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  Durham Main Colliery  Index  Durham Main Colliery  

Durham Main Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 27418 43469

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 2.3m/3.7km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 2.0m/3.3km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 2.0m/3.3km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 2.6m/4.2km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 3.7m/6.0km 1826 
Adventure Pit West Rainton 3.3m/5.4km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 4.0m/6.4km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Allotment Drift Bearpark 3.1m/5.1km  Mar 1947
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 4.9m/7.9km  
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 2.6m/4.2km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 2.8m/4.5km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 0.1m/0.2km 1880s Sep 1949
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 1.9m/3.1km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 2.0m/3.3km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 1.9m/3.1km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells Pit Coxhoe 4.6m/7.4km  
Belmont Colliery Pittington 3.0m/4.9km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 3.8m/6.2km  
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 3.8m/6.2km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 4.9m/7.9km  bef. 1894
Boyne Colliery Durham 2.3m/3.7km  
Branch Pit West Rainton 3.6m/5.9km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 2.6m/4.3km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 2.6m/4.3km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 4.1m/6.6km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.4m/3.9km  1924
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 1.9m/3.1km  
Broomhouse Quarry Burnhope 4.7m/7.6km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.6m/4.2km  1890
Browney Colliery Brandon 3.1m/5.0km 1871 Jul 1938
Buddle Pit Pittington 3.5m/5.7km  
Busty Pit Waldridge 3.5m/5.6km 1875 Apr 1926
Byron Colliery Edmondsley 4.4m/7.1km bef. 1857 
Carmen Pit  4.5m/7.3km  
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 3.7m/6.0km 1840 1850's
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 1.3m/2.2km  07 Nov 1924
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 3.6m/5.8km  
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.7m/6.0km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 3.7m/6.0km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Pit Pittington 3.0m/4.9km 1836 1872?
Cocken Colliery Cocken 2.8m/4.6km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.4m/3.9km  Apr 1957
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 4.4m/7.1km  
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.9m/6.3km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 2.5m/4.0km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dene Drift Waldridge 4.5m/7.3km  
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 1.3m/2.2km  07 Nov 1924
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 4.8m/7.8km  
Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.4m/7.1km 1850s 30 Nov 1920
Elvet Colliery Durham 1.1m/1.9km  
Engine Pit  4.8m/7.8km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 2.6m/4.3km 1870 Dec 1950
Esh Colliery Esh Winning 4.9m/7.9km 1866 Jun 1968
Field House Pit  3.5m/5.6km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 2.5m/4.1km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 2.5m/4.1km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 2.5m/4.1km  15 Nov 1985
Florence Pit Durham 0.9m/1.5km 1872 
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 1.0m/1.6km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 1.5m/2.5km 1840 1860s
Furnace Pit Pittington 3.0m/4.9km 1836 1872?
Galley's Field Corner Pit  3.8m/6.1km  
George Pit Lumley 3.6m/5.9km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Glow O'er 'em Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 1.8m/3.0km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenwell Pit  3.5m/5.6km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.4m/3.9km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 2.8m/4.5km  
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 4.6m/7.4km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 4.8m/7.7km 1818 
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 4.5m/7.2km  bef. 1894
Hill Top Harvey Colliery Langley Park 4.1m/6.7km  1951
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 4.6m/7.4km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 3.6m/5.9km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 2.8m/4.5km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 1.8m/2.9km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 3.9m/6.3km 1817 
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 3.6m/5.9km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Colliery Durham 0.9m/1.5km bef. 1818 
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 1.6m/2.6km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 2.3m/3.7km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  3.9m/6.3km  
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.0m/6.5km 1831 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 2.5m/4.0km  
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 3.4m/5.5km  
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.0m/6.5km 1831 
Lane Pit West Rainton 3.6m/5.9km  
Langley Opencast Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.8km  
Langley Park Coking Plant Langley Park 4.1m/6.6km  Mar 1961
Langley Park Colliery Langley Park 4.1m/6.7km 1873 31 Oct 1975
Letch Pit High Moorsley 4.0m/6.4km 1824 1897
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 2.6m/4.3km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 3.0m/4.9km  
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 4.0m/6.5km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 3.7m/6.0km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 1.6m/2.6km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 4.0m/6.5km 1831 
Low Letch Pit  3.8m/6.2km  
Lumley Colliery Lumley 5.0m/8.0km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 4.7m/7.6km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 4.0m/6.5km 1824 1897
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 2.6m/4.2km 1871 Dec 1950
Middle Pit  3.8m/6.2km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 3.1m/5.0km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 2.7m/4.4km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 4.5m/7.3km 1821 1935
Nettlesworth Colliery Edmondsley 4.3m/6.9km  27 Sep 1974
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 3.8m/6.2km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 3.3m/5.3km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 4.5m/7.2km 1817 
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 2.6m/4.3km 1840 Dec 1950
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 4.5m/7.3km 1821 1935
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.8m/6.1km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 1.6m/2.6km 1849 
Old Pit Durham 1.0m/1.6km  07 Nov 1924
Old Quarrington Quarry 1 Bowburn 4.8m/7.7km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 4.6m/7.4km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 3 Bowburn 4.8m/7.7km  
Pea Flat Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.8m/6.1km  11 Jun 1891
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 4.3m/7.0km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 4.5m/7.2km 1790 
Quarry Pit East Rainton 4.6m/7.5km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 3.4m/5.5km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 4.0m/6.5km  
Redhouse Pit  4.1m/6.7km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 3.4m/5.5km 1816 
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 3.8m/6.1km  
Running Waters Quarry Durham 4.0m/6.5km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 3.6m/5.9km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Sandy Pits  4.2m/6.8km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 2.5m/4.0km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 3.8m/6.1km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 3.1m/5.0km 1844 May 1935
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 3.5m/5.7km 1845 May 1947
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 2.5m/4.1km 1839 1875
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 3.3m/5.3km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 4.4m/7.1km  May 1990
South Engine Pit Durham 1.1m/1.9km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 5.0m/8.0km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Success Pit Tudhoe 4.8m/7.7km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 3.9m/6.3km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 4.0m/6.5km  
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 4.8m/7.7km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 4.8m/7.7km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 4.8m/7.7km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 4.9m/7.9km 1854 1968
Upcast Shaft West Edmondsley 4.3m/7.0km  30 Nov 1920
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 3.4m/5.5km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Venture Pit  3.6m/5.8km  
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 4.3m/6.9km 1831 Apr 1926
West Edmondsley Colliery West Edmondsley 4.4m/7.1km  30 Nov 1920
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 4.9m/7.9km  
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 2.6m/4.3km 1836 1875
Witch Hill Quarry Shadforth 5.0m/8.0km  
Witton Colliery Sacriston 2.8m/4.5km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 3.5m/5.7km  
Woodside Pit  2.7m/4.4km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 4.6m/7.5km  

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