North Tees Colliery

Overview

A small Yoredale-coal colliery near Winston in Teesdale, worked from the 1920s and by the National Coal Board with about 60 men until January 1966.

History

North Tees Colliery lay near Winston, in Teesdale, about ten miles north-north-west of Richmond. After Westholme Colliery at Winston closed in 1914, efforts turned to two new collieries, Teesside and North Tees.

The North Tees Colliery Company worked it in the 1920s with eight men in a Yoredale coal, abandoned on 16 February 1927. J. W. Johnson had it in the 1940s, with 24 men in 1945. On 21 October 1941 two men from Staindrop were overcome by foul air and died.

The National Coal Board took it over in 1947 and worked the Winston Main seam, then again the Yoredale, employing 49 in 1955 and 60 in 1965, raising steam and household coal. It closed in January 1966.

Geology

Coal in the Yoredale beds, including the Winston Main seam.

Workings

Worked a Yoredale coal in the 1920s and from 1950 the Winston Main, returning to the Yoredale in 1964.

Closure

The 1920s Yoredale workings were abandoned on 16 February 1927; the colliery closed in January 1966.

What remains

Unknown.

Redevelopment

Unknown.

Related mines

• Teesside Colliery — Winston collieries opened after Westholme closed in 1914 (Wikipedia, Winston).
• Westholme Colliery — Winston collieries: North Tees was opened after Westholme closed in 1914 (Wikipedia, Winston).

Recorded claims

Individual factual claims, each attached to the source(s) that support it below. Where sources disagree, both are kept.

• North Tees was one of two new collieries opened near Winston after Westholme Colliery closed in 1914. ¹
• The Yoredale seam was abandoned on 16 February 1927. ^2,3
• Two men were overcome by foul air and died on 21 October 1941. ⁴
• Employed 60 people before it closed. ^4,1
• Closed in January 1966. ^5,4,1,6

Photographs & further reading

Sources

1. (secondary) Winston, County Durham — Wikipedia
2. (primary) Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines: North Tees Colliery — Durham Mining Museum
3. (primary) Tees North Mine Plans (Mining Remediation Authority plan 8881, Yoredale, 1927) — British Geological Survey / Mining Remediation Authority
4. (primary) North Tees Colliery — Durham Mining Museum
5. (secondary) NCB Collieries - England (Northern Mine Research Society) — Northern Mine Research Society
6. (primary) North Tees Mine Plans (Mining Remediation Authority plan D1099, Yoredale, 1966) — British Geological Survey / Mining Remediation Authority

Record created: 9 October 2026 · Last researched: 9 October 2026