Mining Records Project – (part 2)

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D/MRPMining Records project
D/MRP 84-137Mining Records
D/MRP 84/1-42Horden, Shildon and others
D/MRP 84/11 postcardPostcard of Blackhill Road, Horden. date not clear, possibly 1901 or 1902
D/MRP 84/21 postcardPostcard of Dene Holme, Horden, n.d. c.1905
D/MRP 84/31 postcardPostcard of whinney Hill in South Yorkshire n.d. c.1905
D/MRP 84/41 postcardPostcard of Horden Colliery Club – opened February 16th, 1906 [possibly 1907]
D/MRP 84/51 postcardPostcard of Horden Station, n.d.
D/MRP 84/61 postcardPostcard of Bishop Auckland, Newton Viaduct, 1907
D/MRP 84/71 postcardPostcard of “Ceordie and the bairn”, 1907
D/MRP 84/81 postcardPostcard of “Ruins of Furness, Stanhope Dene,” 1907
D/MRP 84/91 postcardPostcard of Horden club on fire, 1910
D/MRP 84/101 postcardPostcard of Horden, Empress Electric Theatre, 1911
D/MRP 84/111 postcardPostcard of Silksworth Colliery. Idle pit ponies, 1912
D/MRP 84/121 postcardPostcard of South Terrace, Cornsay Colliery, 1912
D/MRP 84/131 postcardPostcard of The Colliery, Horden, 1913
D/MRP 84/141 postcardPostcard of Grey St, Newcastle on Tyne. Date not clear, possibly 1915
D/MRP 84/151 postcardPostcard of Horden Colliery, c.1917
D/MRP 84/161 postcardPostcard of Station Road, Ashington, 1919
D/MRP 84/171 postcardPostcard of Cornsay, 1920
D/MRP 84/181 postcardPostcard of St. Hilda Colliery Band, n.d. c.1924
D/MRP 84/191 postcardPostcard of St. Hilda Colliery Band, n.d. c.1924
D/MRP 84/201 contact print and negativePhotograph of Coronation festivities, Shildon, n.d. c.1910
D/MRP 84/211 contact print and negativePhotograph of Old Railway Line, Shildon, n.d. c.1900
D/MRP 84/221 contact print and negativePhotograph of Shildon Lodge Colliery, 1905
D/MRP 84/231 contact print and negativePhotograph of The Brusselton incline, 1906
D/MRP 84/241 contact print and negativePhotograph of Main Street, Shildon, 1906
D/MRP 84/251 contact print and negativePhotograph of Dattan Gates, Shildon, 1906
D/MRP 84/261 contact print and negativePhotograph of Shildon Lodge Colliery, 1907
D/MRP 84/271 contact print and negativePhotograph of Shildon Station, n.d. c.1906
D/MRP 84/281 contact print and negativePhotograph of The Sidings, Shildon, 1908
D/MRP 84/291 contact print and negativePhotograph of Shildon, looking west, 1908
D/MRP 84/301 contact print and negativePhotograph of “1st Prize”, Bishop Auckland Lifeboats, n.d. c.1910
D/MRP 84/311 contact print and negativePhotograph of The Station, Shildon, 1910
D/MRP 84/321 contact print and negativePhotograph of Shildon Lodge Crossing, 1912
D/MRP 84/331 contact print and negativePhotograph of Cheapside, Shildon, 1912
D/MRP 84/341 contact print and negativePhotograph of Shildon – postcard general views, 1912
D/MRP 84/351 contact print and negativePhotograph of Shildon in flood, 1913
D/MRP 84/361 contact print and negativePhotograph of wheelwrights/blacksmiths, n.d. c.1920
D/MRP 84/371 contact print and negativePhotograph of Brusselton Folley, Shildon, 1921
D/MRP 84/381 contact print and negativePhotograph of “Miners’ Strike. Enjoying ourselves at Shildon”, 1921
D/MRP 84/391 contact print and negativePhotograph of Shildon – postcard with 7 general views, 1923
D/MRP 84/401 contact print and negativePhotograph of Railway Centenary – postcard souvenir, 1925
D/MRP 84/411 contact print and negativePhotograph of Photograph of Railway Centenary – postcard souvenir, 1925
D/MRP 84/421 contact print and negativePhotograph of No. 1 Engine, Darlington, n.d.
D/MRP 85/1-2Unidentified colliery
D/MRP 85/11 printPhotograph of group of miners beside waggonway, n.d.
D/MRP 85/21 printPhotograph of colliery – general view, not identified, n.d.
D/MRP 86/1NCB
D/MRP 86/11 bundlePapers relating to National Coal Board Pneumoconiosis Compensation Scheme, August 1974
D/MRP 87/1-2Easington Colliery
D/MRP 87/11 photograph, 1 contact print, 1 negativePhotograph of staff and passengers of H.M.S. Conqueror, Mrs. Wild’s parents indicated, c.1918
D/MRP 87/21 file“The Years Between”, life between 1926 and 1972 Miners’ Strikes, Easington Colliery
D/MRP 88/1-4Shildon
D/MRP 88/11 paperPrimitive Methodist Connexion. Financial report detailing payments made by members of societies and classes. Quarter ending 1 September 1894
D/MRP 88/21 paperPreachers Plan, 1905
D/MRP 88/32 papersPreachers Plan, 1906, [2 copies – differing slightly in wording of special meetings announcements]
D/MRP 88/41 paperPrimitive Methodist Sunday School and Christian Endeavour Union. Plan of visitors, topics, lessons and meetings, 1908
D/MRP 89/1-4Herrington
D/MRP 89/13 papersHerrington Pit, pay notes: (i) J. Gardner, 1889 (ii) D. Gardner, 1935 (iii) D. Gardner, 1935
D/MRP 89/2Newspaper cuttings concerning Herrington, miners and mining. Some not dated; others 1933, 1953, 1959
D/MRP 89/31 paperTyped circular concerning choice of destination for Hastings Way Charabanc Trip, 1920
D/MRP 89/41 photographPhotograph of New Herrington Colliery before No. 2 shaft was sunk; taken from the bottom of Railway Terrace, n.d.
D/MRP 90/1Horden
D/MRP 90/11 contact print and negativePhotograph of Horden Labour Party, Women’s Section
D/MRP 91/1-2Eppleton
D/MRP 91/11 cardHarrison, who died in a gassing accident at the Eppleton Colliery, 13 December 1895
D/MRP 91/21 paperPrinted copy of “Lines on the Colliery Disaster at Eppleton Colliery, Nr. Hetton, and the Judge’s Remarks at the Late Durham Assizes”, by C.B. of Gateshead, n.d. c.1895
D/MRP 92/1-6Killingworth, Derwent Crook, Wingate Grange, Horden, Hartlepool
D/MRP 92/11 fileKillingworth Colliery, bill to the Collier for medical services and goods from Dr. Jon Gray, 1 March – 28 June 1817
D/MRP 92/22 papersNo. 2 Derwent Crook Colliery, Working, Contingent, Engine, Farm, Leading Coals and Waggonway charges from 19 January to and with 2 February, 1818 for the use of Sir Thomas Liddell Baronet and Partners
D/MRP 92/31 fileWingate Grange Colliery, General and Special Working Rules, 1 January 1856
D/MRP 92/41 paperDurham Handbill for plays to be performed at the Theatre Royal, June 1859
D/MRP 92/51 volumeHorden Collieries Ltd, booklet describing the collieries owned by this company with photographs, and details of output and production, 1929
D/MRP 92/61 fileHartlepool Hospital, photocopy of quantities, descriptions and prices for work by Excavators, Masons, Bricklayers, Joiners, Carpenters, Plumbers, Painters and Glaziers. As per plans dated 19 April 1864
D/MRP 96/1-2Seaham Colliery
D/MRP 96/11 contact print, 1 negativePhotograph of The Officials, Seaham Colliery, 1912 Front Row L – R: S. Hepplethwaite (Surveyor), A. Mackay, Armstrong, J. Brough (Manager), V. Corbett (Agent), R. Curry (Engineer), M. Forster (Enginewright), T. Schollock, ? (Master Wasteman) Second Row L – R: J. Turnbull (Backoverman), J. Winter (Backoverman), F. Stokoe (Master Shifter), J. Scrafton (Master Shifter), T. Barkow (Foreoverman), W. Teasdale (Foreoverman), W. Rawson (Foreoverman), J. Carr (Foreoverman), J. Spence (Backoverman), H. Grey, T. Reay Third Row L – R: R. Urwin, E. Hutchinson, J. Squires Senn, J. Squires Jnr., W. Miller, S. Cowley, G. Teasdale, J. Forster, R. Wardley, W. Oliver, W. Guy Fourth Row L – R: G. Spence, Wilson, T. Haswell, W. Young, J. Baxter, D. Scrafton, J. Curry, W. Rowell, G. Sanderson, R. Jackson, J. Rowland, T. Ogilvie, G. Hunter, W. Liddle, E. Trotter, W .Turnbull Fifth Row L – R: J. Ogilvie, T. Kelly, N. Rowell, R. Samuels, A. Paxton, C. Lowery, C. Hepple, G. Curry, A. Jimson, S. Hepplewhite
D/MRP 96/21 contact print and negativePhotograph of Seaham Colliery, before remodelling, n.d. c.1912
D/MRP 97/1Evenwood
D/MRP 97/12 pagesLetter describing Randolph Pit and workings, Evenwood Colliery, c.1950, 1976
D/MRP 98/1Brandon
D/MRP 98/11 volumeFamily Bible
D/MRP 99-101Oakenshaw
D/MRP 99/11 volume and 1 paperMinute book, June 1930 – February 1947 Included are the Rules, Bye-Laws and Standing Orders of the Institute
D/MRP 99/21 volume and 1 paperMinute book, March 1947 – February 1964 Included is a sheet of accounts for quarter ending 24 March 1961
D/MRP 99/31 volumeMinute book, March 1964 – June 1974
D/MRP 99/41 volume and 2 papersAccount book, April 1932 – September 1935
D/MRP 99/51 volumeAccount book, Quarterly: January 1943 – December 1966
D/MRP 99/61 volume and 2 papersAccount book, April 1944 – January 1947
D/MRP 99/71 volume and 7 papersAccount book, May 1944 – January 1947
D/MRP 99/81 volumeAccount book, January 1947 – January 1952
D/MRP 99/91 volume and 1 paperAccount book, February 1947 – December 19[6?]1
D/MRP 99/101 volumeAccount book, [Miners Welfare Shop], 1950 – 1968
D/MRP 99/112 volumesAccount books, (i) January 1952 – June 1956 (ii) January 1952 – June [?]
D/MRP 99/122 volumes and 1 paperAccount books, (i) July 1956 – November 1959 [?] (Infolded is a letter from C.I.S.W.O. re. Deeds of Welfare Schemes) (ii) July 1956 – November 1959
D/MRP 99/131 volumeAccount book, November 1959 – February 1965
D/MRP 99/141 volumeAccount book, January 1965 – November 1969
D/MRP 99/151 volume and 1 paperAnnual accounts, 1967 – 1973
D/MRP 99/161 volumeAccount book, December 1969 – April 1972
D/MRP 99/171 volumeMembers Contribution Book, April 1948 – December 1955
D/MRP 99/181 volumeMembers Contribution Book,March ? – November ? n.d.
D/MRP 99/191 fileAssorted papers on Brancepeth Colliery ‘B’ Pit (“Oakenshaw”) including awards, agreements, cavilling and general rules Also included is a pamphlet on the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act, 1912, 1902 – 1931
D/MRP 99/201 fileAssorted papers re Games League, 1949 – 1950
D/MRP 99/211 fileAssorted papers re Miners Welfare Commission and welfare schemes, 1949 – 1955
D/MRP 99/221 fileAssorted papers re Rating and Valuation of the Institute, Oakenshaw, 1933 – 1956
D/MRP 99/231 contact print and negativePhorograph of Brancepeth and Oakenshaw Aged Miners Homes: the first annual outing to Whitley Bay
D/MRP 100/11 print and negativePhotograph of Peace Celebrations, fancy dress competition winners and judges, Oakenshaw, 1919
D/MRP 100/21 contact print and negativePhotograph of Kit Robinson, female impersonator, Oakenshaw, 1919
D/MRP 100/31 contact print and negativePhotograph of 3 young miners, Oakenshaw 1927
D/MRP 100/41 contact print and negativePhotograph of 5 miners, Oakenshaw, n.d. c.1927
D/MRP 100/51 large print and negative, 1 contact print and negativePhotograph of Willington High Street, n.d. c.1930
D/MRP 101/11 print and negativePhotograph of Oakenshaw Orchestral Band, 1926
D/MRP 101/21 contact print and negativePhotograph of man with boy on pony, New Row, Oakenshaw, n.d. c.1950
D/MRP 101/31 contact print and negativePhotograph of Oakenshaw Colliery Compressor (with H.James, joiner; A. Finlayson, fitter; J. Marlow, blacksmith; H. Davison, electrician), 1952
D/MRP 101/41 contact print and negativePhotograph of Oakenshaw Colliery, general view, n.d. c.1955
D/MRP 108/1-12Shildon
D/MRP 108/11 contact print and negativePhotograph of Shildon Lodge Colliery. Group of men, probably officials, n.d. c.1900
D/MRP 108/21 contact print and negativePhotograph of Eppleton Colliery, 1905
D/MRP 108/31 large print and negativePhotograph of Wingate Colliery Disaster, 1906: (i) View of Colliery (1 contact print and negative) (ii) “waiting for news” – crowds at pit head
D/MRP 108/45 contact prints and negativesPhotographs of West Stanley Colliery Disaster, 1909: (i) “Where the terrible explosion occurred” (ii) “Rescue party descending the shaft” (iii) Anxious crowd (iv) Anxious crowd (v) Anxious crowd
D/MRP 108/51 contact print and negativePhotograph of Shildon Lodge Colliery, 1910
D/MRP 108/61 large print and negativePhotograph of Brusselton Pit, 2nd day of working, 1920
D/MRP 108/71 contact print and negativePhotograph of Randolph Colliery, Evenwood, n.d. c.1920
D/MRP 108/81 contact print and negativePhotograph of Front Street, South Hetton, n.d. c.1920
D/MRP 108/91 contact print and negativePhotograph of ambulances presented to the Miners’ Association, n.d. c.1920
D/MRP 108/101 contact print and negativePhotograph of Ambulance presented to the Durham Miners’ Association, n.d. c.1920
D/MRP 108/111 large print, and negativesPhotographs of wheelbarrow race, Shildon Lodge Colliery, 1921: (i) “Miners strike. Enjoying ourselves at Shildon” (1 contact print and negative) (ii) Race in progress
D/MRP 108/121 contact print and negativePhotograph of Shildon Lodge Colliery (Datton Colliery) Chimney being demolished, 1926
D/MRP 109/1-7Morrison Busty and Sacriston
D/MRP 109/11 planMorrison Busty; large plan showing strata at sinking of East Pit, 1925
D/MRP 109/21 contact print and negativePhotographs of Sacriston Colliery: (i) 2 views of the pit-head, n.d. pre.1950 (1 contact print, 1 enlargement, 2 negatives) (ii) Mobile support arch designed and built at Sacriston, 1956 (1 contact print and negative) (iii) Man in pub; beside him on table are stone hot-water bottle and detonator cap tin, c.1950
D/MRP 109/31 fileSacriston Colliery; memorandum by W.C. Blackett on his ideas for Nationalisation of Mines, 1917
D/MRP 109/412 filesMorrison Busty Annual Reports on output, coal cleaning, persons employed, explosives etc. as required by Coal Mines Act 1911, 1925 – 1937 inclusive, 1947
D/MRP 109/51 filePhotocopy of handwritten notes on the history of the Sacriston Colliery by Mr. Collins, December 1975
D/MRP 109/61 planSacriston Colliery; plan of support rules, 1976
D/MRP 109/71 contact print and negativeSacriston Colliery; photograph of coke ovens, n.d. c.1940
D/MRP 110/1Durham County
D/MRP 110/11 bookletThwaites’ Illustrated Guide to Durham and District, c.1910
D/MRP 111/1-4National Association of Colliery Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers (Durham Area)
D/MRP 111/11 booklet“Rules of the Durham Deputies’ Mutual Aid Association”, 1932
D/MRP 111/21 booklet“National Agreement Wages and Grading”, 1952
D/MRP 111/31 booklet“Copy of the Prescribed Diseases Fatalities Scheme”, 1954
D/MRP 111/41 booklet“National Agreements, Overmen, Deputies and Shotfirers and Weekly Paid Industrial Staff”, 1959
D/MRP 112/1Herrington
D/MRP 112/110 pagesExtracts from notes on a miner’s life, Herrington Colliery, c.1918, and newspaper extract
D/MRP 117/1-2Mainsforth
D/MRP 117/11 fileReport ‘The Development of, and experience with the A.B. Double-Ended, Conveyor-Mounted Trepanner’, by T.I. Elliott, B.Sc., Ph.D., F.G.S., Assoc. I.M.E., 1966
D/MRP 117/21 paperMainsforth Scroll, drawn by miner from Mainsforth Colliery, illustrating many of the officials there, 1968
D/MRP 118/1-9Stanley
D/MRP 118/11 booklet, 1 planLouisa Colliery; Government Report on Explosion at Louisa (including Morrison Old) Colliery, Durham, August 1947, published 1948 Plan accompanying report
D/MRP 118/21 contact print and negativePostcard of West Stanley Explosion, showing 6 views of the disaster and funeral.
D/MRP 118/31 contact print and negativePhotograph of Houghton Rescue Team, n.d. c.1930
D/MRP 118/41 contact print and negativePhotograph of Miner, in work clothes, 1935
D/MRP 118/51 contact print and negativePhotograph of Street decoration for George VI Coronation (Possibly Pine Street, Stanley), 1936
D/MRP 118/61 contact print and negativePhotograph of Stanley. St. John’s Ambulance Brigade, n.d. c.1940
D/MRP 118/71 contact print and negativePhotograph of Stanley Street party to celebrate end of 2nd World War, c.1945
D/MRP 118/81 contact print and negativePhotograph of Louisa Colliery; rescue workers bringing body out of the pit after explosion, 1947, (Copyright Newcastle Chronicle & Journal Ltd)
D/MRP 118/91 contact print and negativePhotograph of Louisa Colliery; rescue workers at pit explosion, 1947; (Copyright Daily Herald Manchester)
D/MRP 119/1-5Thornley Colliery
D/MRP 119/11 cardNational Council of Labour Colleges, syllabus card for special classes for the Durham Miners’ Association Students; tutor Sam Watson, 1945 – 46
D/MRP 119/21 cardWheatley Hill and Thornley Collieries; Death Fund Rules, n.d. c.1938
D/MRP 119/31 bookletThornley Lodge Cavilling Rules and Agreements, Thornley Colliery, 1938
D/MRP 119/41 cardFatal Accident Agreement, Thornley Colliery, 1951
D/MRP 119/51 cardMiners’ Federation Board Hospital Fund and Aged Miners’ Homes Fund Rules, Thornley Colliery, 1957
D/MRP 120/1-3North Hetton, Wideopen, Littletown
D/MRP 120/1North Hetton Colliery; copy of address made to the public concerning unfair dismissal of 50 workmen, and the subsequent deferring of binding, May 1832
D/MRP 120/2Wide-Open Colliery (Northurnberland); short newspaper article covering inquest on man killed by boiler bursting, December 1833
D/MRP 120/31 paper, photocopyLittle Town; newspaper cutting about fossils found while sinking this pit, 1833
D/MRP 121/1-37Easington Lane
D/MRP 121/11 contact print and negative, 1 large printPhotograph of landlord and family standing in front of the ‘Bonnie Pit Lad’ pub, Easington Lane, 1890
D/MRP 121/21 contact print and negative, 1 large printPhotograph of Bicycle Club, standing in front of ‘Bonnie Pit Lad’, Easington Lane, 1890
D/MRP 121/31 contact print and negativePhotograph of ‘Bonnie Pit Lad’ customers, in backyard of the public house; landlady standing with jug; landlord seated 2nd from right, front row, Easington Lane, 1890
D/MRP 121/41 contact print and negativePhotograph of local colliery overmen, Hetton Colliery, Easington Lane, 1890
D/MRP 121/51 contact print and negative, 1 large printPhotograph of Doctor Parker in horse and rigg, Easington Lane, 1900
D/MRP 121/61 contact print and negative, 1 large printPhotograph of Hudson’s shop with Mrs. C. Hudson, Mrs. Stephenson, Miss E. Hudson, Miss J. Hudson, Master John and Master Joe at door, Easington Lane, 1900
D/MRP 121/71 contact print and negativePhotograph of Brickgarth Primitive Methodist’s Chapel, Easington Lane, 1900
D/MRP 121/81 contact print and negativePhotograph of Elemore Colliery, Easington Lane, 1900
D/MRP 121/91 contact print and negativePhotograph of Eppleton Colliery, Easington Lane, 1900
D/MRP 121/101 contact print, 1 print, 1 negativePhotograph of Elemore Engine, built by G. Stephenson, ran on the Hetton – Sunderland line, pulled coals from Elemore Colliery to Sunderland, Easington Lane, n.d. c.1900
D/MRP 121/111 contact print and negativePhotograph of High Street, Easington Lane, looking South, 1902
D/MRP 121/121 contact print and negativePhotograph of High Street, Easington Lane, 1906
D/MRP 121/131 contact print and negativePhotograph of Easington Lane Store Horse, Damsel, winner of many shows. Mr. Laidler, Miss Mary Laidler, Mr. Bunt, Thr. Bunt (son), Mat Wood, Mr. Joe Hudson, Mr. M. Stephenson, Mr. W. Harrison (butcher), Mr. Barkhouse, Mr. T. Ottey, Mr. Whiteman. Boy and girl Master J. Hudson, May Hudson, Mr. T. Dodsworth, 1912
D/MRP 121/141 contact print and negativeHetton; photograph of Elemore and Eppleton Aged Miners Homes, opened 11 March 1916
D/MRP 121/151 contact print and negativeElemore Colliery, Easington Lane, – photograph of 5 young miners, 1916: L – R Back: George Nattrass, T. Whiteman, F. Dover L – R Front: Harry Stevenson, T. Kavanagh
D/MRP 121/161 contact print and negativePhotograph of Easington Lane School football team, 1920
D/MRP 121/171 contact print and negative, 1 large printPhotograph of Easington Lane’s “first shop; the old blacksmith’s shop”, n.d. c.1920
D/MRP 121/181 contact print, and negativePhotograph of Kay’s Butcher’s Shop, Easington Lane, early 1920’s
D/MRP 121/191 contact print and negative, 1 large printPhotograph of Kay’s Soup Kitchen, 1920’s
D/MRP 121/201 contact print, and negativeHetton-le-Hole; photograph of last tram car on road to Easington Lane, 1925
D/MRP 121/211 contact print, and negativePhotograph of Hudson’s Store, Easington Lane; Mrs. C. Hudson, Mrs. C. Carr, Mr. John Hudson, Mr. Will Hudson, Mr. Joe Hudson, Mr. N. Surtees, Mr. C. Carr and two Miss Patties, 1927
D/MRP 121/221 contact print, and negativePhotograph of Hudson’s Store, Mrs. C. Hudson, Mrs. C. Carr, Mr. Dick Stoker, Rodger the Dog, 1929
D/MRP 121/231 contact print, and negativePhotograph of Easington Lane, n.d. c.1930
D/MRP 121/241 contact print, and negativePhotograph of Easington Lane’s first carnival. First prize winner, trade entry; taken in front of Church High Street, 1931
D/MRP 121/251 contact print, and negativePhotograph of Bank Top, Easington Lane, (Pemberton’s Bank), 1930’s
D/MRP 121/261 contact print, and negativePhotograph of Easington Lane Working Men’s Club; three men (Jack Harland, Thomas Story, D. Larner) in back yard, 1936
D/MRP 121/271 contact print, and negativePhotograph of High Street, Easington Lane, 1938
D/MRP 121/281 contact print, and negativePhotograph of High Street, Easington Lane, 1940
D/MRP 121/291 contact print, and negativePhotograph of Elemore Colliery, Easington Lane, 1940’s
D/MRP 121/301 contact print, and negativePhotograph of Victory Day celebrations, Thames Street, Easington Lane, 1945
D/MRP 121/311 contact print, and negativePhotograph of Old Folk’s Outing, Easington Lane, 1947
D/MRP 121/32Hetton Colliery offices near Fencehouses; photocopy of letter from Mr. Lindsay Wood to Mr. A. Wylde, concerning reduction of hours worked by boys under 16 years of age, 1873
D/MRP 121/331 paperHetton Colliery Office, Photocopy of letter from Mr. Thomas Lishman to W. Crawford Esq. concerning the hours per day during which coals are drawn from Elemore Colliery, 1881
D/MRP 121/341 paperVane-Tempest Colliery; photocopy of pay note, 1931
D/MRP 121/351 paperRyhope Colliery; photocopy of pay note, July 1933
D/MRP 121/361 paperRyhope Colliery; photocopy of pay note, n.d. c.1935
D/MRP 121/378 papersPhotocopies of poems written by J. Sanderson, about events and people of Easington Lane, c.1970: (i) The Pub Crawl; lists old pubs of the village (1 paper) (ii) Brickgarth Memories; from Mr. Sanderson’s childhood, c.1920 (1 paper) (iii) Schoolboy Memories (1 paper) 121/37 (iv) Memories of Easington Lane (1 paper) (v) Untitled poem recording Easington Lane events and people (4 papers)
D/MRP 122/1Shotton Colliery
D/MRP 122/13 photographsPhotographs: (i) Front Street, Shotton Colliery, n.d. c.1900 (ii) Shotton Colliery Church Choir, 1906 (iii) Front Street, Shotton Colliery, n.d. c.1930
D/MRP 123/1-6Dawdon
D/MRP 123/11 bookletDawdon Parish Church; Golden Jubilee Celebration Pamphlet, 1912 – 1962
D/MRP 123/21 volumePhotograph album. Unidentified portraits, n.d. c.1900
D/MRP 123/34 photographsMiscellaneous photographs: (i) Portrait (ii) Water pumping station (iii) Inside pumping station (iv) Group of workmen
D/MRP 123/41 cardDeputy’s Service Certificate, 1919 – 1954
D/MRP 123/51 cardShot Firer’s Service Certificate, 1919 – 1954
D/MRP 123/61 photographPhotograph of Mr. and Mrs. Whitwell Snr., c.1930
D/MRP 124/1-9Pelton, Pitt Hill, Wardley, West Pelton, Waldridge
D/MRP 124/11 volumePelton; photocopy of Parish Magazine, February 1914
D/MRP 124/22 contact prints and negativesPitt Hill; annotated photographs of: (i) William Weddle, b.1783 (ii) Ann Weddle, b.1807, n.d. c.1855
D/MRP 124/31 contact print and negativeAnnotated photograph of Ann Weddle and young, half sister, Mary Jane Britten, c.1870
D/MRP 124/41 contact print and negativeWardley Colliery; annotated photograph of Urwin family group, n.d. c.1894
D/MRP 124/51 contact print and negativeWest Pelton Co-op; annotated photograph of group of men standing by windows, c.1900
D/MRP 124/61 contact print and negativeWaldridge Bank Foot; annotated photograph of railway shunters, April 1914
D/MRP 124/71 contact print and negativeWest Pelton Co-op; annotated photograph of staff and building; c.1920
D/MRP 124/81 contact print and negativeAnnotated photograph of Pelton Allotment, 1920
D/MRP 124/91 contact print and negativeAnnotated photograph of Pelton Post Office and postmistress, Mrs. Riddle, c.1920
D/MRP 125/1-6Houghton-le-Spring and Seaham
D/MRP 125/11 photographHoughton-le-Spring; photograph of Mr. James Makepeace standing at the corner of Neasham Place, n.d. c.1920
D/MRP 125/21 photographSeaham; photograph of Thomas Cowley posing in football strip, n.d. c.1920
D/MRP 125/31 photographHoughton Colliery; photograph of group of miners with prize-winning pony; group includes Joseph Davison-White, Salvation Army preacher, n.d. c.1930
D/MRP 125/41 photographHoughton Colliery; photograph of three miners with Salvation Army preacher at “bait-time”, n.d. c.1930
D/MRP 125/51 photographHoughton-le-Spring; photograph of Newtown Jazz Band, c.1930
D/MRP 125/63 pagesHoughton-le-Spring; “Another young miner” – poem about miner, with notes on photographs (D/MRP 125/1-5), c.1950
D/MRP 127/1-2Rainton
D/MRP 127/11 paperPoem “To the men who departed this life of Freedom to a state of Bondage at the Adventure Pit, Rainton, 14 July 1926”
D/MRP 127/21 paperNotes on Rainton Colliery 1899 – 1925
D/MRP 128/1-9Sacriston and Charlaw Collieries
D/MRP 128/11 paperHandwritten copy of Pitmen’s Bond between John Smith of Witton Gilbert and several workmen, Sacriston and Charlaw Collieries, original dated 23 November 1767
D/MRP 128/24 papersPoem “Lines on the Sacriston Disaster” by a Durham miner, (Joseph Jobling, Hamsteels Colliery, Durham), November 1903
D/MRP 128/31 paper“Death at Sacriston Colliery”; an account of the fall of stone, 4 December 1940, by W. Thompson, who worked in the mine at the time
D/MRP 128/43 papersCharlaw and Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd. Pay notes: (i) Shield Row Colliery, 25 April 1931 (ii) Shield Row Colliery, 30 April 1932 (iii) Kimblesworth Colliery, n.d. c.1932
D/MRP 128/52 papersDurham County Council, Education Department; Deputy’s Certificate, January 1940 Endorsed, description of course required to obtain this certificate
D/MRP 128/61 paperSt. John’s Ambulance First Aid Certificate, October 1943
D/MRP 128/71 paperSacriston Colliery; certificate to attend to Rapper Signals, April 1946
D/MRP 128/89 contact prints and negativesPhotographs of: (i) High level and Swing Bridge, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1907 (ii) Newcastle United A.F.C. 1906 – 1907 (iii) St. John’s Church & Granger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1907 (iv) Witton Street, Sacriston, c.1910 (v) Front Street, Sacriston, c.1910 (vi) Central Station, Newcastle on Tyne, c.1910 (vii) The Lighthouse, Roker, Sunderland, 1911 (viii) Conishead Priory, 1937 (ix) Princess St., Kingston, Ontario (postcard sent c.1910, to W. Thompson, Sacriston)
D/MRP 128/94 pagesKimblesworth Colliery; photocopy of poem by William C. Bickle on sinking accident, 16 August 1885
D/MRP 129/1-2Fir Tree
D/MRP 129/11 contact print and negativePhotograph of group of men at threshing machine, Fir Tree, n.d. c.1950
D/MRP 129/21 contact print and negativePhotograph of group of men and boys with horse and blacksmith, Fir Tree, n.d. c.1900
D/MRP 130/1Easington Colliery
D/MRP 130/11 paperPoem about “Easington Disaster” by W. Linsky and W. Smallwood, ex-miners, Bearpark, 1951
D/MRP 131/1-3Cornsay Colliery
D/MRP 131/11 photographPhotograph of Cornsay Colliery and District Ambulance Classes, 1916
D/MRP 131/21 copy photograph, postcard sizePhotograph of unidentified procession of horses at Cornsay, c.1900 – 1910
D/MRP 131/31 photographPhotograph of Cornsay Colliery Adult Football Team (most players identified), c.1910 – 1920
D/MRP 132/1General
D/MRP 132/1Microfilm, 155 frames“Forming a General History of Coal, Collieries, Colliery Engineering and Mining; together with the local history of the Collieries and Coal Trade of the North of England”
D/MRP 133/1-4Shotton Colliery
D/MRP 133/12 papers,photocopiesNewscutting about B.B.C. T.V. film on Shotton Colliery, with emphasis on comments by George Hamilton.
D/MRP 133/23 papers, photocopiesDurham Chronicle; cutting describing opening of pithead baths, Shotton Colliery, 5 May 1930
D/MRP 133/31 paper, photocopyNotice of Parish Meeting, Shotton, 28 March 1966
D/MRP 133/439 pages, photocopies“Shotton Villages and Colliery. A History”, edited by Colin Mountford; prepared by members of Elgin Senior High School, Gateshead, 1973
D/MRP 134/1-2Woodland
D/MRP 134/11 paperNewspaper cutting of poem by Mrs. Bell, “A Memory of the Depression”, Woodland, 1966
D/MRP 134/21 paperNewspaper cutting of article by Mrs. Bell on food and life in Woodland, 1967
D/MRP 135/1-7Wingate and Wolsingham Sanitorium
D/MRP 135/11 contact print and negativePhotograph of unidentified male portrait, c.1870
D/MRP 135/21 large photograph and negativePhotograph of blacksmith, Wingate, c.1900
D/MRP 135/31 contact print and negativePhotograph of boys school group, Wingate, c.1900
D/MRP 135/41 contact print and negativePhotograph of Wingate, flooded fields, 1903
D/MRP 135/51 contact print and negativePhotograph of group of young girls in fancy dress, Wolsingham Sanatorium, c.1907
D/MRP 135/61 contact print and negativePhotograph of staff and patients, Wolsingham Sanatorium, 1907
D/MRP 135/71 contact print and negativeDurham City; large crowd at unidentified occasion, n.d. c.1900
D/MRP 136/1Ferryhill
D/MRP 136/11 photographLord Slater of Ferryhill with group in open charabanc
D/MRP 137/1-2Birtley
D/MRP 137/11 contact print and negativeBirtley; group of miners in New Town, Birtley with bread baked at communal ovens built in the brickyard there during the Miners Strike, 1926
D/MRP 137/21 booklet“Special Rules for the Installation and Use of Electricity”; printed under the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1887, 1905
D/MRP 113, 115Axwell Park Colliery, North Durham, Medomsley, Burnopfield, Blaydon, Derwent Valley
D/MRP 113/112 negatives and 2 prints12 negatives showing underground work at Axwell Park Colliery, 1930
D/MRP 113/21 contact print and negativePhotograph of adults and child listening to “crystal” radio set, North Durham, c.1923
D/MRP 113/31 contact print and negativePhotograph of family sitting around range fire, North Durham, n.d., c.1925
D/MRP 113/41 contact print and negativePhotograph of woman and girl using mangle, North Durham, c.1933
D/MRP 115/11 filePhotocopy of Consett Chronicle, “Memento of the lamentable Char-a-Banc Disaster at Medomsley”, 26 August 1911
D/MRP 115/21 volume and papersEnginemen’s and Boiler Minders’ Mutual Aid Association Crookgate Branch; membership book includes lists of members, proposals for membership, contributions, accounts Enclosed: clearance card, sick fund proposal, 1872 – 1906
D/MRP 115/31 pamphletProgramme for 31st Annual Service of Song by Wesleyan Methodist Choirs of Northumberland and Durham, 18 October 1899
D/MRP 115/41 bookletObituary notices of one thousand ‘Old Standards’ of North-West Durham, from 1838 – 1899, published Consett 1900
D/MRP 115/51 bookletBurnopfield; an account of Methodism in Burnopfield, 1746 – 1906, 1906
D/MRP 115/61 pamphletBurnopfield and District War Memorial unveiling and presentation ceremony, 1921
D/MRP 115/71 bookletN.C.B. Durham Division; “Remote Sampling by Frame Safety Lamp”, 1961
D/MRP 115/81 bookletBurnopfield; “200 years of Methodism in Burnopfield”, Bi-centenary brochure, 1975
D/MRP 115/91 paperBlaydon; photocopy of poster re special general meeting of Blaydon District Industrial and Provident Society on the conversion of the Burnopfield Branch into an Independent Society, 1889
D/MRP 115/101 pamphlet, photocopied“Historic Places in the Derwent Valley”, by J.W. Fawcett, descriptions of Friarside Chapel, Gibside, Hollinside Manor House with illustrations, 1901
D/MRP 115/111 fileTanfield Urban District Council; photocopy of report of the Surveyor and Inspector for three years ending March 1911, (by Robert Heslop, Surveyor and Sanitary Inspector), 1911
D/MRP 93-95, 102-107, 114, 116, 126Numbers not used
D/MRP 93/1Number not used
D/MRP 94/1-5Number not used See D/EBF 92/1-5
D/MRP 95/1-5Number not used See D/DMA 328/1-5
D/MRP 102/1Number not used See D/DMA 322/1
D/MRP 103/1Number not used See D/DMA 323/1
D/MRP 104/1-4Number not used See D/DMA 325/1-4
D/MRP 105/1-55Number not used See D/DMA 326/1-55
D/MRP 106/1-3Number not used See D/DMA 330/1-3
D/MRP 107/1-21Number not used See D/DMA 329/1-21
D/MRP 114/1Number not used
D/MRP 116/1Number not used See D/DMA 332/1
D/MRP 126/1Number not used