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Londonderry Estates

Reference: D/Lo/B Catalogue Title: Londonderry Estates Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Business Records (part 1)

Covering Dates: 1799-1953

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Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to Durham County Record Office, 2016

The scheme of arrangement which produced this section is outlined in the introduction to the Estate papers.

The primary commercial enterprise in which the Londonderrys took part was, of course, the coal trade and from this developed all their other industrial concerns. The Tempests had mined at Pittington, Rainton, Old Durham and Penshaw in the 18th century and these collieries all passed to the 3rd Marquess in 1819. The coal won at these pits was transported by wagonway to the staiths at Penshaw and shipped in keels down the River Wear to Sunderland. The colliery undertakings were not being used to the fullest advantage in 1819 and were therefore placed in charge of John Buddle, a well known colliery viewer at that time employed at the Wallsend Collieries. In order to improve the transport of coal and at the same time avoid the dock fees at Sunderland Lord Londonderry founded, in 1828, the new harbour at Seaham with which he is especially associated. In the same year the construction of a railway from Rainton to Seaham was begun in order to transport the coal produced in the Rainton and Pittington Collieries.

Business rapidly increased after the opening of the Harbour in 1831 and the growth of the surrounding town necessitated the creation of other public and commercial enterprises. Seaham Colliery was won in 1846, an iron foundry, an engine works and a bottle works established, and in 1853 another railway, this time to carry passengers as well as coal, was begun between Seaham and Sunderland (The Londonderry Railway). This remained an independent line until the early years of the present century. Although the Harbour was never quite the success that had been hoped for in the early days, the expansion of the town was rapid and new collieries were purchased and sunk - Seaton (1860), Silksworth (1869, sold in 1920), Dawdon (1899) and Vane-Tempest (1926). At the same time some of the older Tempest collieries, e.g. Old Durham, went out of production in the late nineteenth century. In 1900 total production from the collieries of the Londonderry Co. was 1,200,000 tons and in 1939 1,800,000 tons with a labour force of 6,000 (D/Lo/B 226). In addition to the collieries themselves a fleet of colliers was maintained for shipping and the locomotives and carriages for the Londonderry Railway were built and maintained at Seaham.

All these activities required a large number of agents and a considerable organisation which centred on the Chief Agent at Seaham. Next in importance to him (and their duties were sometimes practically indistinguishable) was the Colliery Viewer who managed the colliery concerns in association with the Fitter who handled trading matters. As the enterprises grew larger and more numerous special offices were created: railway manager, quarry manager, land steward, architect, auditor, etc. The records of all these officers are contained in the collection and mention should be made especially of the papers of John Buddle (D/Lo/B 301-311) whose distinguished career as a colliery engineer is outlined below.

As is the case with all business records knowledge of the technical and financial background is indispensable to the researcher and the following are recommended as particularly useful for an introduction to work on the Londonderry business records:

W. Fordyce, History of Coal, Coke (and) Iron, 1860
Archives, (on business records) 1951, 17-30

There is as yet no detailed account of the foundation and development of Seaham Harbour.

These records include copies of information dating back to 1758.

Catalogue Contents

BUSINESS (Ref: D/Lo/B)COAL TRADE (Ref: D/Lo/B 1-30)Coal Trade organisation (Ref: D/Lo/B 1-25)

See also D/Lo/B 439-444


Papers concerning the Tyne Coal Trade Association and a dispute between Lord Londonderry and Lord Durham as to the regulation of the trade, 1829
(1 bundle)


Pitmen's Strike: Address (printed) of the Coal Trade Special Committee issued during the strike in Durham arid Northumberland letter from Hugh Taylor to Lord Londonderry, 1844
(1 booklet, 1 paper)


Minutes of a meeting of representatives of the Coal Trade at Holdernesse House to discuss the depressed state of business; with draft letters to Taylor, 1851 - 1852
(1 file, 5 papers)


Papers relating to the formation of a fund to enable the Coal Owners to meet threatened strike of pitmen, with the Marchioness of Londonderry's reasons for opposing the fund, 1854
(3 papers)


Resolutions of a meeting at York of the Coal Owners interested in the London market, 1836
(1 paper)


Memorandum of the possible association of coal owners in opposition to strikes, c.1870
(1 paper)


Bill to consolidate and amend the Acts relating to the regulation of mines with marginal comments, 1871
(1 file)


Minutes of a meeting of shipowners at the Gas, Light and Coke Co.'s offices to consider the removal of London sewage in returning colliers, 1885
(1 paper)


Durham and Northumberland Coal Association. Suggested constitution, memoranda, statistics, etc., 1894
(1 bundle)


Durham and Northumberland Coal Sales Association: list of member firms, committee proceedings (printed), letters etc. about the formation of the Association, 1894
(1 bundle)


Diagram showing fluctuation of miners' wages in Durham and Northumberland, 1884 - 1893
(1 tracing)


Graph showing fluctuations of miners' wages in Co. Durham under different governments, 1879 - 1901
(1 roll)


North of England United Coal Trade Association: notes on the Workmen's Compensation Bill (printed), 1906
(1 booklet)


Notes on the Port of London Bill stating the grounds of opposition of the Durham Coal Trade, 1908
(1 paper)


Durham Coal Owners' Association. These papers are principally the copies of minutes, memoranda, statistical information, etc., of the Association and related organisations sent out to members, including minutes of the Colliery Owners' Mutual Protection Association and its Arbitration Committee, Mining Association Annual Reports, monthly statistical reviews of the coal industry (incomplete series). Also papers relating to the Miners' Strike(1926), the Coal Marketing scheme(1929) and miners' minimum wage, (1929), 1926 - 1927, 1929 - 1932, 1934 - 1936
(9 boxes)

Printed and miscellaneous, 1855 - 1943 (Ref: D/Lo/B 26-30)

Article from the Gateshead Observer on French coal dues, 1855
(1 paper)


Miscellaneous papers on rating: (1) Observations on the rating of mansions, houses by Thomas Hedley of Sunderland, 1874 (1 booklet) (2) Circular on the rating of mines, 1876 (1 paper) (3) Letters (printed) on the valuation of the Hartlepool Docks, 1876
(1 booklet)


Newspaper cuttings relating to the coal trade, 1892 - 1943
(3 volumes)

LONDONDERRY COLLIERIES: GENERAL (Ref: D/Lo/B 31-228)The colliery administration during the wardship of Lady Frances Anne Vane, 1814 - 1819 (Ref: D/Lo/B 31-54)

Memorandum relating to the formation of the South Main Coal as a result of complaints about quality from the merchants of Kings Lynn, 1814
(1 file)


Edward Steel's report on the Penshaw and Rainton collieries, 1814
(1 file)


Opinion of William Stobart, Edward Steel, Sober Watkins and John Wood, colliery viewers on letting collieries to be worked by contract, 1814
(1 file)


Reports on the working of Rainton Colliery in view of the Dean and Chapter's refusal to renew the lease, 1814 - 1815
(2 files)


Letter (copy) from Arthur Mowbray to M. A. Taylor stating his opinions on the viewer s reports (listed above, D/Lo/B 32-35), 1815
(1 file)


Estimate of the expense of maintaining railroads at Rainton and Penshaw and of conveying coal to the staiths, 1815
(1 file)


Accounts of the ordinary and extraordinary colliery expenditure with general abstract, 1814 - 1815
(5 papers)


Draft regulations for establishing a fund for the relief of distressed miners, c.1815
(1 booklet)


Statement of Lady Frances Anne's colliery debts, 1818
(1 booklet)


Rainton and Penshaw: extracts from profit and loss accounts, 1813 - 1818
(1 paper)


Rainton: abstract of colliery account, 1819
(1 paper)


Brief etc. (copies) in Tempest v Ord including report on the Sunderland staiths and the wagonway, 1816 - 1817
(3 files)


Arthur Mowbray's papers collected together after his bankruptcy. Includes:


Sketch plan, probably in connection with the above, of wagonways from Penshaw and Rainton collieries to the staiths at Doghole Spouts and proposed line from north of Rainton Colliery stables to the River Wear, c.1816
(1 plan)


Agreements (copies) between Mowbray and the fitters for the supply of coal from Lady Frances Anne's collieries, 1818 - 1819
(3 files)


Letter (copy) to William Vizard about the regulation of the coal trade with statement of Wear vend and resolutions of the owners, 1818 - 1819
(1 paper)


Mowbray's report on the collieries, 1819
(1 file)


Miscellaneous, 1819
(3 papers)


Miscellaneous papers including comparative prices of Tempest coals, 1799-1819; resolutions of the Tyne and Wear coal-owners, 1819; and list of Tyne and Wear collieries, 1799 - 1819
(12 papers)


Schedules and valuations of the stock at Penshaw and Rainton Collieries and farms by Sober Watkin, John Wood and John Robson, 1814, 1818
(2 volumes)


£93 worth of Durham Bank notes held by the colliery agent at the failure of the Bank, 1812 - 1815 See also D/Lo/L 9-11
(1 bundle)

Collieries (Ref: D/Lo/B 55-133)Reports and memoranda, 1839 - 1869 (Ref: D/Lo/B 55-72)

Report by John Buddle on the advantages of purchasing Wilson's Farm (at Rainton) for the operation of the collieries, 1839
(1 paper)


Report on the Cornforth and Thrislington royalties and the coal produced, 1847
(1 paper)


William Longstaffe's report on Whitwell Colliery, 1850
(2 papers)


Report on the Silksworth Royalty, 1850
(1 paper)


William Longstaffe's report on the coal under Hylton, Ford and adjacent royalties and Hylton estate rental, 1850
(2 papers)


Observations on the Farrington estate lease, 1850
(1 paper)


Report and letter on the Silksworth coal, 1853
(2 papers)


Reports of George Elliot, viewer and engineer, 1852 - 1856 Includes: 62 Management of the Londonderry Collieries, 1852 63 Improving shipments of coal from collieries, 1853 64 Seaham, Kelloe and Grange royalties, 1854 65 Kepier Colliery, 1856 66 Seaton Colliery, 1856 67 Murton Colliery, proposed purchase. Plan, 1856
(7 files)


George Elliot, Thomas Forster and Thomas Taylor's report on the working and leasing of the Londonderry Collieries, with plan showing royalty boundaries in County Durham, 1858
(1 file)


John Daglish's report on the colliery commercial profits during 1862, with appendices, 1864
(1 file)


John Daglish's report on the production of furnace coal and coke, 1864
(1 paper)


John Daglish's report on the Beacon House royalty in view of the proposed addition to Seaham Colliery. Plan and letters, 1864
(1 file, 3 papers)


William Anderson's remarks on the management and working of the collieries, 1864
(1 paper)

Coal sales, 1853 - 1870 (Ref: D/Lo/B 73-80)

Robert Anderson's report on the eastern counties coal trade, 1853
(4 papers)


John Stewart's reports to Lady Londonderry on the state of the coal trade, 1857
(2 papers)


W. H. Scaife's report during a journey to Southern and Eastern England in search of orders for Londonderry coals, 1859 [For transcription, see: Library Pamphlets Vol B 23/11]
(2 papers)


Memorandum to George Elliot of matters to consider for improving the sales of coal, c. 1860
(1 paper)


Reports on the Paris Exhibition by engineers of the Londonderry collieries and railways. Plans, drawings, tracings of machinery, etc., 1867
(1 volume)


John Clazey's report on steam coals, 1870
(1 paper)

Accounts and other financial papers, 1819 - 1887 (Ref: D/Lo/B 81-108)

see also D/Lo/B 447- 450


Collieries in account with estates, statements of debt and abstract valuations, (1827) of Rainton, Pittington and Penshaw stock, 1819 - 1827
(1 bundle)


Balance sheets and cash accounts for the collieries and estates connected therewith, some relating to general estates, 1845 - 1846, 1848, 1850 - 1852
(18 folders)


Comparative statements of the cost of transporting coal from Ford, 1849
(1 paper)


London coal prices and Seaham and South Shields coal factors balances, 1850 - 1853
(1 booklet)


James Wilkinson's reports on the colliery accounts and bookkeeping methods, 1854 Includes: (5) Statement on the comparative costs of transporting coal by river from Penshaw and by the Penshaw branch railway (7) South Shields, Seaham and Sunderland fitting office balances for 1853
(8 files)


Detailed statement of the expenditure on permanent works at the inheritance collieries, 1834 - 1856
(1 paper)


Miscellaneous colliery accounts, 1855 - 1856 (1-3) Analysis and comparative statement, 1855 - 1856 (4) Cost of coals sold in wages and materials, 1852 - 1855 (5) Quantity of coals led on the Seaham Railway, 1848 - 1855 (6) Score price cost of working coals, 1855 - 1856
(6 papers)


Notes on the charges made on coal conveyed to London, 1863
(1 paper)


Monthly statements of colliery liabilities, Lady Londonderry, her executors and Earl Vane, 1858 - 1860, 1865 - 1863
(1 bundle)


Statements of the production and leading costs of unscreened coals at Rainton, Seaham, Old Durham and Framwellgate, 1869 - 1871
(1 volume)


Coal wharf accounts, 1837 (1) St. John's Wharf, London (2) Seaham
(2 papers)

Coal Statistics, 1852 - 1881 (Ref: D/Lo/B 109-124)

See also D/Lo/B 451-454


Statements of the Wear, Tyne and Seaham vends, with a summary (1852 - 1859) of the Londonderry vends, 1852 - 1853
(4 papers)


Daily returns of coal led and shipped from the Londonderry Collieries and South Hetton and Haswell, 1860, 1862
(2 volumes)


Particulars of coal sales compared with 1860, 1862
(1 booklet)


Note of the quantity of factory small coals which can be produced by the Londonderry collieries according to the days worked, 1864
(2 papers)


Quantity of coals led on the Seaham - Sunderland railway, with miscellaneous accounts, 1865 - 1866 see also D/Lo/B 451
(4 papers)


Account of coal and coke raised and vended from the Londonderry collieries, 1867 - 1869 see also D/Lo/B 452
(3 papers)


Particulars of coal worked at the Londonderry Collieries, led on the Londonderry and Seaham Railways and shipped at Seaham; one return for each pay, 1868
(2 bundle)


London Coal Market statistical returns, 1866 - 1869 Includes: 117-120 Marshall, page & Co.'s weekly returns of ship loads of Durham coal sold, 1866 - 1869 121 Monthly returns (printed) of coal brought into London by sea canal and rail and details of seaborne trade, 1866 - 1868 122 Account (printed) of the coal, culm and cinders imported into London during the year, 1866 123 Statement of Sunderland coal shipments, 1871 - 1873 (3 papers) 124 Quantities of land sale coal and coal for the Londonderry estates, from Seaham, Rainton, Old Durham and Silksworth, 1881 (1 file)
(6 bundles)

Agreements and miscellaneous papers, 1812 - 1885 (Ref: D/Lo/B 125-129)

Coal fitters' agreements and bonds for the Tempest and Londonderry collieries, 1812 - 1822
(1 bundle)


Lease of coal drops at Monkwearmouth Bridge by Sir Hedworth Williamson of Whitburn to William Stobart of Picktree. Plan, etc. With receipts for machinery from Washington Colliery Co., 1842, 1846, 1825
(3 papers)


J. R. Anderson's agreement to act as staithman for Earl Vane at Tyne Dock, 1868
(2 papers)


Petition of the workers at Earl Vane's drops at Sunderland south Dock for shorter working hours, c. 1870
(1 paper)


Miscellaneous notes including apportionment of collier wagons, details of coal supplied to the (Seaham chemical works and blast furnaces, 1872 - 1877
(1 bundle)

Colliery horses and ponies, 1857 - 1885 (Ref: D/Lo/B 130-133)

Monthly returns of horses and ponies bought for the collieries and Seaham Harbour and disposed of by sale or death with returns of the animals at work in the respective pits, 1857,1861,1864 - 1867
(6 bundles)


Statement of the cost of horse and ponies purchased, profits of sales and state of stock, 1860
(1 paper)


Register of animals purchased and sold: a chronological arrangement of the returns, each horse being numbered, showing replacements and names, 1860 - 1870
(1 volume)


Robert Brydon's report on the horse and pony stock, 1835
(1 file)

Londonderry Colliery Co. Ltd., 1864 - 1953 (Ref: D/Lo/B 134-228)

(N.B. Items D/Lo/B 176-222) received from Peat, Marwick & Mitchell & Co., Newcastle)

Minutes (Ref: D/Lo/B 134-176)

Board meetings, signed copies, pasted into volumes from 1879. The Board which met weekly consisted of the managers of the colliery concerns, the Seaham agent, etc., 1864 - 1867, 1869 - 1892
(14 bundles, 2 volumes)


Board meetings as above, unsigned copies in indexed volumes, 1869 - 1899, 1911 - 1912
(26 volumes)


Director's meetings, 1899 - 1953
(1 volume)

Accounts (Ref: D/Lo/B 177-221)

General accounts, including brickworks, farms and (to 1904) schools, 1900 - 1914
(15 volumes)


General accounts, typescript copies, 1933 - 1938, 1941 - 1943, 1946
(10 files)


Statements and balances for accounts. Those for 1904 - 1914 are entered in the general accounts, D/Lo/B 177-191, 1903 - 1919
(17 bundles)


Auditor's reports on the colliery accounts, 1898, 1904 - 1911, 1913 - 1920
(21 files)


Quarterly balance sheets and profit and loss accounts, 1929 - 1945
(57 files)


House sales journal, 1939 - 1947
(1 volume)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Lo/B 222-228)

Articles of Association, 1935
(1 book)


Press cuttings on the formation of a limited liability company to operate the Londonderry business concerns, 1897
(1 folder)


Reports on Dawdon, Seaham and Vane Tempest Collieries with suggestions for modernisation, 1945
(1 folder)


Notes and calculations of coal raised and shipped probably in connection with the modernisation schemes, 1900 - 1945
(1 folder)


Graph showing progressive development of the Londonderry Colliery Company, production, employment and mechanisation, 1895 - 1945
(1 roll)


Vane Tempest, Dawdon and Seaham Collieries, scheme of future production up to 1994, 1945
(1 roll)


Summary history (typescript) of the Londonderry Collieries from 1758, 1946 see also D/Lo/B 455
(1 file)

LONDONDERRY COLLIERIES: VARIOUS (Ref: D/Lo/B 229-285)Dawdon, 1909 (Ref: D/Lo/B 229)

Specification and plan for insuring buildings and machinery, 1909
(1 file, 1 plan)

Framwellgate, 1870 - 1871 (Ref: D/Lo/B 230)

See also D/Lo/B 456


Pitmen's bonds, 1870 - 1871
(2 files)

Old Durham, 1859 - 1870 (Ref: D/Lo/B 231-232)

Accounts for building coke ovens, 1859 - 1870 (1 paper)1859


Regulations to be observed at the colliery as the basis of the pitmen's bonds, c.1865
(1 file)


Pitmen's bond, 1870
(1 file)

Penshaw, 1823 - 1864 (Ref: D/Lo/B 233-237)

Memoranda on the working near Flint Mill at Herrington Burn at the request of Lord Lambton and Lord Stewart for the division of the Maudlin Seam, 1823
(1 paper)


Report (copy) to the Earl of Durham advising him to refuse Lady Londonderry's request for an outstroke from Whitfield Pit into the Earl's Offerton Royalty, 1858
(1 paper)


Miscellaneous letters and papers particularly relating to Penshaw and Silksworth including Armstrong's report on the colliery undertakings (1863) and reports on the Barmston and Offerton coal, 1861 - 1863
(1 bundle)


Report on the Pelton colliery and Sir George Elliot's request for a reduction of rent, 1863
(1 file)


Report by John Daglish on advisability of leasing the freehold colliery, 1864
(1 file)

Rainton and Pittington, 1819 - 1892 (Ref: D/Lo/B 238-264)The leases, 1819 - 1841 (Ref: D/Lo/B 238-243)

These collieries were held on lease from the Dean and Chapter both for terms of 21 years, Pittington renewable in 1825 and Rainton in 1831. The negotiations in connection with this resulted in the compiling of many reports and recommendations, etc., mainly by John Buddle on the working of the collieries.


Letters and papers of John Iveson and Richard Groom, with accounts, etc., Rainton Lease, 1819
(1 bundle, 1 file)


Correspondence (copies) between the Dean and Chapter and Lord Londonderry, 1821
(1 file)


Particulars of the terms of renewal of the Rainton lease, 1831
(2 papers)


Miscellaneous papers, including letters from Buddle recommending the renewal note of charge of the estates and collieries, estimated value of Rainton colliery, instructions for drawing the new lease, etc., 1833 - 1838
(1 file)


Letters from Gregson Groom, Hunter etc. and memoranda of John Buddle concerning the Rainton and Pittington leases, 1837 - 1841
(3 bundles)


Buddle's report on the desirability of renewing the lease, 1841
(1 paper)

Reports (Ref: D/Lo/B 244-248)

Report by George Hunter on the Rainton and Pittington coal leases and on the railway wayleaves thence to Seaham. Plan, 1828
(1 file)


Report on the desirability of working Pittington Colliery (Marquess of Londonderry's personal property) in conjunction with the settled collieries. Also estimate of the coal in Rainton Colliery dependent on the Pittington engine; comparative estimate of expected profits from the two methods of working, 1835
(5 papers)


Report on the measures to be taken in view of the probable exhaustion of the Hutton Seam in the colliery and at Pittington, Old Durham, etc. with letters to and from Hindhaugh, 1850
(1 file)


Report on coal production at Rainton and Pittington with reasons for decrease and proposals for dealing with it, 1864
(1 file)


Report on coke manufacture at Rainton, 1876
(1 paper)

Accounts (Ref: D/Lo/B 249-252)

Rainton and Penshaw colliery accounts. Half yearly giving details of receipts from sales and expenditure on wages, wagonways, repairs, drainage, fodder, pit props, rents etc., 1822
(2 volumes)


Rainton, Pittington and Old Durham balance sheet, 1852
(1 paper)


Account of the labour costs expended on new pumping arrangements and washing facilities at Rainton, 1883 - 1884
(1 file)

Valuations (Ref: D/Lo/B 253-254)

Valuation of the stock at Penshaw and Rainton collieries. This was undertaken by two assessors appointed under the terms of the 1842 settlement. The assessors failed to agree and John Taylor of Earsdon (Northumberland) acted as umpire. Appointment of arbitrator, Taylor's award, etc. One of the valuations gives comparative figures for 1819, 1864 - 1865
(1 bundle)


Valuations of plant and stock at Pittington Colliery (1864), Adelaide Pit (1867), 1864 - 1867
(1 bundle)

Miscellanea (Ref: D/Lo/B 255-264)

Letters, papers relating to the security coal in the Hutton Seam in Rainton adjoining Robinson and Story's coal, 1825 - 1826
(1 bundle)


Negotiations concerning the surplus of the Pittington Colliery loan. Letters to John Buddle; valuation of Pittington Colliery, 1834; questionnaire on the working, etc. of the Colliery with answers by John Buddle, (1838); questionnaire and replies on the literacy of the miners and the provision of schools and libraries (1840); estimate of working costs (1843)-, 1835 - 1843
(1 bundle)


Coal led and vended from Rainton, Pittington and Penshaw, with other statistics, 1841 - 1842
(1 bundle)


John Stewart's papers concerning Elliot's proposals for royalty leases at Pittington. With tabulated analysis of Lady Londonderry's trade (1854 - 1863) and vend figures with prices, 1857
(1 folder)


Letters, papers and report with plan relating to a dispute over the payment of rent to the Dean and Chapter from the Rainton and Pittington royalties, 1864
(1 bundle)


Corbett's report on schemes for providing an adequate water supply to Rainton Colliery and the colliery houses, 1871
(1 paper)


Belmont colliery: letters and papers concerning drowned workings and the construction of dams at Rainton. Belmont Colliery was alleged to be flooded by water from Rainton, 1871
(1 bundle)


Letters, legal opinion and agreements, etc. relating to a claim for subsidence damage to Rainton Rectory house, 1873
(1 bundle)


Alphabetical lists of the owners of houses occupied by Rainton colliery workmen in Pittington, Houghton, Rainton (East & West), Moorsley, Newbottle, Cocken, c. 1884
(1 bundle)


Schedule of areas of wayleaves and damaged surfaces in Houghton-le-Spring and Pittington parishes. Surface plans (tracings) of Lady Seaham, Alexandrina, Nicholson, Resolution and Adventure pits, c. 1892 See also D/Lo/P 110-111
(1 bundle)

Seaham, 1869 - 1887 (Ref: D/Lo/B 265-277)

Petition of the mechanics praying for a continuance of the reduced hours granted them after the introduction of the nine hours system, c. 1880
(1 paper)


Pitmen's bond (copy), 1869
(1 file)


Vincent Corbett's report on the working output and sales, c. 1870
(1 file)


Notes and letters about the supply of water to the colliery, c. 1870
(2 files)


Lists of officials and their salaries, 1873
(1 paper)


Detailed costs and particulars for making colliery tubs, 1874
(1 file)


Statement of short workings at Seaham and Silksworth, 1874
(2 papers)


Analysis (printed) of gas coals, 1874
(1 paper)


Cost of working unscreened coals, 1875 - 1876
(2 files)


Temperature and barometer graphs. Readings compared with those in London, 1822 - 1884
(3 rolls)


Cost of working the pumping engine, 1887
(1 file)

Seaton, 1837 - 1863 (Ref: D/Lo/B 278-282)

The Old Winning was part of the North Hetton Company's property


Papers relating to the winning of the Seaton and Kelloe coal mines with Buddle's proposals for the working of Seaton and estimated cost of opening Kelloe, 1837 - 1844
(1 bundle)


George Hunter and John Robson's report on the proposed purchase of Seaton, 1849
(1 file)


Stewart's observations on the proposed purchase, 1856
(1 file)


Papers, etc., chiefly relating to accounts, financial arrangements, purchase of Seaton Colliery and the joint winning with Seaham etc., 1861 - 1863
(1 bundle)


Report of a meeting to consider ways of improving the safety of working in Seaton Colliery, 1861
(1 paper)

Silksworth, 1874 - 1876 (Ref: D/Lo/B 283-285)

The colliery was opened by the Londonderry Co. in 1873
See also D/Lo/B 457


Average tons drawn daily and annually, 1874 - 1875
(1 paper)


Daglish's report on the production of saleable coal, 1876
(1 file)


Valuation of the plant, 1876
(1 paper)

OTHER COLLIERY COMPANIES (Ref: D/Lo/B 286-300)Haswell Coal Company, 1868 - 1882 (Ref: D/Lo/B 286-287)

Agreement with Lord Londonderry for the purchase from him by the Haswell Coal Co. of the Shotton Branch Railway and for the transport of at least one half of the coal produced annually from the Haswell Co.'s royalties from Seaham or Sunderland docks, 1868
(1 file)


Prospectus, accounts with the Londonderry collieries, letters etc., 1879 - 1882
(1 bundle)

North Hetton Coal Company, 1824 - 1874 (Ref: D/Lo/B 288-295)

The 3rd Marquess of Londonderry originally owned part of the royalty and had an interest in the company but he had disposed of this by the time of his death. For convenience all the papers relating to Hetton have been kept together


Letters to John Buddle and other papers relating to a dispute over the division of Hetton royalty, including plan of Thomas Lyon's estate (1776), with particular, of the grounds under which Clutterbuck and Lyon had rights in 1796 and plan (1820) of the Hetton and Rainton royalties, 1824
(1 bundle)


Papers relating to negotiations with William Russell, reports and valuations on the Hetton mines by Hugh Taylor and Dunn and Morriss, Buddle's questionnaire and replies on the possibility of working Hetton by outstroke from Hazard and Rainton, Letters from Gregson and Lord Londonderry and agreements with Russell, 1824 - 1825
(1 bundle)


North Hetton Coal Co. and William Russell Includes: (5) Valuation of properties in Rainton and Moorsley offered to Russell, 1825 (7) Measurement of the coal remaining in Hazard and Dunwell pits, 1829
(9 papers)


Memorandum of proceedings on taking possession of the colliery and statement as to purchase money, 1836
(1 paper)


Valuation of Lord Londonderry's reversionary interest in the North Hetton Colliery, Dunwell and Hazard Pits (William Russell and Co. held these pits as sub-tenants until 1852 when they were due to revert to Londonderry for the remainder of the Dean and Chapter lease), 1844
(1 file)


Letter from R. P. Philipson concerning negotiations with the Company over the undersea coal at Hawthorn, 1870
(1 file)


Papers concerning applications from the North Hetton Company and the owners of Pittington Colliery for the reduction of the rent charged by Earl Vane, 1870
(1 bundle)


Papers concerning a dispute over the delay to wagons at the Wear Fuel Works, 1874
(1 file)

South Hetton Coal Company, 1853 - 1875 (Ref: D/Lo/B 296)

See also D/Lo/B 458


Agreements (1853) for the shipment of the product of the South Hetton and Murton Collieries (except 20,000 tons, subsequently altered) from Seaham and Sunderland. Agreement (1859) for carrying Haswell Coal intended for Seaham and Sunderland; memoranda (1871) on the difficulties encountered in carrying out the 1853 agreement. Articles of Association of the Company (1874), 1853 - 1875
(1 bundle)

Horden Colliery Company, 1899, 1941 (Ref: D/Lo/B 297-298)

Prospectus, report on the royalty and plans (all printed), 1899
(4 papers)


Report of the directors, 1941
(1 paper)

Trimdon Grange Colliery, 1863, 1880 (Ref: D/Lo/B 299-300)

Tentale rent account for Trimdon Grange and Kelloe, 1863 - 1864
(1 paper)


Sale particulars and plan of the Trimdon Grange and East Hetton Collieries at Trimdon, Kelloe and Coxhoe, 1880
(1 file)

PAPERS OF JOHN BUDDLE (Ref: D/Lo/B 301-311)

John Buddle, distinguished colliery viewer and manager of the Wallsend Colliery, was appointed viewer of the Londonderry coal concerns in 1819 in succession to Arthur Mowbray and remained in this position until his death in 1843. As a result many of the reports and memoranda listed in the sections above are either in his distinctive hand or bear his endorsements. There are, however, several bundles which appear to have been his own working papers, numbered and arranged by himself which have therefore been kept together in sorting and are listed here as a separate group. For Buddle's voluminous correspondence with the 3rd Marquess see D/Lo/C 142.

Hetton, Rainton, Pittington (Ref: D/Lo/B 301-305)

Agreement (draft) and miscellaneous papers relating to the renewal of the Dean and Chapter lease at Hetton and Moorsley, 1819 - 1821
(1 bundle)


Papers relating to the renewal of the Rainton lease and a loan from Messrs. Coutts, 1819 - 1838
(1 bundle)


Correspondence concerning Rainton, 1829 - 1832
(1 bundle)


Valuation of the lessees interest in Rainton Colliery, North Hetton privileges, etc., 1832 - 1834
(1 bundle)


Papers relating to the renewal of the Pittington and Rainton leases, 1837 - 1838
(1 bundle)

Wagonways (Ref: D/Lo/B 306)

Miscellaneous papers and statistics arranged by Buddle, 1835 - 1839 Includes: (1) Comparison of charges on a 13 keel ship loading at Seaham and Sunderland, 1835 (3) Cost of leading coals from Penshaw to Sunderland, 1838 (4) Wagons filled at 'D' pit Penshaw, 1837 (5) Opinion on the working of coal from allotments on Gilesgate Moor, Durham, 1838 (6) Salaries and allowances paid to Londonderry agents, 1839 (7-9) Estimates of coal transporting costs, 1839 (10) Valuation of the engines and railway from Meadows (Rainton) to Jane Pit, 1839 (11) Valuation of the Seaham Railway, 1837 (13) Valuation of the stock and machinery on the Seaham Railway, 1839 (1 file) (14) Account of expense of leading coals from Rainton Bridge to Seaham Harbour, 1838 (15) Calculations of the saving to Lord Londonderry effected by possession of the Seaham Railway, 1839 (17) List of men employed on the Seaham Railway with their wages, 1839 (22) Account of the expense of leading coals by rail from Pittington Colliery to Jane Pit Bankhead, 1839 (1 file)
(22 papers and files)

Accounts and statistics (Ref: D/Lo/B 307-308)

Accounts and statistics Includes: (1) Coals vended from Penshaw and Rainton and the same proportioned to each fitter, 1818 - 1819 (1 paper) (2) Returns of the vend, horses and corn at Penshaw and Rainton, 1820 (1 paper) (3) River Wear Vend, 1820
(1 printed paper)


Accounts and statistics: (1-5) Penshaw and Rainton collieries profit and loss accounts, 1820 - 1823 (5 papers) (6-8) Accounts of Buddle's disbursements, colliery payments to estates, etc. 1830 (1 file, 1 paper) (9-11) Winning charges at Rainton and Pittington ,1835 (3 papers) (12) Account of the iron and brass in the Resolution and Rainton engines, 1836 (4 papers) (13) Vend of coals from Londonderry collieries, January - May, 1835 - 1838 (1 paper) (14) Hartlepool harbour dues, 1839
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Lo/B 309-311)

Includes: (1) Observations on the state of the coal trade, c.1818 (1 printed paper) (2) Valuation of the Countess of Antrim's coal at Penshaw, 1819 (1 paper) (3) Report on the working of Rainton and Pittington since the change of management, 1819 (1 file) (4) List of tenders for supplying ropes, 1819 (1 paper) (5) Sketch plan of intended wagonways between Penshaw Colliery and Eden Main staiths, 1819 (1 paper) (6) Memorial of the coal fitters against the changes introduced by Lord Stewart in his coal marketing, the use of Wallsend coal, etc. with the heads of the verbal reply given, 1819 (2 papers) (7) Report (printed) on the railroad from Stockton and Darlington to the collieries, 1819 (1 paper) (8) Eye plan of part of the River Wear showing Nesham's railway to Sunderland and the proposed connections with Lord Stewart's railway from Rainton and Penshaw, 1820 (1 paper) (9) Report by George Hill and Matthew Dunn, with plan, on workings in the Hazard Pit, Rainton, 1820 (1 file) (10) Minutes of a meeting of the Tyne Coal Owners, 1820 (1 paper) (11) List of collieries and quantities fixed by Regulations Committee, 1820 (1 paper) (13-14) Case and plan concerning dispute over John Lyon's coal at Hetton, 1820 (2 papers) (15) Memorial of Lord Stewart's fitters urging that the workmen be encouraged to attend the new Saturday market in Sunderland, 1820 (1 paper) (16) Fitters' quantities and comparative figures for 1820 with reasons for increase or decrease, 1821 (1 paper) (17) Valuation of stock at Penshaw and Rainton collieries and farms showing increase, 1820 (2 papers) (18) Estimated expense of leading 30,000 chaldrons from Rainton Colliery to Sunderland via Nesham's wagonway, 1820 (2 papers) (19) Names of the Hetton Colliery partners, amount of their shares and comments on their solvency, etc., 1820 (1 paper) (20) Valuation of the coal remaining in the barriers against South Biddick Colliery, 1821 (1 paper) (21) Resolution of the River Wear Coal Owners for the regulation of the trade, 1821 (1 paper) (23) Resolution thanking Lord Stewart for his contribution to the testimonial for Sir Humphrey Davy, 1821
(1 paper)


Includes: (5) Penshaw and Rainton collieries: cost of working coals, average selling price to ships and estimated profits in open trade or under regulation, 1827 (1 paper) (7) List of sums owing by the Marquess of Londonderry for purchases made since inheriting the estates, 1829 (1 paper) (8) Report on profits made by working collieries under regulation and vending at a reduced price, 1831 (1 paper) (10) Report to Sir John Beckett on the propriety of renewing the Rainton lease, 1832 (1 paper) (11) Rental of the Marquess of Londonderry's English estates, 1832 (1 paper) (12) Report, (draft) of Buddle and Hunter on the course to be followed in the depressed state of the coal trade, 1833 (1 paper) (14) Report on the Rainton and Pittington Collieries by Buddle and Hunter, 1834 (1 paper) (16) Estimate of Lord Londonderry's income from estates and collieries, 1835 (1 paper) (17) Estimated value of produce on colliery farms 1835 (1 paper) (18) Estimate of Rainton and Penshaw working charges 1836 (1 paper) (19) Comparative cost of shipping coals by keel at Sunderland and by using the Durham-Sunderland Railway, 1837 (1 paper) (20) Estimated duration of Rainton and Pittington collieries, 1838 (1 file) (22) Valuation of coal at Gilesgate and Old Durham, 1838 (1 paper) (23) Advantages in purchasing Kelsey's Farm, Rainton, 1839 (1 paper) (24) Valuation of Kelsey's Farm, 1839 (1 paper) (25) Coals raised from Rainton, Penshaw and Pittington, with proportion of round and small coals, 1840 (1 paper) (26) Report by James Thorman on the method of supplying Wynyard Park with water (1 paper) (27) Lists of the papers arranged in bundles, c. 1840
(6 papers)


John Buddle's scrap book, notes on collieries, railways, etc., 1843
(1 volume)

COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES: GENERAL (Ref: D/Lo/B 312-326)Reports and memoranda, 1849 - 1880 (Ref: D/Lo/B 312-314)

Agents reports on collieries, Seaham Railway, Seaham Harbour, Penshaw Quarry, Chilton Moor store house, etc. with accounts and plans, 1849 - 1854
(1 volume)


George Elliot's report on the ropes used in the collieries and on the railways, tables showing wire ropes purchased, etc., 1860
(3 files)


William Armstrong's report on the condition of the Harbour, railways and Seaton Colliery, 1880
(1 file)

Accounts and financial papers, 1855 - 1907 (Ref: D/Lo/B 315-326)

Statement of accounts for collieries, Seaham Harbour, railways, Penshaw quarry etc., 1857
(1 file)


Proforma profit and loss accounts for collieries and coke ovens with leading costs, 1855 - 1860
(3 papers)


Profit and loss accounts, collieries and commercial enterprises, 1863 - 1865
(1 volume)


John Daglish' profit and loss accounts and reports thereon, including railway accounts and accounts for the grease works, Framwellgate brick works, railway works, SS Londonderry, and report on the 1868 coal trade, 1865 - 1868
(1 volume, 2 files)


George Hodge's report on the profit and loss accounts for 1868 including quarries and brickworks, 1869
(1 file)


Monthly summaries (June and July only) of profit and loss on printed forms, 1869
(2 files)


Profit and loss accounts for collieries, steamers, Harbour, railways, schools, farms, stables, etc., 1879 - 1907 D/Lo/B 323 received from Messrs, Peat, Marwick & Mitchell & Co., Newcastle
(29 files)


Reports (draft) on the accounts of the commercial enterprises, 1883 - 1900
(18 files)


General Pay bills for wages on the Londonderry estates, collieries, railways, Seaham Harbour, etc. 1859, 1862, 1864 - 1866
(5 bundles)


Miscellaneous accounts for limestone, iron ore, insurance, horses etc., 1872 - 1873
(1 bundle)

SEAHAM HARBOUR (Ref: D/Lo/B 327-364)

See also D/Lo/B 459

Papers relating to the early development of the Harbour, 1822 - 1824 (Ref: D/Lo/B 327-329)

For the construction papers see D/Lo/E 592-610 and for the accounts see D/Lo/E 484-85; D/Lo/B 327-28 are papers of John Buddle


Includes: (2) Proposals for wagon way leases from the Londonderry Collieries to Dawdon Ness, c.1822 (1 file) (3) Number of ships loaded at the Harbour, 1831 - 1832 (1 paper) (4) Report by John Thomas Carr and Thomas Smith on the management of the Harbour, 1837 (1 paper) (5) Coals shipped since 1835, 1837 (1 paper) (6) Petition of tradesmen against opening of a 'slop shop' at the Harbour, 1838 (1 paper) (7) Agreement (draft) for lime burning, 1839 (1 paper) (8) Coal shipped at the Harbour and led on the railway 1842
(1 paper)


Includes: (1) Letter and memoranda from William Spence about the management of the Harbour, appointment of pilots etc., 1836 (1 paper) (2) Instructions to the Pilot Master from Trinity House, Newcastle, c. 1836 (1 paper) (3) Letter from William Lee on the system of pilotage at Seaham, 1836 (2 papers) (4) William Spence's report on the Harbour management, 1836
(1 paper)


Includes: (1) Lime burnt and sold at Seaham, 1832 (1 paper) (3) Agreement (copy) with the North Hetton Coal Company for the purchase, transport and shipment of coal, 1836 (1 file) (4) John Buddle's report on opening Seaham to general trade to compete with Sunderland and Hartlepool 1836 (1 paper) (6) Scheme for shipment of Londonderry coal at Seaham and Sunderland, 1837 (1 paper) (9) Establishment compared with 1838, 1845
(1 paper)

Trade statistics, 1849 - 1876 (Ref: D/Lo/B 330-336)

Harbour dues and number of ships arriving at the Harbour, 1849 - 1850
(1 paper)


Coals shipped at Seaham (November-December), landsale purchases and London Coal Market returns, 1853
(5 papers)


Comparative figures of coal shipped at Seaham and Sunderland since 1855, 1865
(1 paper)


Coals and coke shipped at Seaham and Sunderland, with working costs, one return for each pay, 1866
(1 bundle)


Contracts for coal at the Harbour and quantities required for completion of quota, 1866
(1 paper)


Number of ships, sail and steam arriving since 1865 and note of profits since 1869, 1874
(3 papers)


Coals shipped from Seaham excluding those sent to London, with names of ships, 1876
(1 file)

Harbour Management, 1856 - 1880 (Ref: D/Lo/B 337-341)

George Elliot's report on the condition of the Harbour, 1856
(1 paper)


Estimate of cost of alterations to the railway approaches including a proposed tunnel, c.1856
(1 paper)


Board of Managers, rough minutes, c. 1860
(3 papers)


Papers relating to the application of Erdmann Sellentin for appointment as Prussian Vice-Consul at Seaham, 1866
(3 papers)


Report of Trinity House on the condition of the Seaham Harbour Commissioners lights, 1880
(1 paper)

Railway and Engine Works, 1878, 1911 (Ref: D/Lo/B 342-343)

Water meter readings, with Sunderland and South Shields Water Company's regulations and charges, 1878
(1 bundle)


List of customers, including work on Londonderry steamers, report on plant and machinery, wages, tracing and specifications for a motor van to be built for the estates, 1905, 1911
(1 bundle)

Seaham Brick Works (Ref: D/Lo/B 344-345)

Licence (copy) from the patentees to Vincent Corbett to erect an improved kiln for lime and bricks at the Seaham Colliery Works, 1870
(1 file)


Corbett's report on the works especially as to the use of 'sagger' from the Colliery, 1875
(1 paper)

Seaham Glass Works (Robert Candlish & Son), 1882 (Ref: D/Lo/B 346)

Letters and heads of proposed agreement for conveying and shipping bottles from the Londonderry docks at Sunderland, 1882
(1 file)

Seaham Harbour Water Company, 1871 (Ref: D/Lo/B 347)

Notice of meeting etc. to dissolve the Company and merge with the Sunderland and South Shields Company, 1871
(2 papers)

Vane and Seaham Iron Works (Ref: D/Lo/B 348-363)Reports and agreements etc. (Ref: D/Lo/B 348-359)

William Sherburn's report on the proposed blast furnaces, 1859
(1 paper)


Lord Adolphus Vane's observations on the proposed blast furnaces, 1859
(2 files)


Miscellaneous blast furnace papers including reports on the erection of the works (1859, 1861); Seaham Harbour Iron Co. Ltd,, prospectus, (1859); letter (printed) on the state of the iron trade with map of the Cleveland and Durham iron districts (1860), 1859 - 1861
(5 papers)


Heads of an agreement with J, B, Baker for supply of limestone and reports on the Boulby ironstone quarries and estates held by Londonderry on lease from the Baker family, 1854 - 1860
(3 files)


Reports from Stewart on the arrangements for putting the furnaces into blast and the capacity of the Seaham and Seaton collieries to keep them supplied with coal, 1861
(2 papers)


J, Ravenshaw and William Thorburn's report on the furnaces, 1862
(1 file)


Stewart s report on the increasing costs of iron production, 1864
(1 paper)


Agreement (1862) with Messrs, J, & J. W, Pease for the supply of 100,000 tons of ironstone from their Guisborough mines. In 1865 the furnaces were put out of operation and Messrs, Pease claimed compensation for the unsold limestone, Case for opinion, copy correspondence, 1866
(1 bundle)


Proposed agreement for the lease of the Seaham and Vane blast furnaces to Watson Kipling & Co., 1869
(1 bundle)

Accounts and estimates (Ref: D/Lo/B 360-363)

Estimates for a railway from Seaham Station to the blast furnaces at Noses Point with letters and plans, 1860
(6 papers)


Statement of monies required and miscellaneous accounts, 1860
(1 bundle)


Iron Works pays for construction work, 1860 - 1861
(1 bundle)


Blast furnaces construction accounts and the Iron Works general account, 1861
(1 bundle)

Other enterprises (Ref: D/Lo/B 364)

Letters, calculations of rates, dues, etc., in connection with the establishment of a branch at Seaham of John Lysaght Ltd., iron manufacturers, 1890
(1 bundle)

TRANSPORT (Ref: D/Lo/B 365-429)Railways (Ref: D/Lo/B 365-387)Seaham Railway, 1822 - 1876 (Ref: D/Lo/B 365-370)

See also D/Lo/B 306


Letters concerning Benjamin Thompson's proposal for a railroad from the Londonderry collieries to Sunderland or Dawdon, 1822
(5 papers)


Proposals by Shakespear Reed for the construction of a railway and the provision of chald wagons and other equipment. Notes, letters and accounts, subsequent valuations etc., 1828 - 1842
(1 file)


Agreement (draft) between the Marquess of Londonderry and Shakespear Reed for the construction of a railroad, c. 1830 For the plan relating to this agreement see D/Lo/P 202
(1 file)


Umpire's declaration of the value of the railroad to be purchased from Shakespear Reed and valuations of the materials and masons and carpenters work, 1840
(3 papers)


Letters to John Buddle concerning the valuation and subsequent negotiations, Copy of the 1837 valuation, 1840 - 1841
(1 bundle)


Case and lawyers opinion on Lord Londonderry's right to cross the Newcastle and Berwick Railway with his own line in the Grange estate leased from the Grange Coal Co., 1853
(2 files)

Londonderry Railway, 1852 - 1899 (Ref: D/Lo/B 371-384)

George Elliot's report on the advantages of constructing a railway from Seaham Harbour to Ryhope to join with the Durham and Sunderland Railway, with estimates of the cost and probable traffic, 1852
(1 bundle)


J. E. Coleman's report on the accounts of the Londonderry Railway, with statement of profit and loss, 1860
(1 file)


Valuation of the stock of wagons on Earl Vane's railway, 1867
(1 paper)


Valuation of the railway and freeholds by John Daglish, 1869
(1 paper)


Specification for composite First and Second Class carriages and letter from Lancaster Wagon Company, 1869
(2 papers)


Cost of maintaining wagons, 1872
(1 paper)


Report on the demeurrage of wagons used for carrying North Hetton duff to Wear Fuel works, 1872
(1 paper)


Returns of wagon stock including Haswell wagons and brick wagons, 1873 - 1874
(10 papers)


Arrival times of coal trains at Sunderland on 21 January and number of Rainton, Haswell and Hetton wagons, 1875
(1 paper)


Notices (printed) of rates, tolls, bye laws and regulations of the Londonderry Railway, 1875
(2 papers)


Letter (draft) to be sent by Eminson to the North Eastern Railway company concerning the proposed crossing of the N.E.R, and Londonderry Railway at Ryhope, 1881
(1 file)


Letters from the Secretary of the G.P.O, regarding the cost of providing telephones at Hendon Staiths, Silksworth Colliery, Seaham Hall etc., and estimates for the provision of block apparatus on the Londonderry Railway, 1890
(2 papers)


Durham Coast Railway Bill, minutes of proceedings in the Lords Committee (printed). The railway was to run from Hartlepool and join the Londonderry Railway at Seaham, 1893
(5 files)


Balance sheet of the Londonderry Railway, with totals of passengers carried, 1895 - 1899
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Lo/B 385-387)

Report on the engines employed on the Londonderry railways, including colliery locomotives, 1860
(1 file)


Letters and papers concerning Lord Londonderry's opposition to the North Eastern Railway's bill for a line at Easington, 1899
(1 packet)


Letters relating to the pension position of Londonderry railway employees taken over by the North Eastern Railway, 1906 - 1907
(1 packet)

Steamships (Ref: D/Lo/B 388-416)

See also D/Lo/B 460-465

General, 1858 - 1881 (Ref: D/Lo/B 388-395)

Mortgage (unexecuted) of charter parties, insurance policies and freight charges on certain ships owned by Hoad Bros., as a security for sums owed to the Marchioness of Londonderry, 1858
(1 paper)


Ship mortgage forms (unused) with letters, 1858
(4 papers)


Insurance policies for boilers on Londonderry steamers with letters regarding negotiations with the Insurance Co., 1866 - 1869
(1 bundle)


Papers relating to the construction of a steam tug for the Londonderry Co., with specifications. The tug was subsequently named Countess Vane, 1869 - 1872
(1 bundle)


Thickness of plates and rib angles, etc. in the steamers Wynyard, Seaham, Maglona and Londonderry, c. 1872
(1 paper)


Agreement between Short Brothers and Lorentzen and Clazey for the construction of an iron screw steamer, 1874
(1 paper)


Blank forms for ship charter agreements, c. 1877
(1 bundle)


Bills of sale of shares in steamships to Lord Londonderry: (1) Maglona (Newcastle), 1872 (2) J, B. Eminson (Sunderland), 1875 (3) The Dispatch (London), 1877 (4) Frieda (Glasgow), 1877 (5) Harvest Queen (Dundee)1877 (6) Linden (London), 1878 (7) J. B. Eminson (Sunderland), 1879 (8) Lady Campbell (Perth)1879 (9) Kronos (West Hartlepool), 1881 (10-19) Garron Tower (Sunderland), Harvest Queen (Sunderland), Kronos (West Hartlepool), Lady Aline (Sunderland), Londonderry (Sunderland), Longnewton (Sunderland), Mount Stewart (Sunderland), Seaham Harbour (Sunderland Viscount Castlereagh (Sunderland), Wynyard Park (Sunderland), 1890 (20) Wynyard Park (Sunderland), 1891

Steamers, 1857 - 1903 (Ref: D/Lo/B 396-416)S.S. Cautious (Ref: D/Lo/B 396)

Insurance policy, 1857
(1 paper)

S.S. Cornelia, 1868 - 1881 (Ref: D/Lo/B 397-403)

See also D/Lo/B 462-464


Miscellaneous bills, etc., including accounts for dock due at Southampton and Tyne Dock, 1868
(1 packet)


Letters and papers relating to negotiations for the Insurance, 1868
(1 packet)


Bills and letters concerning fitting and stores etc. provided by Palmers, shipbuilders of Jarrow, 1869
(1 bundle)


Insurance policies from the Scottish Commercial and Globe Marine Insurance companies, etc., 1871
(1 bundle)


Agreement for sale between Henry Edwards of Corbridge and Lord Londonderry, with correspondence, 1881
(1 packet)


Statements of accounts, charter voyages and accounts (1883) for a voyage to Cronstadt, 1882 - 1886
(1 file)


Telegrams (copies) relating to the hire of the ship for a charter voyage to West Africa, 1885
(1 packet)

S.S. J.B. Eminson, 1875 - 1877 (Ref: D/Lo/B 404-405)

Built by Short Bros. this was one of the first ships with self-trimming hatchways.


Agreements of shareholders to sell their shares (also same in S.S. Silksworth) to the Marquess of Londonderry if they leave his service, 1875 - 1877
(1 packet)


Ship's accounts, 1877
(1 paper)

S.S. Garron Tower, 1876 (Ref: D/Lo/B 406)

Agreements of shareholders to sell their shares to the Marquess of Londonderry if they leave his service, 1876
(1 packet)

S.S. Harvest Queen, 1902 - 1903 (Ref: D/Lo/B 407)

Board of Trade enquiry into a boiler explosion in the ship when off Gravesend. Depositions (copies), printed report and drawings, etc., 1902 - 1903
(1 packet)

S.S. Kronos, 1881 (Ref: D/Lo/B 408)

Accounts for material purchased for the ship at the Londonderry Stores, Seaham, 1881
(1 file)

S.S. Linden, 1882 - 1886 (Ref: D/Lo/B 409)

General accounts and charter voyages, 1882 - 1886
(1 file)

S.S. Londonderry, 1873 - 1874 (Ref: D/Lo/B 410)

Accounts for running costs, 1873 - 1874
(2 papers)

S.S. Meredith, 1881 - 1887 (Ref: D/Lo/B 411)

General accounts and charter voyage particulars, 1881 - 1887
(1 file)

S.S. Murton, 1869 (Ref: D/Lo/B 412)

Letters and papers concerning the proposed purchase of the steamer by the Londonderry organisation, with reports on the conditions, 1869
(1 packet)

S.S. Mountstewart, 1873 (Ref: D/Lo/B 413)

Contract, with correspondence, for building the steamer by T. and W. Smith of North Shields, 1873
(1 packet)

S.S. Silksworth, 1877 (Ref: D/Lo/B 414)

Ship's accounts, 1877
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Lo/B 415-416)

List of shareholders in joint stock steamers, c.1884
(1 paper)


Miscellaneous notes and correspondence, 1885
(11 papers)

Sunderland Docks (Ref: D/Lo/B 417-429)Sunderland Dock Company, 1855 - 1860 (Ref: D/Lo/B 417-428)

Bundles of papers etc., concerning a dispute between the Marchioness of Londonderry and the Company over the construction and use of coal drops and other dock installations.


Coals led on the Seaham and Sunderland and other statistics, accounts for horse hire paid to the Dock Company, etc., 1855 - 1860
(1 bundle)


Letter from the Marchioness of Londonderry to Robert Anderson outlining the history of the dispute since the construction of the Londonderry Railway, list of the Dock Company's shareholders and plan of the wet dock and tide basins, etc., 1856 - 1857
(1 bundle)


Memorial of the Marchioness of Londonderry to the Committee for Trade and Plantations concerning her dispute with the Dock Company, 1856
(1 file)


First Board of Trade Order, 1856
(12 file)


Acts of Parliament, orders, plan of coal drops, inspector's report, copies of memorials, correspondence, briefs, etc., 1856 - 1839
(1 bundle)


Report on the working of the coal traffic at the Docks by Colonel George Wynne, 1853
(1 file)


Statement of Lady Londonderry's complaints against the Sunderland Dock company, 1858
(1 file)


Memorial to the Board of Trade Concerning the dispute, 1858
(1 file)


Minutes of proceedings of Select Committee on the Sunderland Dock Bill, Admiralty Report, with plan, 1838
(1 bundle)


Evidence of Robert Anderson, Londonderry general manager, and other papers, 1859 - 1860
(1 bundle)


Bill for vesting the Sunderland Docks in the River Wear Commissioners, 1839
(1 file)


Report on the approaches to nos. 18 and 19 drops and the agreement for alterations, 1860
(1 file)

Jonassohn and Wiener (Ref: D/Lo/B 429)

Letters, accounts, lading orders, etc. collected together as a result of a dispute with the Sunderland Agents for the Hamburg and Elbe trade concerning the correctness of the account submitted to them by Earl Vane, 1867 - 1869
(1 bundle)

MISCELLANEOUS (Ref: D/Lo/B 430-438)

Statement in support of the Hartlepool Port, Wet Docks and Railway Bills, 1831 - 1832
(1 paper)


Petition in support of Bill for abolishing local tolls, c. 1833
(1 paper)


Miscellaneous items relating mainly to railways including an estimate for a 'Rolleyway' from Cator House shaft to Framwellgate Colliery, 1863
(1 file)


Apprenticeship indenture of William Henderson as an engine fitter in the Londonderry Railway shops, 1868
(1 parchment)


List of agents and clerks employed by Earl Vane, 1869
(1 paper)


Letters (copies) from Durham and Chester-le-Street Highway Board and the Board of Trade concerning inadequately protected level crossings on Lord Londonderry's railways, with printed notice of particulars of all level crossings in the Highway Board area, 1876
(1 bundle)


Durham and North Yorkshire Steam Cultivation Company: balance sheets, reports and correspondence. Lord Londonderry was a shareholder, 1879 - 1886
(1 bundle)


Circular and plan concerning the regulation of prices and sales of bricks by the North of England Building Brick Association, 1942
(2 papers)


Business cards (printed) giving statistics of the Londonderry enterprises, plans of Seaham Harbour and Colliery, Earl Vane's coal estates, etc., pre. 1885
(1 packet)


Account of strata bored through near 'Peep I see them' on the Barmston estate, n.d.
(1 paper)