Catalogue

Account of coals led to Dunston Staith from the several collieries of Sir Henry Liddell, Bart, and Partners (later Lord Ravensworth and Partners), by Thomas Shafto, 7 January - 31 December 1747 This annual account, of which the first sheet is missing, records, as a running total, the quantity of coals delivered to Dunston Staith from named collieries (Burdon Moor, Parkhead, Cawsey [Causey], Shield Row and Dawson's Tanfield), the quantity of coals vended in the current and previous year, the surplus or deficit over the previous year, the quantity of coals remaining at the staith, the running charge of expenses, and the quantities of best coal delivered to named customers.

Photograph album of The Lambton Collieries Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, n.d., [ c.1907-1911] The photographs in this album were taken by Joseph Jobling of 34, Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. They were probably taken between April 1907, when thirty Semet-Solvay coke ovens were installed at Lambton Coke Works, and August 1911, when The Lambton Collieries Limited became The Lambton and Hetton Collieries Limited.

Photograph of two miners, captioned: 'Underground view showing Hewers at work', n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph looking west along the River Wear, captioned: 'Shipping Staiths, Sunderland, belonging to The Lambton Collieries Limited', n.d., [ c.1907-1911] Shows four ships of The Lambton Colliery Company, including the Lady Beatrix and Fenton , also Wearmouth Colliery staiths on the right, and Hetton Colliery staiths in the centre background.

Photograph looking east along the River Wear towards the Wearmouth Bridge, captioned: 'Shipping Staiths, Sunderland, belonging to The Lambton Collieries Limited', n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph, captioned: 'North Biddick Colliery, Washington R.S.O., belonging to The Lambton Collieries Limited', n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph, captioned: 'Dorothea Pit, Fence Houses, belonging to The Lambton Collieries Limited', showing Lambton Collieries locomotive no. LC 12, n.d., [ c.1907-1912]

Photograph, captioned: 'Lumley 6th Pit, Fence Houses, belonging to The Lambton Collieries Limited', n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph, captioned: 'Harraton Colliery, Chester-le-Street, belonging to The Lambton Collieries Limited', n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph, captioned: 'Margaret Pit, Fence Houses, belonging to The Lambton Collieries Limited', showing a Lambton Collieries locomotive, n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph identified as 'Margaret Pit [Fencehouses], 1911', n.d., [c. 1907-1911]

Photograph identified as 'Morton Engine Pit, near Lambton 'D' Pit, Haystack Boiler and Newcomen Engine, like this in 1907', [Morton Grange], n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph identified as 'Lambton Coke and By-Product works, about 1910', [Fencehouses], n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph identified as 'Lambton Coke Works Sulphate House and Creosote Tanks, 1910', [Fencehouses], n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph identified as 'Lambton Coke Works and Coal Washer, about 1914', [Fencehouses], n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph identified as 'Sulphate House, Lambton Coke Works', [Fencehouses], n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph identified as 'Lambton Coal Washer, Coke Works', [Fencehouses], n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph of coke ovens, identified as 'Coke Works, Lambton, 1925?', [Fencehouses], n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph identified as 'Houghton Pit, before 1906; note D Current Arc Lamps, replaced with AC in 1906', [Houghton-le-Spring], n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph of colliery railway sidings and Lambton Collieries Limited rolling stock, identified as 'Harraton', n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph of a colliery, identified as 'Herrington', n.d., [c. 1907-1911]

Photograph of North Eastern Railway wagons being loaded at a colliery shed, identified as 'Houghton Upcast?', [Houghton-le-Spring], n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Photograph of a colliery, identified as 'Harraton?', n.d., [1907-1911]

Photograph of an unidentified miner wearing shorts and carrying a pick and safety lamp, n.d., [ c.1907-1911]

Fitter's certificate for the sale and delivery of coal from the Bearpark Coal and Coke Company Limited, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the sale and delivery of Marley Hill Small Coking Coals from John Bowes and Partners Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1900-1909

Fitter's certificate for the sale and delivery of Marley Hill Unscreened Steam Coals from John Bowes and Partners Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the sale and delivery of Ravensworth Pelaw Unscreened Steam Coals from John Bowes and Partners Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the sale and delivery of Springwell Unscreened Bunker Coals from John Bowes and Partners Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the sale and delivery of Whitburn Wallsend Coals from the Harton Coal Company Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, late 19th c.

Fitter's certificate for the sale and delivery of Harton Wallsend Coals from the Harton Coal Company Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1900 - 1909

Certificate of H.G. Pybus, fitter, for the delivery on board ship of Deans Primrose Unscreened Steam Coals from the Heworth Coal Company Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Nesham Main Coals from John George Lambton esq., Custom House, Sunderland, 19th c.

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Lambton Washed Pea Coals from the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, early 20th c.

Fitters' certificates for the delivery on board ship of New Leverson's Gas Coals from the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Hartley Main Coals from the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1910-1919

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Double Screened Nut Coals from the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1910-1919

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Hetton Lyons Wallsend Coals from the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1910 - 1919

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Hetton Screened Steam Coals from the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1910 - 1919

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Tanfield Moor Small Coals from the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Seaham Dry-Cleaned Double Nut Coals from the Londonderry Collieries Limited, Seaham Harbour, n.d., [late 19th - early 20th c.]

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Seaham Dry-Cleaned Duff Coals from the Londonderry Collieries Limited, Seaham Harbour, n.d., [late 19th - early 20th c.]

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Stella Gill Pelton Coke from the Mid-Durham Carbonization Company Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the sale and delivery of Pelton Unscreened Coking Coals from the Mid-Durham Coal Company Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Ryhope Duff Coals from the Ryhope Coal Company Limited, Sunderland, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Ryhope Washed Duff Coals from the Ryhope Coal Company Limited, Sunderland, 1930-1939

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Ryhope Screened Steam Coals from the Ryhope Coal Company Limited, Sunderland, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Ryhope Unscreened Steam Coals from the Ryhope Coal Company Limited, Sunderland, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the delivery on board ship of Tunstall Wallsend Coals from the Ryhope Coal Company Limited, Sunderland, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the sale and delivery of Washington Unscreened Coking Coals from the Washington Coal Company Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, early 20th c.

Fitter's certificate for the sale and delivery of Washington Unscreened Gas Coals from the Washington Coal Company Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne, early 20th c.

Certificate of the France, Fenwick, Tyne and Wear Company Limited, fitters, for the delivery on board ship of Wearmouth Gas Coal from the Wearmouth Coal Company Limited, Sunderland, early 20th c.

Plans of farms and agricultural tenancies in the National Coal Board Northern Division No. 6 Area, marked on 6 inch Ordnance Survey sheets, as follows: Durham sheets I SW, SE; II SW, SE; III SW; V NW, NE, SW, SE; VI NW, NE, SW, SE; VII NW, SW; XI NW, NE, SW, SE; XII NW, NE, SW, SE; XIII NW, SW; XVII SE; XVIII NW, NE, SW, SE; XIX NW, NE; XXV NW, NE, SW, SE; and Northumberland sheets C I, SE, and C VII, NE, 1921-1938