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Arthur Roberts Papers – Lead mining and rural life in Teesdale and Weardale

Records collected by Arthur Roberts, researcher and author, relating to lead mining in Teesdale and Weardale. Deposited on long-term loan: 2 March 2006 Acc: 3226(D) These records include a copy or copies of information dating back to 1737. For records in this catalogue check the section below.

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Date1778,
2000
EraLate 20th Century (1967 to 2000),
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Hanoverian (1714 to 1837)
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Arthur Roberts Papers – Lead mining and rural life in Teesdale and Weardale records

reftitletypeitem physicaldescription
D/ARArthur Roberts Papers
D/AR 1-86Weardale, Teesdale and lead mining in County Durham
D/AR 11 plan, 74 cm. x 58 cm., waxed linenPlan of Barneycraig Vein, n.d. Scale: 40 feet to 1 inch [1:480]
D/AR 21 map, 165 cm. x 90 cm., waxed linenMap of Humberbeck and surrounding area, n.d. Scale: no scale
D/AR 31 plan, 50 cm. x 36 cm., ink on paperPlan of cross-section of Rodderup Fell Mine, n.d. Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
D/AR 41 plan, 150 cm. x 30 cm., waxed linenPlan of cross-section of Westren Hope Hill, n.d. Scale: 100 feet per 1/2 inch [1:2400]
D/AR 51 plan, 42 cm. x 26.5 cm., paperPlan of old level on Rodderup Fell, n.d. Reduced from Mr. J. Wilson’s September 1830 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]
D/AR 61 plan, 50 cm. x 36 cm., paperPlan of cross-section of Rodderup Fell Mine, n.d. Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
D/AR 71 map, 36 cm. x 43 cm., paperMap of Rodderup Fell Mine Sett, August 1929 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
D/AR 81 map, 38 cm. x 24 cm., tracing paperMap of mine (untitled), n.d. Scale: 500 feet to 1 inch [1:6000]
D/AR 91 plan, 57 cm. x 74 cm., tracing paperPlan of Flushiemere Barytes mines, n.d. Scale: 5 feet to 1 inch [1:60]
D/AR 101 map, 30 cm. x 29.5 cm., tracing paperMap of mine, including Rookhope Road, n.d. Scale: no scale
D/AR 111 map, 32 cm. x 31 cm., paperMap of Rotherhope Fell, 1953 Scale: 3 inches to 1 mile [1:5280]
D/AR 121 plan, 20 cm. x 20.5 cm., paperPlan of Rodderup Mine, 1930 Scale: no scale
D/AR 131 map, 24.5 cm. x 31 cm., paperPlan of side elevation of hydraulic head main at Rodderup Fell Sett, June 1926 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]
D/AR 141 plan, 31 cm. x 68 cm., paperPlan of flow sheet of Rotherhope Mill, n.d. Scale: no scale
D/AR 151 plan, 73 cm. x 77 cm., waxed linenPlan of Burtree Pasture mine, December 1859 Scale: 400 feet to 1 inch [1:4800]
D/AR 161 plan, 90 cm. x 82 cm., paperPlan of Coldbeard Mine, n.d. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]
D/AR 171 map, 25 cm. x 33 cm., cardboardMap of Scarborough, November 1960 Scale: no scale
D/AR 181 volume, leather boundReport of visitation of Greenwich Hospital Estates in 1805, by Sir John Colpoya, Sir William Bellingham, John Harrison, 1805
D/AR 191 album, [c. 80 photographs], black and whitePhotograph album entitled ‘Well Known Lake District mine photographs and Barbary Mine, Ireshopeburn’, containing photographs of mines and miners at work, labelled ‘B’, [ c.1890s – 1960s]
D/AR 201 album [c. 60 photographs], black and whitePhotograph album entitled ‘Not local but a few help to tell the lead mining story’, containing photographs of mines and miners, labelled ‘C’, [ c.1860s – 1930s]
D/AR 211 album, [c. 100 photographs], black and whitePhotograph album of miners, mines and individual portraits, labelled ‘D’, [ c.1880s – 1950s]
D/AR 221 album, [c. 60 photographs], black and whitePhotograph album of mines, miners, families, labelled ‘E’, [c. 1860s – 1960s]
D/AR 231 album, [c.60 photographs], black and white and colourPhotograph album of mines and miners, labelled ‘F’, [c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 241 album, [c. 80 photographs], black and whitePhotograph album of mines, miners, countryside and people, labelled ‘G’, [ c.1880s – 1950s]
D/AR 251 album, [c. 90 photographs], black and whitePhotograph album entitled ‘Mainly Rookhope’, contains photographs of mines, miners, people, villages, labelled ‘H’, [ c.1880s – 1930s]
D/AR 261 album, [c. 100 photographs], black and whitePhotograph album entitled ‘mainly Allenheads’, contains photographs of mining plans and mines, labelled ‘I’, [ c.1860s – 1920s]
D/AR 271 album, [c. 80 photographs], black and whitePhotograph album entitled ‘Local plans – Burtree Greenlaws’, contains photographs of mining plans and mines, labelled ‘J’, [ c.1860s – 1930s]
D/AR 281 album, [c. 80 photographs], black and white and colourPhotograph album entitled ‘several good local photographs’, contains photographs of mines, miners, people, labelled ‘L’, [ c.1880s – 1970s]
D/AR 291 album, [c. 60 photographs], black and whitePhotograph album containing photographs of mines, mining tools and miners, labelled ‘K’, [ c.1880s – 1960s]
D/AR 301 album, [c. 10 photographs], black and white and colourPhotograph album containing photographs of mines, people, and scenery, [c. 1900s – 1970s]
D/AR 311 album, [c. 8 photographs], black and whitePhotograph album containing photographs of miners, social gatherings, and people, [ c.1900s – 1930s]
D/AR 3217 papersM.S. notes re photograph albums, listing names and locations, [c.1980s]
D/AR 33A27 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of sheep shearing and sheep clipping, including sheep clipping at Middle Farm, Holwick; Arkengarthdale, Richmond; Step Ends; Crossthwaite; Stanhope Gate; Keld, Richmond; Park End; Ash Dub and Clennell Street, c.1900s – 1950s
D/AR 33B19 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of sheep sales and markets, including sales at Northallerton, Kirkby Stephen, Swaledale and Hawes, [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33C41 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of prize and trophy winning sheep, including winners from the Otley Show, the Bowes Show (1931 and 1935), Moorcock Show, Muken of Reeth Shows (1929) and Baldersdale Show (1920), [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33D3 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs from the Swaledale Sheep Breeders Association, [c. 1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33E52 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of sheep shows, events and rallies, including The Moorcock and District Show, The Yorkshire Show, The Western Dales Y.F.C. Rally, Upper Wensleydale Y.F.C. Rally (Hawes), Kirkby Stephen, The Woodland Show, Brough Hill Fair, Grains O’Beck Show, and Muker Show, [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33F318 photographs, black and white5 files of miscellaneous photographs of people posing with sheep, including photographs from Step Ends, the Moorcock and District Agricultural Society, Reeth, Bishop Auckland, Ettersgill, Keld, Hexham, Bowes, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Munton and Gunnerside, [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33G57 photographs, black and whiteFile of miscellaneous photographs of sheep and agricultural scenes containing sheep, including photographs from Kendal, Keld, Kirkby Stephen and Holwick, [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33H13 photographs, black and whiteFiles of photographs of agricultural scenes containing working horses, including photographs from Outhgill; Mallerstang; and Swaledale and of Weavers Cottages, [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33I5 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of horse-related sport and leisure activities, including horse racing, [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33J4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of women at work, including photographs of women working on dairy farms, [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33K4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of agricultural scenes containing images of cows and bulls, [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33L2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of dogs and their owners, including a photograph of ‘Highland Laddie’, [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33M4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of buildings and villages, including Muker, and the Posting Houses at Middleton-in-Teesdale, [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33N10 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of people at events, shows and competitions, including the Grains O’Beck Show (1908), [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 33O21 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of people, including at Stennessneugh, and a photograph of a pit-man in huggers (?) and deep snow, [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 34A9 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of items used in cheese and butter-making, Swaledale, [ c.1950s]
D/AR 34B46 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of the practice of cheese and butter-making, featuring Mrs. Scott of Swaledale, [ c.1950s]
D/AR 35A3 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of various sports teams and groups, including a group of boy gymnasts, Arthur’s Hill Bowling Club, with the Lord Joicey Cup (1911), and Waskerley Rovers football team with the Castleside Charity Cup, [ c.1911]
D/AR 35B7 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of parades and military events as well as in uniform and brass bands, including the Old Weardale Band (1866), [ c.1866 – 1950]
D/AR 35C5 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of shops and retail outlets, including ‘Langley Supply Stores’, ‘W. Craig, Dairyman, Gateshead’, ‘A.G. Bestwick, Baker’, ‘Argyle Walker Stores’, and ‘T. Bainbridge, grocer and provision market’, [ c.1890s – 1950s]
D/AR 35D10 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of recreational, leisure and social activities, including ‘Middleham Moor Fair’ and ‘Peace Day’ at Alnwick (11 November 1918), [ c.1890s – 1950s]
D/AR 35E18 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of countryside landscapes, buildings and village scenes, including Morpeth, Middleham Bridge and Leyburn, Bishop Auckland, Eggleston, Middleton, Etherley and Hamsterley, as well as a World War One monument, [ c.1890s – 1950s]
D/AR 35F5 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of transport, bridges and roads, including shuttering for a division wall (October 1903) and Sunderland Bridge (10 September 1928), [ c.1890s – 1950s]
D/AR 35G7 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of agricultural work, including one which is entitled ‘Springtime’, [ c.1890s – 1950s]
D/AR 35H11 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of people at work and places of work, including ‘The Smithy’ at Thornley Gate, Allendale and Brandon Colliery, [ c.1890s – 1950s]
D/AR 35I3 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of groups of children, [c.1890s – 1950s]
D/AR 35J10 photographs, black and whiteFile of miscellaneous photographs of country life, including a postcard of West Boat, near Hexham, and an advertisement for ‘Hoe’s Sauce’, as well as various groups of people, [ c.1890s – 1950s]
D/AR 36A60 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of plans of machinery and mines, as well as geographical layouts, including plans of W.B. Lead Mines, Weardale, and house for winding engines at Holmes-Linn, Sipton and Breckon Mill, plans for Sipton Shgt, [ c.1900s – 1940s]
D/AR 36B5 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of miners at work and various picks and tools used in mining, including the hotching tub at Foggergill Mines [ c.1900s – 1940s]
D/AR 36C5 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of groups of people, particularly miners and their families, including Mrs. Jacob Cousin and her sons, Jim and George, (the family of a lead miner) at their home in Homesfoot, Nenthead ( c. 1912) as well as a group of miners and their families cheering after Blackdon Chimney had been felled, [ c.1890s – 1930s]
D/AR 36D1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a list of the numbers of the jury of a court hearing concerning lead mining at Greffington, West Yorkshire, 1737
D/AR 36E6 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining landscapes, and machinery used in mining, [c. 1900s – 1940s]
D/AR 37A16 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of landscapes, buildings and villages, including Cotherstone, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Weardale Valley, Romaldkirk, Snotterton (1913), Bowes, Darlington, Bishop Auckland and Middlesbrough, [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 37B4 photographs, black and whiteA file of photographs of social events and leisure activities, including a Whist Drive in Harwood, 8 November 1912, and a visit by an airman to Barnard Castle, 31 March 1917, [ c.1910 – 1920s]
D/AR 37C3 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of recreational groups and sports teams, including an orchestral group, a brass band and Authors Hill Bowling Club (with the Lord Joicey Cup), 1911 [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 37D13 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of agricultural scenes, including photographs containing farm animals and labourers as well as horse-drawn ploughs, one of which is entitled ‘In the Hayfield’, [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 37E4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of various groups of workers, including grocers, a baker, a policeman and the employees of ‘Maypole Dairy Co.’, a photograph which is entitled ‘The Buttered Thirteen’, [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 37F6 photographs, black and whiteFiles of photographs of various scenes, featuring horse-driven carts, [c. 1880 – 1920s]
D/AR 37G9 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of everyday life, including images of the aftermath of a heavy snowstorm and the playground at Hunstanworth school, [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 37H8 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of various individuals and groups of people, including E.A. Metcalfe at the age of 23, [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 37I5 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of industrial machinery and buses, [c. 1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 37J5 photographs, black and whiteFile of miscellaneous photographs, including the interior of a room, a drawing entitled ‘The Farrier’, a cartoon entitled ‘Will you take a cattle truck?’, a postcard of the Chapter House at Durham Cathedral and a ‘with compliments’ slip from ‘Hexham and Northern Marts’, [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 38A7 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of stations, platforms and buildings, including the ‘Ravenglass and Eskdale Miniature Railway’, Middleton Station, railway tracks at Shildon and Ferryhill Station, [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 38B1 photograph, 6 cm. x 15 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a poem entitled ‘The Song of the Engine Driver’, by B. Oliver from Guisborough, [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 38C5 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of railway disasters, including photographs of the wreckage of the Darlington Railway disaster, and of the funeral of the victims after the Aisgill Disaster, 1913 [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 38D11 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of railway workers and steam engines, [c. 1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 38E9 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining plans, including of a cylindrical sieve for Chatt Mill and a crushing mill for W.B. Lead Mines, Weardale, [ c.1880s – 1980s]
D/AR 38F2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of maps relating to mining around Weardale, [c. 1880s – 1980s]
D/AR 38G11 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of miners, some at work, including a miner working the ‘Old Hand Jigger’ at Goldberry Lead Mine, 22 October 1955, and miners working at the chimney at Egglesland, [ c.1880s – 1980s]
D/AR 38H21 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of various sections of mines, including the bottom of Frederick Shaft at Settingstones, 1957 and the Arbor Low Mine, Middleton-by-Youngreaves, 1962
D/AR 38I13 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining equipment and machinery, including a steam injection pot at Bollihope, [ c.1880s – 1980s]
D/AR 38J11 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of landscapes around mines and mining buildings, including buildings at Shawberry and Winegill, [ c.1880s – 1980s]
D/AR 39A22 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining plans, including plans of a Blackett Level at Siptor Shaft and W.B. Lead Mine, Weardale, as well as plans for timber framing for Chatt Mill, Allenheads, and for a hydraulic engine for the working crushing mill at Allenheads, [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 39B1 photograph, 11 cm. x 8 cm., black and whitePhotograph of miners at a mine in Africa, including African miners and emigrants, [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 39C7 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining machinery and equipment, [c. 1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 39D25 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of landscapes around mines and mining buildings, including the North Head at Goldberry Lead Mine, 22 October 1955 [ c.1880s – 1950s]
D/AR 39E8 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of miners and their families, including a miner at the entrance to Goldberry Mine, and a Mr. and Mrs. Ward, and Neve and Willie Wavel, [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 40A2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of ‘Martin’s Patent Cultivator’, including ‘breaking up stubbles’ and ‘converted into 3 furrow ridger’, [ c.1880s – 1940s]
D/AR 40B9 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of various villages, including Middleton-in-Teesdale, St. John’s Chapel, Melsonby, Darlington, Etherley, Whitfield and West Hartlepool, [ c.1880s – 1940s]
D/AR 40C11 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of sports and recreational teams and groups, and other social activities, including Ashington Orchestral Society (1907), Sunderland Football Team (1912 – 1913), the awarding of the ‘Durham County Tidy Village Trophy’, the Boys Temperance Brigade Fife and Bugle Band, and ‘Fair Day’ at Romaldkirk, [ c.1880s – 1940s]
D/AR 40D3 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of groups and organisations including The National Union of Mineworkers and the Dean and Chapter A.M.B.U. Division, 1919 [ c.1919 – 1940s]
D/AR 40E4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of businesses and establishments including W.M. Brown ‘General Smith and Horse Shoer’, and several businesses including the ‘Waterloo Hotel’, ‘Bowerbank and Son Ironmongers’, [ c.1880s – 1940s]
D/AR 40F5 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of postcards and drawings, including a child’s painting of a farm, cartoon depicting ‘Matthew Hopkins: Witch Finder General’, a poem entitled ‘Go to Father’, a postcard captioned: ‘I’m Holding My Own’, and a postcard of Square Lafreniere in Alger, [ c.1880s – 1940s]
D/AR 40G15 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of people and general day to day lives including the installation of a television in a hospital ward, a woman doing embroidery, soldiers in uniform and a photograph of Mr. J.H. Eley, [ c.1880s – 1940s]
D/AR 40H11 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of landscapes and buildings, including Moss Petrel Farm, Gilsland, [ c.1880s – 1940s]
D/AR 40I1 photograph, black and whitePhotograph of the interior of a 32-seater Leyland coach, showing the ‘Thurgood’ Patent opening roof
D/AR 40J14 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of scenes of agricultural life and agricultural, industrial and mining machinery, [ c.1880s – 1940s]
D/AR 41A15 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of agricultural life, including cattle at Egglestone Show, an advertisement for auction of farm animals at Mount Leven, a photograph depicting hunting, entitled ‘calling the bull moose’ and farmland at Yew Bank, Utley, [ c.1880 – 1930s]
D/AR 41B7 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of buildings, including Tan Hill ‘England’s Highest Inn’, the interior of Laithkirk Church, the Old Hall at Askrigg, the Mill at Wensley and Garrigill Church
D/AR 41C7 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of social events and sports teams, including Jubilee Day, Bellingham (May 1935); Middleton Golf Club Whist Drive and Dance (14 February 1912); Band of Hope picnic (1913); and Mr. J. Jaubin’s outing for wounded soldiers to Barnard Castle (21 October 1913), [ c.1900s – 1940s]
D/AR 41D13 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of people including a group of service staff, school children during the Second World War, miners and professional portrait photographs taken in Barnard Castle, Middleton-in-Teesdale and Sunderland, [ c.1880s – 1960s]
D/AR 41E4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of villages, including the Market Place at St. John’s Chapel, the station platform at Cotherstone and Whalton, [ c.1880s – 1960s]
D/AR 41F6 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of construction and mining, including pictures of a construction site, captioned: ‘Asphalting East Wall, June 1902’ and ‘Stage One, concrete mixer, October 1903’, [ c.1880s – 1960s]
D/AR 41G2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of marches and parades, including a church parade, [c. 1880s – 1960s]
D/AR 41H6 photographs, black and whiteFile of miscellaneous photographs including the interior of a children’s hospital ward, the interior of a sweet shop, [ c.1880s – 1960s]
D/AR 42A3 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of Settingstones pit just after closure, 1968
D/AR 42AB1 photograph, 13 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of miners at Goldberry Mine, including (from left) Joe Gargutt, Tom Allison and Jon Watson, [ c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42AC1 photograph, 12 cm. x 16 cm., black and whitePhotograph of miners Jack Jewitt and George Pinkney, [c.19th century]
D/AR 42B24 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of maps, connected to mining, including a plan of the Windy Hill Estate, a map of Fallowfield, a map of the Lead Mine Districts of East and West Allendale and Weardale, and a plan of the Bishopley Estate (near Stanhope), [ c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42C4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of pages from ‘Erklanende Bemerkungen’, [c. 19th – 20th centuries]
D/AR 42D38 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of groups of miners, including miners at Samuk in Weardale at the Cambo Keels mine, lead miners at Boltsburn, a photograph of a colliery brass band, at the changing room steps at Rampill Mine (1911), at Olywyn Gloch Mine (1964), the Smelt Mill Rookhope (1902), and at the Blackton Smelt Mill in Egglestone, [ c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42E58 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of miners at work, including an image of Goldberry Mine after a snowstorm, at Utah Copper Mine (1910), Mr. Jim Cousins at Silver Band Mine and at the Millclose Lead Smelter, [ c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42F22 photographs, black and whiteFile of miscellaneous photographs of miners and their families, [c. 1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42G6 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining tools, including a set of drills, a drill extractor, hammers, candleholders, sludge pump pricker, powder scoop tamper, a double-end and a single-end pick, a shovel and a crow bar, [ c.1850]
D/AR 42H64 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining machinery, including the inside of a vulcanising oven, dynamos (1914), the jaw crusher roof mill and concentrating table at Clogan Mine (1963), the calcite preparation plant (Bradwell, Derbyshire, 1971), vehicles and engines, the watch wheel and jigging tub at Goldberry Mine, [ c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42I41 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining buildings, including the Blackton Lead Mill Chimney, Egglestone; buildings at Force Crag Mine, Keswick; Craven Cross Shaft at Greenhow (1960), primary and secondary crusher sheds, [ c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42J54 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of landscapes around mines, including rifle range, Mellfell, Appleby; mining on Bradwell Moor (1971) at Force Crag Mines; the mines of Blackdon Mill, the remains of Wemmergill Smelt Mill and Silverband Mine, [ c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42K187 photographs, black and whiteFile of miscellaneous mines, including the steam navvy at Stanhope, the wood yard at Greenside Mine (1945), Blackwater Gold Mine (New Zealand), Carrock Mine, Coniston Mine, Honister Slate Mine (Cumbria), Hope Burn Shaft Top, Blaygill Mine (near Alston), Force Crag Mine (Keswick, 1967), Weardale Lead Mine, South Crofty Mine (Redruth, Cornwall), Silverband Mine (Milburn) and Clogan Mine (1963), [ c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42L251 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining plans and maps, [c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42M1 postcard, 15 cm. x 10 cm., colourPostcard depicting Cornish miners (c.1885), 9 July 1985
D/AR 42O30 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of miners, including pictured at the base of the Lead Mill chimney at Egglestone, J.C. Burrows at the East Pool Mine (1892), at Williams Shaft and at Tuckingmill Foundry Mill, working the compressed air drill
D/AR 42P59 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining equipment and machinery, including the primary sealer and electromagnet at Weardale Lead Mine and a densifier, as well as mould fixing detail and details of a mould carriage inside a vulcanising oven, [ c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42Q18 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining and landscapes, [c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42R115 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mines and collieries, including Lady Rake Lead Mine, Hanwood, Rotherhope Fell Mine, Settingstones Mine (Elle Shaft), Highstonecroft, Newbrough, Woodburn, Hartsy Mine and Mainsforth Colliery, Dolcoath Mine (featuring James Harrison Nixon, aged 12, March 1887) and the mine at Butterknowle, [ c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42S1 photograph, 28 cm. x 21 cm., sepiaPhotograph of miners at the London Lead Company’s Repair Yard at Hude Top; Middleton, including, 31 August 1891 top (left to right): Willy Pinkney, Mark Pinkney, J. Harrison back row (left to right): George Lowe, George Pinkney, Alfred Brown, Robert Robinson, Robert Dent, John Thompson, Joseph Hunt, George Cameron middle row (left to right): Joseph Horton (Doggy) cartman, Jack Pinkney, Thomas Harrison, Thomas Elliot, John Forster, John Cameron, Jerry Cameron front row (left to right): George Forster, Mark Pinkney (foreman, millwright), Thomas Brown, Mr. Baldwin, John Dent (roadman for London Company
D/AR 42T19 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of Weardale Lead Company, including images of machinery as well as the mine itself, November 1963
D/AR 42U6 photographs, black and white, card mountedFile of photographs of Tuckingmill Foundry Mill, including a compressed air drill, an engine shaft, pump work and a photograph entitled ‘Cook’s Kitchen’, [ c.1895]
D/AR 42V41 items, black and whiteFile of miscellaneous photographs of miners, including at the ‘base of Leadmill Chimney, Egglestone’ and at Marrum Mine, [ c.1860s – 1980s]
D/AR 42W1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and whitePhotograph of Harold Collinson and Trevor Jones at Force Crag Mine, 1960
D/AR 42X1 photograph, 14 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the main haulage level at Silverband Mine (2285 feet), including (left to right) Sir K. Dunham, P. Vipen and D. Brown (mine boss), 1961
D/AR 42Y2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of Joe Roberts at Snailbeach Mine, Minsterley, 1963
D/AR 42Z1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and whitePhotograph of Tom Allison ‘off to work’, [c.1890s – 1980s]
D/AR 43A10 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of villages, including St. John’s Chapel; the Market Place in Middleton; Brough; Middleton-in-Teesdale; Copeland, Brough; Bellingham (after the storm, 14 March 1911); the Talbot Hotel at the market place, Middleton-in-Teesdale; Bridge End and Silver Mill; and Pelaw, [ c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43B2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of snow ploughs in heavy snow at Whistle Crag, Middleton-in-Teesdale and at Egglestone, [ c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43C1 postcard, 9 cm. x 14 cm., colourPostcard issued by the National Milk Publicity Council recommending how ‘the family allowance for food should be spent’, entitled ‘to housewives’, n.d.
D/AR 43D1 photograph, 15 cm. x 9 cm., colourPhotograph of an advertisement for the ‘Bemrose-Cooke Calendars, 1928 series’, 1928
D/AR 43E18 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of agriculture, including ‘Ring-side at Kirkby Stephen Ram Sales’, [ c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43F2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of the ‘Egglestone Show’, including the tea tent and the band, [ c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43G11 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of retail outlets and businesses, including ‘Kaiser Provisions and Home bakeries’, ‘Bank of Liverpool and Martin’s Limited’, ‘Whittingham Dairy’, ‘R. Hand Junior, Butcher’, ‘B. Spraggon, Fish and Chip Saloon’, ‘J.W. Pritchard, Grocer’, the ‘Coach and Horses’, ‘Maypole Dairy Co. Limited’, the ‘Tan Hill Inn’ (Keld, Yorkshire, highest pub in England), and the ‘Black Bull’, [ c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43H4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of buildings, including ‘Brusselton Folly’, the unveiling of Brough Clock; the New Assembly Rooms, Middleton; and the Town Hall, Liverpool, [ c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43I9 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of events and special occasions, including Middleton Fair Day (1909); Garden Party in Middleton (26 July 1911); ‘Wreck of the tents on the fell, Coronation Day’; ‘Dance in aid of the hospital’, Forest (16 February 1912); Coronation Festival, Hartley (1911) and Middleham Moor Fair, [ c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43J3 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of parades and demonstrations, including hospital demonstrations (1912 and 1915); a Coronation Parade in Middleton-in-Teesdale and a military parade, [ c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43K8 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of vehicles, including automobiles, a van, a truck and a steam engine as well as a car wreckage, [ c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43L4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of sports teams and events, including Brough Football Club with the North Westmorland Cup and St. John’s Chapel Football team, [ c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43M5 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of brass bands and musicians, [c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43N1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a group of school children from Forest, 1915
D/AR 43O4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining, including miners working at the 70 fathom level at East Pool Mine, [ c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43P33 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of people, individuals and groups, including Robert Bowesfield (Secretary of ‘C’ District Swaledale Sheep Breeders’ Association), [ c.1890s – 1920s]
D/AR 43Q11 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of general daily life and miscellaneous photographs, including houses, station platform and landscapes
D/AR 44A15 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mining plans, [c.1880s – 1980s]
D/AR 44AB2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of postcards, including ‘Election Day!’ by E.W. Gustin and ‘Oh! where is my wandering boy tonight?’, [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 44B40 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of villages, including Cockfield; Middleton-in-Teesdale; Barnard Castle; Wolsingham; Murton, Westmorland; Brough; Stockton-on-Tees; Alston; Chester-le-Street; Allenheads; Dufton; Consett; Copeland, Staindrop; Quarrington Hill; Leyburn, Yorkshire; Thwaite, Swaledale and Romaldkirk, [ c.1880s – 1950s]
D/AR 44C12 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of buildings, including the Miners’ Hall, South Moor; Grove House, Middleton-in-Teesdale; Wesleyan Church, Chester-le-Street; The Institute, Wearhead; Plaza Buildings, Consett; and Oak House, Farndale (Yorkshire), [ c.1880s – 1950s]
D/AR 44D12 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of sports teams, players and events, including golf, football, cricket and wrestling; and featuring the Middleton football team on Marble Rock (April 1890), [ c.1880s – 1950s]
D/AR 44E9 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of musicians and musical groups, including Horden Colliery Rag-Time Band and Egglestone Band, [ c.1890s – 1950s]
D/AR 44F4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of public houses, including the Red Lion Inn, Cotherstone; Cat Hole Inn, Keld; and a photograph of a postcard depicting the interior of Tan Hill Inn, Yorkshire, [ c.1880s – 1950s]
D/AR 44G55 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of sheep clipping at Park End, Middleton Mart (1946), and a game larder containing over 1200 brace of grouse (26 August 1910)
D/AR 44H80 photographs, black and white, and colourFile of photographs of mines, miners, mining and mining landscapes, including Hope Burn Shaft Top, Silverband Mine, Goldberry Mine, Coalgrove Shaft Head (1870), Grassington Moor, Weardale Lead Mine, [ c.1870s – 1980s]
D/AR 44I23 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of vehicles, including cars, buses, a motorcycle, horse-drawn carts, a tank, a truck, a car wreckage, as well as a car at Lowe’s Garage, Cleveland Arms, Middleton-in-Teesdale, and Tom Hardy on a motorbike outside ‘Horse and Waggon’, Nentsbury, [ c.1880s – 1930s]
D/AR 44J1 photograph, 7 cm. x 15 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a newspaper cutting describing Market Gala Day at Middlesbrough Market Place, [ c.1880s – 1950s]
D/AR 44K8 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of retail outlets and shops, including ‘Danish Butter’, ‘Watson Brothers’, ‘H.E. Walker’, ‘Rebecca Barker, Spirits, Ale, Porter and Tobacco’, ‘Iddeson, Wensleydale Temperance and Commercial Hotel’, ‘W. Gelder, Watchmaker and Jeweller’, and ‘R.W. Raine, Acorn Flour’, [ c.1880s – 1940s]
D/AR 44L2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of ‘Cullercoats Fishwives’, including ‘Waiting the Boats’, [ c.19th century]
D/AR 44M1 photograph, 15 cm. x 10 cm., black and whitePhotograph of the wedding of Amy Edith Tyler and James C. Sayer of Teesdale, 28 June 1924
D/AR 44N4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of a dance in aid of the hospital at Forest, 16 February 1912
D/AR 44O10 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of fairs and shows, including Baldersdale Show; Middleton Show; High Force Show (1912); Langdon Beck Show (1906); Brough Hill Fair (1911 and 1912); and the Horse Fair at Middleton, [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 44P11 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of special events and occasions, including ‘The Electric Organ’ at a hospital demonstration in Middleton (1913); Forest Church Social (5 May 1911); The King’s visit to Brough (13 October 1905); the opening of the ‘Primitive Methodist Sunday School’, Wearhead (17 September 1910); Whit Monday Sports in Middleton; and the Golf Club Demonstration, Bents, Cowshill, 28 April 1935, [ c.1880s – 1950s]
D/AR 44Q4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of marches and processions, [c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 44R7 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of churches, church events and other photographs relating to the church, including ‘Wesleyan House Missions Gospel Car’; Wesleyan Sunday School, Chester-le-Street (May 1913); St. Mary’s; a presentation to the Reverend F.W. Holmes at Mickleton (6 July 1911) and a presentation to Geoff Harry Bell at Egglesburn Chapel (28 March 1911), [ c.1880s – 1930s]
D/AR 44S6 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of horses and horse riding, including the horse procession of Middleton (1906), [ c.1880s – 1920s]
D/AR 44T5 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of landscapes ‘Teesdale from Whistle Cragg’, [c. 1880s – 1980s]
D/AR 44U6 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of railways, stations and other railway connected photographs, including the Midland Railway Disaster at Aisgill (1813), [ c.1813 – 1930s]
D/AR 44V80 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of people, individuals and groups, including the ‘Cockfield Girls’ and a photograph entitled ‘The Hobble Skirt: We get some fun from these Hobble skirts’, [ c.1880s – 1980s]
D/AR 44W1 photograph, 9 cm. x 12 cm., black and whitePhotograph of three men, (left to right) R. Collinson, J.W. Dent, N. Field, [ c.1920s – 1940s]
D/AR 44X1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and whitePhotograph of Mr. and Mrs. Blades outside their home, n.d. [c. 1880s – 1910s]
D/AR 44Y31 photographs, black and whiteFile of miscellaneous photographs of general life, including ‘Tree Felling at Bridge Lane, Middleton in Teesdale (1902); ‘Coronation Woodland’; ‘Appleby Assizes’; the ‘Ruins of Blackton Mill’; and ‘Colonel Cody’s Bi-Plane on Brandon Hill’, [ c.1880s – 1980s]
D/AR 44Z1 photograph, 11 cm. x 9 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a reply slip to an invitation to ‘a musical entertainment’ to be held at Picton Farm, 14 June 1898
D/AR 45A1 photograph, 9 cm. x 13 cm., black and whitePhotograph of a catalogue of sale of ‘The Renowned Grange Mains Clydesdale Stud of Entire Horses’, at auction, Kilmarnock, 19 October 1961
D/AR 45B6 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of farming machinery and farm vehicles, [c. 1930s – 1970s]
D/AR 45C15 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of horses, including ‘Mettles Lad (foaled 1912) and the horses at Yetholm Shepherd’s Show (1910), [ c.1900s – 1950s]
D/AR 45D2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of dogs, including prize-winning dogs at the Muker Agricultural Show, 16 September 1953
D/AR 45E10 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of cattle, c.1930s – 1970s
D/AR 45F16 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of farm life, including Albert and Bob Wood ‘in the harvest field, August 1933’; George Farrow ‘cutting wheat with combine harvester, Oak Tree field’, in Kirklevington, harvest 1943; and detail of the doorway to ‘Moss Petal Farm’, Gilsland, [ c.1930s – 1970s]
D/AR 46A2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of the remains of Wemmergill Smelt Mill, including of the base of where the chimney once stood, [1960s – 1980s]
D/AR 46B2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs relating to the ‘attack on the vicar of Stainmore’, including the scene of the first attack and the ‘rail and ropes’ on which and with which ‘he was tied and so remained for 3 hours’, [ c.1890s – 1950s]
D/AR 46C4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of businesses and shops, including the ‘Freemasons Arms Hotel’, ‘J. Adamson: Family Grocer’, and ‘H. Keanton & Sons’, [ c.1890s – 1980s]
D/AR 46D12 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of villages and towns, including Alston and Crossfell; Garrigill Green; Newbrough and Harbottle, [ c.1890s – 1980s]
D/AR 46E14 photographs, black and white, and colourFile of photographs of buildings, including ‘Fairhaugh’ at Upper Coquet; Whitfield Hall and Moss Petal Farm, Gilsland
D/AR 46F9 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of scenes from the countryside, including Winch Bridge near Middleton-in-Teesdale, [ c.1890s – 1980]
D/AR 46G2 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of the land around Silverband Mill and Mine, [c. 1890s – 1980s]
D/AR 46H2 photographs, black and whiteFile of miscellaneous photographs, including the interior of a ‘form room’ and the engraving of a crest of a wall, [ c.1890s – 1980s]
D/AR 47A4 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of musical groups, including brass bands and string quartet, [ c.1910s – 1970s]
D/AR 47B5 items, black and white, sepiaFile of photographs of sports teams and events, including George Steadman, [ c.1910s – 1970s]
D/AR 482 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of miscellaneous objects, [c.1980s]
D/AR 493 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of fair and gypsies, [c.1900s]
D/AR 501 negative, 12.5 cm. x 10 cm., black and whiteNegative photograph of A1266 aeroplane entitled ‘Airman visits Barnard Castle’, 31 March 1917
D/AR 511 photograph, 90 cm. x 60 cm., black and whitePhotograph of mine and surrounding area, untitled, [c.1920s]
D/AR 521 itemPublication entitled Life and Work of the Northern Lead Mine , by Arthur Raistrick and Arthur Roberts, autographed ‘To Alan [Sutton] with best wishes from Arthur Roberts, 1984
D/AR 531 itemNewsletter no. 50, The Friends of Killhope, contains obituary of Arthur Christopher Roberts (1938 – 2000), September 2000
D/AR 541 itemIndex of photographs, listing specific number; negative number; name/description; photographer; date; organised under subject headings as follows: agriculture, Beamish Estate, Beamish Museum; Community Life, Costume, Domestic, industry, trade, recreation, transport, topography, 1880s – 1970s
D/AR 5530 photographs, black and whiteFile of photographs of mines, agriculture, community life, 1880s – 1970s Enclosed in D/AR001/54
D/AR 56c.100 papersFile containing photocopies of old mining reports of the Alston Moor mines, survey drawing, notes, short report on Askrigg Mine, [ c.1850s – 1900s]
D/AR 571 volume, paper boundBill book of Upper Wellington, 1953 – 1955
D/AR 586 papersLists of miscellaneous mines in Great Britain, by Mines Inspectorate Division, from Departments of Power, Trade & Industry, Technology, 1964 – 1970
D/AR 591 paperInventory of machinery and plants, The Greenside Mining Co. Ltd., (involuntary liquidation), 8 October 1921
D/AR 601 paperReport on Parc Mine by A.A. Archer, Geological Survey Office, 21 March 1958
D/AR 611 paperInventory of Basinghall Mining Syndicate Ltd., Greenside Mine, 12 April 1941
D/AR 621 itemMine Inspector’s diary, M.S. extracts, 1860s – 1870s
D/AR 631 itemFile re Lead and Witherite mines, including report of Coalclough Lead Mine bargains for 1862; copy of catalogue entries held at N.R.O., etc., plans, copy agreements, M.S. notes, [ c.1860 – 1960s]
D/AR 641 paperNewsletter of Northern Mine Research Society, May 1986
D/AR 651 itemDiary of leadminer J. Whaley at Allenhead, photocopy, 1848
D/AR 661 fileFile containing M.S. notes and photocopies re mines, estates, towns, including memoirs of Robert Stagg, esq., mining agent in Middleton, Teesdale, 1847
D/AR 678 papersReports on lead mines including Cashwell Mine, Ayletwin Vein, Allendale, Weardale, 1778 – 1860
D/AR 689 papersReports on silicosis and medical problems related to mining, including correspondence re reports, 1930s – 1960s
D/AR 6915 papersFile containing mining publications including Engineering and Mining Journal, Nordberg Progress, 1950s
D/AR 701 fileFile containing indexed mining information re pit levels, valuations, machinery, [c.1860s – 1900s]
D/AR 711 fileFile containing m.s. extracts from letters re damage to stock etc. from Rookhope Smelt Mill; photocopy reports re mill, [c.1800s – 1890s]
D/AR 721 fileEssay entitled ‘Settlement in Teesdale’, by J. Dent, [c.1980s]
D/AR 7340 papersLetters to William J. Houston from various correspondents, including E.J. Deas, managing director of Settingstones Mines Ltd.; R.H. Stapleton, South Crofty Ltd.; G.D. Monks, The Middleton Mining Co. Ltd., relating to mining and associated research, 1954 – 1985
D/AR 7450 papersCorrespondence to and from Arthur Roberts, including personal exchanges, letters of thanks, research re mining and social life in northern England, 1957 – 1998
D/AR 7560 papersMiscellaneous correspondence re mining, including transcriptions of letters from 1870s – 1890s
D/AR 761 itemPublication, entitled Henderson Aerial Cableways, by John M. Henderson and Company, n.d.
D/AR 77c.20 papersFile of photocopied reports and related documents on Askrigg Mine; North Stainmore Mine, Blagill Mine, etc., [ c.1840s – 1890s]
D/AR 7860 papersPartial typescript of Teesdale Mercury, by Arthur Roberts, n.d. [c.1980s]
D/AR 7960 papersWorking papers containing mining reports, accounts, notes, typescripts of research articles/essays; also includes information re machine equipment, refers to the following mines: Greenside, Middleton, Weardale, Allendale, Uarhurst and others, [ c.1880s – 1990s]
D/AR 80c.40 papersNewspaper and magazine cuttings re mining, [c.1860s – 1990s]
D/AR 81c.10 papersFile containing publication proposal entitled Pennine Frontier: Blackett-Beaumont and others in Allendale and Weardale, 1100 – 1900; manuscript notes of various accounts of mining and mining methods, including transcript of interview with Arthur Lee re Healeyfield Lead Mill, [c.1970s – 1990s] Also contains miscellaneous papers
D/AR 821 paperErnest Gregory’s log book for Driggith Mine, Caldbeck, 1945
D/AR 8310 papersDiagrams and photocopies of plans of mining equipment, Gloate Hole Mine, Greenside Mine, Allendale Mine, [ c.1880s – 1980s]
D/AR 841 plan, 72 cm. x 56.5 cm., paperPlan of Rodderup Mine, n.d. [c. 1980s] Scale: 400 feet to 1 inch [1:4800]
D/AR 851 map, 136 cm. x 44 cm., paperMap of Stockton and Middlesbrough Water Works Scale: no scale
D/AR 86Packet of miscellaneous items, including photographs, postcards – not catalogued

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