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Durham County Council (1974-2009)

Reference: DC/ENV Catalogue Title: Durham County Council (1974-2009) Area: Catalogue Category: Local Authority Records Description: Environment Department - Reclamation Schemes

Covering Dates: 1951-2007

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  • Durham County Council (1974-2009)
    • Durham County Council (1974-2009) - Environment Department (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Reclamation files (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Beaches (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Chester le Street (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Derwentside (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Durham (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Easington (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Out of County/Miscellaneous (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Railways (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Sedgefield (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Teesdale (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Wear Valley (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Reclamation photographs (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Reclamation plans (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Reclamation publications (Ref: DC/ENV)
    • Reclamation: press cuttings (Ref: DC/ENV)

Catalogue Description

Interim list

DCRO also manages reclamation files that are still within their retention period, so not listed here. Please enquire for further details.

See also DCC/NS 2-5 for highways, site investigation and related reports concerning, road building and improvement, reclamation schemes, new public buildings (including schools, leisure centres and emergency services buildings) and improvements to existing buildings, covering the historical County Durham, 1955-2011.

Catalogue Contents

Durham County Council (1974-2009) - Environment Department (Ref: DC/ENV)Reclamation files (Ref: DC/ENV)Chester le Street (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV

400/2/1 Chester le Street DC General, 1974-2001, 2 files Chester le Street RDC, 1961-1982, 1 file Chester le Street UDC, 1965-1974, 1 file 400/2/1 B Working Party File, 1974-1975, 1 file 400/2/IC Programme and site plans, 1974-1979, 1 file 400/2/3 Lambton Colliery, 1966-1977, 1 file 400/2/4 Waldridge Fell, 1965-1995, 12 files 400/2/5 Urpeth, 1974-76, 1 file 400/2/11 Beamish Second Pit, 1969-1995, 6 files 400/2/12 Sacriston and Witton, 1967-1996, 10 files 400/2/13 Nettlesworth, 1975-87, 2 files 400/2/14 Handen Hold (including Grange Villa), 1960-95, 13 files 400/2/15 Lumley Sixth Pit and Wagonway, 1966-1992, 3 files 400/2/18 South Pelaw, 1954-1993, 3 files 400/2/20 West Pelton-Alma Colliery, 1971-1995, 17 files 400/2/23 Stella Gill sidings (with some mention of Newsfield Village), 1980-1996, 4 files 400/2/26 Pelton Fell Colliery, 1958-1965, 1 file 400/2/28 Newfield Village (and Twizell Burn Valley), 1970-1990, 17 files 400/2/29 New Lambton, 1974-76, 1 file 400/2/35 Disused Claypit-Birtley Brickworks, 1981, 1 file 400/2/36 Lambton Coke works, 1985-1994, 3 files 400/2/37 Pelton Fell Brickworks, 1983-1990, 1 file 418/02/11 Beamish Museum Open Cast Coal Site, 1982, 1 file
(103 files)

Derwentside (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV

400/1/1 Derwentside General, 1974-1996, 4 files 400/1/1 Derwentside-Consett, 1965-74, 1 file 400/1/1 Derwentside-Lanchester, 1956-1974, 1 file 400/1/1 Derwentside-Stanley, 1955-1974, 2 files 400/1/1B Implementation Working Party, 1964-1973, 1 file 400/1/2 Derwent Heap, 1967-1976, 1 file 400/1/5 Templetown Pit Heap, 1963-72, 1 file 400/1/6 Gloucester Road, Crookhall, 1956-1993, 11 files 400/1/7 Watling Street, Leadgate, 1955-1973, 1 file 400/1/8 Meadomsley Colliery, 1959-1975, 1 file 400/1/9 Hamsterley and Westwood Colliery, 1955-76, 1 file 400/1/15 Eden Colliery, Oxhill Wagonway, Mountsett Quarry, 1973-1980, 1 file 400/1/18 Consett Ironworks, 1979-83, 7 files 400/1/19 Esh Hill Top, 1970-74, 1 file 400/1/20 South Cornsay Colliery, Black Prince, 1956-69, 1 file 400/1/21 Castleside Smelting Mills, 1957-1980, 2 files 400/1/23 Esh and Hamsteels Colliery, 1955-1994, 4 files 400/1/24 Langley Park Colliery, 1972-1994, 7 files 400/1/25 Malton Colliery, 1963-96, 4 files 400/1/26 East Hedley Hope Colliery, 1974-93, 3 files 400/1/30 Cornsay Colliery, 1967-93, 5 files 400/1/31 Crookhall Colliery, esp. Green Drift, 1974-91, 3 files 400/1/33 Craghead Central, 1956-71, 1 file 400/1/35 Beamish Mary, 1966-72, 1 file 400/1/38 White le Head, 1967-71, 1 file 400/1/39 East Pontop, 1967-68, 1 file 400/1/40 Burns Pit, 1964-68, 1 file 400/1/42 Tanfield Lea-Margaret Pit, 1963-72, 1 file 400/1/43 Dipton Delight, 1956-78, 1 file 400/1/44 Dipton Old Colliery, 1957-72, 1 file 400/1/45 Lintz, 1955-67, 2 files 400/1/48 Aged Miners' Homes, Hare Law, 1967-78, 1 file 400/1/49 Wind Pit, 1960-70, 1 file 400/1/57 Greencroft, 1966-72, 1 file 400/1/58 Craghead East, 1972-74, 1 file 400/1/59 Craghead West, 1970-76, 1 file 400/1/60 Iveston, Consett, 1960-71, 1 file 400/1/62 Tanfield Wagonway, 1976-93, 2 files 400/1/79 Edmundsbyers Cross quarry area, Waskerley, 1978-83, 1 file 400/1/80 Lanchester Station, 1975-76, 1 file 400/1/84 Waskerley Station House, 1981-83, 1 file 400/1/85 Greencroft Industrial Estate, 1982-2007, 7 files
(91 files)

Wear Valley (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV

400/3/1 Wear Valley DC General, 1974-98, 6 files 400/3/1 Wear Valley-Bishop Auckland UDC, 1963-74, 1 file 400/3/1 Wear Valley-Crook and Willington UDC, 1959-74, 2 files 400/3/1 Wear Valley-Tow Law UDC, 1965-74, 1 file 400/3/1 Wear Valley- Weardale RDC, 1966-74, 1 file 400/3/3 Gurney Valley, 1966-78, 1 file 400/3/6 Witton Park (cat D), 1965-94, 4 files 400/3/8 Leasingthorne and John O'Tooles Quarry, 1971-2002, 4 files 400/3/9 West Auckland Colliery, 1966-91, 2 files 400/3/13 Newfield Gravel Beds, 1961-76, 1 file 400/3/14 Blackie Boy Colliery and Eldon Brickworks, 1970-98, 12 files 400/3/18 Brancepeth Waste Heap, 1967-70, 1 file 400/3/20 Page Bank Village (cat D), 1965-98, 4 files 400/3/26 Oakenshaw Colliery and Nackshivan O/C site, 1968-76, 1 file 400/3/30 Sunnybrow, 1967-76, 1 file 400/3/31 Brancepeth Colliery, 1967-2001, 6 files 400/3/36 Hunwick Colliery and Refractory, 1972-93, 2 files 400/3/46 North East Crook, 1972-90, 6 files 400/3/48 Foundry and Allotments site, 1966-71, 1 file 400/3/52 West Thornley, 1960-69, 1 file 400/3/55 Ashes/Newfield Quarry, 1973-82, 1 file 400/3/56 Willington Railway phase II, 1974-88, 1 file 400/3/57 Peases West Welfare Ground and Railway, 1974-80, 1 file 400/3/58 Newton Cap Colliery, 1976-89, 1 file 400/3/61 Knitsley Fell Quarry, 1975-87, 1 file 400/3/63 Sedling Mine, 1976-78, 1 file 400/3/70 Sunnybrow phase II, 1976-87, 2 files 400/3/77 Former Tile Works site, Willington, 1978-79, 1 file 400/3/85 Derwent Lead Mines, 1979-90, 1 file 400/3/90 Dysons Refractories Brickworks and Builders Yard, 1983-89, 2 files 400/26/7 Auckland Park (cat D), 1961-68, 1 file 418/3/102 Blackdene Mine, Ireshopeburn, 1993-2002, 1 file 418/7/38 Eldon Deep Open Cast Coal Site near Shildon, 1988-2000, 1 file No file ref Newfield Village, 1988-90, 1file 418/X/36-51 Eastgate Cement Works, 1977-2001, 1 file 418/X/3/71 Heights Quarry Eastgate and Westgate, 1982-1998, 1 file Leasingthorne Colliery reclamation site, 1992, 1 file 618/00036 Bowden Close (incl. photographs on CD), 199-2000, 1 file, 3 plans S95217 St Helen's Auckland Colliery Waste Heap (developed for Bp Auckland FC, incl. photographs), 1995-2005, 1 file
(79 files, 3 plans)

Durham (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV

400/4/1 Durham DC, 1974-2001, 3 files 400/4/1 Durham-Brandon and Byshottles with Meadowfield pit heap, 1958-74, 2 files 400/4/1 Durham-Durham MB, 1965-71, 1 file 400/4/1 Durham-Durham RDC, 1957-1974, 2 files 400/4/5 High Street, Langley moor, 1967-74, 1 file 400/4/7 Browney Colliery, 1966-68, 1 file 400/4/13 Ushaw Moor Coal Stocking Yard, incl New Brancepeth Housing, 1966-97, 11 files 400/4/16 Langley Moor Improvement Scheme, 1973-78, 1 file 400/4/18 Bowburn, 1972, 1 file 400/4/19 Littletown and Pittington Colliery, incl Gypsy site, 1967-2011, 11 files 400/4/21 Rainton Meadows, 1976-91, 1 file 400/4/22 Frankland, Finchale and Brasside area, incl railways and viaducts, 1972-94, 4 files 400/4/24 East Hetton Colliery, 1974-2002, 18 files 400/4/25 Bearpark, 1977-95, 11 files 400/4/28 Kelloe Mineral Railway Line reclamation scheme, 1994-96, 1 file 400/4/29 Quarrington hill, 1965-76, 1 file 400/4/30 Sherburn Hill Pit heap, 1968, 1 file 400/4/32 Witton Gilbert Village Improvement Scheme (cat. D), 1963-80, 1 file 400/4/34 Adventure Pit, 1977-86, 3 files 400/4/35 Kimblesworth Colliery, 1971-74, 1 file 400/4/36 Old Grange Colliery, Belmont, 1965-71, 1 file 400/4/37 Sherburn House Colliery, 1975-91, 3 files 400/4/39 Sherburn Hill Colliery (see 400/4/37), 1973-81, 2 files 400/4/41 Coxhoe Lime Kilns, 1974-93, 3 files 400/4/44 Raisby Quarries, 1951-94, 2 files 400/4/49 Old Kelloe, 1976-95, 2 files 400/4/62 Land adjacent to Newton Grange Farm, Framwellgate Moor, 1978-81, 1 file 400/4/64 Belmont Industrial Estate, 1977-91, 2 files 400/4/65 Waterhouses Wood, 1986-95, 1 file 400/4/66 Cape Universal Insulation, Bowburn, 1992-97, 1 file 400/33/2 Waterhouses Village Improvement Scheme, 1971, 1 file 418/4/48 Old Quarrington Open Cast Coal Site, A181 link road, 1995-2003, 1 file 418/4/49 Raisby Quarry, 1951-98, 3 files 418/4/50 Quarrington (revised) open cast coal site, Bowburn, 1995-99, 1 file Bearpark Colliery proposed industrial area, ref. S94079, 1995, 1 file Bearpark Colliery phase 5 clearance scheme, ref. S944078, 1995-1996, 1 file Sacriston Colliery phase 2, 1997, 1 file Kelloe Mineral Railway line reclamation scheme, 1994-96, 1 file S94076 Bearpark Colliery Church Commissioners Land (incl. photographs), 1997, 1 file, 2 plans 618/00065/RA/A Brancepeth Colliery, Willington Contaminated Land. Risk Assessment (incl. photographs), 1995-2002, 1 file 618/00064 Littletown and Pittington, site investigation report, environmental risk assessment, c. 2001, 2 files
(108 files, 2 plans)

Easington (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV

400/5/1 Easington DC, 1974-94, 3 files 400/5/1 Easington RDC, 1955-74, 3 files 400/5/1 Easington-Seaham UDC, 1961-74, 1 file 400/5/1B Housing Working Party, 1974, 1 file 400/5/2 Haswell Moor, 1966-71, 1 file 400/5/3 Haswell Colliery, 1955-75, 1 file 400/5/4 Hetton Lyons Colliery, 1959-63, 1 file 400/5/5 Wheatley Hill North, 1965-77, 2 files 400/5/8 Wheatley hill South, 1973-75, 1 file 400/5/9 Wingate Grange Colliery, 1965-80, 1 file 400/5/11 Shotton Colliery, 1965-80, 2 files 400/5/14 Deaf Hill Spoil Heap, 1970-74, 1 file 400/5/15 Murton Colliery, 1954-95, 2 files 400/5/17 Hesledon, 1958-73, 1 file 400/5/18 Haswell, 1974-78, 1 file 400/5/19 Easington Colliery 1978-95, 1 file 400/5/20 South Hetton, Front Street, 1969-73, 1 file 400/5/21 Murton, Green Street, 1971-74, 1 file 400/5/22 Haswell North, 1972-74, 1 file 400/5/23 Wingate Quarry, 1975-1990, 3 files 400/5/29 Seaham Colliery, 1964-87, 2 files 400/5/31 Blackhall Colliery and beach survey, 1974-97, 11 files 400/5/34 Easington Cliff Heap, 1975-87, 1 file 400/5/36 Foxcover Quarry, 1978-80, 1 file 400/5/37 Tanfield Hill Quarry, 1975, 1 file 400/5/40 Hawthorn Mine, 1975-93, 1 file 400/5/41 Hutton Henry Colliery, 1975-79, 2 files 400/5/42 Horden Colliery Heaps, 1978-97, 5 files 400/5/47 Littlehorpe Quarries, 1977-92, 1 file 400/5/50 Seaham Grange Industrial Estate, 1982-93, 4 files 400/5/51 South Hetton Colliery, 1986-92, 1 file 400/5/52 Dawdon Improvement Area, 1986-94, 3 files Dawdon Colliery Surface Water Outfall, including plans, c. 1997, 13 papers Horden Cliff Heap removal, 1996-1997, 1 file Horden Cliff Heap removal, 1997-1998, 1 file 618/00044 Denemouth Clusters, Castle Eden Dene (incl. photographs), 1998, 1 file 642/00001 Seaham Colliery Railway to Cycleway, including plans, 1999-2001, 16 papers S96019 Durham Coast Structures: reports, photographs, including WW2 defences at Easington Colliery and Blackhall Rocks, 1 file
(66 files, 29 papers)

Sedgefield (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV

400/7/1 Sedgefield DC, 1975-2006, 4 files 400/7/1 Sedgefield RDC, 1961-74, 1 file 400/7/1 Sedgefield -Shildon UDC, 1955-73, 1 file 400/7/1 Sedgefield -Spennymoor UDC, 1957-73, 1 file 400/7/2 East Howle, 1-26 Railway Street, 1966-68, 1 file 400/7/4 Bishop Middleham Brewery, 1965-73, 1 file 400/7/10 Mainsforth Colliery, 1975-78, 1 file 400/7/13 East Howle Village Pit heap, 1973-93, 3 files 400/7/16 West Cornforth Chemical Works, 1969-80, 1 file 400/7/18 Hall House, 1966-67, 1 file 400/7/20 Fishburn Colliery, 1990-95, 2 files 400/7/23 Eldon, 1957-71, 3 files 400/7/24 Adelaide Colliery, 1972, 1 file 400/7/25 Brussleton Colliery and New Shildon, 1968-89, 5 files 400/7/26 Princess Street Heap, 1965-74, 1 file 400/7/28 Furnace Heap, 1967-72, 1 file 400/7/29 Jubilee Road, Tunnel Top, 1972, 1file 400/7/38 Low Spennymoor, Coulson Street, 1963-73, 1 file 400/7/39 Spennymoor Slag Heaps (art in landscape comp), 1976-78, 1 file 400/7/40 Byers Green Colliery, 1972, 1 file 400/7/41 Westerton Colliery, 1974-92, 2 files 400/7/44 Charles Pit, Middridge Docks, 1974-75, 1 file 400/7/49 Cemetery Heap, 1978-88, 1 file 400/7/61 Bishop Middleham Mine and Quarry, 1979-98, 6 files 400/7/62 Middridge Quarry, 1981-82, 1file 400/7/63 Ferryhill, Coxhoe Junction, 1981-98, 1 file 418/7/51 Southfield Open Cast Coal Site, Brusselton, 1999-2000, 1 file (see Teesdale) 618/00062 Fishburn Colliery, including site investigation reports, environmental risk assessments, Fishburn Industrial Estate, 2002-2003, 1 file WD 127X Tudhoe Household Waste Site, 1990-92, 2 files
(48 files)

Teesdale (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV

400/6/1 Teesdale DC, 1974-95, 3 files 400/6/1 Teesdale-Barnard Castle RD, 1965-74, 1 file 400/6/2 Burnt Houses, 1964-74, 1 file 400/6/4 High Toft Hill Quarry, 1965-70, 1 file 400/6/6 Oaks Bank Quarry, Evenwood, 1965-70, 1 file 400/6/7 Randolph North and South, 1965-2005, 3 files 400/6/14 Westwick Army Camp, incl Humbleton, 1970-74, 1 file 400/6/15 Barford Army Camp, 1970-94, 2 files 400/6/22 Bankland Quarry, 1976-78, 1 file 400/6/24 Coldberry Mine, 1976-95, 1 file 400/6/26 Middleton Quarry, 1979, 1 file 400/6/27 Pike Stone Brow, 1977-90, 1 file 400/6/29 Butterknowle Coke Ovens, 1978-81, 1 file 400/6/31 Crewburn Drift and Cowclose Tip, 1978-87, 1 file 400/6/39 Bowes Moor MOD site, RAF Depot, 1979-98, 1 file 400/6/40 Barnard Castle Gasworks, 1989-93, 1 file Former Barnard Castle Gas Works reports on contaminated soil, 1989-1996, 1 file No file ref Hayberries Quarry near Romaldkirk, 1996, 1 file 418/6/71 Close Horse Mine, Lunedale, 1971-97, 1 file 418/6/92 Kilmonwood Quarry near Bowes, 1992-2002, 1 file 618/00066 Randolph Colliery/Coke Works: notes and site plan, 2008, 2 papers S96029 Barnard Castle to Shildon Railway: reports, plans, including Forthburn Viaduct and Langley Viaduct, 1986-1997, 2 files
(22 files, 2 papers)

Railways (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV

400/X/G General, 1969-90, 3 files 400/X/1 Consett/Swalwell, 1966-72, 1 file 400/X/2 Brandon/Bishop Auckland, 1973, 1 file 400/X/3 Stella Gill/Stanley-Craghead, 1969-76, 2 files 400/X/5 Bowes Railway, 1975-93, 5 files 400/X/7 Station Town, Cornforth, 1970-79, 1 file 400/X/8 Barnard Castle/Darlington, 1972-93, 1 file 400/X/9 Barnard Castle/West Auckland/Shildon, incl proposed Gypsy site at Green Lane, 1970-94, 8 files 400/X/10 Spennymoor/Bishop Auckland, 1974-89, 3 files 400/X/13 Consett/Durham, 1971-93, 8 files 400/X/14 Stockton/Castle Eden, 1970-93, 3 files 400/X/17 Team Valley/Stanley, 1974, 1 file 400/X/19 Former Penshaw Branch, 1974-80,1 file 400/X/21 Barnard Castle/Middleton on Teesdale, 1971-93, 6 files 400/X/27 Bowes/Kirby Stephen, 1976-78, 1 file 400/X/42 Pont Burn Viaduct, 1990-92, 1 file 400/X/59Lanchester Valley to Witton Gilbert, 1990, 1 file 400/X/60 Hawthorn Colliery to Ryhope, 1993, 1 file S95147 Bowes Railway (Derwentside. Incl. photographs), 1994, 1 file, 2 plans
(49 files, 2 plans)

Out of County/Miscellaneous (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV

Gateshead No ref Chopwell Colliery, 1972, 1 file
(1 file)

Ref: DC/ENV

Allotments in County Durham by district with plans, 2004-2006
(1 file)

Beaches (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV

406/X/14 Despoliation of the Foreshore, 1956-94, 10 files 406/X/14A Durham Beaches Working Party, 1974-82, 3 files
(13 files)

Reclamation plans (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV Bundle 1

400/6/33 Streatlam Camp, 1981, 2 plans 400/7/13 East Howle Heaps showing Gypsy encampment, 1979, 2 plans 400/7/20 Fishburn Colliery, 1984-93, 3 plans DC/Env 720 Roddymoor, nd, 2 plans No ref Reclaimed land, overview plan, 1994, 1 plan 085/00011/1+3 Pelton Fell culvert phase II, 2004, 2 plans 617/00014 Seaham Harbour Dock Co., 1998-99, 2 plans No ref Heyberries Quarry and Ormasby Hill plantation, 2000, 2 plans 618/36 Bowden Close, 1999, 1 plan 618/44 Denemouth Clusters, 1999, 2 plans 618/50 East Hetton Colliery, proposed forestry planting, 2000, 1 plan 400/6/7 Evenwood, Randolph South Heaps, nd, 1 plan S95217 St Helen's Auckland Colliery Waste Heap, 1995, 2 plans 400/1/25-29 Malton Colliery, 1979, 2 plans 400/2/28 Newfield Village, 1984, 1plan 400/3/14 Blackie Boy Colliery, 1983, 2 plans 400/3 Eldon Colliery and Brickworks, 1 plan 400/4/19 Littletown and Pittington, 1978-80, 2 plans 400/4/22 Belmont viaduct, nd, 1 plan
(32 plans)

Ref: DC/ENV Bundle 2

400/4/24 East Hetton Colliery, 1988-94, 5 plans 400/4/25 Bearpark Colliery, 1989-92, 2 plans 400/4/28 Kelloe Mineral Railway, 1995-98, 2 plans 400/4/40 East Hetton Colliery, 1995-96, 2 plans 400/4/37 Sherburn Village and Sherburn House Collieries, 1984-86, 4 plans 400/4/39 Sherburn Hill Colliery, 1978, 2 plans 400/4/41 Coxhoe Bank Heaps, 1992, 2 plans 400/5/42 Horden Colliery incl plan of offshore waste disposal by pipeline, 1982-87, 4 plans 400/5/50 Seaham Grange Industrial Estate, 1984-92, 4 plans 400/5/52 Dawdon Colliery incl stone and shale handling to bank side via Conveyor, 1986-88, 4 plans 400/5/53 Dawdon Colliery, 1994-98, 4 plans 400/5/54 Foxcover proposed industrial development, 1994, 2 plans
(37 plans)

Reclamation photographs (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV box no. 1

Bitchburn 1974/76 Blackhall 1975-80 Blackhall beach 1997 Brancepeth Colliery 1949-50s Brancepeth Colliery and heap 1968 and 1970 Brandon 1970s Brandon-Bishop Auckland Railway viaduct before, during and after demolition, 1974 Castle Eden Colliery, 1970s Consett-Durham railway walks 1985/89 Crimdon beach 1997 Dawdon Colliery 1987-97 Easington beaches 1974-86 East Hetton Colliery 1975 Fatfield Victoria Bridge before and after, 1970s Fishburn Colliery 1959-1989 Haggerleases Station House and Waskerley Station House Horden 1983/86 Horden cliff heap removal photographs 1996- 1 file Howden le Wear railway walks 1976-80 Kimblesworth 1970s Langley Park Colliery 1980s Medomsley, Broomhill Quarry, 1973 Ouston 1974 Pelton Fell Cooperative building 1970 Roddymoor 1977-80s Sacriston Colliery 1974 Seaham 1980s-1994 Sherburn Hill Colliery 1976 South Hetton 1970s Thornley 1973/75 Tow Law 1974-77 Trimdon Grange 1970s Ushaw Moor 1970s/80s Usworth Colliery 1971 Waterhouses 1970s Wheatley Hill 1975 Slides: Auckland Park R8 3A.1 - 3A.12 20 80s Barnard Castle / Middleton RailwayR86BM.1 - 6BM.242480s Barnard Castle Military Camps; Military Camps 'Humbleton'; 'Streatlam'R86MB.25; 6MH.1 - 6MH11; 6MS.1 - 6MS.21470s - 80s Bearpark CollieryR84BP.19 - 4BP.412380s Blackhall CollieryR85B.27 - 5B.402470s - 80s Blackhall CollieryR85B.3A180s Blackie BoyR83BB.1 - 3BB.242480s Brancepeth HeapR83BW.18 - 3BW.37A2160s Brandon / Bishop Auckland RailwayR84BR.1 - 4BR.13A2470s CragheadR81C.1150s ChiltonR87C.7 - 7.C151770s Consett / Durham RailwayR81CD.22 - 1CD.36A2470s - 80s Consett SteelworksR81CS.54 - 1CS.722380s Consett SteelworksR81CS.120 - 1CS.1412380s Consett SteelworksR81CS.188 - 1CS.2102380s Consett SteelworksR81CS.260 - 1CS.2832480s Consett SteelworksR81CS.332 - 1CS.3471680s ElemoreR80E.11? Fishburn; coke worksR87F.1 - 7F.222270s Horden Colliery Pipeline; Haswell Railway CottagesR85HP.13 - 5HP.28; 5HW.11680s Hutton Henry; Horden Colliery PipelineR85H.4 - 5H.9A; 5HP.1 - 5HP.122380s Ludworth CollieryR84L.11? Military Camps 'Barford'; Barnard Castle Military CampsR86MB.1 - 6MB.242580s Newfield VillageR82N.25 - 2N.381480s NicholsonR80N.11? Rainton MeadowsR84R.1150s Randolph colliery; coke works; south heapR86R1 - 6R202080s SacristonR82S.1 - 2S.6650s - 70s Sherburn Hill HeapR84SH.1 - 4SH.15A2170s - 80s Spennymoor Slag HeapsR87SH.1 - 7SH.8B2370s - 80s Spennymoor Slag HeapsR87SH.8C - 7SH.25A2370s - 80s The Bank' Barnard CastleR86B.1 - 6B.12A2280s ThrislingtonR87T.1 - 7T.141850s and 70s Tow Law; Willington; West Auckland DriftR83T.15 - 3T.24A; 3W.1 - 3W.1A; 3WA.11660s - 70s Trimdon GrangeR87TG.1 - 7TG182250s and 70s UrpethR82U.1 - 2U.8A1570s Washington Chem. HeapR80W.11? Wingate Grange; Wingate Quarry; Wheatley HillR85WG.1 - 5WG.8; 5WQ.8; 5WH.1 - 5WH.51570s Woodiefield Colliery; Witton Park; Witton le WearR8 & V143WC.1 - 3WC.9; 3WP.1 - 3WP.3; 3WW.1A - 3WW.2A1870s Negative photographs, 1961-1973 (Philipson): 1. Old miners' houses, Aycliffe, 1971, 1 photo 2. Market Square, Barnard Castle, 1971, 1 photo 3. Barnard Castle School, 1961, 1 photo 4. Biddick Hall, 1971, 1 photo 5. Bishop Auckland Technical College, drawing lesson, 1971, 5 photos 6. Bishop Oak, Gazebo, 1971, 1 photo 7. Bowes Museum, 1061, 1 photo 8. Bradley Hall, 1971, 1 photo 9. Consett Iron and Steel Works, 1961-73, 5 photos 10. Crookhall Scheme, 1960s, 1 photo 11. Main Street, Darlington, 1961, 1 photo 12. Durham Cathedral and castle, 1971-1972, 5 photos 13. Rose window, Durham Cathedral, 1971, 1 photo 14. Durham County Hall under construction, 1961, 1 photo 15. Durham County Hall, 1971, 2 photos 16. Durham, Old Elvet, 1971, 1 photo 17. Durham, Kingsgate Bridge, 1971, 1 photo 18. Durham City through road, 1973, 1 photo 19. Science College, Durham, 1971, 1 photo 20. Van Mildert College, Durham, 1971, 2 photos 21. South Street, Durham, 1971, 1 photo 22. Bow Lane, Durham, 1973, 1 photo 23. Waterloo Hotel, Durham, 1961, 1 photo 24. Market Place area, Durham, 1961, 1 photo 25. Durham Gala, 1971, 1 photo 26. Dryburn Hospital, Durham, 1971, 1 photo 27. Milburngate Bridge, Durham, 1971, 1 photo 28. Prebends Bridge, Durham, 1971, 1 photo 29. Durham School, 1961, 1 photo 30. Houses in Esh Winning, 1961, 1 photo 31. Felling Baths, 1972, 1 photo 32. Ferryhill Station, 1971, 1 photo 33. Finchale Abbey, 1961, 1 photo 34. Gainford, High Row, 1971, 1 photo 35. Gibside Chapel, 1972 36. Miners' homes in Horden, 1971, 1 photo 37. Houghton le Spring parish church, 1962, 2 photos 38. St Paul's church, Jarrow, 1962, 1 photo 39. Killhope wheel, 1971, 1 photo 40. Kimblesworth viaduct before/during/after demolition, 15 March 1972, 5 photos 41. Lanchester area farmland, 1971, 1 photo 42. Lanchester church, 1971, 1 photo 43. Penshaw Monument, 1971, 2 photos 44. Quarry Hill Hall, 1971, 1 photo 45. Eden Arms, Rushyford, 1961, 1 photo 46. Shincliffe houses and church, 1971, 1 photo 47. Courtalds Spinning Works, Spennymoor, 1971, 3 photos 48. Stanley houses, 1971, 1 photo 49. Stella Power Station, 1971, 1 photo 50. Tyne Tunnel, 1971, 1 photo 51. View in Weardale, 1971, 1 photo 52. Whitburn Village, 1972, 1 photo Horden Cliff Heap removal photos, 1997-99, 14 photos Slides: Auckland Park, 1980s, 20 slides Barnard Castle / Middleton Railway, 1980s, 24 slides Barnard Castle Military Camps; Military Camps 'Humbleton'; 'Streatlam', 1970s-80s, 14 slides Bearpark Colliery, 1980s, 23 slides Blackhall Colliery, 1970s-80s, 25 slides Blackie Boy, 1980s, 24 slides Brancepeth Heap, 1960s, 21 slides Brandon / Bishop Auckland Railway, 1970s, 24 slides Craghead, 1950s, 1 slide Chilton, 1970s, 17 slides Consett / Durham Railway, 1970s-80s, 24 slides Consett Steelworks, 1980s, 109 slides Elemore, n.d., 1 slide Fishburn; coke works, 1970s, 22 slides Horden Colliery Pipeline; Haswell Railway Cottages, 1980s, 16 slides Hutton Henry; Horden Colliery Pipeline, 1980s, 23 slides Ludworth Colliery, n.d., 1 slide Military Camps 'Barford'; Barnard Castle Military Camps, 1980s, 25 slides Newfield Village, 1980s, 14 slides Nicholson, n.d., 1 slide Rainton Meadows, 1950s, 1 slide Randolph colliery; coke works; south heap, 1980s, 20 slides Sacriston, 1950-70s, 6 slides Sherburn Hill Heap, 1970s-80s, 21 slides Spennymoor Slag Heaps, 1970s-80s, 46 slides The Bank' Barnard Castle, 1980s, 22 slides Thrislington, 1950-70s, 18 slides Tow Law; Willington; West Auckland Drift, 1960s-70s, 16 slides Trimdon Grange, 1950s-70s, 22 slides Urpeth, 1970s, 15 slides Washington Chem. Heap, n.d., 1 slide Wingate Grange; Wingate Quarry; Wheatley Hill, 1970s, 15 slides Woodiefield Colliery; Witton Park; Witton le Wear, 1970s, 18 slides
(1 box)

Reclamation publications (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV

- Programme for action: Signs of hope. East Durham Task Force, July 1993 - Minerals local plan, Durham County Council, December 2000 - Penny Kemp and John Criffiths, Quaking Houses: art science and the community, a collaborative approach to water pollution, 1999 - Land Reclamation Programme 1995-96. Environment Department, Durham County Council, 1994 - Land Reclamation Programme 1996-97, DCC, joint submission with Easington District Council, October 1995 - Reclamation in County Durham. Planning Department, DCC, 1979 - Derelict Land in the East Durham Coalfield: a rolling programme for reclamation. DCC, Easington DC, Sunderland BC, September 1986 - Quaking Houses: Art Science and the Community, a collaborative approach to water pollution, Penny Kemp and John Griffiths, 1999
(8 volumes)

Ref: DC/ENV box no. 2

Reclamation stats, 1964-93, 1 file Publications: - The Durham Coast. A fresh look at its problems and its future. 1982 - Land Reclamation Programme 1997/98 for County Durham - County Durham Minerals. Local plan 2000 - Fox Cover prestige industrial estate environmental statement for Durham County Council, 1993 - Hawthorn Industrial Estate. Reclamation Scheme and link roads. Environmental statement, 1995 - East-West link road A19 to Dawdon. Environmental statement for DCC, 1993 - The future of the Durham Dales - Disused structures on the Durham coast, nd, 1990s Summary of reclamation schemes, 1970s, 1 file: - North and West Beechburn Collieries, Howden le Wear Railway, Thistleflat Brickworks and Woodifield Colliery Crook - Dean and Chapter Colliery, Ferryhill - Sherburn Hill pit heap, Littletown - Roddymoor Colliery and coke oven site - Trimdon Grange - Consett/Swalwell - Bowden Close Colliery, Crook - Crook Hall, Consett - Brancepeth pit heap - Blackhall Colliery and beach - Tudhoe Colliery - Thornley Colliery phase II - Mainsforth Colliery - Alma Pit, West Pelton - East Hetton - Bearpark Colliery
(1 box)

Reclamation: press cuttings (Ref: DC/ENV)Ref: DC/ENV

417/X/2 Articles about general and specific areas/projects, mainly from local papers, 1957-95, 3 files
(3 files)



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