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Gill Pit

OS Grid Ref: NZ 31402 53330

Collieries and Pits within 5 miles (8km)

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

Colliery Location Distance Opened   Closed
Abbey Wood Drift Finchale 4.5m/7.3km 1952 1955
Ada Pit Heworth 4.8m/7.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Adventure Pit West Rainton 3.9m/6.3km 1817 21 Jul 1978
Alexandrina Pit High Moorsley 4.5m/7.2km 1824 31 Dec 1896
Allerdean Colliery Lamesley 5.0m/8.0km  
Ann Pit Gateshead 4.1m/6.7km 1726 1973
Anna Bella Pit Harraton 1.9m/3.1km  
Annabella Pit Chilton Moor 2.7m/4.4km  
Arbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.8m/6.2km  
Ayton Pit Harraton 1.8m/3.0km  
Benridge Pit West Rainton 4.0m/6.5km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Betty Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Betty Pit  1.5m/2.5km  
Bewicke Main Colliery Birtley 4.0m/6.4km 1862 1932
Big Pit Harraton 1.4m/2.3km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Billy Pit Biddick 0.5m/0.9km  
Billy Pit Harraton 1.4m/2.3km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Blackhouse Colliery Birtley 2.5m/4.1km 1913 May 1932
Blossom Pit Hetton-le-Hole 4.8m/7.7km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Borehole Pit Lamesley 3.0m/4.8km  
Boundry Pit Harraton 2.3m/3.8km  
Bournmoor Colliery Fencehouses 1.6m/2.6km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Branch Pit West Rainton 4.3m/6.9km  
Brasside Colliery Belmont, Durham 4.6m/7.5km  1924
Brow Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.0m/6.4km 1867 Feb 1965
Busty Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 4.0m/6.4km  Feb 1965
Busty Pit Waldridge 4.5m/7.3km 1875 Apr 1926
Butney Pit Washington 0.6m/1.1km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
Carmen Pit  2.0m/3.3km  
Caroline Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 4.3m/7.0km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Castletown Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 4.5m/7.2km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Centre Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Chance Pit Harraton 0.8m/1.3km  
Chance Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Charlotte Pit Harraton 0.8m/1.3km  
Chartershaugh Colliery Harraton 0.3m/0.5km 1680 
Chaytor's Haugh Colliery Harraton 0.3m/0.5km 1680 
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
Clog Pit  0.3m/0.6km  
Cocken Colliery Cocken 3.8m/6.1km  
Cocken Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.2m/6.8km  Apr 1957
Corn Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Cuthouse Pit Biddick 0.6m/1.1km  
Dean Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Dene Drift Waldridge 4.5m/7.3km  
Dolly Pit Harraton 0.3m/0.5km  
Dolly Pit Philadelphia 1.3m/2.2km  1956
Dolly Pit Harraton 1.0m/1.6km  
Dorothea Pit Philadelphia 1.3m/2.2km  1956
Dun Well Pit East Rainton 3.6m/5.8km  
Eighton Colliery Gateshead 4.1m/6.7km 1726 1973
Elizabeth Pit Philadelphia 1.6m/2.7km  1956
Ellison Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Ellison's Shaft  2.3m/3.7km  
Emidy Pit Lamesley 4.2m/6.8km  
Engine Pit Lamesley 2.9m/4.7km  
Engine Pit  0.5m/0.9km  
Engine Pit  3.2m/5.2km  
Eppleton Colliery nr. Hetton le Hole 4.3m/7.0km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Eppleton Quarry Eppleton 4.0m/6.5km  
Fan Pit Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.9m/6.3km 1867 Feb 1965
Fanny Pit Heworth 4.8m/7.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Field House Pit  4.5m/7.3km  
Field House Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 3.0m/4.8km  
Finchale Colliery Finchale 4.0m/6.5km  
Flat Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Ford Quarry Sunderland 3.8m/6.1km  
Fortune Pit Harraton 1.0m/1.7km  
Frederick Pit Usworth 3.1m/5.0km 1874 01 Aug 1974
Galley's Field Corner Pit  4.3m/6.9km  
Garden Pit Harraton 0.6m/1.0km  
George Pit Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
George Pit Lumley 3.0m/4.8km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Gibson's Pit Newfield 4.2m/6.8km 1841 1936
Glamis Pit Kibblesworth 4.7m/7.6km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Glebe Colliery Washington 1.7m/2.8km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Glow O'er 'em Pit  3.8m/6.2km  
Godspeed Pit  0.6m/1.0km  
Green Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.4km  
Greenwell Pit  4.6m/7.5km  
Hall Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Hall Pit, Fatfield Fatfield, Washington 1.6m/2.7km  
Harbour House Drift Low Cocken, Chester-le-Street 4.2m/6.8km  Apr 1957
Harbour House Pit nr. Leamside 3.8m/6.2km  
Harraton Colliery Harraton 1.4m/2.3km bef. 1794 29 May 1965
Hat Pit  0.3m/0.6km  
Haugh Pit  0.3m/0.6km  
Hazard Colliery Fence Houses 3.8m/6.2km 1818 
Hedge Pit Chartershaugh 0.5m/0.9km  
Hedge Pit South Biddick 0.5m/0.9km  
Herrington Colliery New Herrington 1.6m/2.7km 1874 Dec 1985
Hetton Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.8m/7.8km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Hetton Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.8m/7.8km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.8m/7.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Hill Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.1km  
Houghton Colliery Houghton-le-Spring 2.3m/3.8km 1823 26 Sep 1981
Houghton Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 2.3m/3.7km  
Hunter's House Pit Rainton 3.1m/5.0km 1817 
Hutton's Moor Pit  2.3m/3.7km  
Hylton Colliery Castletown, Sunderland 4.5m/7.2km 1900 13 Jul 1979
Hylton Quarry Sunderland, Tyne & Wear 3.3m/5.4km  
Isabella Pit Wrekenton 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Jacks Row Pit  0.8m/1.4km  
Jane Pit  1.3m/2.2km  
Jane Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 4.3m/7.0km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
John Pit Heworth 4.8m/7.8km 1700's 29 Jun 1963
Joliffe Pit  0.5m/0.8km  
Judith Pit Harraton 1.5m/2.4km  
Kibblesworth Colliery Kibblesworth 4.7m/7.6km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Kibblesworth Grange Drift Kibblesworth 4.5m/7.2km 1914 Dec 1932
Kibblesworth Quarry Gateshead 4.1m/6.7km  
King Pit, Wrekenton Wrekenton 4.3m/7.0km  
Knott Pit  3.7m/6.0km  
Lady Anne Pit Fencehouses 1.7m/2.8km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lady Seaham Pit Pittington 4.8m/7.8km  
Lamb Pit Lamesley 2.8m/4.5km  
Lambton Brickworks Fencehouses 1.6m/2.6km  
Lambton Coking Plant Fencehouses 1.6m/2.6km  
Lambton Colliery Fencehouses 1.6m/2.6km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Lambton Pit Penshaw 0.3m/0.5km 1792 
Landsale Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.2km  
Lane Pit Lamesley 2.8m/4.6km  
Lane Pit Harraton 0.6m/1.0km  
Lane Pit West Rainton 3.8m/6.2km  
Letch Pit High Moorsley 4.5m/7.2km 1824 1897
Letch Pit Lamesley 4.8m/7.7km  
Lindsay Pit nr. Hetton le Hole 4.3m/7.0km 08 Jun 1833 30 Mar 1986
Little Pit Washington 0.4m/0.7km 1894 Mar 1935
Low Letch Pit  4.5m/7.3km  
Low Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.5m/7.2km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Lumley Colliery Lumley 1.6m/2.7km 1790's 22 Jan 1966
Lumley Quarry (Clay) Lumley 1.8m/3.0km  
Lyon's Colliery Hetton-le-Hole 4.8m/7.8km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Margaret Pit Philadelphia 1.3m/2.2km  1930's
Mary Pit Newbottle 1.5m/2.5km  
McCall's Quarry Houghton-le-Spring 3.0m/4.8km  
Meadow Pit Lamesley 4.3m/7.0km  
Meadows Pit Rainton 3.5m/5.6km 1824 1897
Middle Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Mill Lane Quarry Plawsworth 4.3m/7.0km  
Mill Pit Lamesley 2.7m/4.4km  
Mill Pit South Biddick 0.1m/0.3km  
Mill Pit, Herrington Herrington 0.9m/1.5km  
Minor Pit Hetton-le-Hole 4.8m/7.7km 1822 11 Jul 1950
Moorside Pit West Rainton 4.5m/7.3km  
Moorsley Colliery Low Moorsley 4.7m/7.6km 1821 1935
Mount Moor Colliery Springwell 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1826 May 1931
Nanny Pit Lamesley 4.5m/7.3km  
Nelly Pit Lamesley 4.0m/6.4km  
Nettlesworth Drift Waldridge Fell, Chester le Street 4.5m/7.2km 1839 27 Sep 1974
New D Pit Penshaw 0.5m/0.8km 1832 
New Herrington Colliery New Herrington 1.6m/2.7km 1874 Dec 1985
Newbottle Colliery Philadelphia 1.3m/2.2km 1774 1956
Newfield Colliery Newfield, Chester Le Street 4.2m/6.8km 1841 1936
Nicholson's Pit East Rainton 3.1m/5.1km 1817 
Noel Pit Oxclose, Washington 1.8m/2.9km  
North Biddick Colliery Washington 0.6m/1.1km bef. 1710 Mar 1935
North Hetton Colliery Low Moorsley 4.7m/7.6km 1821 1935
Old Engine Pit  0.6m/1.0km  
Ouston Colliery Ouston 3.1m/5.0km bef. 1815 Jan 1959
Oxclose Colliery Washington 1.4m/2.3km bef. 1805 
Painshaw Colliery Penshaw 0.3m/0.6km  
Pea Flat Pit  2.3m/3.8km  
Peareths Main Colliery Harraton 1.1m/1.9km  
Pelton Colliery Pelton, nr, Chester le Street 3.9m/6.3km 1835 Feb 1965
Pelton Quarry (Clay) Pelton Fell 3.8m/6.2km  
Penshaw Colliery Penshaw 0.3m/0.6km  
Philadelphia Colliery New Herrington 1.6m/2.7km 1874 Dec 1985
Pity Me Pit  1.8m/2.9km  
Plain Pit Chilton Moor 2.9m/4.7km  
Pontop Pit East Rainton 3.6m/5.8km 1790 
Quarry Pit East Rainton 3.8m/6.2km  
Rainton Colliery Rainton 3.8m/6.2km bef. 1815 21 Jul 1978
Rainton Meadows Pit Rainton 3.5m/5.6km  
Ravensworth Ann Colliery nr. Birtley 4.1m/6.7km 1726 1973
Ravensworth Betty Colliery Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  
Ravensworth Shop Colliery Lamesley 3.5m/5.7km 1850 23 Feb 1962
Redhouse Pit  4.1m/6.6km  
Resolution Pit West Rainton 3.5m/5.7km 1816 
Rickleton Pit Harraton 1.6m/2.7km  
Riding Drift Lamesley 4.4m/7.1km  18 May 1929
Robert Pit Kibblesworth 4.8m/7.8km 1842 04 Oct 1974
Row Pit Harraton 1.2m/2.0km  29 May 1965
Rush Pit Lamesley 4.1m/6.7km  
Rush Pit Harraton 1.3m/2.2km  
Sandy Pits  4.4m/7.1km  
Scrog Pit Harraton 0.3m/0.5km  
Sheriff Hill Colliery Wrekenton 4.6m/7.5km bef. 1793 bef. 1895
Shiphouse Colliery Harraton 1.1m/1.9km  
Silksworth Colliery Silksworth, Sunderland 3.9m/6.3km 1869 06 Nov 1971
Smithy Dene Mine Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km  May 1990
South Birtley Colliery Birtley 2.6m/4.3km  08 Feb 1922
South Pelaw Colliery nr. Chester le Street 3.1m/5.0km 1890 03 Jan 1964
Spring Pit Lamesley 4.6m/7.5km  
Spring Pit Lamesley 3.8m/6.2km  
Springwell (Vale Pit) Springwell 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1826 May 1931
Springwell Colliery Springwell 3.8m/6.2km 17 Jan 1826 Jun 1932
Springwell Quarry Springwell 3.8m/6.1km  
Stable End Pit Chartershaugh 0.3m/0.6km  
Stella Gill Coking Plant Pelton Fell 3.5m/5.7km  
Stobbs Hill Pit Lumley 1.6m/2.7km 1700's 22 Jan 1966
Stormont Main Colliery Wrekenton 4.3m/7.0km  
Street Pit Lamesley 3.7m/6.0km  
Success Pit  0.6m/1.1km  
Success Pit Philadelphia 1.1m/1.9km  1956
Team Colliery Gateshead 4.1m/6.7km 1726 1973
Tribley Pit Chester-le-Street 4.8m/7.7km  
Union Brickworks Clay Pit Birtley 3.8m/6.1km  
Upper Heworth Colliery Heworth 4.8m/7.8km  
Urpeth Busty Colliery Pelton 4.0m/6.5km  
Urpeth Colliery Urpeth 4.5m/7.2km 1835 30 Mar 1957
Usworth Colliery Usworth 3.1m/5.0km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Vale Pit Springwell 3.5m/5.6km bef. 1826 May 1931
Venture Pit  4.4m/7.1km  
Victoria Pit Washington 0.6m/1.0km  Mar 1935
Victoria Pit Usworth 3.1m/5.0km 1910 01 Aug 1974
Waldridge Colliery Waldridge 4.4m/7.1km 1831 Apr 1926
Wash Houses Pit Birtley 2.5m/4.1km 1913 May 1932
Washington Colliery Washington 2.2m/3.6km bef. 1794 
Washington 'F' Pit Washington 2.6m/4.2km 1777 21 Jun 1968
Washington Glebe Colliery Washington 1.7m/2.8km 1904 04 Aug 1972
Way Pit Lamesley 3.1m/5.0km  
Wellington Pit Usworth 3.1m/5.0km 1845 01 Aug 1974
Whin Pit Lamesley 2.8m/4.6km  
Whitefield Pit Penshaw 0.5m/0.8km  
Whitfield (D) Pit Penshaw 0.5m/0.8km 1830 
William Henry Pit Fencehouses 1.8m/2.9km 1790 27 Feb 1965
Wittle Pit Heworth 4.8m/7.8km  
Woodside Pit  4.5m/7.3km  
Woodstone Quarry Chester-le-Street 1.9m/3.1km  

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