Collieries after Nationalisation in 1947

Colliery Location Opened Closed
Brereton Brereton 1855 July 1960
Cannock & Leacroft Leacroft 1874 (September) (1954) Merged with Mid Cannock
Cannock & Wimblebury Rugeley 1872 (December) (1962)
Cannock Chase No.3 Cannock 1861 1959
Cannock Chase No.9 or Hednesford Cannock 1869 (1951) Merged with Cannock Chase
Cannock Old Coppice Cheslyn Hay 1840 April 1960
Cannock Wood Hednesford 1865 June 1973
Conduit, No.3 Pit Norton Canes 1850 July 1949
Coppice Heath Hayes 1893 April 1964
East Cannock Hednesford 1871 May 1957
Hawkins Cheslyn Hay 1840 April 1960
Hilton Main Essington 1919 January 1969
Holly Bank 1952
Lea Hall Rugeley 1954 December 1990
Littleton Huntington 1877 December 1993
Mid Cannock Rumer Hill 1875 December 1967
Nook (Wyrley Cannock No.1) Cheslyn Hay 1863 June 1949
Walsall Wood Brownhills 1874 October 1964
West Cannock No.1 Hednesford 1869 (September) (1958) Merged with Littleton
West Cannock No.2 Hednesford 1871 (January) (1955) Merged with West Cannock 5
West Cannock No.3 Hednesford 1871 December 1949
West Cannock No.5 Hednesford 1914 December 1982
Wimblebury Hednesford 1872 (December) (1962) Merged with West Cannock 5
Wyrley, No.3 Brownhills 1896 (June) (1963) Merged with Mid Cannock
Yew Tree Drift Essington 1947 April 1950
Dates in brackets indicate the date that the colliery merged with another
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