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The last 4 collieries to close were Haggs Lane Drift (1987), New Shildon Drift (1985), Staindrop Field House Drift (1967) & West Auckland Drift (1967)
Collieries after Nationalisation in 1947
Colliery | Location | Opened | Closed | |
Arnghyll | Lynesack & Softley | 1913 | May | 1951 |
Bildershaw | Brandon & Byshottles | 1955 | October | 1956 |
Copeland House | Etherley | 1928 | January | 1948 |
Dene Pit | Bishop Auckland | 1945 | ???? | |
Duke of York Drift | Lynesack & Softley | 1938 | January | 1948 |
Eldon Drift | Shildon | 1934 | October | 1962 |
Esperley Lane Drift | Cockfield | 1955 | February | 1962 |
Etherley Dene | Bishop Auckland | 1925 | ???? | |
Gordon House | Cockfield | 1863 | ???? | |
Haggs Lane Drift | Shildon | 1960 | 1987 | |
Middridge Drift | Middridge | 1954 | September | 1966 |
New Shildon Drift | Shildon | 1949 | 1985 | |
North Tees Drift | Winston | 1923 | January | 1966 |
Old Eldon Drift | Shildon | 1933 | 1950 | |
Princes Street | Bishop Auckland | 1939 | November | 1958 |
Ramshaw | Etherley | 1928 | October | 1959 |
Ramshaw, No.2 | Etherley | 1935 | 1950 | |
Randolph | Evenwood & Barony | 1893 | February | 1962 |
Randolph & Gordon House | Evenwood & Barony | 1935 | February | 1962 |
South Shildon | Shildon | 1929 | August | 1958 |
Staindrop Field House Drift | Evenwood & Barony | 1953 | July | 1967 |
West Auckland | Etherley | 1838 | October | 1948 |
West Auckland Drift | West Auckland | 1960 | July | 1967 |
Woodside | Etherley | 1945 | April | 1950 |