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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 |
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| 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 |
" |
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| 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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