Teesside Colliery

Also known as	Tees Side Colliery
Location	Winston, Teesdale, County Durham
Commodity	Coal
Type	Coal
Worked	By 1923–31 August 1938
Maximum depth	Unknown.
Operators	H. Lowson Ltd (1923–1935), Winston Coal & Brick Co. Ltd (1930–1938)

Overview

A small colliery near Winston in Teesdale, opened after Westholme closed in 1914, which worked the Brockwell and Winston seams with up to 33 men and closed in August 1938.

History

Teesside, or Tees Side, Colliery lay near Winston in Teesdale. After Westholme Colliery at Winston closed in 1914, efforts turned to two new collieries, Teesside and North Tees.

Tees Side employed 33 people in 1923, 27 of them underground, working the Brockwell, and from 1924 the Winston or Winston Main seam, raising household, steam and some manufacturing coal. G. H. Lowson was agent and J. G. Bell manager through the 1920s. H. Lowson Ltd and then the Winston Coal and Brick Company owned it in the 1930s. Its workforce shrank steadily, to 15 in 1925, 12 in 1930 and seven in 1935.

The Winston seam was abandoned on 31 August 1938, when the colliery closed.

Geology

The Brockwell and the Winston or Winston Main seam.

Workings

Worked the Brockwell in 1923 and the Winston seam from 1924.

Closure

The Winston seam was abandoned on 31 August 1938.

What remains

Unknown.

Redevelopment

Unknown.

Related mines

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

Recorded claims

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

Teesside was one of two new collieries opened near Winston after Westholme closed in 1914, and closed in August 1938. ¹
Employed 33 people in 1923, 27 underground. ²
J. G. Bell was manager from 1923 to 1930. ³
The Winston seam was abandoned on 31 August 1938. ^4,5

Photographs & further reading

Tees Side Colliery (Durham Mining Museum) (reference)

Owners, employment and seams year by year.

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Sources

(secondary) Winston, County Durham — Wikipedia
(primary) Tees Side Colliery — Durham Mining Museum
(primary) Tees Side Colliery: Colliery Management (prior to 1970) — Durham Mining Museum
(primary) Catalogue of Plans of Abandoned Mines: Tees Side Colliery — Durham Mining Museum
(primary) Tees Side Mine Plans (Mining Remediation Authority plan 12337, Winston seam, 1938) — British Geological Survey / Mining Remediation Authority

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