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Consett Iron Company

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Covering Dates: 1799-1982

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Consett Iron Company

Catalogue Description

The original arrangement and numbering of the collection was as follows:

1. Annual General Meeting minutes
2. Board minutes
3. Indexes to board minutes
4. Letter books
5. Newspaper cuttings
6. Share records
7. Registers of ore properties
8. Coal royalty books
9. Indexes to contracts
10. Correspondence and reports
11. not used
12. Photographs
13. General manager's agenda book
14. Directors' attendance fees
15. Visitors' books
16. Accounts of cost charges
17. Private cost books
18. Stock books
19. Make (Production) books
20. Smith's forge accounts
21. Selling price books
22. Profit and loss accounts
23. Cash accounts
24. Reports of directors
25. Finance Committee minutes
26. Manufacturing journals
27. Seal books
28. Journal
29. Deed books
30. Plans
50 The Consett Spanish Ore Company
51 The Orconera Iron Ore Company
52 The New Jarrow Steel Company Limited
53 Board of Conciliation and Arbitration for the Manufactured Iron and Steel Trade of the North of England
54 North of England Iron and Steel Manufacturers' Association
55 Consett British Schools

The collection has now been rearranged, but original numbers have been retained

Catalogue Contents

Consett Iron Company (Ref: D/Co)Correspondence and reports (Ref: D/Co section 01)Letter books (Ref: D/Co 4/1-22)Ref: D/Co 4/1

Private copy letter book, [indexed], 13 January 1887 - 14 April 1887 [D/Co 68)

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/2

Private copy letter book, [indexed], 15 April 1887 - 29 June 1887 [D/Co 69]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/3

Private copy letter book, 30 October 1889 - 16 December 1889 [D/Co 70]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/4

Private copy letter book, 16 December 1889 - 12 February 1890 [D/Co 71]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/5

Private copy letter book, 12 February 1890 - 24 March 1890 [D/Co 72]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/6

Private copy letter book, 24 March 1890 - 9 May 1890 [D/Co 73]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/7

Private copy letter book, 18 September 1890 - 4 December 1890 [D/Co 74]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/8

Private copy letter book, 27 February 1891 - 4 May 1891 [D/Co 75]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/9

Private copy letter book, 9 May 1891 - 17 July 1891 [D/Co 76]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/10

Private copy letter book, 18 July 1891 - 14 September 1891 [D/Co 77]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/11

Private copy letter book, 14 September 1891 - 7 December 1891 [D/Co 78]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/12

Private copy letter book, 8 December 1891 - 18 February 1892 [D/Co 79]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/13

Private copy letter book, 19 February 1892 - 10 May 1892 [D/Co 80]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/14

Private copy letter book, 10 May 1892 - 12 August 1892 [D/Co 81]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/15

Private copy letter book, 12 August 1892 - 26 October 1892 [D/Co 82]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/16

Private copy letter book, 27 October 1892 - 15 February 1893 [D/Co 83]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/17

Private copy letter book, 17 February 1893 - 3 August 1893 [D/Co 84]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/18

Private copy letter book, 3 August 1893 - 11 November 1893 [D/Co 85]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/19

Mr. Ainsworth's private copy letter book, 19 June 1894 - 13 April 1895 [D/Co 86]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/20

Mr. Ainsworth's private copy letter book, 25 August 1896 - 23 November 1903 [possibly D/Co 87]

(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/21

Business copy letter book, 16 November 1893 - 19 June 1894 [D/Co 88]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 4/22

George Ainsworth's copy letter book concerning the County Council and the Bench, 11 February 1895 - 12 June 1903 [D/Co 179]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Royalties, mineral rights and collieries (Ref: D/Co 10/)Ref: D/Co 10/4(5)

Copy correspondence concerning Garesfield Colliery and royalties, 17 July - 7 August 1878

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/5(2)

Estimated quantity of coal in different seams in Chopwell Woods Royalty, 26 October 1871

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/5(3)

Letter from Thomas Richardson, Queen's Hotel, Birmingham, to David Dale concerning the Chopwell Royalty, 14 October 1871

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(2)

Report Edward F. Boyd, Moor House, Durham, on the lease of coal from Edward Taylor Smith, freehold and copyhold, in Iveston township, 28 October 1867

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(3)

Copy letter from David Dale, Darlington, to the Ecclesiastical Commission, concerning leases, 8 February 1869

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(10)

List of royalties held by the Consett Iron Company, and of rents payable for coal and fireclay worked therefrom, August 1886

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(15)

Circular issued by the Consett Iron Company soliciting loans for the development of the company's northern coalfield, May 1893

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(17)

List of hewing prices at Chopwell Colliery, January 1899

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(18)

Letter from Henry Palmer, Medomsley, to David Dale, informing the latter that certain unspecified minerals are under lease from the Ecclesiastical Commission, 2 March 1899

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(22)

Report by William Logan, Langley Park, on a tract of non-coking coal in the Busty Coal Seam, Langley Royalty, 11 August 1900

(4 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/12

Copy letter from C.L. Wood, Howlish Hall, Bishop Auckland, to E.F. Boyd, concerning an application to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, the lessors, to work the Iveston freeholds to Eden Pit, 31 January 1868

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/16(1)

Report on the Collierley Royalty by W.H. Hedley, 22 May 1875

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/16(2)

Report on the Collierley Royalty and colliery by W.H. Hedley, 16 March 1885

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/18(1)

Correspondence between Cooper & Goodger, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Robert Rowell, receiver and manager, Laycock's Trust Estate, Lombard Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; David Dale, Darlington; W.H. Hedley, Malvern House, Great Malvern; Joseph Laycock, Burn House, Willington; William Logan, Langley Park Colliery; Clayton and Gibson, solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne; H.T. Morton and W. Jenkins, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill, concerning negotiations over a lease of Whittonstall Royalty, 24 April 1879 - 9 August 1899

(26 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/18(2)

Report on the value of Mr. Laycock's Whittonstall Royalty, by H. Holliday, 20 January 1899

(4 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/18(3)

Report on Whittonstall Royalty, by William Logan, Langley Park, 16 February 1899

(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/18(4)

Report on Whittonstall Royalty by J.R. Gilchrist, 27 February 1899

(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/22(1)

Estimate of the value to the Consett Iron Co. of the West Chopwell and Ravenside Royalties belonging to the Marquis of Bute, 26 August 1881

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/22(2)

Correspondence between Philipson & Cooper, solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne; David Dale, Darlington; George H. Geddes, 142 Princes Street, Edinburgh, and H.T. Morton, Northern Counties Club, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning the Ravenside Royalty, 10 June 1881 - 6 March 1882

(12 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/22(3)

Extracts from a conveyance by Earl Cowper to William Surtees dated 21 November 1801 and from a counterpart lease by Earl Cowper to George Silvertop esq., dated 1 June 1803, relating to coal mines in the lordship of Chopwell, n.d. [1881]

(2 papers and 1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/22(4)

Report by W.H. Hedley, Medomsley, to the Board of Directors of the Consett Iron Co. Ltd. on the potential for development of the Marquis of Bute's royalties if the Company were to purchase them, 3 March 1882

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/23

Report to David Dale on the mode of opening out and dealing with the coal produced from the Milkwell Burn and neighbouring royalties, by W.H. Hedley, 21 September 1881

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/25

Letter from W.H. Hedley, Medomsley, to David Dale, Darlington, reminding him about arranging to see Mr. Surtees about his Woodhead and Hedley-on-the-Hill Royalties, 7 January 1886

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/27

Correspondence between W.H. Hedley, Medomsley; David Dale [Darlington] and George Peile, Greenwood, Shotley Bridge, concerning mineral rights at Low Woodside Farm, 17 - 21 September 1888

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/29(2)

Projections of probable capital expenditure on the project to establish Chopwell Colliery and alter the railway between Garesfield and Derwenthaugh, for each half year following 30 June 1894, 19 February 1895 - 18 July 1896

(2 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/33

Correspondence between Cooper & Goodger, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, and David Dale, Darlington, concerning negotiations with Mr. Richardson for mineral rights under Bowsers Hole and New House, Chopwell, 12 - 29 October 1892

(3 files and 1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/40

'Notes on matters connected with some of the coal leases held by the Consett Iron Co. Ltd.', by W.H. Hedley Includes: Lanchester Common, West Pontop, Esh, Stoney Heap, Iveston Manor, Milkwellburn Royalty, Westwood and Hamsterley wayleaves and Ebchester Royalty, 17 July 1896

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/41(1)

Correspondence between Frank Brown & Co., Stockton-on-Tees; Sir David Dale, West Lodge, Darlington; J.T. Robinson, South Medomsley Colliery Ltd., Dipton; Henry Palmer, Consett Collieries, Medomsley and Cooper and Goodger, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning negotiations for the sale of South Medomsley Colliery to the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., 28 July - 30 October 1896

(13 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/41(2)

Report on coal seams; quality of coke; hewing prices; drainage; machinery for winding, hauling, crushing and operating the clay mill and the boilers and the collective cost of the wages of all labour at South Medomsley Colliery, 5 August 1896

(4 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/41(3)

Extract from a report by Henry Palmer on South Medomsley Colliery, 18 September 1896

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/41(4)

Report by J.T. Robinson, on the effect of a fire in the Hutton seam, underground at South Medomsley Colliery, 17 October 1896 Includes: plan of workings in the Hutton, Low Hutton and Main coal seams

(1 paper; 1 plan, waxed linen)

Ref: D/Co 10/66

Report to Sir David Dale by Henry Palmer, Medomsley, on trials of Medomsley Colliery coking coal in the Otto-Hilgenstock coke ovens, belonging to Priestman Collieries Ltd. at Otto Vale, Blaydon Burn, 10 March 1905

(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/68

Report on colliery output for the fortnight ended 17 March 1906; Otto Ovens; Delves Pit electric haulage and Delves Pit electric pump, by H. Palmer, Medomsley, 3 April 1906

(1 file, typescript)

Water supply (Ref: D/Co 10/)Ref: D/Co 10/5(1)

Letter from the N.E. Railway Engineer's Office to Messrs. Mounsey Ianson and Co., Consett Iron Works, allowing the latter to take water from Bantling Cattle Pond, 21 March 1857

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/38

Correspondence between Sir David Dale, Darlington; Charles Hawksley and George Ainsworth, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill, concerning the water supply to the Consett Iron Works and the need for a new reservoir, 8 January 1896 - 16 March 1898

(4 papers)

Employment and wages (Ref: D/Co 10/)Ref: D/Co 10/6(16)

Letter from Thomas Turner, County Technical Offices, Stafford, to Jeremiah Head and Sons, 47 Victoria Street, Westminster, recommending an individual to work with explosives, 5 March 1898

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/26

Correspondence between David Dale, Darlington; John Fleming, director of the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., and Philipson, Cooper U& Goodger, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning the appointment of a new director of the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., and the re-drafting of the articles of association, 9 September 1886 - 25 July 1891

(2 papers and 1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/34(5)

Schedule of shifts worked and pay rates of keepers, slaggers and chargers; minefillers, brakesmen, weighers and metal carriers employed at no. 3 and no. 4 furnaces, n.d. [ c.1894]

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/37(1)

Letter from C.F. Scott at Newbell, Leadgate, to Sir David Dale at Darlington, applying for the position of mining engineer and agent to the Consett Iron Co. if Mr. Hedley resigns it, 13 August 1895 (1 paper) 10/37(2) Copy letter from Sir David Dale to C.F. Scott declining his application, 14 August 1895

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/37(3)

Letter from Henry Palmer, East Howle Colliery, Ferryhill, to Sir David Dale, applying for the position of chief viewer at the Consett collieries, 19 September 1895

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/37(4)

Letter from William Cochrane at St. John's Chambers, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Sir David Dale at Darlington, recommending Richard C. Aubrey to replace Mr. Hedley as agent, 30 September 1895

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/37(5)

Draft minutes of a special meeting of the Board of Directors, which appointed Henry Palmer to succeed W.H. Hedley, 11 October 1895

(2 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/37(6)

Letter from Henry Palmer at The Manor House, Ferryhill, to Sir David Dale at Darlington, outlining arrangements for familiarising himself with the duties of his new job, 22 November 1895

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/37(7)

Letter from W.H. Hedley at Medomsley to Sir David Dale explaining why he and his wife are unable, quickly, to remove into a house at Cullercoats, Northumberland, 30 November 1895

(2 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/48

Copy letter from Sir David Dale, Darlington, to Professor Louis, asking him to recommend someone competent to appraise mines in Northern and Southern Europe, 1 March 1898

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/65

Letters to Sir David Dale, Darlington, chairman of the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., from George A. Curry, New Seaham Colliery; Frederick O. Kirkup, Stobbilee House, Langley Park; Frederick W. Hall, Rawnsley House, Hednesford, Staffordshire; John W. Jamieson, Medomsley; C.F. Scott, Newbell, Leadgate; John English, Garesfield Colliery, Rowlands Gill; M. Curry, Cornsay Colliery; John Cummings, Moor House, Littletown, and Cooper & Goodger, solicitors, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, applying for the position of agent and manager of Garesfield and Chopwell Collieries made vacant through the death of J.R. Gilchrist, 22 December 1904 - 12 January 1905

(18 papers)

Disputes (Ref: D/Co 10/)Ref: D/Co 10/5(7)

Letters from Reginald Guthrie, Coal Trade Office, Newcastle, to John Johnson, concerning arbitration at Chopwell Colliery, 15 and 16 August 1898

(2 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/5(8)

Memorandum concerning Chopwell from J. R. Gilchrist to Sir David Dale, 26 August 1898

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(11)

Memorandum by R.W. Cooper, for David Dale, concerning the case of Shafto v . Bolckow Vaughan and Co., 23 May 1888

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(12)

Letter from W.H. Hedley, Medomsley, to David Dale, concerning Shafto v . Bolckow Vaughan and Co., and Consett Water Co. v. Ritson, 30 May 1888

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/9

Letter from W.H. Buddle, Robert Stephenson & Co., Locomotive and Marine Engine Works, South Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Mr. Coutts, demanding a speedy resolution to a financial dispute involving the ship, Sorrento, 28 November 1854

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/19

Letter from William Jenkins, Consett Iron Works, to David Dale, Darlington, concerning a dispute with Mr. Richardson over an offer for steel plates, 11 December 1879

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/31

Correspondence between Philipson, Cooper & Goodger, solicitors, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Sir David Dale and A. Kaye Butterworth, concerning the Consett Industrial Society's claim for a wayleave payment in respect of Bunker Hill Farm, 22 - 29 January 1892

(2 papers and 1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/34(1)

Copy minutes of meetings of Cleveland Iron Masters' Association, including discussion of the issue of granting the Blastfurnacemen's Association's demand for 8-hour shifts, 9 April - 17 July 1894

(1 file, Photostatted)

Ref: D/Co 10/45

Bundle of papers labelled 'Section 12: Chopwell Dispute', comprising correspondence between Sir David Dale, West Lodge, Darlington; William Logan, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Langley Park Colliery; John Wilson, M.P., Durham Miners' Association, 16 North Road, Durham; Reginald Guthrie, Secretary, Durham Coal Owners Association, Coal Trade Offices, Newcastle upon Tyne; C.W.C. Henderson, The Riding, Hexham, Northumberland; T. Hetherington, checkweighman, 8 Richardson Terrace, Chopwell; J.R. Gilchrist, Garesfield, and John Johnson, Durham Miners' Association, 16 North Road, Durham, concerning an industrial dispute at Chopwell Colliery, 4 December 1897 - 10 November 1898

(23 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/46

Correspondence between Cooper & Goodger, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Sir David Dale; Thomas Radcliffe Ellis, London, coalowners, and Sir Joseph W. Pease, Hutton Hall, Guisborough, Yorkshire, concerning a dispute in the engineering trade, 23 - 27 December 1897

(11 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/47

Report from Henry Holliday, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill, to Sir David Dale, Darlington, on coal production for 1897; a payment to the Steel Melters Association; the despatch of salary cheques; fines to be exacted from August Reichwald for delays in sending ships, and arrangements to meet with Raison & Co. about Malaga Cre. [ sic], 29 December 1897

(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/69

Reports of meetings between representatives of the collieries belonging to the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., including representatives from the mechanics, enginemen and the Chopwell cokemen, and representatives of the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., concerning the dispute at the Company's collieries, 11 February - 23 March 1926

(1 file, printed)

Aquiring properties (Ref: D/Co 10/)Ref: D/Co 10/5(9)

Letters to Sir David Dale from Cooper and Goodger concerning Strother's Farm, Garesfield and Lanchester Common, 5 April, 27 June and 4 October 1899

(1 file and 2 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(7)

List of deeds relating to the iron company, 5 May 1880

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/24

Copy letter from Robert Clark, Lintz Green House, to William Logan recommending acceptance of Mr. Morton's terms for a lease of Stobbilee Farm, 23 March 1885

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/32

Correspondence between W.H. Hedley, Medomsley; George Todd, Pease & Partners Ltd., Darlington; R. Evans, Consett Iron Works; David Dale, Darlington; Cooper & Goodger, solicitors, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, and R. Murray, concerning Tinkler Hill Farm, 17 September - 26 October 1892

(9 papers and 1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/36

Correspondence between George Ainsworth, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill; David Dale, Darlington; Rev. Henry A. Mitton, Sherburn Hospital; Henry Holliday, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill; Joseph Hutchinson, The College, Durham, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, 10 Whitehall Place, London, concerning the Company's purchase of land in Hartington Street, Consett, on which to build an Infants' School, 2 February 1895 - 18 March 1899

(11 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/53

Correspondence between William Logan, Langley Park; Sir David Dale, Darlington, and Cooper & Goodger, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning Mrs. Thorp's Broomfield and Horsegate Farms, 25 September - 5 October 1899

(6 papers, 4 typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/57(1)

Correspondence between Cooper & Goodger, solicitors, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; Jonathan Gibson, Crawcrook, and Sir David Dale, concerning negotiations for a lease or purchase of Strothers Farm, Garesfield Colliery, 20 - 30 July 1900

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/57(2)

Report by J.R. Gilchrist, Garesfield Colliery, to the Directors of the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., advising the purchase of Strother Farm rather than leasing it, in order to be able to work the fireclay seams beneath, 14 January 1901 Includes: plan

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/58

Letter from Cooper & Goodger, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Sir David Dale, Darlington, concerning the granting of a mortgage to Mr. Varley, secured on Leadgate Institute, 2 November 1900

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/60

Correspondence between Cooper & Goodger, solicitors, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Sir David Dale, Darlington, concerning the acquisition of a site in Newcastle for new offices for the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., 10 October - 18 November 1901

(8 papers)

Analysis (Ref: D/Co 10/)Ref: D/Co 10/4(1)

Estimate of the cost of the proposed colliery in Westwood Royalty, 6 January 1868

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/4(2)

Comparisons of the cost of collieries in Westwood and Ebchester, 8 January 1868

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/4(3)

Estimate of cost of a proposed colliery in Westwood Royalty, June 1870

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/4(4)

Report of E.F. Boyd on Westwood Winning, 18 March 1871

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/5(5)

Estimate of probable expenditure in Garesfield and Chopwell, by William Logan, 20 July 1893

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(1)

Account of Messrs. E.O. Tregelles and Co., in account with the Northumberland and Durham District Bank, 23 November 1860

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(13)

General financial forecast for the half year, 1 July - 31 December 1893

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(14)

Copy letter from David Dale to William Jenkin, concerning financial arrangements, 21 February 1893

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(19)

Account of tonnage of coal produced at Langley Park, Garesfield, and Chopwell, between 1895 and 1899, c. 1900

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(21)

Note of telephone message from Cooper and Goodger, Newcastle, concerning subdivision of shares, 13 March 1900

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(24)

Letter from E.I. George to David Dale, discussing Lloyd's, quarterly returns of shipping under construction, 9 April 1906

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/10

Report to the owners of the Consett Iron Works by James Dees, engineer, on his inspection of the Crook Hall contract work carried out by Henry Ritson & Co., Black Hill Forge and Saw Mills, Shotley Bridge, with Ritson's acceptance of Dees' valuation of the work attached, 23 January 1857

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/13(1)

Copy memorandum by David Dale, managing director of the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., to Mr. Williams, giving guidance as to which areas of operation at the Consett Iron Works he should make recommendations for improvements, 27 March 1869

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/13(2)

Report to the directors of the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., by Edward Williams, Middlesbrough, analysing the strengths and weaknesses of the Consett Iron Works and making recommendations to improve efficiency and cut costs, 4 May 1869

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/13(3)

Letter from J. Priestman, Consett, to David Dale, criticising Mr. Williams's opinions of the management of the Consett Iron Works, 17 May 1869

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/13(4)

Comparison of the cost of producing plates during the half years ended 30 June 1866 and 31 December 1868, n.d. [1869]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/14(1)

Report of William Jenkins, general manager of the Consett Iron Works, to the Board of Directors of the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., 1 May 1871

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/14(2)

Copy report of William Jenkins to the Board of Directors of the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., on the operation of the Consett Iron Works for the year ended 30 June 1871

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/15

Report on Liverton ironstone mines, by John Marley, comprising 'Analysis of the Lease of the Liverton Ironstone Company's Property', 2 July 1866 and notes, 20 October 1873

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/17

Letter from W.H. Hedley, Medomsley, to David Dale, discussing terms offered by Mr. Green for Garesfield, 1 August 1878

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/28

Letters from William Jenkins, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill, to David Dale, Darlington, discussing the most economical route for iron shipments by rail from the river Tyne and the relative cost of importing through Tyne Dock and Albert Edward Dock, 25 April 1889 - 30 January 1890

(17 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/29(1)

Correspondence between Philipson, Cooper & Goodger, solicitors, 27 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; David Dale, Darlington and Hotel Mont Fleuri, Cannes, France; George Ainsworth, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill; C.W.C. Henderson, Watergate Buildings, Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne; George S. Gibb, 10 Granville Square, Scarborough, Yorkshire; A. Kaye Butterworth, North Eastern Railway, Solicitor's Office, York; Clayton & Gibson, solicitors, Newcastle upon Tyne, and William Logan, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., Langley Park, concerning the protracted negotiations with landowners for the purchase of property at Derwenthaugh and Redheugh, 26 April 1889 - 26 July 1900

(20 papers, 2 typescript, and 5 files)

Ref: D/Co 10/29(4)

Analysis of Garesfield and Chopwell cokes for the weeks ended 25 March 1899 - 21 April 1900

(1 paper, typescript)

Railways (Ref: D/Co 10/)Ref: D/Co 10/5(6)

Letters from C.I. Douglas to David Dale mentioning alterations to railway distances of iron ore from Tyne Dock to Consett, 8 and 10 January 1894

(2 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/8

Correspondence between George Forster, Consett Iron Works, Shotley Bridge; Thomas MacNay, Stockton and Darlington Railway, Secretary's Office, Darlington; Mounsey, Ianson & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, and J.W. Pease, Darlington, concerning an agreement relating to ironstone dues on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 2 September 1851 - 1 May 1852

(7 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/11

Letter from John Bound, North Eastern Railway, Engineer's Office, Newcastle upon Tyne, to Mounsey, Ianson & Co., Consett Iron Works, concerning the terms of haulage from Annfield Engine Bank Foot to Carr House, 18 March 1857

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/20(1)

Correspondence between Edward W. Lyall, civil engineer and surveyor, Darlington; David Dale, Darlington; Hodge and Westmacott, Union Chambers, Grainger Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; W.H. Hedley, Medomsley; chairman and directors of the North Eastern Railway Co., and William Jenkins, Consett Iron Works, concerning the proposed Whittonstall loop line, 6 December 1880 - 1 October 1881

(12 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/20(2)

Tables of gradients on the proposed Whittonstall line; gradients worked on other railways; radii of curves on the proposed loop line and distances over the existing and proposed routes, December 1880

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/20(3)

Schedule of land required for a proposed railway from a point near Westwood on the Consett branch line to a point near Riding Mill station on the Newcastle and Carlisle branch, December 1880

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/20(4)

Estimate of the cost of construction of an alternative route for the Whittonstall Loop Line, proposed by Mr. Hedley, from a point on the Consett Branch east of Ebchester Station to a point east of Riding Mill Station on the Newcastle and Carlisle Branch, April 1881

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/20(5)

Estimate of profit from constructing the Whittonstall Loop Line, and return on investment, n.d. [1881]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/20(6)

Statement of need for the Whittonstall Loop Line and reasons why the North Eastern Railway Co. should undertake the project, 28 July 1881

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/20(7)

Statement of the quantity of available coal of coking quality in royalties to be worked by collieries and winnings, which the Whittonstall loop line would serve and estimate of probable traffic, 28 July 1881

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/20(8)

Estimate of probable mineral traffic on the proposed loop line connecting the Consett branch near Hamsterley with the Carlisle branch near Riding Mill, together with plates from Consett Iron Works to Glasgow and general goods traffic, 26 September 1881

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/20(9)

Statement of the quantity of available coal of coking quality in royalties that would be accommodated by the proposed Whittonstall loop line, 26 September 1881

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/20(10)

Estimate of probable mineral traffic on the proposed Whittonstall Loop Line, connecting the Consett Branch near Hamsterley to the Carlisle Branch at Riding Mill, 26 September 1881

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/20(11)

Estimate of the cost of construction of the proposed loop line from the Consett branch east of Ebchester Station to the Newcastle and Carlisle branch east of Riding Mill Station, n.d. [1881]

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/21

Schedule of railways and wayleaves of Garesfield Colliery, detailing landowners, estate names, plan references, distances, rents, tenure type, agent's name and remarks, n.d. [1881]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/30

Bundle labelled 'Section 23: Chopwell Woods and proposed railway', comprising correspondence between David Dale, Hurstbourne Park, Whitchurch, Hampshire; Spencer W. Gore, 16 Whitehall Place, London, and W.H. Hedley, concerning negotiations for a grant of a wayleave through Chopwell Woods for the construction of a railway over which to transport coal, 3 October - 1 November 1890

(8 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/50

Copy letter from David Dale, Darlington, to G.S. Gibb, concerning negotiations for an abatement of the tariffs, which the North Eastern Railway Co. charges for the transfer by rail of iron ore from the docks, 15 April 1898

(2 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/56

Correspondence between Francis J.S. Hopwood, Board of Trade, London; G.S. Gibb, North Eastern Railway, 31 Great George Street, Westminster; Sir David Dale, West Lodge, Darlington; F. McKay, 2 Beaconsfield Terrace, Chopwell; George Ainsworth, Consett Iron Works, Consett; William Logan, Langley Park, Durham; F.O. Kirkup, Garesfield Colliery, Rowlands Gill, and Thomas Laycock, North Eastern Railway, Northern Division, Engineer's Office, Newcastle upon Tyne, concerning a proposal to create a railway station at Westwood Colliery, 5 July 1900 - 22 August 1905

(20 papers)

Furnaces and iron production (Ref: D/Co 10/)Ref: D/Co 10/1

Letters from J.C. Mounsey, Bishopwearmouth Ironworks, Sunderland; and from Thomas Wm. Parkin, Sunderland; to William Backhouse, Consett Ironworks, 17 December 1855 - 15 May 1857

(72 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/2

Letters from J.W. and Gurney Pease to David Dale, concerning ironstone penalties, 19 and 30 September 1868; note concerning ironstone penalties, 3 November 1866 and 1867; account of ironstone supplied to the Consett Iron Company by J. and J. W. Pease, 1858 - 1867

(5 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/3(1)

Report on the proposed blast furnace reconstruction by Thomas Whitwell, 5 December 1865

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/3(2)

'The Alteration and New Work to be done during 1869 at the Consett Iron Works', by Thomas Whitwell, 9 March 1869

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/3(3)

Report on the position of Consett Blast Furnaces, by Thomas Whitwell, Thornley Ironworks, Stockton, 13 January 1870

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/3(4)

Copy of W. Jenkins' report on the half year's transactions and blast furnace reconstruction, 9 January 1871

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/3(5)

Report by William Logan, Langley Park, as to whether it would be safe to erect blast furnaces on land recently acquired by the Consett Iron Company between Derwenthaugh and Dunston, 7 November 1899

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/3(6)

Letter from Frank C. Roberts and Co., to George Ainsworth, concerning the reconstruction of the blast furnaces, 23 January 1902

(1 file and 1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/3(7)

Report by George Ainsworth to the Directors of the Consett Iron Company concerning the proposals relating to the reconstruction of the blast furnace, 26 July 1902

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/5(4)

Letter from Joseph Richardson, South Stockton Iron Ship Yard to David Dale, Darlington refering to steel plates, 12 December 1879

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(4)

Report by W.M. Armstrong, Wingate Grange, to David Dale, on a scheme for a sinking fund for the ironworks, 4 June 1869

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(5)

Letter from Thomas Whitfield, Stockton, to David Dale, commending no. 6 furnace, 13 January 1870

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(6)

Copy correspondence between Richardson, Duck and Co., South Stockton Shipyard, and the Consett Iron Company, concerning the purchase of iron plates by the former, 4 November - 10 December 1879

(1 file)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(9)

List of the tonnage of plates sent to the Clyde district by rail direct, July 1880 - June 1881

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(20)

Letter from Robert Park, Consett Iron Works, to David Dale, concerning the sale of plates and angles and Neilson Bros. and Co., 9 February 1900

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/6(23)

List of cargoes received of Orconera Rubio iron ore, issued by the Dowlais Works, Dowlais, Glamorgan, Wales, June - September 1904

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/29(3)

Statement comparing the cost of production of Bessemer pig iron at the existing ironworks at Consett and the proposed new plant at Derwenthaugh, 24 February 1899

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/29(5)

Report of George Ainsworth, general works manager at Consett, to the chairman and directors of the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., on the land that would be required for suggested operations at Derwenthaugh, 29 April 1899

(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/29(6)

Statement showing the likely increase in profits by using coal and coke for plates at Derwenthaugh, n.d. [ c.1899]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/34(2)

Correspondence between George Ainsworth, Consett Iron Works; David Dale, Darlington; and Hugh Bell, Bell Brothers Ltd., Middlesbrough, concerning the 8-hour shift scheme proposed by blastfurnacemen, 19 May - December 1894

(18 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/34(3)

Schedule detailing the shifts worked by individual, named barrowmen, chargers and keepers; slaggers, stovemen and blast enginemen; gas boilermen and incline enginemen at Consett Iron Works furnaces, 1 - 14 May [1893]

(3 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/34(4)

Table of statistics relating to shifts worked by the regular hands at two furnaces at Clarence Iron Works, taken over 13 weeks, detailing description of work; amount earned, weekly average earnings, shifts worked and weekly average of shifts worked, n.d. [1894]

(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/39

Correspondence between Just Wright, manager, Norwegian Sinoe Trading Co., Christiana, Norway; Sir David Dale, Darlington; J.E. Stead, Borough Analyst, Laboratory and Assay Office, Middlesbrough; Edward P. Martin, Dowlais Iron Works, Dowlais, Glamorgan; J.W. Hodges, Consett Iron Co. Ltd., 19 Grey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne; George Todd, Darlington; William Rivett-Carnac, land agent, 76 - 77 Palace Chambers, Bridge Street, Westminster; and George Ainsworth, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill, concerning iron ore mines in Norway, 26 March 1896 - 10 May 1898

(24 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/42

Correspondence between A. Reichwald, Krupp & Co., Dashwood House, London; W.A. Hills, 6 Great Winchester Street, London; Sir David Dale, Darlington, and George Ainsworth, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill, concerning the potential of iron ore deposits found near Treguier, Brittany, France, 16 August - 4 November 1897

(13 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/43

Analysis of a sample of iron ore from Naeuerhaugen, from Messrs. Lorck & Co., Newcastle upon Tyne, 12 October 1897

(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/44

Correspondence between George Turnbull, 15 Old Jewry, London; Sir David Dale, Darlington; Joseph Robertson, and Edward Riley, Laboratory and Assay Office, 2 City Road, London, concerning the Imalaca Mines on the banks of the Orinoco river, Venezuela, 29 November 1897 - 31 March 1898

(18 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/49

Correspondence between George Ainsworth, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill; Sir David Dale, Darlington; A Butchart, Barrow Haematite Steel Co. Ltd., Barrow in Furness, Lancashire; Thomas Raison & Co., brokers, 117 - 118 Leadenhall Street, London; and George Whitehead, Bank Street Chambers, 23 Bank Street, Bradford, Yorkshire, concerning iron ore mines in Portugal, 13 April 1898 - 7 December 1899

(23 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/51

Report from George Ainsworth, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill, to Sir David Dale, Darlington, on his previous week's work, including production figures; an assessment of the value of Key's Norwegian mines, mines at Arendal offered by Mr. Rivett-Carnac and mines in Portugal offered by Thomas Raison & Co.; the trust deed of Consett Technical Institute and modifications to the engine at No. 2 Plate Mill, 25 April 1898

(4 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/52

Correspondence between Sir Matthew White Ridley, M.P., House of Commons, Westminster; Sir David Dale, 19 Dover Street, Piccadilly, Westminster; George Ainsworth, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill; David Evans, Middlesbrough, and Edward P. Martin, Dowlais Iron Works, Dowlais, Glamorgan; concerning the Home Secretary's consultation of steel makers about the advisability of introducing compulsory weighing of ingots during the steel-making process, 2 May - 6 July 1898

(8 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/54

Correspondence between George Ainsworth, general works manager, Consett Iron Works, Blackhill; Don J. Tomas Rementeria, 2 Calle de la Amistad, Bilbao, Spain, and Eugene Gutbrod, Bilbao, Spain, concerning an evaluation of the quality of the iron ore mines at Sierra Almagro, Spain, 27 December 1899 - 18 April 1905

(26 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/59

Report on the Cogne iron ore deposits, Val D'Aosta, Italy, by Herbert Kilburn Scott, n.d. [ c.1900]

(10 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/61

Report on the Waterson group of mines, consisting of the 'San Jose', 'San Miguel', 'Jesus Maria', the Waterson Mill and other properties, Ocampo, Chihuahua, Mexico, by S.G. Burn, Hotel Cecil, London, 3 January 1902

(1 booklet, printed)

Ref: D/Co 10/62

Correspondence between J. Morison Burnup, 77 Carlisle Mansions, Victoria Street, Westminster, and Sir David Dale, Darlington, concerning the Waterson group of iron ore mines, Mexico, 8 January - 22 March 1902

(5 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/63

Letter from William Doubleday, architect, 67 Colmore Row, Birmingham, to Sir David Dale, Darlington, concerning an option on an iron ore mine near Santander, Spain, 29 June 1903

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/64

Letter from Henry Louis, Grand Hotel, London, to Sir David Dale, West Lodge, Darlington, proposing a series of experiments to ascertain whether it is possible to reduce the wastage of ore from the Obregon Mines during the washing of the ore-clay, 13 April 1904

(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 10/67

Letter from David G. Pinkney & Co., steamship owners and brokers, 60 St. Mary Axe, London, to Sir David Dale, Darlington, offering an option on the ore from an Algerian mine operated by the Sadouna Iron Ore Co. Ltd., 6 July 1905

(1 paper, typescript)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Co 10/)Ref: D/Co 10/6(8)

Letter from Arthur Lewis, Darlington, to David Dale, including an extract from the Settled Estates Act 1877, which will affect Mr. Surtees' position, 23 August 1880

(2 papers)

Ref: D/Co 10/7

Draft letter from John Smith, Brooms, to the members of a local association [for the Prosecution of Felons], calling for the issue of a handbill offering a reward for information leading to the conviction of the thieves who stole a ewe and 3 geese from him, 1799 Endorsed: plan of a house and outbuildings next door to Pontop allotment and backing onto the foot road to Pontop, n.d. [1799] No scale

(1 paper)

Ref: D/Co 10/35

Schedule of grants made by the Consett Iron Co. Ltd., to schools in Medomsley, Leadgate, Consett, Benfieldside and Greencroft, for educational purposes, for the three years ended 31 December 1894

(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/Co section 02)Newspaper cuttings (Ref: D/Co 5/1-3)Ref: D/Co 5/1

Newspaper cuttings book, 17 July 1872 - 22 July 1903 [D/Co 123]

(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/Co 5/2

not transferred

Ref: D/Co 5/3

Newspaper cuttings book, submitted by Foster, Turner and Benson Limited, Financial Advertising Service, St. Alphage House, Fore Street, London, 31 March 1965 - 2 April 1965

(1 volume, paper bound)

Visitors' Books (Ref: D/Co 15/1-6)Ref: D/Co 15/1

Visitors' book, 29 January 1929 - 3 November 1982 Includes: at beginning, page reserved for members of the royal family [D/Co 119]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 15/2

Visitors' book for the Foundry Trades Exhibition, Royal Agricultural Hall, London, 10 June - 15 June 1929 [D/Co 120]

(1 volume, leather half-bound)

Ref: D/Co 15/3

Notice concerning the terms under which visitors are allowed into the works belonging to the Consett Iron Company Limited, n.d., c. 1930 Originally enclosed in D/Co 15/1

(1 paper, 29 cm. x 21.5 cm., printed)

Ref: D/Co 15/4

Circular letter, issued by the Consett Iron Company Limited, setting out the terms under which visitors are allowed to enter the works, 5 August 1959 Originally enclosed in D/Co 15/2

(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/Co 15/5

Blank card authorising a visitor to enter the works, n.d., c.1950 Originally enclosed in D/Co 15/2

(1card, 11.5 cm. x 9 cm., printed)

Ref: D/Co 15/6

Photograph of page showing the signatures of 'Alfonso', 'Northumberland', 'Miranda' and 'Londonderry', taken by Philipson and Son, Limited, 20, Oxford Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, official photographers to the N.E. Coast Exhibition, for the North-East Coast Exhibition, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, n.d. Originally enclosed in D/Co 15/2

(1 photograph, 15 cm. x 20 cm., black and white)