.1m/5.1km  
Billy Pit Harraton 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blossom Pit Hetton-le-Hole 2.5m/4.0km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 1.3m/2.1km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Branch Pit West Rainton 1.3m/2.2km  
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.0m/3.2km  1924
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 3.0m/4.9km  1890
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.9m/7.9km 1867 Feb 1965
Buddle Pit Pittington 2.8m/4.6km  
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.8m/7.7km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 4.1m/6.6km 1875 Apr 1926
Butney Pit Washington 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Carmen Pit  1.6m/2.6km  
Caroline Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 2.6m/4.2km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.2km  07 Nov 1924
Chance Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.7km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 3.4m/5.5km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 3.0m/4.9km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 3.0m/4.9km 1680 
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.3m/5.4km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.3m/5.4km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Pit Pittington 2.0m/3.3km 1836 1872?
Clog Pit  3.3m/5.3km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 1.6m/2.7km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.5m/4.1km  Apr 1957
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 4.4m/7.1km  
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 4.3m/7.0km  1924
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 3.3m/5.3km  
Dalton Winning Murton 4.8m/7.8km Apr 1843 29 Nov 1991
Dene Drift Waldridge 4.7m/7.6km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.9km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 2.3m/3.8km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.7km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 2.3m/3.8km  1956
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 4.5m/7.2km  07 Nov 1924
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 1.0m/1.7km  
Durham Main Colliery Durham 4.3m/7.0km  1924
Elemore Colliery Easington Lane 2.8m/4.5km 1827 Feb 1974
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 1.6m/2.6km  1956
Ellison's Shaft  0.8m/1.3km  
Engine Pit  3.3m/5.3km  
Engine Pit  0.7m/1.2km  
Eppleton Colliery nr. Hetton le Hole 2.6m/4.2km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Eppleton Quarry Eppleton 2.1m/3.5km  
Fallowfield Quarry South Hetton 3.8m/6.2km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.6m/7.5km 1867 Feb 1965
Fatfield Colliery Washington 3.6m/5.8km 1700's 
Field House Pit  1.6m/2.6km  
Field House Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 2.4m/3.9km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 2.0m/3.2km  
Florence Pit Durham 4.0m/6.5km 1872 
Fortune Pit Harraton 3.3m/5.4km  
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 4.0m/6.4km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 2.8m/4.5km 1840 1934
Furnace Pit Pittington 2.0m/3.3km 1836 1872?
Galley's Field Corner Pit  1.3m/2.1km  
Garden Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.6km  
George Pit Easington Lane 2.8m/4.5km 1827 Feb 1974
George Pit Lumley 1.2m/2.0km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gill Pit South Biddick 2.9m/4.7km  
Glebe Colliery Washington 4.8m/7.8km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Glow O'er 'em Pit  0.9m/1.5km  
Godspeed Pit  3.3m/5.4km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 2.7m/4.4km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenwell Pit  1.7m/2.8km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 4.1m/6.7km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.5m/4.1km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 2.3m/3.7km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 3.8m/6.1km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 4.1m/6.7km  
Hat Pit  3.3m/5.3km  
Haugh Pit  3.0m/4.9km  
Hawthorn Coking Plant nr. Murton 4.5m/7.3km  
Hawthorn Combined Mine nr. Murton 4.5m/7.3km 02 Jan 1960 1992
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 1.1m/1.9km 1818 
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 3.0m/4.9km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 3.0m/4.9km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 3.1m/5.0km 1874 Dec 1985
Hetton Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 2.5m/4.1km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hetton Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 2.5m/4.1km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 4.7m/7.6km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 4.2m/6.8km  
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 1.4m/2.3km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 1.6m/2.6km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 0.4m/0.7km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  0.8m/1.3km  
Isabella Pit Easington Lane 2.8m/4.6km 1827 Feb 1974
Jacks Row Pit  2.8m/4.5km  
Jane Pit  1.7m/2.8km  
Jane Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 2.5m/4.1km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Joliffe Pit  3.3m/5.3km  
Judith Pit Harraton 4.3m/7.0km  
Kepier Colliery Durham 4.0m/6.5km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 3.1m/5.0km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 3.9m/6.3km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  0.8m/1.3km  
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 3.3m/5.3km 1831 
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 1.1m/1.9km 1790 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 3.7m/6.0km  
Lady Pit Easington Lane 2.8m/4.5km 1827 Feb 1974
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 1.9m/3.1km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 1.3m/2.1km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 1.3m/2.1km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 1.3m/2.1km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 3.3m/5.3km 1831 
Lambton Pit Penshaw 2.9m/4.7km 1792 
Lane Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.7km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 0.9m/1.5km  
Letch Pit High Moorsley 1.9m/3.1km 1824 1897
Lindsay Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 2.6m/4.2km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Little Pit Washington 3.3m/5.4km 1894 Mar 1935
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 3.3m/5.3km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 2.8m/4.5km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 4.8m/7.7km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 3.3m/5.3km 1831 
Low Letch Pit  1.6m/2.6km  
Lumley Colliery Lumley 1.4m/2.3km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 1.3m/2.2km  
Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 2.5m/4.1km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 2.1m/3.4km  1930's
Mary Pit Durham 4.0m/6.5km  
Mary Pit Newbottle 1.6m/2.7km  
McCall's Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 2.4m/3.9km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 0.5m/0.9km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Middle Pit  1.5m/2.4km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 3.6m/5.8km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 2.8m/4.5km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 2.5m/4.1km  
Minor Pit Hetton-le-Hole 2.5m/4.0km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Mollysgill Quarry Durham 2.1m/3.4km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 1.7m/2.8km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 1.9m/3.1km 1821 1935
Murton Coking Plant Murton 4.5m/7.3km  
Murton Colliery Murton 4.8m/7.8km Apr 1843 29 Nov 1991
Neasham's Main Colliery Philadelphia 2.3m/3.8km 1774 1956
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 4.2m/6.8km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New D Pit Penshaw 2.9m/4.7km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 3.1m/5.0km 1874 Dec 1985
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 2.3m/3.8km 1774 1956
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 0.3m/0.6km 1817 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 4.6m/7.4km  
North Biddick Colliery Washington 3.5m/5.7km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 1.9m/3.1km 1821 1935
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 2.7m/4.4km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 4.8m/7.7km 1849 
Old Engine Pit  3.4m/5.5km  
Old Pit Durham 4.0m/6.4km  07 Nov 1924
Oxclose Colliery Washington 4.3m/6.9km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.0m/4.8km  
Pea Flat Pit  1.0m/1.7km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 3.6m/5.9km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.6m/7.5km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 4.6m/7.4km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 3.0m/4.8km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 3.1m/5.0km 1874 Dec 1985
Pittington Colliery Pittington 2.7m/4.4km  11 Jun 1891
Pity Me Pit  1.1m/1.9km  
Middle (Polka) Pit Murton 4.8m/7.8km 1840 29 Nov 1991
Pontop Pit East Rainton 0.8m/1.3km 1790 
Quarry Pit East Rainton 1.1m/1.8km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 1.0m/1.6km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 0.5m/0.9km  
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 4.7m/7.6km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Redhouse Pit  1.1m/1.9km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 0.8m/1.4km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.6km  
Row Pit Harraton 3.5m/5.7km  29 May 1965
Rush Pit Harraton 4.0m/6.5km  
Sandy Pits  1.5m/2.4km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 3.0m/4.9km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 3.7m/6.0km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 3.8m/6.2km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 4.4m/7.1km 1844 May 1935
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 3.6m/5.9km  
Silksworth Colliery Silksworth, Sunderland 4.8m/7.7km 1869 06 Nov 1971
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 4.9m/7.9km  May 1990
South Birtley Brick and Tile Works Birtley 4.9m/7.9km  
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 4.9m/7.9km  08 Feb 1922
South Hetton Colliery South Hetton 4.3m/6.9km 05 Aug 1833 Jul 1982
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 4.2m/6.8km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 3.1m/5.0km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 4.5m/7.2km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 1.4m/2.3km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Success Pit  3.1m/5.0km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 2.0m/3.2km  1956
Venture Pit  1.5m/2.4km  
Victoria Pit Washington 3.5m/5.7km  Mar 1935
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 4.5m/7.2km 1831 Apr 1926
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 4.7m/7.6km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 2.9m/4.7km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 2.9m/4.7km 1830 
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 5.0m/8.0km 1836 1875
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 1.1m/1.8km 1790 
Woodside Pit  1.7m/2.8km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 1.5m/2.4km  

Colliery Map   Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Plain Pit

Colliery Page   main page for Plain Pit

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