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Murton railway station
Murton railway station served the village of Murton, County Durham, England, from 1837 to 1953 on the Durham and Sunderland Railway.
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Murton, County Durham
Murton is a village and civil parish in County Durham, England, eight miles (13 km) east of the city of Durham and six miles (9.7 km) south of Sunderland. It had a population of 4,534, which rose to 7,676 at the 2011 Census.
It was originally a rural agricultural hamlet called Morton, but the discovery of coal beneath its fields in the 19th century transformed it into an industrial community. 'Morton became known as Murton Colliery or Murton-in-the-Whins following the sinking of the pit in 1838 by South Hetton Coal Company, and the village was a productive coal mining community for more than a century. The pit employed more than 1000 men at its peak and featured in a Picture Post article showing the 'vesting' of the mine at nationalisation in 1947.
The village also had the South East Durham Cooperative Bakery and a Northern Bus Company garage as added sources of jobs. In 1955 a by-product works for coal was established for the production mainly of coke. The mine and other employment opportunities closed in the 1990s along with many other County Durham mines and now the old spoil heaps are covered by a retail outlet development Dalton Park, bringing much-needed new employment.
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Murton A.F.C.
Murton A.F.C. (formerly known as Murton Colliery Welfare) was a football team based in Murton near Durham in County Durham, England who last played Wearside League. It affiliated to the Durham Football Association and were Full Members of The Football Association.
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Greenhill, County Durham
Greenhill is a village in County Durham, England. It is situated a few miles south of Sunderland, and adjoins Murton.
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Great Eppleton
Great Eppleton is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hetton, in the Sunderland district, in the county of Tyne and Wear, England. It is about 6 miles south west of Sunderland city centre. Until 1974 it was in County Durham. In 1931 the parish had a population of 38. Today it consists of 2 farms.