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  Kepier Colliery  Index  Kepier Colliery  

Kepier Colliery

OS Grid Ref: NZ 28993 42953

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

  Simulated map showing the immediate vicinity of Kepier Colliery

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
12 Feet Pit Meadowfield 2.8m/4.6km  Dec 1950
16 Feet Pit Bearpark 3.0m/4.8km  06 Apr 1984
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 2.3m/3.7km 1952 1955
Adelaide Pit Belmont, Durham 1.7m/2.8km  
Adolphus Pit Pittington 2.9m/4.7km 1826 
Adventure Pit West Rainton 3.0m/4.8km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 3.3m/5.4km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Allotment Drift Bearpark 3.8m/6.1km  Mar 1947
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 4.5m/7.3km  
Antrim Pit Belmont, Durham 1.7m/2.8km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.0m/4.9km  
Aykley Heads Colliery Durham 1.0m/1.7km 1880s Sep 1949
Bearpark Brickworks Bearpark 2.8m/4.6km  
Bearpark Coking Plant Bearpark 3.0m/4.8km  Apr 1960
Bearpark Colliery Bearpark 2.8m/4.6km 1872 06 Apr 1984
Bells Pit Coxhoe 3.8m/6.2km  
Belmont Colliery Pittington 2.3m/3.8km 1836 Bef. 1872
Benridge Pit West Rainton 3.3m/5.4km  
Borehole Pit Coxhoe 4.5m/7.3km 1843 
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 3.2m/5.2km 1906 22 Jul 1967
Bowburn Colliery Bowburn 4.1m/6.7km  bef. 1894
Boyne Colliery Durham 2.8m/4.6km  
Branch Pit West Rainton 3.1m/5.0km  
Brandon Brickworks Brandon 3.2m/5.2km  
Brandon Colliery Brandon 3.2m/5.2km 1856 15 Mar 1968
Brandon Pit House Colliery Brandon 4.8m/7.8km 1836 15 Mar 1968
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 2.0m/3.3km  1924
Broom Park Colliery Bearpark 2.6m/4.2km  
Broomside Colliery Belmont, Durham 1.7m/2.8km  1890
Browney Colliery Brandon 3.4m/5.5km 1871 Jul 1938
Buddle Pit Pittington 2.6m/4.3km  
Busty Pit Waldridge 4.1m/6.7km 1875 Apr 1926
Carmen Pit  4.5m/7.3km  
Cassop Colliery Cassop 4.3m/7.0km 1840 1868
Cassop Moor Colliery Cassop Moor 2.9m/4.7km 1840 1850's
Catorhouse Colliery Durham 2.3m/3.7km  07 Nov 1924
Charlaw Colliery Sacriston 4.5m/7.3km  
Chester Moor Colliery Chester Moor 4.2m/6.8km 1889 Oct 1967
Chester South Moor Colliery Chester Moor 4.2m/6.8km 1889 Oct 1967
Church Pit Pittington 2.3m/3.8km 1836 1872?
Clarence Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 4.5m/7.3km 1843 
Clay Hole Colliery Coxhoe 4.5m/7.3km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 2.8m/4.5km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.6m/4.3km  Apr 1957
Coxhoe Colliery Coxhoe 4.5m/7.3km 1843 
Coxhoe Quarry Coxhoe 4.6m/7.4km  
Crime Rigg Quarry Durham 3.5m/5.6km  
Crook Hall Colliery Durham 0.9m/1.5km  1924
Crow Trees Colliery Quarrington Hill 4.2m/6.8km  bef. 1894
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 3.8m/6.2km 1876 1934
Croxdale Colliery Croxdale 2.5m/4.1km 1845 Bef. 1870
Dryburn Grange Colliery Durham 2.3m/3.7km  07 Nov 1924
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 4.3m/7.0km  
Durham Main Colliery Durham 0.9m/1.5km  1924
Elemore Colliery Easington Lane 4.5m/7.2km 1827 Feb 1974
Ellison's Shaft  4.8m/7.8km  
Elvet Colliery Durham 1.1m/1.9km  
Engine Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Engineer Pit Meadowfield 3.0m/4.8km 1870 Dec 1950
Field House Pit  2.8m/4.6km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 2.6m/4.2km  
Findon Hill Colliery Witton Gilbert 3.5m/5.6km  
Findon Hill Pit Sacriston 3.2m/5.2km  15 Nov 1985
Framwellgate Moor Colliery Durham 1.8m/2.9km  07 Nov 1924
Frankland Colliery Durham 1.3m/2.2km 1840 1860s
Furnace Pit Pittington 2.3m/3.8km 1836 1872?
Furnace Pit Coxhoe 4.7m/7.6km  
Galley's Field Corner Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
George Pit Easington Lane 4.5m/7.2km 1827 Feb 1974
George Pit Lumley 3.6m/5.8km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Glow O'er 'em Pit  3.6m/5.8km  
Grange Colliery Belmont 1.3m/2.1km 1844 Apr 1948
Greenwell Pit  2.8m/4.6km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 2.6m/4.3km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.0m/4.9km  
Haswell Moor Quarry Durham 3.6m/5.9km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 4.2m/6.8km 1818 
Heugh Hall Colliery Quarrington 3.6m/5.9km  bef. 1894
Hillhouse Quarry Shadforth 3.6m/5.8km  
Hilltop Quarry Esh 4.6m/7.5km  
Hobbletrot Quarry Nettlesworth 3.5m/5.7km  
Houghall Colliery Durham 1.5m/2.5km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 3.6m/5.9km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  4.9m/7.9km  
Isabella Pit Easington Lane 4.4m/7.1km 1827 Feb 1974
Kaysburn Pit Langley Park 4.6m/7.5km  31 Oct 1975
Kepier Grange Colliery Durham 0.9m/1.5km 1844 22 Oct 1924
Kimblesworth Colliery Kimblesworth 3.0m/4.8km 1873 04 Nov 1967
Knott Pit  3.5m/5.6km  
Lady Alice Pit Little Town, Pittington 3.1m/5.0km 1831 
Lady Durham Pit Sherburn 1.5m/2.5km  
Lady Pit Easington Lane 4.5m/7.2km 1827 Feb 1974
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 2.7m/4.4km  
Lambton Colliery Little Town, Pittington 3.1m/5.0km 1831 
Lane Pit West Rainton 3.2m/5.2km  
Letch Pit High Moorsley 3.3m/5.4km 1824 1897
Littleburn Colliery Meadowfield 3.0m/4.8km 1840 Dec 1950
Littleburn Quarry Brancepeth 3.2m/5.2km  
Littletown Colliery Little Town, Pittington 3.1m/5.0km 1831 1914
Londonderry Pit Pittington 2.8m/4.6km 1828 
Lord Ernest Pit Shincliffe, Durham 0.8m/1.4km  
Lord Lambton Pit Little Town, Pittington 3.1m/5.0km 1831 
Low Letch Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Ludworth Colliery Ludworth 4.6m/7.4km 1837 1931
Lumley Colliery Lumley 4.9m/7.9km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 4.7m/7.6km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 3.6m/5.9km 1824 1897
Merchant Pit Meadowfield 2.9m/4.7km 1871 Dec 1950
Metal Bridge Drift nr. Ferryhill 4.9m/7.9km 1954 Jul 1978
Middle Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 3.6m/5.9km  
Moorside Pit West Rainton 2.3m/3.7km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 3.8m/6.2km 1821 1935
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 4.5m/7.2km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New Brancepeth Colliery New Brancepeth 4.1m/6.7km 1858 17 Jul 1953
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 4.1m/6.6km 1817 
North Brancepeth Colliery Meadowfield 3.0m/4.8km 1840 Dec 1950
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 3.8m/6.2km 1821 1935
North Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.0m/4.8km  11 Jun 1891
Old Durham Colliery Shincliffe, Durham 0.8m/1.4km 1849 
Old Pit Durham 1.8m/2.9km  07 Nov 1924
Old Quarrington Quarry 1 Bowburn 3.9m/6.3km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 2 Bowburn 3.8m/6.1km  
Old Quarrington Quarry 3 Bowburn 3.9m/6.3km  
Pea Flat Pit  4.2m/6.8km  
Pittington Colliery Pittington 3.0m/4.8km  11 Jun 1891
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 4.0m/6.5km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 4.0m/6.4km 1790 
Quarrington Hill Quarry Durham 4.2m/6.8km  
Quarry Pit East Rainton 4.1m/6.6km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 3.0m/4.9km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 3.6m/5.9km  
Redhouse Pit  3.6m/5.8km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 3.1m/5.1km 1816 
Roger Holliday's Pit Esh 4.8m/7.7km  
Running Waters Quarry Durham 3.1m/5.0km  
Sacriston Colliery Sacriston 4.5m/7.3km 1839 15 Nov 1985
Sandy Pits  3.6m/5.8km  
Sherburn Colliery Sherburn 1.5m/2.5km  
Sherburn Hill Colliery Sherburn Hill 2.8m/4.6km 1835 07 Aug 1965
Sherburn House Colliery Sherburn 2.1m/3.4km 1844 May 1935
Shield Row Drift Sacriston 4.4m/7.1km 1845 May 1947
Shincliffe Colliery Shincliffe 1.8m/3.0km 1839 1875
Sleetburn Colliery New Brancepeth 4.1m/6.7km 1858 17 Jul 1953
South Engine Pit Durham 1.1m/1.9km  
South Kelloe Colliery Quarrington Hill 4.6m/7.4km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 4.9m/7.9km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Success Pit Tudhoe 4.6m/7.5km 1864 Sep 1935
Sunderland Bridge Colliery Croxdale 3.8m/6.2km  
Thornton Pit Croxdale 4.0m/6.4km  
Tudhoe Coking Plant Tudhoe 4.6m/7.5km  Aug 1955
Tudhoe Colliery Tudhoe 4.6m/7.5km 1864 Sep 1935
Tudhoe Park Drift Tudhoe 4.6m/7.5km 1945 23 May 1969
Tursdale Colliery nr. Cornforth 4.4m/7.1km 1854 1968
Ushaw Moor Colliery Ushaw Moor 4.3m/7.0km 1865 05 Aug 1960
Vale Pit Cassop 4.3m/7.0km 1840 1877
Vale Pit Quarrington Hill 4.2m/6.8km  bef. 1894
Venture Pit  3.0m/4.8km  
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 5.0m/8.0km 1831 Apr 1926
West Hetton Colliery Coxhoe 4.1m/6.6km  
Whitwell Colliery Whitwell 1.8m/2.9km 1836 1875
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 4.9m/7.9km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Witch Hill Quarry Shadforth 4.0m/6.4km  
Witton Colliery Sacriston 3.7m/6.0km 1860 08 Jan 1966
Witton Pit Sacriston 4.4m/7.1km  
Woodside Pit  2.3m/3.7km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 4.6m/7.5km  

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