Murton is a village in County Durham, England, eight miles east of the city of Durham and six miles 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. …Murton is a village in County Durham, England, eight miles east of the city of Durham and six miles 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.
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