Durham Colliery Closures
N.C.B. / British Coal Mines (1947-1994 et al.)
SUNSET - WASHINGTON 'F' COLLIERY
The Pit Road
[ Picture from a Washington Development Corporation Booklet ]
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WASHINGTON 'F' COLLIERY
Closed in June 1968
[ Courtesy of photographer, Dr Stafford Linsley, July 1968 ]
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Demolition in progress at The 'F' Pit
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USWORTH COLLIERY
Closed in August 1974
[ Courtesy of photographer, Dr Stafford Linsley, 1974 ]
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Demolition in progress at Usworth Colliery
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Demolition in progress at Usworth Colliery
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Colliery Closure Dates - Durham
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Alphabetical
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COLLIERY |
YEAR |
MONTH |
Addison |
1963 |
February |
Adventure (near West Rainton) |
1978 |
July |
Alma |
1958 |
November |
Arnghyll & Cowley |
1951 |
May |
Axwell Park |
1954 |
August |
Barcus Close |
1966 |
April |
Barlow Townley |
1961 |
October |
Beamish Mary |
1966 |
March |
Beamish Second |
1962 |
November |
Bearpark |
1984 |
April |
Bildershaw |
1956 |
October |
Blackhall |
1981 |
April |
Blaydon Burn Bessie |
1956 |
November |
Blaydon Burn Mary |
1953 |
March |
Boldon |
1982 |
June |
Bowburn |
1967 |
July |
Bradley Drift |
1965 |
September |
Brancepeth |
1967 |
July |
Brandon Pit House |
1968 |
March |
Brusselton |
1968 |
May |
Burnhope (Annie & Betty) |
1949 |
July |
Burnhopefield |
1968 |
August |
Byermoor |
1968 |
February |
Causey Mill Drift |
1955 |
January |
Chartershaugh (Harraton Riverside) |
1932 |
February |
Chester South Moor |
1967 |
October |
Chopwell |
1966 |
November |
Clara Vale |
1966 |
February |
Craghead |
1969 |
April |
Crookhall |
1963 |
November |
Dawdon |
1993 |
November |
Deaf Hill |
1967 |
February |
Dean & Chapter |
1966 |
January |
Derwent |
1964 |
November |
Dunston & Elswick |
1947 |
December |
Easington |
1993 |
November |
East Hedley Hope |
1959 |
January |
East Hetton (Kelloe) |
1983 |
July |
East Tanfield |
1965 |
January |
Eden |
1980 |
July |
Eldon Drift |
1962 |
October |
Elemore |
1974 |
February |
Emma |
1968 |
April |
Eppleton (merged with Murton.) |
1986 |
March |
Esh |
1968 |
June |
Esperley Lane Drift |
1962 |
February |
Fenhall Drift |
1963 |
May |
Fishburn |
1973 |
November |
Garesfield |
1960 |
July |
Grange |
1948 |
April |
Greencroft Tower |
1957 |
July |
Greenside |
1966 |
July |
Haggs Lane |
1964 |
January |
Hamsterley |
1968 |
February |
Handen Hold |
1968 |
March |
Harbour House |
1958 |
April |
Harraton |
1965 |
May |
Harton |
1969 |
July |
Herrington |
1985 |
November |
Hetton |
1950 |
July |
Heworth |
1963 |
June |
High Marley Hill |
1963 |
June |
Hole-in-the-Wall |
1964 |
November |
Horden |
1986 |
February |
Houghton |
1981 |
September |
Hylton |
1979 |
July |
Kibblesworth |
1974 |
October |
Kimblesworth |
1967 |
November |
Lambton 'D' |
1965 |
February |
Lanchester Townley |
1963 |
August |
Langley Park |
1975 |
October |
Lilley Drift |
1957 |
January |
Little Burn |
1950 |
December |
Lumley Sixth |
1966 |
January |
Mainsforth |
1968 |
December |
Malton |
1961 |
July |
Marley Hill |
1983 |
March |
Medomsley |
1972 |
October |
Metal Bridge |
1978 |
July |
Middridge |
1966 |
August |
Morrison Busty |
1973 |
October |
Murton |
1993 |
November |
New Brancepeth |
1953 |
July |
New Shildon |
1965 |
August |
North Tees |
1966 |
January |
North Biddick (at Victoria Bridge) |
1935 |
March |
Ousten 'E' |
1959 |
January |
Pelton |
1965 |
February |
Phoenix Drift |
1964 |
August |
Princes Street |
1958 |
November |
Quarry |
1955 |
September |
Ramshaw |
1959 |
October |
Randolph |
1962 |
February |
Ravensworth Ann |
1973 |
- |
Ravensworth Park |
1968 |
February |
Ravensworth Shop |
1962 |
February |
Roddymoor |
1963 |
August |
Rose Cottage Drift |
1955 |
August |
Ryhope |
1966 |
November |
Sacriston |
1985 |
November |
Seaham (merged with Vane Tempest.) |
1983 |
June |
Sherburn Hill |
1965 |
August |
Shield Row Drift |
1948 |
April |
Shotton |
1972 |
September |
Silksworth |
1971 |
November |
South Garesfield |
1960 |
February |
South Hetton (merged with Murton.) |
1983 |
March |
South Pelaw |
1964 |
January |
South Shildon |
1958 |
August |
Springwell |
1932 |
June |
Staindrop Field House |
1967 |
July |
Stanley Burn |
1965 |
February |
Stanley Cottage |
1968 |
May |
Stargate |
1963 |
June |
Tanfield Lea |
1962 |
August |
Tanfield Moor |
1948 |
October |
Thornley |
1970 |
January |
Thrislington |
1967 |
March |
Trimdon Grange |
1968 |
February |
Tudhoe Mill |
1965 |
February |
Tudhoe Park |
1969 |
May |
Ushaw Moor |
1960 |
August |
Usworth |
1974 |
August |
Vane Tempest |
1993 |
November |
Victoria Garesfield |
1962 |
July |
Wardley (Usworth coal still raised at Follingsby.) |
1968 |
December |
Washington 'F' |
1968 |
June |
Washington Glebe |
1972 |
August |
Watergate |
1964 |
August |
Waterhouses |
1966 |
August |
Wearmouth |
1994 |
June |
West Auckland |
1967 |
July |
West Brandon Drift |
1958 |
August |
West Thornley |
1965 |
November |
Westerton Drift |
1961 |
October |
Westoe |
1993 |
November |
Wheatley Hill |
1968 |
May |
Whitburn |
1968 |
June |
Whitworth Park |
1974 |
July |
Wingate Grange |
1962 |
October |
Witton |
1966 |
January |
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Chronological |
COLLIERY |
YEAR |
MONTH |
Chartershaugh (Harraton Riverside) |
1932 |
February |
Springwell |
1932 |
June |
North Biddick (at Victoria Bridge) |
1935 |
March |
Dunston & Elswick |
1947 |
December |
Shield Row Drift |
1948 |
April |
Grange |
" |
April |
Tanfield Moor |
" |
October |
Burnhope (Annie & Betty) |
1949 |
July |
Hetton |
1950 |
July |
Little Burn |
" |
December |
Arnghyll & Cowley |
1951 |
May |
Blaydon Burn Mary |
1953 |
March |
New Brancepeth |
" |
July |
Axwell Park |
1954 |
August |
Causey Mill Drift |
1955 |
January |
Rose Cottage Drift |
" |
August |
Quarry |
" |
September |
Bildershaw |
1956 |
October |
Blaydon Burn Bessie |
" |
November |
Lilley Drift |
1957 |
January |
Greencroft Tower |
" |
July |
Harbour House |
1958 |
April |
South Shildon |
" |
August |
West Brandon Drift |
" |
August |
Princes Street |
" |
November |
Alma |
" |
November |
Ousten 'E' |
1959 |
January |
East Hedley Hope |
" |
January |
Ramshaw |
" |
October |
South Garesfield |
1960 |
February |
Ushaw Moor |
" |
August |
Garesfield |
" |
July |
Malton |
1961 |
July |
Barlow Townley |
" |
October |
Westerton Drift |
" |
October |
Ravensworth Shop |
1962 |
February |
Esperley Lane Drift |
" |
February |
Randolph |
" |
February |
Victoria Garesfield |
" |
July |
Tanfield Lea |
" |
August |
Eldon Drift |
" |
October |
Wingate Grange |
" |
October |
Beamish Second |
" |
November |
Addison |
1963 |
February |
Fenhall Drift |
" |
May |
Heworth |
" |
June |
High Marley Hill |
" |
June |
Stargate |
" |
June |
Roddymoor |
" |
August |
Lanchester Townley |
" |
August |
Crookhall |
" |
November |
South Pelaw |
1964 |
January |
Haggs Lane |
" |
January |
Watergate |
" |
August |
Phoenix Drift |
" |
August |
Derwent |
" |
November |
Hole-in-the-Wall |
" |
November |
East Tanfield |
1965 |
January |
Pelton |
" |
February |
Lambton 'D' |
" |
February |
Stanley Burn |
" |
February |
Tudhoe Mill |
" |
February |
Harraton |
" |
May |
Sherburn Hill |
" |
August |
New Shildon |
" |
August |
Bradley Drift |
" |
September |
West Thornley |
" |
November |
Witton |
1966 |
January |
Lumley Sixth |
" |
January |
Dean & Chapter |
" |
January |
North Tees |
" |
January |
Clara Vale |
" |
February |
Beamish Mary |
" |
March |
Barcus Close |
" |
April |
Greenside |
" |
July |
Waterhouses |
" |
August |
Middridge |
" |
August |
Chopwell |
" |
November |
Ryhope |
" |
November |
Deaf Hill |
1967 |
February |
Thrislington |
" |
March |
Bowburn |
" |
July |
Brancepeth |
" |
July |
Staindrop Field House |
" |
July |
West Auckland |
" |
July |
Chester South Moor |
" |
October |
Kimblesworth |
" |
November |
Byermoor |
1968 |
February |
Hamsterley |
" |
February |
Ravensworth Park |
" |
February |
Trimdon Grange |
" |
February |
Handen Hold |
" |
March |
Brandon Pit House |
" |
March |
Emma |
" |
April |
Wheatley Hill |
" |
May |
Stanley Cottage |
" |
May |
Brusselton |
" |
May |
Esh |
" |
June |
Whitburn |
" |
June |
Washington 'F' |
" |
June |
Burnhopefield |
" |
August |
Mainsforth |
" |
December |
Wardley (Usworth coal still raised at Follingsby.) |
" |
December |
Craghead |
1969 |
April |
Tudhoe Park |
" |
May |
Harton |
" |
July |
Thornley |
1970 |
January |
Silksworth |
1971 |
November |
Washington Glebe |
1972 |
August |
Shotton |
" |
September |
Medomsley |
" |
October |
Morrison Busty |
1973 |
October |
Fishburn |
" |
November |
Ravensworth Ann |
" |
- |
Elemore |
1974 |
February |
Whitworth Park |
" |
July |
Usworth |
" |
August |
Kibblesworth |
" |
October |
Langley Park |
1975 |
October |
Metal Bridge |
1978 |
July |
Adventure (near West Rainton) |
" |
July |
Hylton |
1979 |
July |
Eden |
1980 |
July |
Blackhall |
1981 |
April |
Houghton |
" |
September |
Boldon |
1982 |
June |
Marley Hill |
1983 |
March |
East Hetton (Kelloe) |
" |
July |
South Hetton (merged with Murton.) |
" |
March |
Seaham (merged with Vane Tempest.) |
" |
June |
Bearpark |
1984 |
April |
Herrington |
1985 |
November |
Sacriston |
" |
November |
Horden |
1986 |
February |
Eppleton (merged with Murton.) |
" |
March |
Westoe |
1993 |
November |
Easington |
" |
November |
Dawdon |
" |
November |
Murton |
" |
November |
Vane Tempest |
" |
November |
Wearmouth |
1994 |
June |
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JACK SHORT
Washington Glebe Colliery - as the Last Production Shift Ends
Jack was The Last Miner out of The Pit after 47 Years Service - 2nd August 1972
[ This Photograph first appeared in The Evening Chronicle. Contribution: Thanks to Jack's Son Ralph, also a Glebe Miner.
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WASHINGTON GLEBE COLLIERY
Closed in August 1972
[ Courtesy of photographer, Dr Stafford Linsley, July 1972 ]
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Washington Glebe Colliery
[ Courtesy of photographer, Dr Stafford Linsley, July 1972 ]
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Washington Glebe Colliery
[ Courtesy of photographer, Dr Stafford Linsley, July 1972 ]
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