National Coal Board – Colliery company records

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Date1834,
1973
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Hanoverian (1714 to 1837)
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National Coal Board – Colliery company records records

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NCB 13/1-15Papers relating to Bolckow, Vaughan and Company
NCB 13/11 file, typescript20 June 1878 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Bolckow, Vaughan and Company Lease by (1) to (2) for 63 years of all coal, ironstone, iron ore and fireclay under the following lands: 608a.1r.25p. in township of Westerton; 479a.2r.27p. in township of Middlestone; 2029a.2r.1p. and 67a.1r.20p. in township of Ferryhill; 1850a.3r.14p. in township of Merrington; 412a.3r.14p. in township of Middlestone; 70a.2r.10p. in township of Westerton; 234a.1r.14p. in township of Great Chilton; 330a.1r.2p and 30a.2r.4p. in township of Coundon; 637a.2r.8p. in township of Coundon Grange; 110a. in township of Pollard’s Lands; 34a.3r.0p., 19a.3r.10p., 24a. and 31a.3r.36p. in township of Bishop Auckland; 827a. in townships of Bondgate in Auckland, Byers Green and Binchester. Detailed provisions for working of coal Consideration: £2234 p.a. certain rent for 17.5 years and other rents as specified
NCB 13/21 file, paperCopy of NCB 13/1
NCB 13/31 file, typescript6 April 1885 (1) Bolckow, Vaughan and Company (2) Ferryhill and Chilton Burial Board Assignment of lease for residue of term of 63 years by (1) to (2) of mines of coal, ironstone, iron ore and fireclay within 50 feet of surface of 2a. ground, part of Cleves Cross Farm, township of Ferryhill Consideration: 10s. by (2) to (1)
NCB 13/41 file, paper6 November 1890 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Bolckow, Vaughan and Company Deed to vary provisions of Black Boy Royalty lease (20 June 1878) whereby (2) surrender mines at Ferryhill and Great Chilton, plan attached
NCB 13/51 file, paper10 July 1896 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Bolckow, Vaughan and Company Deed of arrangement to vary provisions of Black Boy Royalty lease (20 June 1878) whereby barriers are altered
NCB 13/61 file, typescriptCopy of NCB 13/5
NCB 13/71 file, printed23 November 1899 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Bolckow, Vaughan and Company Deed of arrangement to vary provisions of Binchester Royalty lease (6 April 1877) and Black Boy Royalty lease (20 June 1878) whereby barriers are altered and powers are granted to work a portion of Binchester Royalty. Detailed provisions for working of coal
NCB 13/81 file, printed30 November 1909 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Bolckow, Vaughan and Company Deed of arrangement to alter barriers in Binchester, Black Boy and Byers Green Royalties. Detailed provisions for working of coal
NCB 13/91 file, typescript6 March 1911 (1) Bolckow, Vaughan and Company (2) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England Surrender by (1) to (2) of mines of coal, ironstone, iron ore and fireclay on lands hatched blue and red on plan of Black Boy Royalty lease (20 June 1878). Surrendered coal, together with coal left unworked in Dean Bridge Wood Freehold Royalty, to form new 30 yards barrier in substitution for barrier provided in 1878 lease. (1) now allowed to work minerals in part of Dean Bridge Wood Freehold Royalty hatched yellow on plan
NCB 13/101 file, printed14 March 1912 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Bolckow, Vaughan and Company Grant by (1) to (2) of power to work coal in Low Main Seam, marked green on attached plan, by instroke drifts through Old Park Royalty to Byers Green Pit, as long as (2) occupy Byers Green Colliery under Byers Green lease (2 July 1901). Detailed provisions for working of coal Consideration: 2s.6d. per chapter ten (954 cwt) instroke rent
NCB 13/111 file, card bound18 December 1919 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Bolckow, Vaughan and Company Deed to vary provisions of Black Boy Royalty lease (20 June 1878) whereby more coal, ironstone, iron ore and fireclay are leased by (1) to (2). An internal barrier to be maintained by (2), instroke powers are granted to (2) and instroke, outstroke and tonnage rents are altered. Plan attached
NCB 13/125 papers, typescriptCorrespondence between A. Read, Esquire, Secretary to Bolckow, Vaughan and Company; S. Hare, Esquire, Howlish Offices, Bishop Auckland, and Sir Arthur N.L. Wood at the Mining Office, Chester-le-Street concerning proposed renewal of lease of Black Boy Royalties, 21 December 1923 – 2 January 1924
NCB 13/131 file, printed18 December 1924 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Bolckow, Vaughan and Company (3) George Edward Young of West Chilton Farm, Ferryhill, farmer, and William Henry Oliver of Dunsley, Woodlands Road, Darlington, the owners of Merrington Park Colliery Licence by (1) to (2) to sub-let to (3) all coals in Low Main Seam which lies under red lands at Black Boy Royalty lease (20 June 1878) with provisions for working of coal. Plan attached
NCB 13/14183cm x 45.5cm, waxed linenPlan of Binchester Branch Railway showing owners of adjoining land, n.d. No scale
NCB 13/15136.6cm x 52.5cm, waxed linenPlan of land occupied by colliery plant railways etc., Leasingthorne Colliery, n.d. Scale: 25.344 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
NCB 13/16Papers relating to the Brancepeth Coal Company
NCB 13/162 papersMemoranda concerning agreement between London & North Eastern Railway and Brancepeth Coal Company as to sidings at Littleburn Colliery, 27 – 30 July 1951
NCB 13/17-18Papers relating to Cochrane and Company
NCB 13/171 file, typescript24 March 1932 (1) North Brancepeth Coal Company (in liquidation) (2) Charles Urie Peat of Martins Bank Chambers, Darlington, chartered accountant (the liquidator) (3) Cochrane and Company Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (3) of mines of coal etc. under ‘East Broom’ (49.656a.) and ‘West Broom’ (49.462a) with powers to work coal. Recites deeds of 7 November 1870 and 5 August 1871. Plans attached Consideration: £1000 by (3) to (2)
NCB 13/1813 papers4 November 1932 (1) Strakers and Love (2) Cochrane and Company Underlease for 15 years by (1) to (2) of all coal, fireclay and plateclay in the Victoria Seam near New Brancepeth. Detailed provisions for working coal. Various rents as specified
NCB 13/19-56Papers relating to Consett Iron Company
NCB 13/191 fileAgreements concerning prices and conditions for Hutton Seam, Langley Park Colliery, 7 February 1879 – 12 November 1929
NCB 13/201 fileAgreements concerning prices and conditions for Low Main Seam, Langley Park Colliery, 19 June 1903 – 18 April 1914
NCB 13/211 fileAgreements concerning working conditions etc. for Harvey Seam, Langley Park Colliery, 3 May 1912 – 24 December 1915
NCB 13/221 volume, paperWages book, Langley Park Colliery, 7 October 1899 – 8 September 1900
NCB 13/231 volume, card boundApplications for insurance cards [Langley Park Colliery?], 4 May 1933 – 22 February 1946
NCB 13/241 volume, cloth boundRegister of persons leaving colliery [Langley Park Colliery?], 7 May 1937 – 18 September 1943
NCB 13/251 volume, card boundRegister of persons employed, Langley Park Colliery, n.d.
NCB 13/261 volume, leather quarter-boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 5 February 1915 – 21 December 1915
NCB 13/271 volume, leather quarter-boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 22 December 1915 – 15 September 1916
NCB 13/281 volume, leather quarter-boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 16 September 1916 – 10 December 1917
NCB 13/291 volume, leather quarter-boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 11 December 1917 – 16 May 1919
NCB 13/301 volume, leather quarter-boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 1 March 1919 – 22 November 1920
NCB 13/311 volume, leather quarter-boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 4 December 1920 – 14 June 1922
NCB 13/321 volume, leather quarter-boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 23 June 1922 – 13 April 1923
NCB 13/331 volume, leather quarter-boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 16 April 1923 – 4 July 1924
NCB 13/341 volume, leather quarter-boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 3 July 1924 – 15 February 1927
NCB 13/351 volume, leather quarter-boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 22 April 1926 – 2 November 1928
NCB 13/361 volume, card boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 14 November 1928 – 21 January 1930
NCB 13/371 volume, card boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 13 January 1930 – 2 April 1931
NCB 13/381 volume, card boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 2 April 1931 – 9 March 1933
NCB 13/391 volume, card boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 13 March 1933 – 11 October 1933
NCB 13/401 volume, paperPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 15 October 1934 – 28 May 1936
NCB 13/411 volume, card boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 30 May 1936 – 16 December 1937
NCB 13/421 volume, card boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 22 December 1937 – 5 September 1939
NCB 13/43I volume, card boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 8 September 1939 – 12 March 1940
NCB 13/441 volume, card boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 18 March – 30 October 1940
NCB 13/4516 papersPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 27 July – 29 September 1942 and 2 March 1944
NCB 13/461 volume, leather quarter-boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 8 October 1942 – 21 February 1944
NCB 13/471 volume, leather quarter-boundPersonal injury reports, Langley Park Colliery, 5 April 1944 – 26 September 1945
NCB 13/481 fileAccident report book, Langley Park Colliery, 4 April – 23 September 1946
NCB 13/491 fileAccident report book, Langley Park Colliery, 26 September 1946 – 14 August 1947
NCB 13/501 fileAccident report book, Langley Park Colliery, 18 August – 9 December 1947
NCB 13/511 fileAnnual report, Langley Park Colliery, 23 July 1915
NCB 13/521 fileHalf-yearly report, Langley Park Colliery, 19 January 1916
NCB 13/531 fileHalf-yearly report, Langley Park Colliery, 15 January 1917
NCB 13/541 fileHalf-yearly report, Langley Park Colliery, 17 January 1914
NCB 13/557 papersLetters to M. Hedley, Esquire, from R. Lidster and Arthur Hepburn concerning report on new work, Langley Park Colliery, 3 -5 January 1917
NCB 13/569 papersPlans and papers concerning sheaves, rollers and stonemen’s wedges, Langley Park Colliery, 18 May 1928 – 12 October 1937
NCB 13/57-67Papers relating to Dorman, Long and Company
NCB 13/571 volume, card boundReports by doctors attending on accident cases, Mainsforth Colliery, 27 April 1928 – 25 August 1933
NCB 13/581 volume, card boundAccident report book for ambulance room, Mainsforth Colliery, 28 August 1933 – 14 June 1935
NCB 13/591 volume, card boundAccident report book for ambulance room, Mainsforth Colliery, 14 June 1935 – 3 July 1936
NCB 13/601 volume, card boundAccident report book for ambulance room, Mainsforth Colliery, 5 July 1936 – 14 October 1937
NCB 13/611 volume, card boundAccident report book for ambulance room, Mainsforth Colliery, 15 October 1937 – 30 November 1938
NCB 13/621 volume, card boundAccident report book, Mainsforth Colliery, 1 December 1938 – 30 November 1939
NCB 13/631 volume, card boundAccident report book for ambulance room, Mainsforth Colliery, 1 December 1939 – 6 November 1940
NCB 13/641 volume, card boundAccident report book, Mainsforth Colliery 4 November 1940 – 6 August 1941
NCB 13/651 volume, card boundAccident report book, Mainsforth Colliery 7 August 1941 – 24 August 1942
NCB 13/661 volume, card boundAccident report book, Mainsforth Colliery, 24 August 1942 – 31 October 1943
NCB 13/671 volume, card boundWages book, [Thrislington Colliery?], 3 January 1953 -1957
NCB 13/68-75Papers relating to Easington Coal Company
NCB 13/681 volume, leather half-boundSketches and specifications of machinery, Easington Colliery, 7 July 1904 – 31 July 1919
NCB 13/691 volume, leather half-boundSketches of machinery, Easington Colliery, 4 July 1919 – 22 January 1934
NCB 13/701 volume, leather half-boundSketches of machinery, Easington Colliery, 19 February 1931 – 27 June 1947
NCB 13/711 volume, card boundAccount of coals drawn, Easington Colliery, 1 January 1937 – 30 December 1939
NCB 13/721 volume, card boundAccount of coals drawn, Easington Colliery, 31 December 1939 – 31 December 1942
NCB 13/731 volume, card boundAccount of daily drawings of coal, Easington Colliery, 1 January 1943 – 31 December 1948
NCB 13/741 volume, card boundRegister of total hands, Easington Colliery, 7 January 1939 – 25 December 1943
NCB 13/751 volume, card boundRegister of total hands employed, Easington Colliery, 1944 – 1949
NCB 13/76Papers relating to East Hetton Collieries Ltd.
NCB 13/761 fileAccident reports, East Hetton Colliery, 10 January 1929 – 3 November 1951
NCB 13/77-91Papers relating to Henry Stobart and Company
NCB 13/7736 papersCorrespondence between John Pallister & Son, Estate Offices, Crook; Thomas Jennings, solicitor, Bishop Auckland; Messrs. Stobart and Company, Colliery Offices, Etherley; and Mr. Watson Collingwood, Hesleden, concerning specifications of work to be done to Mr. Collingwood’s damaged property at Newton Cap, 28 May 1917 – 16 March 1918
NCB 13/781 volume, leather half-boundRegister of those employed as coalhewers, Thrislington Colliery, 27 April 1931 – 15 September 1952
NCB 13/791 volume, card boundInsurance contributions book [Thrislington Colliery?], 1937 – 1941
NCB 13/808 papersPapers concerning National Insurance payments, Thrislington Colliery, 1938 – 1945 Originally enclosed in NCB 13/79
NCB 13/811 volume, card boundRegister of employees for National Insurance purposes, Thrislington colliery, 1948 – 1952
NCB 13/821 volume, card boundPay book, Thrislington Colliery, 1942 – 1947
NCB 13/831 fileCorrespondence concerning sale of scrap, Thrislington Colliery, 12 April 1933 – 23 April 1936
NCB 13/845 papersPapers concerning conveying and coal-cutting costs, hewing and filling prices, Thrislington Colliery, c.1936 Originally enclosed in NCB 13/79
NCB 13/851 file, 13 plansPlans of seams and surface arrangements, Thrislington Colliery, 1954 – 1961 Scales: 1:2500 and 1:5000
NCB 13/861 fileCorrespondence concerning sales of coal, Fishburn Colliery, 21 July 1932 – 8 June 1935
NCB 13/871 fileCorrespondence concerning machinery, cables etc., Fishburn Colliery, 2 February 1933 – 10 April 1943
NCB 13/881 fileCorrespondence concerning colliery houses, Fishburn Colliery, 29 March 1933 – 7 November 1944
NCB 13/891 filePapers relating to administration of pithead baths, Fishburn Colliery, 6 June 1933 – 31 March 1940
NCB 13/901 fileAccident report book, Fishburn Colliery, 15 June 1936 – 25 September 1940
NCB 13/911 fileWork programmes, Fishburn Colliery, 6 February 1937 – 24 January 1941
NCB 13/92-168Papers relating to Horden Collieries Ltd.
NCB 13/921 volume, card boundWorkmen’s engagement book (indexed), Shotton Colliery lists employees by year of birth (1877 – 1938), and from 1935 shows date of first employment; mainly lists above-ground employees
NCB 13/931 volume, card boundForms for appointment of firemen, examiners or deputies, Shotton Colliery, 2 June 1919 – February 1949
NCB 13/941 volume, card boundForms for appointment of firemen, examiners or deputies, Shotton Colliery, 7 – 17 January 1936
NCB 13/951 volume, card boundForms for appointment of firemen, examiners or deputies, Shotton Colliery, 2 September 1940 – 26 January 1946
NCB 13/961 volume, card boundForms for appointment of firemen, examiners or deputies, Shotton Colliery, 4 February 1946 – 4 January 1954
NCB 13/971 volume, card boundForms for appointment of winding enginemen, Shotton Colliery, 2 November 1931 – 2 December 1935
NCB 13/981 volume, paperForms for appointment of shot firers, Shotton Colliery, 23 November 1931 – 1 October 1934
NCB 13/991 volume, card boundForms for appointment of shot firers, Shotton Colliery, 23 February 1938 – 4 February 1946
NCB 13/1001 volume, card boundForms for appointment of shot firers, Shotton Colliery, 20 January 1949 – 27 August 1951
NCB 13/1011 volume, card boundForms for appointment of authorised persons, Shotton Colliery, 15 January 1936 – 28 September 1953
NCB 13/1021 volume, card boundForm for appointment of authorised persons, Shotton Colliery, 4 February 1938 – 10 June 1953
NCB 13/1031 volume, card boundForms for appointment of authorised persons, Shotton Colliery, 16 January 1940 – 29 September 1953
NCB 13/1041 volume, card boundForms for appointment of authorised persons, Shotton Colliery, 17 April 1944 – 22 July 1947
NCB 13/1051 volume, card boundForms for appointment of authorised persons, Shotton Colliery 4 June 1948 – 12 June 1953
NCB 13/1061 volume, card boundCertificates of authority as competent or authorised persons, Shotton Colliery, 14 October 1954 – 12 December 1956
NCB 13/1071 volume, card boundForms for appointment of authorised persons to search workmen, Shotton Colliery, 26 September 1940 – 8 June 1953
NCB 13/108332 papersAgreements concerning prices and working conditions, Shotton Colliery, 9 November 1901 – 16 April 1946
NCB 13/10928 papersNational agreements concerning conditions and wages, including return on numbers and basic rates of adult datal workmen at Shotton Colliery, 29 November 1941 – 11 September 1947
NCB 13/1101 volume, leather half-boundAbstract of pay bills, minimum wage and National Health contributions, Shotton Colliery, 9 May 1909 – 9 August 1913
NCB 13/1111 volume, leather half-boundAbstract of pay bills, war wage, Sankey award and minimum wage, Shotton Colliery, 21 June 1919 – 21 March 1925
NCB 13/11219 papersPapers concerning hewers in Low Main Seam restricting output to support claim for increased hewing prices, Shotton Colliery, 31 August – 11 November 1918
NCB 13/1131 plan, 114cm x 60cmPlan of foundations for 100 h.p. endless rope haulage in Hutton Seam, Shotton Colliery, 26 February 1917 Scale: 1/2 inch and 3 inches to 1 foot (1:24 and 1:4]
NCB 13/1141 bundle, paperGeneral correspondence including: supplies, applications, coke works, accidents, parish council matters, wages and conditions, houses, new drifts, fire brigade service etc., Shotton Colliery, 1921 – 1928
NCB 13/115476 papersGeneral correspondence including: stocks, production of coal, houses, electric lights etc., Shotton Colliery, 6 January 1928 – 4 December 1930
NCB 13/1161 bundle, paperPapers concerning miners’ welfare association: recreational facilities, including bowling, cricket and football; provision of ambulance etc., Shotton Colliery, 1922 – 1930
NCB 13/11712 papersMonthly accounts of coke sent from Shotton Colliery, 1923
NCB 13/1187 papersMonthly accounts of bye-products sent from Shotton Colliery, 1923
NCB 13/11912 papersMonthly accounts of coke sent from Shotton Colliery, 1924
NCB 13/12012 papersMonthly accounts of bye-products sent from Shotton Colliery, 1924
NCB 13/12112 papersMonthly accounts of coke sent from Shotton Colliery, 1925
NCB 13/12212 papersMonthly accounts of bye-products sent from Shotton Colliery, 1925
NCB 13/1236 papersMonthly accounts of coke sent from Shotton Colliery, 1926
NCB 13/1245 papersMonthly accounts of bye-products sent from Shotton Colliery, 1926
NCB 13/12523 papersMonthly accounts of coke and bye-products sent from Shotton Colliery, 1927
NCB 13/12624 papersMonthly accounts of coke and bye-products sent from Shotton Colliery, 1928
NCB 13/12724 papersMonthly accounts of: coke and bye-products sent from Shotton Colliery, 1929
NCB 13/1281 volume, leather quarter-boundAccount of ballast, coke and bye-products vended, Shotton Colliery, 30 September 1940 – 21 July 1951
NCB 13/1291 volume, card boundAccidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines, Shotton Colliery, 11 August 1924 – 14 September 1932
NCB 13/1301 volume, card boundMeasurements for cutters and pullers, Shotton Colliery, c.1960
NCB 13/1311 plan, 33cm x 39.5cmPlan of Harvey Seam, second North Longwall district, Shotton Colliery, n.d. Scale: 1 in. to 66 ft. (1:792]
NCB 13/1321 paperLetter from Thomas Watson to R. Forster at Castle Eden Colliery concerning Wingate School Board providing school accommodation for their district, 12 October 1896
NCB 13/1331 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 17 March 1909 – 21 December 1912
NCB 13/134I volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 21 December 1912 – 5 December 1913
NCB 13/1351 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 6 December 1913 – 8 April 1916
NCB 13/1361 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 10 April 1916 – 28 December 1918
NCB 13/1371 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 30 December 1918 – 5 March 1921
NCB 13/1381 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 4 March 1921 -21 April 1923
NCB 13/1391 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery 20 April 1923 – 28 March 1925
NCB 13/140I volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 30 March 1925 – 5 March 1927
NCB 13/1411 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 7 March 1927 – 21 July 1928
NCB 13/1421 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 20 July 1928 – 25 January 1930
NCB 13/1431 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 25 January 1930 – 31 August 1931
NCB 13/1441 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 31 August 1931 – 13 February 1933
NCB 13/1451 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 13 February – 23 December 1933
NCB 13/1461 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 26 December 1933 – 25 May 1935
NCB 13/1471 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 27 May 1935 – 1 August 1936
NCB 13/1481 volume, leather half-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 4 August 1936 – 24 July 1937
NCB 13/1491 volume, leather quarter-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 21 July 1937 – 10 September 1938
NCB 13/1501 volume, leather quarter-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 12 September 1938 – 11 November 1939
NCB 13/1511 volume, leather quarter-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 13 November 1939 – 18 January 1941
NCB 13/1521 volume, leather quarter-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 16 January 1941 – 31 January 1942
NCB 13/1531 volume, leather quarter-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 31 January 1942 – 3 April 1943
NCB 13/1541 volume, leather quarter-boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 5 April 1943 – 13 May 1944
NCB 13/1551 volume, cloth boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 13 May 1944 – 30 June 1945
NCB 13/1561 volume, cloth boundCash book, Blackhall Colliery, 2 July 1945 – 19 July 1946
NCB 13/1571 volume, leather quarter-boundPetty cash book, Blackhall Colliery, 22 October 1953 – 2 July 1955
NCB 13/1581 volume, leather quarter-boundPetty cash book, Blackhall colliery, 1 July 1955 – 5 July 1957
NCB 13/1591 volume, leather quarter-boundPetty cash book, Blackhall Colliery, 3 July 1957 – 6 November 1959
NCB 13/1601 volume, leather half-boundAccount book of drawings, colliery consumption and vend, Blackhall Colliery, 5 July 1913 – 4 August 1917
NCB 13/1611 volume, leather half-boundAccount of coals washed, Blackhall Colliery, 18 October 1924 – 23 September 1933
NCB 13/1621 volume, cloth boundAccount of stoppages, Blackhall Colliery, 18 April 1919 – 21 May 1956
NCB 13/1631 volume, card boundAgreements between Horden Collieries Ltd. and employees of Blackhall Colliery concerning money to be paid for electricity, leading coal and water for company houses, 3 August 1923 – 7 April 1937
NCB 13/1641 paper, typescriptAgreement for conditions and prices, Blackhall Colliery, n.d. [post 25 December 1913]
NCB 13/165I paper, typescriptAgreement for conditions and prices, Horden Colliery, 17 May 1929
NCB 13/1661 volume, leather boundAuditors’ reports to directors of Horden Collieries Ltd., 17 November 1916 – 12 November 1921
NCB 13/1671 fileLedger, Horden Collieries Ltd., 1933 – 1935
NCB 13/1681 volume, cloth boundAccount of milk sold, Horden Hill Farm, 1 April 1936 – 31 December 1945
NCB 13/169-170Papers relating to Hutton Henry Coal Company
NCB 13/1691 volume, cloth boundRegister of attendance, East Pit, Hutton, January 1932 – December 1948
NCB 13/1701 fileParticulars of sale for Hutton Henry Colliery, with plan of royalties, n.d.
NCB 13/171-192Papers relating to Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries
NCB 13/1711 volume, card boundTentale book, various royalties, Silksworth Colliery, 31 December 1873 – 28 December 1889
NCB 13/1721 volume, leather half-boundAccounts of certain, tentale, outstroke and wayleave rents, Silksworth Colliery, 1 January 1889 – 1 July 1895
NCB 13/1731 volume, card boundAccounts of certain, tentale and outstroke rents, Plains Royalty, Silksworth Colliery, 28 December 1901 – 1 January 1935
NCB 13/1741 volume, leather half-boundAccounts of certain, tentale, outstroke and wayleave rents, Silksworth Colliery, 31 December 1907 – 1 January 1923
NCB 13/1751 volume, leather half-boundAccounts of scores drawn, various royalties, Silksworth Colliery, 15 January 1876 – 12 June 1880
NCB 13/1761 volume, leather half-boundLetter book concerning royalties, Silksworth Colliery Surveying Department, 21 May 1920 – 12 September 1927
NCB 13/1771 filePapers relating to coal hewing and filling agreements, Elemore Colliery, 13 November 1880 – 10 October 1951
NCB 13/1781 fileLetters and agreements concerning workmen, shifts, holidays and wages, Elemore Colliery, 1881 – 1948
NCB 13/1791 paperAgreement concerning price for stall working in Lady Low Main Seam, Elemore Colliery, 19 February 1886
NCB 13/1801 filePapers concerning wage agreements and holidays, Elemore Colliery, June 1911 – 25 May 1951
NCB 13/1813 papersScore prices for hewing etc., George Low Main Seam, Lady Low Main Seam and Main Coal Seam, Elemore Colliery, 15 August 1911
NCB 13/1822 papersExemptions by J.R.R. Wilson, H.M. Inspector of Mines, from provisions prohibiting the raising or lowering of persons otherwise than in cages in respect of upcast shaft, Elemore Colliery, 4 August 1914 – 1 September 1915
NCB 13/1831 filePapers concerning fatal accidents, Elemore Colliery, 6 December 1917 – 22 October 1945
NCB 13/1841 volume, leather quarter-boundWorkmen’s engagement book, including letters concerning suitability of certain men, Elemore Colliery, 16 September 1932 – 25 June 1973
NCB 13/1851 volume, card boundCoal allowances to workmen, Elemore Colliery, June 1936 – December 1940
NCB 13/18626 papersCertificates of names and addresses of workers and their coal allowances, list of coal allowances and agreement by W. Lumsden to take one load per month, Elemore Colliery, August 1936 – 10 May 1951 Originally enclosed in NCB 13/185
NCB 13/1871 volume, card boundAccounts and minutes of Officials’ Fund, Elemore Colliery, 1938 – 1949
NCB 13/1881 volume, cloth boundSchedule of land and property owned by the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, 1896 – 1942
NCB 13/1891 volume, leather half-boundPayments for rent and damages by Lambton Collieries Ltd., October 1900 – July 1922
NCB 13/1901 paper1 November 1913 (1) Clark Stewart (2) Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd. Articles of agreement whereby (1) will let to (2) the house, 61 Lilywhite Terrace Consideration: £12 p.a.
NCB 13/1911 paper30 January 1914 (1) Ernest Kay (2) Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd. Articles of agreement whereby (1) will let to (2) the house, 4 Smith’s Terrace, Hetton-le-Hole Consideration: £12 p.a.
NCB 13/1921 file, cloth boundStock book listing stores with their value per ton [Lambton and Hetton Collieries Ltd?], 31 December 1913 – 31 October 1915
NCB 13/193-211Papers relating to Pease and Partners
NCB 13/1931 volume, card boundAccount of coal taken from Waterhouses, Esh and Ushaw Moor Collieries, 5 May 1917 – March 1948
NCB 13/1941 fileManagers’ monthly reports, Waterhouses, Esh and Ushaw Moor Collieries, 22 January 1920 -26 April 1924
NCB 13/1951 fileManagers’ monthly reports, Waterhouses, Esh and Ushaw Moor Collieries, 18 April 1925 – 6 July 1927
NCB 13/1961 fileManagers’ monthly reports, Waterhouses, Esh and Ushaw Moor Collieries, 19 April 1930 – 18 February 1933
NCB 13/1971 fileManagers’ reports, Waterhouses colliery, April 1939 -November 1942
NCB 13/1981 fileManagers’ monthly reports, Waterhouses Colliery, January 1943 – November 1946
NCB 13/1991 fileManagers’ monthly reports, Esh Colliery, January 1943 – October 1947
NCB 13/2001 fileAnnual report, Waterhouses Colliery, 31 March 1933
NCB 13/2011 fileAnnual reports, Waterhouses and Esh Collieries, 1939 – 1943 Enclosure: see NCB 13/202
NCB 13/20228 papers and 1 fileAnnual reports, Waterhouses and Esh Collieries, 1939 – 1946 Originally enclosed in NCB 13/201
NCB 13/2031 volume, leather half-boundAgreement book, Wooley Colliery 28 June 1920 -10 May 1961
NCB 13/2041 file, typescriptPapers concerning re-opening of Esh Colliery, 4 February 1937 – 5 March 1942
NCB 13/2051 fileSales and cost statements, Waterhouses Colliery 30 September 1937 – 30 September 1946
NCB 13/2061 paper, typescriptManager’s report on civil defence etc., Waterhouses Colliery, December 1942
NCB 13/2071 paperCost of production, Waterhouses Colliery, 31 March 1947
NCB 13/2081 fileLetters, leases, bills and receipts covering Alma Farm, Stanley, Crook, owned by Pease and Partners, 31 July 1911 – 14 August 1945
NCB 13/2091 fileGeneral file including: payment of contributions to Northumberland and Durham Miners’ Permanent Relief Fund; Esh and Waterhouses Recreation Association; power cuts and electric repairs at Waterhouses; numbers, ages and occupations of employees and arrangements for their shifts; overtime etc.; a list of goods in stock at Hopetown warehouse; report on horses and ponies; 1926 – 1928
NCB 13/2101 plan, 102cm x 99.5cm, linen backedMap of royalties of Peases West Collieries, Etherley area, n.d. Scale: 6 in. to 1 mile (1:10560)
NCB 13/2111 plan, 102cm x 99cm, linen backedMap of royalties of Peases West Collieries, Randolph area, n.d. Scale: 6 in to 1 mile (1:10560]
NCB 13/212Papers relating to Rainton Colliery Company
NCB 13/2121 volume, calf half-boundTruck weigh book, Adventure Pit, 20 July 1944 -22 October 1948
NCB 13/213Papers relating to the Ramshaw Coal Company
NCB 13/2131 file, typescript4 June 1930 (1) London and North Eastern Railway Company (2) Ramshaw Coal Company Agreement concerning siding at West Auckland Consideration: £5 p.a. by (2) to (1)
NCB 13/214Papers relating to Randolph Coal Company
NCB 13/2141 file, typescript17 July 1933 (1) London and North Eastern Railway Company (2) Randolph Coal Company Agreement concerning sidings at Randolph Colliery, Evenwood, plan attached Consideration: £12 10s. p.a. by (2) to (1)
NCB 13/215-248Papers relating to South Hetton Coal Company
NCB 13/2151 filePapers concerning supply of privies to South Hetton Cottages, 23 November 1834 – 30 November 1886
NCB 13/2161 paperNotice by Guardians of the Poor, Easington District, to Thomas Wood, to supply sufficient privy and ashpit accommodation for 22 cottages at South Hetton, 26 September 1891
NCB 13/2171 paperNotice by Easington Union Rural Sanitary Authority to Thomas Wood, of London, to provide privy and ashpit accommodation for 522 houses at South Hetton, 2 December 1892
NCB 13/2184 papersLetters to T. Watson, Trimdon Coal Company, from R. Hogg, Murton Colliery, Mavin Ramshaw of Haswell, builder and George Phalp, Inspector of Nuisances with Easington Rural Sanitary Authority, concerning South Hetton cottages, 28 December 1892 – 18 December 1894
NCB 13/2192 papersLetter from R. Hogg, Murton Colliery to Thomas Wood, concerning improvements to South Hetton cottages, with plan, 31 January 1894
NCB 13/2201 paperNotice by Easington Union Rural Sanitary Authority to Thomas Wood, at Barrow Hedges, Carshalton, Surrey, to make 22 houses at Forster Street, South Hetton, fit for human habitation, 17 November 1894
NCB 13/2211 fileCorrespondence between W.O. Wood of South Hetton Coal Company and Thomas Watson, at Trimdon concerning privies at Forster Street, South Hetton, 19 November 1894 – 10 December 1896
NCB 13/2221 plan, 50cm x 26.5cm, waxed linenSketch plan of proposed conveniences at Forster Street, South Hetton, approved by Easington District Rural Sanitary Authority, 6 December 1894 Scale: 20 ft. to 1 in. [1:240]
NCB 13/2231 fileLetters to W.H. Wood of Coxhoe, from Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland, solicitors, and R. Hyslop, accountant for South Hetton Coal Company, concerning rent due on South Hetton cottages, 12 May 1908 – 3 November 1910
NCB 13/2244 papersLetters and notice from J. Morley Longden, clerk to Easington Rural District Council, to W.H. Wood of Coxhoe and the executors of Thomas Wood, concerning South Hetton cottages being unfit for human habitation, 26 June 1908 – 7 June 1909
NCB 13/225I fileLetter from Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland, solicitors, to W.H. Wood of Coxhoe concerning Mr. Griffith-Jones’ opinion on the case against South Hetton Coal Company, with list of owners of South Hetton cottages and plans of the property, 14 July 1909 – 11 October 1910
NCB 13/2261 fileCorrespondence between: R.D. Cochrane of Hetton-le-Hole and W.H. Wood of Coxhoe and Messrs. D. Balfour and Son of Newcastle; Messrs. D. Balfour and Son and J.M. Longden, clerk to Easington Council; and a report by William Emery, Inspector of Nuisances, concerning South Hetton cottages, 16 July 1908 – 22 February 1909
NCB 13/2273 papersArchitect’s report on cottages in James, Smith, Hall and Forster Streets, South Hetton, by D. Balfour, junior, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 25 November 1908
NCB 13/2281 fileLetters and reports concerning South Hetton Cottages: Messrs. D. Balfour and Son of Newcastle to R.D. Cochrane of Hetton-le-Hole; Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland to W.J. Cochrane of Sunderland and J. Morley Longden of Easington; W.J. Cochrane of Sunderland to W.H. Wood of Coxhoe, 25 November 1908 – 27 May 1909
NCB 13/2292 papersLetter from D. Balfour and Son to J. Morley Longden, clerk to Easington R.D.C., concerning improvements to South Hetton Cottages, 19 December 1908
NCB 13/2303 filesLetters from W.J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W.H. Wood, of Coxhoe, and from Ranson, Nelson and Maling at Sunderland to W.J. Cochrane, concerning repairs to South Hetton Cottages and court case, 17 June – 2 October 1909
NCB 13/2312 filesAccounts, invoices and receipts for work on South Hetton Cottages, 3 August 1909 – 27 January 1910
NCB 13/2322 papersLetter from W.J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W.H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning list of magistrates on Castle Eden bench, 26 August 1909
NCB 13/2331 paperLetter from W.J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W.H. Wood, of Coxhoe, concerning rents for South Hetton cottages, 7 October 1909
NCB 13/2342 filesCorrespondence between W.J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, W.H. Wood of Coxhoe, and W.O. Wood of South Hetton, concerning South Hetton cottages: cost of repairs and rent due from South Hetton Coal Company, 25 October 1909 – 22 January 1910
NCB 13/2356 papersLetters from W.J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W.H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning appeal to Local Government Board against notices by Easington R.D.C. concerning South Hetton Cottages, 9 – 19 April 1910
NCB 13/23618 papersLetters from Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland, solicitors, to W.H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning action against South Hetton Coal Company re South Hetton cottages, 21 May -30 September 1910
NCB 13/2371 paperLetter from Crossman, Pritchard and Company of Gray’s Inn, London, to W.H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning lease of 46 cottages at South Hetton, 24 September 1910
NCB 13/2382 papersLetters from W.J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agents, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W.H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning completion of forms with reference to South Hetton cottages, 19 – 21 November 1910
NCB 13/23912 papersLetters from Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland, solicitors, to W.H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning action against South Hetton Coal Company re South Hetton cottages, 29 November -2 December 1910
NCB 13/2401 fileSpecifications of works required on South Hetton cottages by W.J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, n.d.
NCB 13/24148 papers, typescriptPaper concerning compensation payments to William Watson due to accident, South Hetton Colliery, 29 October 1931 – 2 January 1934
NCB 13/242206 papers, typescriptPapers concerning accidents, compensation, medical treatment etc., South Hetton Colliery, 24 May 1938 -2 December 1952
NCB 13/243102 papers, typescriptPapers concerning accident of John Neasham, South Hetton Colliery, 6 May 1940 – 21 September 1948
NCB 13/24453 papers, typescriptPapers concerning compensation payments to Joseph Stewart due to miners’ nystagmus, South Hetton Colliery, 18 May 1942 – 29 May 1946
NCB 13/24597 papers, typescriptPapers concerning compensation payments to William W. Milburn due to miners’ nystagmus, South Hetton Colliery, 10 April 1943 – 8 April 1953
NCB 13/24631 papers, typescriptPapers concerning compensation payments to John Edward Tilley due to miners’ nystagmus, South Hetton Colliery, 3 October 1944 – 5 October 1945
NCB 13/24724 papers, typescriptPapers concerning accident of George Page Stewart, South Hetton Colliery, 23 September 1946 – 18 February 1949
NCB 13/2489 papers, typescriptPapers concerning compensation payments to W.M. Ledger due to accident, South Hetton Colliery, 16 April – 2 May 1947
NCB 13/249Papers relating to Strakers and Love
NCB 13/2491 volume, leather boundVisitors book, Brandon Pit Houses colliery, with brief history of colliery at front of book, 22 November 1961 – 19 July 1967
NCB 13/250-296Papers relating to Trimdon Coal Company
NCB 13/2501 paperSpecifications for sinking a pit from surface to Harvey Seam, Deaf Hill Estate, and estimate for the work by James Coxon, 24 July 1867
NCB 13/2512 papersProposal and account by Coxon for sinking 12 ft. 6 in. pit, Trimdon Coal Company, July 1867 -May 1872
NCB 13/2524 papersLetters from John Ward Fisher at Sharlestone West New Pit, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, to Thomas Watson, Esquire, at Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning tenders to sink a shaft at Deaf Hill Colliery, September 1890
NCB 13/2531 paperAccount of strata at Deaf Hill sinking, 1891
NCB 13/2541 paperSinking statement, Deaf Hill colliery, 5 March 1892
NCB 13/2551 plan, 41.5cm x 32.5cm, waxed linenPlan of White Hurworth and Black Hurworth winnings, Harvey Seam, Deaf Hill Colliery, 15 April 1910 Scale: 3 chains per inch [1.2376]
NCB 13/2561 paper, typescriptLetter from E.O. Forster Brown of Salisbury House, Finsbury Circus, London, mining engineer, to Thomas Watson, of Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning an account of Cotefold Close and Sheraton Boreholes, 12 May 1919
NCB 13/2571 paperLetter from G.B. and T.E. Forster of 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Thomas Watson, of Deaf Hill Colliery concerning making a holing at Milbank, 16 May 1919
NCB 13/2581 paperLetter from Thomas Mossom of Station Town, Wingate, to Thomas Watson, concerning tender for sinking shaft at Deaf Hill Colliery, n.d.
NCB 13/259paper and waxed linenSections of strata sunk through, Deaf Hill Colliery, n.d.
NCB 13/2602 papersAccount of wages and materials for sinking no. 2 shaft, Deaf Hill Colliery, n.d.
NCB 13/2611 paperExtract from lease of coal granted by Rev. J. Wilkinson to Thomas Wood, Deaf Hill Colliery, 9 October 1867
NCB 13/2621 paperLetter from William Armstrong and Sons, Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Thomas Watson, of Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning rent on coal brought to surface, 4 February 1911
NCB 13/2633 papersLetters concerning Pike Whin Royalty, Deaf Hill Colliery, 2 October 1914 – 17 December 1915
NCB 13/26416 papersDraft royalty accounts, Deaf Hill Colliery, 1936 – 1943
NCB 13/2651 volume, leather half-boundRoyalty accounts, Deaf Hill Colliery, 3 May 1936 -November 1944
NCB 13/26628 papersRoyalty accounts, Deaf Hill Colliery, 17 June -30 December 1944
NCB 13/2674 papersCorrespondence concerning wayleave of Wingate Limestone Company over Deaf Hill Colliery railway, 2 October 1882 – 24 October 1885
NCB 13/2681 paperAccount for Wingate Limestone Company leading limestone etc. over Deaf Hill branch railway, 13 November 1884 – 23 November 1885
NCB 13/2698 papers, 3 waxed linen plans and 2 paper plans: 71.5cm x 48.4cm; 30cm x 44cm; 28cm x 23cm; 52cm x 22.3cmLetters to Thomas Watson at Deaf Hill Colliery concerning alterations needed at South Hetton cottages, with plans, 5 February – 24 December 1894 Scales: 1.5 in to 100 ft. [1:800], 1 chain to 1 in. [1:792], 20 ft. to 1 in. [1:240]
NCB 13/2701 paperLetter from B. Forster, Castle Eden Colliery, clerk of’ Wingate School Board, to Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning lease of school buildings at Deaf Hill, 23 November 1896
NCB 13/2714 papersCorrespondence between Triffith Young, Bank Chambers, Durham, and Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning a garden of which Thomas Marshall of Sunniside, Deaf Hill, claims to have been dispossessed, July 1920
NCB 13/2721 plan, 62cm x 82cm, waxed linenPlan of offices and houses, Deaf Hill Colliery, n.d. Scale: 4 ft. to 1 in. [1:48]
NCB 13/2731 file, parchment17 October 1895 (1) The lessees (43 persons named) (2) William Henry Wood of Coxhoe, Esquire, Thomas Wood of Westminster, Colonel in H.M. Army, and Benjamin James Bucknall of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, land agent, executors of the will of Thomas Wood, late of Barrow Hedges, Carshalton, Surrey, Esquire (3) Walter Scott Limited Deed of arrangement and release concerning duties of (2) to Deaf Hill Colliery and (3) to Trimdon Grange Colliery to pump water and carry out maintenance etc.
NCB 13/2741 paperLetter from S. Tate, Trimdon Grange Colliery, to Thomas Watson, at Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning [water] feeders in Coxhoe Royalty, 17 September 1896
NCB 13/2751 paperLetter from R. Eldon, Gilesgate, Durham, to Mr. Wood concerning his inspection of dams and work required, Deaf Hill Colliery, 21 July 1919
NCB 13/27612 papersCorrespondence between S. Tate, Trimdon Grange; Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, and W.H. Wood, Coxhoe Hall, concerning subletting coal standing in pillars in Tootles Way, Main Coal Seam, 25 March – 5 December 1896
NCB 13/2773 papersLetter from T.C. Squance and Sons, Sunderland, chartered accountants, to W.H. Wood, Coxhoe, concerning letter to S.W. Woolmer, Temple Chambers, London, re accounts for 4 years ending 3 December 1906, Deaf Hill Colliery, 10 June 1909
NCB 13/2781 volume, leather half-boundAccount book for landsale, Deaf Hill Colliery, 2 October 1939 – 31 May 1946
NCB 13/2791 paperLetter from Martin and Fenwick, Leeds to Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning approval of roads at Black Hurworth, 25 May 1910
NCB 13/2802 papersLetters from William Armstrong and Sons, Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning coal under land fenced by Hartlepool Gas and Water Company at White Hurworth, 28 January 1911
NCB 13/2812 papersLetter from William Armstrong and Sons, Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning driving new drifts beneath reservoirs of Hartlepool Gas and Water Company, 14 March 1918
NCB 13/2821 paperLetter from G.C. Carr, 1 Queen Street, Durham, to Joseph E. Barket, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning income tax papers, payments to Sherburn Hospital and Vicar of Wingate and the area of Wingate House Farm, 15 December 1922
NCB 13/2831 volume, cloth boundCoal sales journal, Deaf Hill Colliery, 2 January 1935 – 30 September 1939
NCB 13/2841 paper, typescriptLetter concerning coal and coke rationing scheme, Deaf Hill Colliery, 193(5-9?) Originally enclosed in NCB 13/283
NCB 13/2851 paperAccount of strata sunk through new winning, Trimdon Colliery, 13 August 1868
NCB 13/2862 papersSections of strata sunk through new winning, Trimdon Colliery, 13 August 1868
NCB 13/2872 papersLetter from Thomas Watson, Trimdon Colliery to W.H. Wood, concerning report on measures needed to combat water in Low Main and Harvey Seams and necessity for action, 6 December 1882
NCB 13/2882 papers, 1 plan: 62cm x 23.5cmLetter from R.S. Tate, Trimdon Grange Colliery, to John Wood, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning proposed route for overhead cable between Trimdon Grange Colliery and Trimdon Colliery, with blueprint, June 1919 Scale: 1:2500
NCB 13/2892 papersLetter from J.W. Lodge, solicitor for Sedgefield R.D.C., to Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, and letter from John Wood, Deaf Hill Colliery to J.W. Lodge, concerning proposed new road from Trimdon Grange to Trimdon Colliery, 9 and 13 October 1919
NCB 13/2902 papersLetters from J.W. Lodge, solicitor for Sedgefield R.D.C., to John Wood, Coxhoe Hall, concerning proposed new road from Trimdon Grange to Trimdon Colliery, 14 October – 30 December 1919
NCB 13/2916 papersReport by T. Watson on Trimdon Colliery and Deaf Hill Colliery, 30 August 1882
NCB 13/29210 papersCorrespondence between Wilson, Ornsby and Cadle of North Bailey, Durham, Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, W.H. Wood, Coxhoe Hall, Mrs. Greenwood, Trimdon Colliery, and F. Marshall, County Court Chambers, Durham, solicitor and town clerk, concerning sale of building land on North Moor Estate, by Wood to Greenwood, 21 July – 17 November 1896
NCB 13/2931 paperLetter from H.L. French, Food Production Department of Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, London, to managing director of Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning proposal of Sedgefield R.D.C. to acquire 9a. of arable land from farm belonging to Trimdon Coal Company for building site, 10 July 1919
NCB 13/2942 papersLetters from W.R. Woodhead, Rectory Avenue, Darlaston, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, to Thomas Watson, concerning the re-fencing of ground and the necessity to take a yard in width from east side of his garden and a reduction in rent accordingly, 1 – 3 September 1919
NCB 13/2951 volume, calf half-boundLedger, Trimdon Coal Company, 1938 – 1943
NCB 13/2961 volume, leather half-boundLedger, Trimdon Coal Company, 1938 – 1943
NCB 13/297-334Papers relating to the Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company (formerly the Weardale Iron and Coal Company)
NCB 13/2971 file9 December 1872 (1) H. Elliott acting for the Weardale Iron Company (2) T. Douglas acting for Messrs. Pease and Partners Deed of arrangement that (2) shall lease to (1) for 4 years the coal adjoining Hedley Hill, held by them from Lord Boyne, plan attached, with detailed provisions for working coal and rents specified. (1) will lease to (2) for 14 years the main coal under such portion of royalty leased by them from Mr. Pickering, plan attached
NCB 13/2981 file, typescript27 June 1888 (1) Viscount Boyne (2) Weardale Iron and Coal Company Abstract of lease for 21 years by (1) to (2) of coal, ironstone and fireclay under lands in townships of Thornley and Cornsay, parishes of Wolsingham and Lanchester, with detailed provisions for working coal and rents specified.
NCB 13/2991 file, typescript1902 (1) Gustavus Russell, Viscount Boyne (2) Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company (3) Joseph Horatio Love of Hawk Hills, Easingwold, Yorkshire, coal owner Licence by (1) to (2) to underlet to (3) coal and fireclay under lands at Thornley and Cornsay, plan attached
NCB 13/3006 papers, typescript1902 (1) Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company (2) Joseph Horatio Love of Hawk Hills, Easingwold, Yorkshire, coal owner Underlease for 4 years by (1) to (2) of coal under lands at Thornley and Cornsay, with detailed provisions for working coal and rents specified
NCB 13/3012 files, typescript1905 (1) Louis Gabriel Agricol Eugene Depertius, Baron de-Montfaucon of 25 Avenue de Maringy, Paris, France, and of Greencroft Park, and Anatole Thomas Edouard, Baron de Knyff of 32 Rue Washington, Paris, France, and of Greencroft Park (2) Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company Lease and abstract of lease for 42 years by (1) to (2) of all coal, ironstone and fireclay under Stow House Farm, containing 150a., in parish of Cornsay, with detailed provisions for working coal Consideration: £150 p.a. certain rent plus other rents as specified
NCB 13/3021 file, typescript5 September 1907 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus Russell, Viscount Boyne (2) Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company Copy lease for 21 years by (1) to (2) of coal, ironstone and fireclay under townships of Thornley and Cornsay, parishes of Wolsingham and Lanchester, with detailed provisions for working coal and rents as specified
NCB 13/3037 papers27 February 1931 (1) The owners of lands with rights of commonage on Cornsay and Hedley Commons (2) Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company Agreement for user of certain parts of the Commons for mining operations and works with (2) to restore surface on determination of lease (16 April 1928) Consideration: £200 for damages and £25 p.a. by(2) to (1)
NCB 13/3044 papersPapers concerning lease of Sunderland Bridge Royalty by H.T.T. Salvin, Croxdale Wood House, to Weardale Iron and Coal Company, 7 July 1876 – 11 January 1878
NCB 13/3051 volume, leather bound31 December 1886 (1) Anthony Wilkinson of 52 Old Elvet, Durham (2) Right Reverend George Howard, Lord Bishop of Truro (3) Charles Edward Prime of Askidge Wood, Wokingham, Berkshire (4) Mary Widdrington of Hauxley Morden, Surrey, widow (5) Weardale Iron and Coal Company Copy lease by (1), (2), (3) and (4) to (5) for 42 years of coal under lands at Wingate and Wheatley Hill, with detailed provisions for working coal and rents as specified
NCB 13/3061 volume, leather bound28 February 1908 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company Lease by (1) to (2) for 42 years of coal and fireclay under lands at Bishop Middleharn and Nunstainton, plan attached, with detailed provisions for working coal and rents as specified
NCB 13/3071 volume, leather bound23 May 1910 (1) Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company (2) Carlton Iron Company Copy sublease for remainder of term of 42 years by (1) to (2) of coal and fireclay under Bishop Middleham and Nunstainton, with detailed provisions for working coal and rents as specified. Recites lease of 28 February 1908. Plan attached
NCB 13/3084 papersCorrespondence between Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company, Charles Howson, Mainsforth Colliery, and J.H.B. Forster, Whitworth House, Spennymoor, concerning four drifts being driven through the Ecclesiastical Commissioners’ barrier, Busty Seam, Bishop Middleham Royalty, 9 – 12 March 1918 Originally enclosed in NCB 13/307
NCB 13/30912 papersCorrespondence between J.H.B. Forster, Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company, Tudhoe Ironworks, Spennymoor, and Charles Howson, Dorman, Long and Co., Mainsforth Colliery, Ferryhill, concerning surveying of land at Bishop Middleham Colliery prior to building an engine house and electric substation, plan attached, 3 December 1927 – 6 February 1928 Originally enclosed in NCB 13/307
NCB 13/3101 paperList of notices to the London and North Eastern Railway Company concerning coal extraction by Weardale Steel and Coal Company, Ramshaw Coal Company and Randolph Coal Company, 1877 – 1933
NCB 13/31124 papersCorrespondence between William Armstrong & Sons, Chester-le-Street, North Eastern Railway Company and Weardale Iron and Coal Company, concerning the working of coal under Croxdale Viaduct, plans included, 25 March 1879 – 14 July 1891
NCB 13/3121 fileBrief concerning arbitration between Weardale Iron and Coal Company and North Eastern Railway Company concerning Croxdale Viaduct, 1879 – 1890
NCB 13/3132 files, 4 papersCorrespondence between William Armstrong, Pelaw House, Chester-le-Street, and J.R. Crone, Tudhoe, for Weardale Iron and Coal Company, concerning arbitration with North Eastern Railway Company over Croxdale Viaduct, 8 March 1884 – 15 June 1889
NCB 13/31415 papers and waxed linen planCorrespondence between North Eastern Railway Company and Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company, concerning intention to work coal in Busty Seam, Croxdale Colliery, under railway between Croxdale and Durham stations, plan included, 24 January 1905 -10 February 1921
NCB 13/3158 papersPapers concerning coal being left unworked in Busty Seam, Croxdale Colliery, to support Croxdale Viaduct, and receipt for compensation paid in respect of that coal by North Eastern Railway Company, 28 February 1930 – 2 June 1932
NCB 13/31614 papersPapers concerning notice by Weardale Steel and Coal Company to the London and North Eastern Railway Company of intention to work coal in Hutton Seam, Croxdale Colliery, under Newcastle – York railway between Ferryhill and Croxdale stations, plans attached, 14 November 1931 – 2 December 1932
NCB 13/3171 fileCorrespondence between Weardale Iron and Coal Company and North Eastern Railway Company concerning notice of intention to work coal in Hutton Seam, Bishop’s Close Colliery, under the Clarence Railway, parish of Whitworth, plan included, 22 October 1891 – 22 November 1892
NCB 13/31828 papersPapers concerning working coal by Weardale Iron and Coal Company in Brockwell Seam under township of Middridge, to east of Shildon Station, plans attached, 7 March 1900 – 23 February 1903
NCB 13/31924 papersPapers concerning notice by Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company to North Eastern Railway Company of intention to work coal in Ballarat Seam, West Thornley Colliery, Tow Law, 21 July 1902 -19 November 1903
NCB 13/3201 fileParticulars, plan and conditions of sale, Wheatley Hill, Thornley and Ludworth Collieries, 9 August 1877
NCB 13/3211 volume, card boundTheodolite surveys, Thornley and Wheatley Hill Collieries, c.1945
NCB 13/3221 volume, leather half-boundLetter book of P. Cooper, Thornley Colliery, 3 July 1877 – 11 May 1882
NCB 13/3231 volume, card boundLetter book, Thornley Colliery, 19 July 1910 -18 November 1919
NCB 13/3241 volume, card boundAccidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines, Wheatley Hill Colliery, 18 February 1903 -22 September 1906
NCB 13/3251 volume, card boundAccidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines, Wheatley Hill Colliery, 7 March 1907 – 20 January 1910
NCB 13/3261 volume, card boundAccidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines, Wheatley Hill Colliery, 11 February 1910 -22 September 1911
NCB 13/3271 volume, card boundAccidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines, Wheatley Hill Colliery, 30 September 1911 -8 December 1913
NCB 13/3281 volume, card boundAccidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines, Wheatley Hill Colliery, 20 December 1913 – 2 December 1915
NCB 13/3291 volume, card boundAccidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines, Wheatley Hill Colliery, 11 February 1916 -19 May 1920
NCB 13/3301 volume, card boundAccidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines, Wheatley Hill Colliery, 25 February 1921 -24 July 1924
NCB 13/3311 volume, card boundAccidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines, Wheatley Hill Colliery, 15 August 1924 -5 March 1923
NCB 13/3321 volume, card boundAccidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines, Wheatley Hill Colliery, 20 April 1928 -9 March 1932
NCB 13/3331 volume, card boundAccidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines, Wheatley Hill Colliery, 2 April 1932 -16 May 1935
NCB 13/3341 volume, card boundAccidents reported to H.M. Inspector of Mines, Wheatley Hill Colliery, 26 June 1935 – 7 March 1940
NCB 13/335-344Papers relating to the Wearmouth Coal Company
NCB 13/335I volume, card boundAccounts for certain, tentale and outstroke rents for High and Low Barnes and Ford Royalties, sublet to Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries, 28 December 1901 – 14 May 1922
NCB 13/336Accounts for certain, tentale and outstroke rents for Scurfields Ford Royalty, Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries, 28 December 1901 – 1 January 1935 (I volume, card bound)
NCB 13/3371 volume, leather half-boundAccident report book, Wearmouth Colliery, 15 July 1920 – 2 June 1956
NCB 13/3384 papersCorrespondence between Miles Walton, secretary of Durham Miners’ Association and George Williams, manager of Wearmouth Colliery, concerning deputation, 1 – 27 June 1945 Originally enclosed in NCB 13/337
NCB 13/339156 papers, typescriptCertificates of analysis of samples of mine air, Hylton Colliery, 27 July 1922 – 28 November 1946
NCB 13/3401 volume, leather half-boundReturns of compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents at Hylton Colliery, 1930-1946
NCB 13/3411 filePapers concerning compensation and guaranteed wages for non-fatal accident cases, Hylton Colliery, 7 January 1938 – 28 January 1948
NCB 13/3421 volume, leather half-boundCompensation book, Hylton Colliery, 14 July 1945 – 22 June 1946
NCB 13/3431 volume, card boundAccount of production of tons per shift, Hylton Colliery, 1944 – 1956
NCB 13/3449 papersWages sheets, Hylton Colliery, 1948 Originally enclosed in NCB 13/169
NCB 13/345Papers concerning Whitworth Park Coal Company
NCB 13/3451 volume, cloth boundRoyalty book, Whitworth Park Colliery, 2 March 1929 – 29 July 1950
NCB 13/346-348Papers concerning Wingate Coal Company
NCB 13/3461 volume, leather half-boundPay book, Wingate Grange Colliery, 16 July 1898 – 12 September 1902
NCB 13/3471 volume, leather half-boundLetter book, William Armstrong and W.G. Wright at Wingate Grange Colliery, 26 September 1901 -11 November 1909
NCB 13/348I volume, card boundDiary, Wingate Grange Colliery, 1910
NCB 13/349-373Miscellaneous
NCB 13/3491 volume, leather half-boundAccounts for certain, tentale, outstroke and wayleave rents for New Pensher Royalty, including terms of agreement of lease, 1867 – 1893. Plan of royalty attached. Scale: 6.31 chains to 1 inch [1: 5000]
NCB 13/3501 volume, card boundAccounts for certain, tentale and outstroke rents for Grindon and Thorney Close Royalties, 28 December 1901 – 1 January 1935
NCB 13/3511 volume, card boundAccounts for certain, tentale and outstroke rents for Malings Royalty, 28 December 1901 – 1 January 1935
NCB 13/3521 volume, card boundAccounts for certain, tentale, outstroke, wayleave, shaft and ground rents for Robinson’s Royalty, 28 December 1901 – 1 January 1935
NCB 13/3531 volume, card boundAccounts for certain, tentale, outstroke and wayleave rents for Beckwith Royalty, 1901 – 1934
NCB 13/3543 papers and 4 waxed linen plansPlans and papers concerning proposed exchange between Sherburn Hill Royalty and Ludworth Royalty, April 1920
NCB 13/3551 plan, 49cm x 47.5cmPlan of North Moor Royalty, n.d.
NCB 13/3561 volume, leather half-boundMinutes of deputations, 29 October 1928 – 21 November 1939 and index to Proceedings of Joint Committee of Durham Coal Owners’ Association concerning Brandon Colliery, August 1872 -December 1890
NCB 13/3571 bundle, paperPapers concerning wages, holidays, house rent and firecoal agreements, Durham Coal Owners’ Association, 1909 – 1943
NCB 13/35860 papersAgreements on conditions and prices, Durham Coal Owners’ Association, 1 February 1934 – 22 July 1946
NCB 13/3591 fileNotices from Northumberland and Durham Coal Owners’ Association concerning wages, holidays etc., 20 August 1937 – 14 October 1942
NCB 13/3601 paper, printedNotice concerning National Insurance Act, 1911, coming into force, 15 July 1912
NCB 13/3611 volume, cloth boundNational Insurance book, 1926 – 1937
NCB 13/3621 volume, card boundMinute book of South Shields Branch of Miners’ Federation, 24 September 1941 – 4 May 1947
NCB 13/3631 volume, card boundMinute book of Boldon Colliery Branch of National Union of Mineworkers No. 3 Group, Supervisory and Clerical Grades, 25 October 1942 – 29 October 1950
NCB 13/3643 papers, typescript1960 (1) National Coal Board (2) Sunderland and South Shields Water Company Draft agreement for (2) to carry out test pumping at disused mine shaft at South Wingate owned by (1), plan attached Consideration: £1 by (2) to (1)
NCB 13/3651 file, typescript1961 (1) National Coal Board (2) The Sunderland and South Shields Water Company Draft agreement for (1) to supply to (2) water from limestone at Castle Eden Colliery, from pumping station at Hesleden Dene and from water main at Horden Consideration: 9.425d. per thousand gallons by (2) to (1)
NCB 13/3661 paperNewspaper cuttings on ‘The Homes of the Pitmen’, various Durham townships, September – November 1892
NCB 13/3672 volumes, card boundNotes on mining techniques, gases etc., c.1902
NCB 13/3681 volume, cloth boundIndex to outgoing letters with name of addressees and subject of letter, 8 August 1917 – 6 April 1918
NCB 13/3691 volume, card boundOutput book, 19 May 1930 – 29 August 1936
NCB 13/3701 volume, cloth boundTime book, with payments due, August 1938 -January 1940
NCB 13/3711 paperExtract from Manager’s monthly report, December 1942
NCB 13/3721 paperSpecifications for ‘shaft lumps’ for 12ft. 6in. pit, n.d.
NCB 13/3731 paperAgreements concerning taking up crop coal, various pits, n.d.