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  Chirton Colliery  Index  Chirton Colliery  

Chirton Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 35652 68285

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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  main page for Chirton Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
A Pit Wallsend 4.4m/7.1km  
Alfred Pit Jarrow 2.3m/3.7km 1803 
Algernon Colliery Backworth 2.6m/4.3km 1853 1966
Ann Pit Walker 4.6m/7.4km  
Backworth Brickworks Backworth 3.9m/6.3km  
Backworth Colliery Backworth 3.9m/6.3km 1818 Jun 1980
Bigge Pit Willington 2.5m/4.0km  
Bigge's Main Colliery Wallsend 4.4m/7.1km  
Blue Bell Pit Shiremoor 3.3m/5.3km  1915
Boldon Brickworks Boldon Colliery 3.6m/5.9km  
Boldon Colliery Boldon Colliery 3.6m/5.9km 1869 24 Jun 1982
Burdon Main Colliery North Sheilds 0.6m/1.0km 1811 
Chance Pit North Sheilds 0.8m/1.3km 1811 
Chapter Main Colliery South Shields 1.6m/2.7km 1805 1825
Charlotte Pit Walker 4.2m/6.8km bef. 1765 
Chirton Pit North Sheilds 0.8m/1.3km 1811 
Church Pit Earsdon 3.5m/5.6km 1838 
Church Pit (New Engine Pit) South Shields 0.9m/1.5km Jun 1825 1940
Church Pit South Shields 0.9m/1.5km 1825 
Church Pit Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1782 
Collingwood Main Colliery North Sheilds 0.6m/1.0km 1811 
Cullercoats Colliery Cullercoats 1.1m/1.9km  
Delaval Pit New Hartley 4.6m/7.5km  
Delight Pit Wallsend 4.5m/7.3km  
Duke & Duchess Pit Earsdon 3.6m/5.9km  
E/Deep Pit Jarrow 2.3m/3.7km 1803 
Earsdon Colliery Earsdon 3.6m/5.9km  22 Jun 1934
East Holywell Colliery Earsdon 4.0m/6.5km  
East Pit Wallsend 4.3m/6.9km  
Eccles Colliery Backworth 3.9m/6.3km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Eccles Pit Backworth 3.9m/6.3km Jul 1905 Jun 1980
Edward Pit Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1782 
Edward Pit Willington Quay 2.6m/4.2km  
Engine Pit Murton, Northumberland 2.3m/3.8km  
Fair Pit Wallsend 4.3m/7.0km  
Fenwick Colliery Backworth 4.0m/6.4km 1874 1973
Fenwick Pit Backworth 4.0m/6.4km 1874 1973
Flatworth Colliery Chirton 1.3m/2.1km  
Flatworth Pit North Shields 1.9m/3.1km  
Follonsby Colliery White Mare Pool 4.9m/7.9km 1911 08 Aug 1974
Gosforth Pit Wallsend 4.7m/7.6km  
Grange Pit Earsdon 3.0m/4.8km  
Harton Colliery South Shields 2.5m/4.1km 1844 25 Jul 1969
Hebburn Colliery Hebburn 3.1m/5.0km 1792 1932
Henry Pit Wallsend 4.7m/7.6km  
High Pit Willington Quay 2.6m/4.2km 1806 
Hopewell Pit North Sheilds 0.5m/0.9km 1811 
Howden Panns Colliery North Shields 1.3m/2.2km  
Howdon Marine Quarry Wallsend 1.8m/2.9km  
Jane Pit Walker 4.7m/7.6km bef. 1765 
Jarrow Colliery Jarrow 2.1m/3.5km 1803 
Killingworth Colliery Killingworth 4.6m/7.4km bef. 1806 
King Pit Walker 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1765 
Low Pit Willington Quay 2.6m/4.2km 1806 
Manor Wallsend Colliery South Shields 1.6m/2.7km 1805 1825
Marsden Colliery Whitburn, nr. Sunderland 4.2m/6.8km May 1879 31 May 1968
Marsden Quarry (Limestone) Marsden 3.9m/6.3km  
Maude Pit Backworth 4.0m/6.4km Jun 1872 Dec 1960
Millbank Pit Willington Quay 2.3m/3.7km  
Monkton Coking Plant Hebburn 4.3m/6.9km  
Murton Colliery [NBL] Murton, Northumberland 2.3m/3.8km  
New Pit Howden 1.9m/3.1km 1808 
Nightingale Pit New Hartley 4.8m/7.7km  Feb 1959
Old Pit North Sheilds 0.6m/1.0km 1811 
Percy Main Colliery North Shields 1.3m/2.2km  
Percy Pit North Shields 1.3m/2.2km  
Preston Colliery North Shields 0.7m/1.2km  28 Sep 1929
Prosperous Pit Backworth 3.8m/6.1km 1906 Dec 1960
Rake Lane Drift Backworth 1.8m/3.0km  
Red Barns Extension Opencast Hebburn 4.8m/7.7km  
Red Barns Opencast Hebburn 4.6m/7.5km  
Richard Pit Willington Quay 4.6m/7.5km  
Rising Sun Colliery Wallsend 3.6m/5.8km  1969
Rising Sun Pit Wallsend 3.6m/5.8km  
Russell's Wallsend Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1782 
St. Hilda's Colliery South Shields 0.9m/1.5km 1810 1940
Temple Main Colliery Jarrow 2.1m/3.5km 1803 
Templetown Colliery South Shields 1.6m/2.7km 1805 1825
Venture Pit Willington Quay 2.6m/4.2km 1806 
Walker Colliery Walker 4.5m/7.2km bef. 1765 1920
Wallsend Brickworks Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km  
Wallsend Colliery Wallsend 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1782 
Wardley Colliery White Mare Pool 5.0m/8.0km 1855 08 Aug 1974
West Chirton Pit North Sheilds 0.6m/1.0km 1811 
Westoe Colliery South Shields 1.3m/2.2km 1909 May 1993
Whitburn Colliery Whitburn, nr. Sunderland 4.2m/6.8km May 1879 31 May 1968
Whitley Colliery Whitley Bay 2.1m/3.5km  
Willington Colliery Willington Quay 2.6m/4.2km 1806 
Wortley/Engine Pit Elswick, Newcastle 3.1m/5.1km  

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