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Seaham Harbour Dock Company

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Covering Dates: 1820-1979

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Seaham Harbour Dock Company

Catalogue Description

Introduction

By the Seaham Harbour Dock Act, 1898, the Seaham Harbour Dock Company was incorporated for the purpose of acquiring, improving and working the existing harbour and docks at Seaham Harbour. Since 1831, when the Seaham Harbour Dock was opened, the dock was continuously used for the shipment of coal in considerable quantities. By the authority of the above Act and subsequent Acts (Seaham Harbour Dock Act 1908; Seaham Harbour Dock Act, 1917) the company became the owner of Seaham Harbour, certain docks, railways and other works at Seaham. The Londonderry Collieries Ltd. was incorporated on 31 May 1899 for the purpose of maintaining and improving any docks, wharves, staiths and shipping places relevant to the interests of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company. A list of directors and principal officers of the company is found at the beginning of each company report. An almost complete set of reports for the period 1899-1964 will be found at D/SHD 12-60.
The collection has been split into nine principal sections thus:
l) Foundation and Central Administration
2) Expansion of the company - building enterprizes
3) Finance
4) Property
5) Routine company administration
6) Shipping: tugs and lighthouses
7) The development of Seaham as a port
8) Plans
9) Miscellaneous

Catalogue Contents

Seaham Harbour Dock Company (Ref: D/SHD)FOUNDATION AND CENTRAL ADMINISTRATION (Ref: D/SHD 1-11)Ref: D/SHD 1

Queen's Printer's copy of the Seaham Harbour Dock Act, 1898 (61 & 62 Vict., c.ccxxxvii)

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 2

Copies of the prospectus of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company: preliminary, revised and final editions, January 1899 and 15 March 1899

(3 papers, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 3

18 February 1899 (1) The Most Hon. Charles Stewart, 6th Marquis of Londonderry, K.G., The Most Hon. Lawrence Dundas, Marquis of Zetland, Baron Dundas of Aske, The Right Hon. Horace Baron Farquhar, trustees of the will of Frances Anne Vane, Marchioness of Londonderry (2) Marquis of Zetland and Baron Farquhar, trustees of the re-settlement of 3 September 1878 of hereditaments in the parishes of Seaham and Dalton-le-Dale (3) The Marquis of Londonderry, tenant for life under the said will and re-settlement (4) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company Agreement and counterpart, supplemental to a principal agreement of 11 June 1899, whereby the price of shares and the allotment of shares to the above parties (1) - (3) is agreed upon

(2 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 4

Uncompleted application forms for ordinary shares and for preference shares in the Seaham Harbour Dock Company, March 1899

(3 papers, printed form)

Ref: D/SHD 5

Letter from R.W. Cuper, Grey Street, Newcastle, to D.N. Grimes, Seaham Harbour Dock Company, relating to agenda for a meeting, 21 August 1899

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 6

Agenda for the half yearly Ordinary General Meeting of the Company, 24 August 1899, includes note concerning the quantity of coal shipped and sold at Seaham, January - June 1898

(4 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 7

Report of the company directors to the half yearly Ordinary General Meeting of the company, 24 August 1899, includes letter to the company directors from P. Walter Meik, 16 Victoria Street, Westminster SW describing the progress which has been made by the contractors at the redevelopment of Seaham Harbour, 8 August 1899

(4 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 8

Certificate issued by Rev. Angus Bethune, J.P., Vicar of Seaham, certifying that the whole of the Share Capital of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company has been issued, accepted and paid up according to the terms of the Seaham Harbour Dock Act, 1898 and the Companies Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845, 30 December 1904; and certification by the Co. Secretary and Co. Director that the whole of the Share Capital has been paid up, 23 December 1904

(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 9

The Seaham Harbour Dock Act, 1908 (8 Edward VII): an act to enable the Seaham Harbour Dock Company to raise additional capital, and for other purposes

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 10

The Seaham Harbour Dock Act, 1917 (7 & 8 George V): an act to confer further powers on the Seaham Harbour Dock Company

(1 file, printed xerox copy)

Ref: D/SHD 11

Copies of the chairman's remarks at Annual Ordinary General Meetings of the Company, 29 February 1924 - 28 February 1941, 26 February 1947 - 25 February 1948; and draft Minutes and Agendas for Annual Ordinary General Meetings, 28 February 1941 - 25 February 1948; includes details of the test case in which the company took the Commissioners of the Inland Revenue to the Appeal Court and House of Lords on the liability of the company to Income Tax on Unemployment Grants, 26 February 1932

(103 papers, typescript)

Reports and accounts (Ref: D/SHD 12-60)Ref: D/SHD 12

Report and accounts for the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1899

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 13

Report and accounts for the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1900

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 14

Report and accounts for the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1901

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 15

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1902

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 16

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1903

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 17

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1904

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 18

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1905

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 19

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1906

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 20

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1907

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 21

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1908

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 22

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1909

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 23

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1910

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 24

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1911

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 25

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1914

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 26

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1915

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 27

Report and accounts of the company for the half-year ending 31 December 1916

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 28

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1917

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 29

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1932

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 30

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1933

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 31

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1934

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 32

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1936

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 33

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1937

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 34

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1938

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 35

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1939

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 36

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1940

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 37

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1941

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 38

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1942

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 39

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1943

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 40

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1944

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 41

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1945

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 42

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1946

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 43

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1947

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 44

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1948

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 45

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1949

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 46

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1950

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 47

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1951

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 48

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1952

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 49

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1953

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 50

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1954

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 51

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1955

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 52

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1956

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 53

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1957

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 54

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1958

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 55

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1959

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 56

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1960

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 57

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1961

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 58

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1962

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 59

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1963

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 60

Report and accounts of the company for the year ending 31 December 1964

(1 paper, printed)

THE EXPANSION OF THE COMPANY (Ref: D/SHD 61-75)Ref: D/SHD 61

Copy letter from W. Moffatt, Great North of Scotland Railway Company, Secretary & General Manager's Office, Aberdeen, to Messrs. Cooper & Goodger, Grey Street, Newcastle, relating to the probable revenue and expenditure of Seaham Harbour when enlarged as proposed by the bill presently in parliament, 7 March 1898

(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 62

10 March 1899 (1) S. Pearson & Son Ltd., 10 Victoria Street, Westminster (2) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company Agreement for the conditions of contract for the structural expansion of Seaham Harbour Dock, and schedule, abbreviated specification, referred to in the foregoing contract

(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: D/SHD 63

Circular letter from D.N. Grimes, Secretary of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company, detailing the present structural developments at the harbour and dock and the intention to hold an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders for the purpose of creating proposed debenture stock, 3 August 1904

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 64

Copy correspondence from J. Mitchell Moncrieff, 33 Old Jewry, London EC2, to the Directors of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company concerning proposed improvements at Seaham Harbour, 26 April 1920

(11 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 65

Instructions in respect of a Special Meeting of the Company to which a Bill presently before Parliament must be submitted, 1923

(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 66

Petition of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company for leave to deposit petition for bill in the House of Commons to empower the company to construct a dock extension and other works to confer upon the Company additional borrowing powers and for the other purposes, session 1923 (see Local and Personal Statutes [13 & 14 George 5] Seaham Harbour Dock [Ch.lxxxiv] Act, 1923)

(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 67

Amended form of tender completed by Edmund Nuttall, Sons & Co. Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester, for the works required for the strengthening of the timber staiths at the South Dock, Seaham Harbour, scheme no. l, middle berth, and unexecuted schedule of quantities and rates to be tendered for undertaking the above construction, July - August 1923

(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 68

Form of tender completed by Edmund Nuttall, Sons & Co. Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester, for the works required at the new staiths (west), approach works and contingent works at the Castlereagh Extension of the South Dock at Seaham Harbour and schedule of quantities and rates tendered by the above company to undertake the construction of staiths trestles in re-inforced concrete, April 1924

(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: D/SHD 69

Specification and Conditions of Contract for the new staiths (west), approach works and contingent works at the Castlereagh extension of the South Dock at Seaham Harbour to be built for the Seaham Harbour Dock Company, prepared by J. Mitchell, Moncrieff & Partners, Chartered Civil Engineers, Westerminster and Newcastle, April 1924

(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: D/SHD 70

Correspondence from the Mercantile Marine Department, Board of Trade, 3 Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London SW1 to the Company Secretary enquiring about the construction plans for the South Dock Extension and subsequent notification that the Board of Trade's consent is not required for work undertaken within a locked area, 3 and 10 September 1924

(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 71

Interim report by J. Mitchell, Moncrieff, M.Inst.C.E. Chartered Civil Engineer, Westminster and Newcastle, to the directors of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company concerning damage to the North Pier at Seaham Harbour, 30 September 1925; includes coloured plan to accompany report showing sections of the pier under various conditions and aerial aspect of the pier showing places where damage has occurred

(1 file, typescript; 1 plan)

Ref: D/SHD 72

Form of tender completed by Edmund Nuttall, Sons and Co. Ltd., Trafford Park, Manchester, for the works required in repairing the damage to the north pier at Seaham Harbour and schedule of quantities and rates tendered by the above company to undertake the construction, January 1926

(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 73

Correspondence between the Seaham Harbour Dock Company, and John W. Goldson, Chartered Civil Engineer, 30 Town Wall, Hartlepool, concerning the proposed new staith at the east side of the Castlereagh Extension of Seaham Harbour Dock, 1936-39; includes one printed copy of the Specification and Conditions of Contract for the new east staith and approach works at the Castlereagh Extension of the south dock at Seaham Harbour prepared by John W. Goldson, June 1937; includes plan of the proposed emergency track at the new coal staiths, Seaham Harbour, November 1938; includes plan of the proposed new staith at the Castlereagh Extension to accompany report of 5 December 1936 prepared by Goldson, Scale: 100 feet to 1 inch [52 cm. x 35 cm., coloured]

(60 papers; 1 volume, card bound; 3 plans)

Ref: D/SHD 74

Form of tender completed by Purdie, Lumsden and Co. Ltd., Newcastle, for the works required in the construction of a coal staith and approach works at the east side of the Castlereagh Extension of the South Dock, Seaham Harbour and schedule of quantities and rates tendered by the above company to undertake the construction, June 1937

(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/SHD 75

Correspondence between Messrs. T.F. Burns and Partners, Chartered Civil and Structural Engineers, Newcastle and W.F. Smith, Secretary, The Seaham Harbour Dock Company, concerning plans for the reconstruction of Seaham Harbour Dock entrance and the appointment of Burns & Partners as Consulting Engineers to the company, 12 March - 3 April 1964; one copy of "The Association of Consulting Engineers: Conditions of Engagement and Scales of Fees", 1 March 1963

(8 papers, typescript; 1 volume, card bound)

The gates at the south dock entrance (Ref: D/SHD 76-82)Ref: D/SHD 76

Copy letter from John Adamson, Harbour Master at Seaham Harbour, to D.N. Grimes, Esq., Company Secretary, providing a report on the accident to the South Dock gates on 10 November 1919, includes notes recording tide levels in the south docks and weather conditions on 10 November 1919, 20 January 1920

(4 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 77

Notes, sketch plans, correspondence, blueprints, diagrams, statistics, measurements and accounts relating to repairs at the South Dock entrance and gates, and related construction undertakings at Seaham Harbour, 1920-22, 1933, 1936 and 1944

(124 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 78

Statement by John Adamson, Harbour Master at Seaham Harbour, concerning the damage to/disappearance of the outer/storm gates and inner gates at the South Dock of Seaham Harbour as a result of a storm and damage to the M/V Knuthenborg and the S.S. Eva on 9/10 November 1919, 21 April 1921

(5 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 79

Correspondence from J. Mitchell, Moncrieff & Partners, Civil Engineers, London and Newcastle, to the directors of the company concerning the South Dock Entrance and Gates and cliff erosion at Seaham Harbour, 20 June 1921

(7 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 80

Notes concerning the new steel gates at the South Dock entrance to the harbour: quantities required, measurements, expenses, summary and details, 1921 - 1922

(44 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 81

Letter from J. Mitchell Moncrieff & Partners, Civil Engineers, London and Newcastle to the Secretary of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company concerning the repair of the South Dock Entrance at Seaham Harbour enclosing further related correspondence and summary of the proposed allocation of Expenditure to Capital and Revenue, 9 January 1922

(9 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 82

Correspondence between The Seaham Harbour Dock Company and John W. Goldson, Chartered Civil Engineer, 30 Town Wall, Hartlepool, and others relating to the construction of new steel gates at the South Dock entrance of Seaham Harbour, 1933 - 1938; includes reports by Goldson as to the condition of Seaham Harbour and docks over the preceeding six months particularly drawing attention to the increasingly dilapidated condition of the South Dock gates, 20 January and 15 August 1933; includes one copy of the specification and conditions of contract for the erection of the new steel gates, April 1936

(133 papers, typescript)

FINANCE (Ref: D/SHD 83-109)Ref: D/SHD 83

Seaham Harbour Dock Company general ledger, 1898 - 1908

(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/SHD 84

Seaham Harbour Dock Company general ledger: impersonal accounts, 1908 - 1930

(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/SHD 85

Seaham Harbour Dock Company general ledger: impersonal accounts, 1931 - 1958

(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/SHD 86

Seaham Harbour Dock Company journal, 1898-1919

(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/SHD 87

Seaham Harbour Dock Company journal, 1919 - 1937

(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/SHD 88

Seaham Harbour Dock Company journal, 1937 - 1955

(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/SHD 89

The Seaham Harbour Dock Company statement of accounts to 30 June 1899

(10 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 90

Certificate issued by the Assistant Secretary of the Board of Trade with respect to the payment of interest and of capital, 17 August 1899

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 91

1 April 1903 Award of Messrs. Joseph Potts and Septimus Hutton Hedley, Surveyors and Valuers, John Street, Sunderland (supplemental to an agreement of 1 February 1902 between (1) The Most Hon. Charles Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry, K.G., and The Hon. Charles Henry Stewart Vane-Tempest-Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh and (2) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company) determining that an amount to be paid to (1) by (2) is to be £5,000 under terms of the above agreement

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 92

Correspondence between the Seaham Harbour Dock Company, Barclay and Co. Ltd., Bank, Newcastle and Cooper & Goodger, Solicitors, Newcastle, concerning the loan by the bank of £50,000 for the company to undertake necessary works of improvement and extension at Seaham Harbour until further enabling legislation is passed to allow the company to make a further issue of capital, 19 July 1907 - 26 August 1913 and 15 December 1917

(21 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 93

Correspondence between the Inland Revenue, Somerset House, and the Seaham Harbour Dock Company concerning the duty paid on authorized share capital of £540,000, and official receipts for same, 17 November 1908 - 10 June 1926

(8 papers, typescript and printed form)

Ref: D/SHD 94

Receipt for £1,000 deposited with the Seaham Harbour Dock Company by Lt. Col. Sir Fitz Roy Augustus Talbot Clayton, 10 February 1910; memorandum relating to same, 16 February 1916; letter from Atkey & Son, solicitors, Piccadilly, W1 to Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour, concerning the company's repayment of the above sum to the executors of Sir Fitz Roy Clayton, 4 March 1920

(3 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 95

Correspondence between Barclays Bank, Newcastle and Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour and the company secretary concerning the purchase by the company of 5% War Loan bonds at cost of £20,000, 26 June 1928, 4 and 20 July 1932

(3 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 96

(5 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 97

Printed copy of appeal in the House of Lords from His Majesty's Court of Appeal (England) between Walter Frank Crook, H.M. Inspector of Taxes, and the Seaham Harbour Dock Company - Petition of appeal, Appellant's Case, Respondent's Case and Appendix, 1930

(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/SHD 98

Correspondence between Barclays Bank, Newcastle, Boys-Stones, Simpson & Spencer, stock and share brokers, Newcastle, Trade Facilities Act, Advisory Committee, Treasury Chambers, Whitehall SWl and Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour concerning the purchase by the company of 4% Consolidated Loan Bearer Bonds at cost of £5,200, 26 May - 4 June 1931

(8 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 99

Correspondence between Barclays Bank, Newcastle, Boys-Stones, Simpson & Spencer, stock and share brokers, Newcastle and Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour concerning the purchase by the company of 5% War Loan Registered Stock at cost of £10,000, 27 May - 24 June 1932

(6 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 100

Copy of case for the Opinion of Counsel and the Opinion of Mr. W.E. Tyldesley Jones, Lincoln's Inn, concerning allowances received by the company for derating, 26 January 1933

(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 101

Correspondence between Barclays Bank, Newcastle, Boys-Stones, Simpson & Spencer, stock and share brokers, Newcastle, and Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour and the Secretary of the company concerning the purchase by the company of 3.5% War Loan Bearer Bonds at cost of £10,000, 3 November - 13 December 1933

(13 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 102

Correspondence between Barclays Bank, Newcastle, Boys-Stones, Simpson & Spencer, stock and share brokers, Newcastle and Thomas Turner, Seaham Harbour Dock Company and Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour concerning the purchase by the company of 3.5% War Loan Bearer Bonds at cost of £15,000, 1 February - 1 March 1934

(15 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 103

Correspondence between Barclays Bank, Newcastle, Boys-Stones, Simpson & Spencer, stock and share brokers, Newcastle, and The Secretary, Seaham Harbour Dock Company and Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour concerning the purchase by the company of 3.5% War Loan Bearer Bonds at cost of £10,000, 2 - 28 September 1935

(9 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 104

Correspondence between Barclays Bank, Newcastle, Boys-Stones, Simpson & Spencer, stock and share brokers, Newcastle, and Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour, and between The Assistant Secretary of the company and J.H.B. Forster, Whitworth House, Spennymoor, company director, concerning the sale of the company's £50,000 worth of 3.5% War Loan Bearer Bonds and the purchase of Conversion and Funding Loan Bearer Bonds in their stead, 29 January - 2 February 1937 and 30 August 1940

(12 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 105

Correspondence and memorandum to the Secretary and the Registrar of the company from various correspondents concerning instructions for the payment of dividends, 1938 - 1965

(214 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 106

Notice, prospectus and information concerning the purchase of 3% Defence Bonds, 1941 and 1951

(4 papers, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 107

Correspondence from the Seaham Harbour (Londonderry) Permanent Building Society to the Secretary of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company concerning the interest on Realized Preferential Shares, 1 April 1952 and 28 March 1963

(2 papers, typescript and printed)

Ref: D/SHD 108

Correspondence between The Seaham Harbour Dock Company and Herbert Oppenheimer, Nathan & Vandyk, Solicitors, 20 Copthall Avenue, London Wall, London EC2 concerning the assignment to Sir W.H. Peat and others of a £40,000 loan owed by the company to the Londonderry Collieries Ltd. (in Voluntary Liquidation), and copy of the formal notice relating to same, 12 - 13 January 1955

(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 109

29 July 1971 (1) Henry Peat, D.F.C., F.C.A., 11 Ironmonger Lane, City of London, The Right Hon. Roger Carol Michael, Baron Nathan of 20 Copthall Avenue, London Wall, City of London, The Most Hon. Alexander Charles Robert Vane Tempest Stewart, Marquess of Londonderry, Wynyard, Charles Robert Muir, 3 Queen Victoria Street, City of London (2) The Dundee, Perth and London Shipping Co. Ltd., 26 East Dock Street, Dundee Copy deed of assignment of loan from (1) to (2) for sum of £40,000 owed by the Seaham Harbour Dock Company to (1) as trustees of the settlement known as the Londonderry Colliery Share Settlement; correspondence between Barclays Bank Ltd., Seaham Branch, Ince & Co., Solicitors, London, and the Chairman and Secretary of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company concerning the purchase of the above loan, and its subsequent assignment by (2) above to Gordon Investments Ltd., Douglas, Isle of Man on 19 May 1972 and subsequently to Barclays Bank on 14 June 1972

(11 papers, typescript)

The dispute between The Seaham Harbour Dock Company and Robert Candlish & Son Ltd. (Ref: D/SHD 110-118)Ref: D/SHD 110

Notice from the Seaham Harbour Dock Company to Robert Candlish & Son Ltd., requiring revision of dues and charges payable under a lease dated 1 January 1896, 27 April 1899

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 111

Notice from the Marquis of Londonderry, K.G., to Robert Candlish & Son Ltd., requiring revision of dues and charges payable under a lease dated 1 January 1896, 28 April 1899

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 112

Notice from the Seaham Harbour Dock Company to Robert Candlish & Son Ltd., to the effect that Mr. A.E. Ballan, Resident Manager of the Docks of the North Eastern Railway Co. at West Hartlepool, is to be an arbitrator in the case where Candlish & Son are unwilling to agree to a revision of dues and charges payable under a lease of 1 January 1896 and further requiring Candlish & Son to appoint an arbitrator on their own behalf, 17 April 1901

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 113

Notice from the Marquis of Londondery to Robert Candlish & Son Ltd., to the effect that Mr. A.E. Ballan, Resident Manager of the North Eastern Railway Co. at West Hartlepool is to be an arbitrator in the case where Candlish & Son are unwilling to agree to a revision of dues and charges payable under a lease of 1 January 1896 and further requiring Candlish & Son to appoint an arbitrator on their own behalf, 17 April 1901

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 114

Copy notice from Robert Candlish & Son Ltd. to the Marquis of Londonderry informing him that Candlish & Son have now appointed Mr. Robert Robinson of Waterloo Lodge, Bramley, near Leeds, as Arbitrator in the case above described, 1 May 1901

(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 115

Copy notice from Robert Candlish & Son Ltd. to the Seaham Harbour Dock Company informing the company that Candlish & Son have now appointed Mr. Robert Robinson of Waterloo Lodge, Bramley, near Leeds as Arbitrator in the case above described, 1 May 1901

(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 116

The Seaham Harbour Dock Company v R. Candlish & Son Ltd. - Case for the Opinion of Counsel: in which Candlish & Son are unwilling for a revision of dues and charges payable under a lease of 1 January 1896, n.d. [c.1901]

(7 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 117

The arbitration award (reciting history of the dispute hitherto) by A.E. Ballan and Robert Robinson, arbitrators, to the effect that the Dues and Charges mentioned in the lease of 1 January 1896 shall be increased to the extent of a 10% all round increase effective from 1 May 1900 - 30 April 1907, 9 January 1902

(4 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 118

17 June 1904 (1) Robert Candlish & Son Ltd. (2) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company Agreement (supplemental to section 17 of The Seaham Harbour Dock Act 1898 and an agreement of even date between (1) and the Marquis of Londonderry) whereby the obligations of the Company under section 17 of the above Act shall apply to any works of the Candlish Co. for the time being; and the agreement between (1) and the Marquis of Londonderry shall not prejudice the existing obligations of the dock company, and other minor conditions here specified; annexed plan

(1 file)

The Treasury Loan (Ref: D/SHD 119-133)Ref: D/SHD 119

10 November 1924 (1) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company (2) The Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury Agreement whereby (2) agrees to guarantee the payment of the principal and interest of a loan of £75,000 to enable (1) to carry out a programme of extension and improvement at the docks.

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 120

10 November 1924 (1) The Londonderry Collieries Ltd. (2) The Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury Copy agreement whereby (2), having agreed to guarantee the payment of the principal and interest of a loan pursuant to the provisions of the Seaham Act, loans to (1) £25,000 to the use of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company for the improvement of Seaham Harbour for a period of 9 years with conditions as specified

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 121

Stock certificate of the company: certification that the solicitor for the affairs of H.M. Treasury is the proprietor of £75,000 worth of the company's debenture stock. Signed by the Marquis of Londonderry and Malcolm Dillon, Company Directors, 2 December 1924; endorsed by Lewis Lloyd, Assistant Treasury Solicitor, that all claims by the Treasury under the within Stock Certificate are satisfied in full, 25 February 1935

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 122

4 December 1924 (1) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company (2) The Solicitors of the affairs of His Majesty's Treasury Loan Instrument whereby (1) covenants with (2) to pay (2) by instalments and on the dates here specified the sum of £75,000 lent to (1) by (2) on security of £75,000 of Debenture Stock of (1) issued to (2); endorsed by (2) that the above loan of £75,000 with interest is repaid and all further claims against (1) are now extinguished, 25 February 1935

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 123

4 December 1924 (1) The Londonderry Collieries Ltd. (2) The Solicitors for the Affairs of His Majesty's Treasury Copy agreement (supplemental to "The Treasury Agreement" of 10 November 1924) whereby (1), in consideration of the advance of £25,000 to (1) by (2), covenants with (2) to repay (2) the above sum on 30 May 1925 unless certain clauses herein stipulated are fulfilled

(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 124

27 January 1925 (1) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company (2) The Solicitor of the affairs of His Majesty's Treasury Agreement and counterpart (supplemental to a Principal Agreement of 4 December 1924) modifying the terms of repayment of a loan of £75,000 agreed upon in the Principal Agreement; one copy endorsed by (2) that the above principal money, interest and other moneys secured by the above agreement are repaid and all further claims against (1) are now extinguished, 31 December 1934

(2 papers, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 125

Correspondence from Messrs. Cooper & Jackson, Solicitors, Market Street, Newcastle, to Thomas Turner, Esq., Seaham Harbour Dock Company, returning documents relating to the loan made by the Treasury to the Company and the Londonderry Collieries Ltd., 3 February 1925

(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 126

Correspondence between the Company Secretary, Seaham Harbour Dock Company, J. Mitchell Moncrieff & Partners, Chartered Civil Engineers, London and Newcastle and Messrs. Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co., London EC2, concerning the funding of a loan by the Treasury for the Castlereagh Extensions at Seaham Harbour, 16 February 1925 - 9 February 1929; includes set of reports with related correspondence prepared by Messrs. Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co. to the Commissioners of H.M. Treasury on the audit of the company's balance sheet at 31 December each year, 1924 - 1928

(2 files, 28 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 127

Copy resolution of the Directors of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company passed on 27 December 1934 authorising the carrying out by the Company of the conversion and repayment of the present Treasury Loan and the raising of a new loan guaranteed by the Treasury for £68,180, the balance outstanding of the present loan to be secured by issue to the lenders of a corresponding amount of Debenture Stock of the Company

(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 128

28 December 1934 (1) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company (2) The Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury Agreement whereby (2) agrees to guarantee the payment of the principal and interest of a Conversion Loan of £68,180 about to be raised by (1)

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 129

31 December 1934 (1) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company (2) Kenneth Oswald Peppiatt and Harold Batten Coulthard Yeomans, Stockholders Loan instrument whereby (1) covenants with (2) to pay to (2) by instalments the sum of £68,180 lent to (1) by (2) on security of £68,180 of Debenture Stock of (1) issued to (2) as stipulated in previous Treasury Agreement; endorsed by (2) above that all monies secured by the above agreement are paid and all further claims against (1) are now extinguished, 13 December 1944

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 130

Treasury minute issued by the Lords of the Treasury giving their guarantee for the payment of interest at the rate of 3% p.a. on the sum of £68,180 and for the repayment of the sum on the due dates by the Seaham Harbour Dock Company as laid down by the terms of the Finance Act 1934 (24 and 25 Geo. V c.32) signed by Austin Hudson and A. Lambert Ward, two of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, 31 December 1934

(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 131

Correspondence, telegrams, memoranda between Malcolm Dillon, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour, The Trade Facilities Act Advisory Committee, Whitehall, Linklaters & Paines, Solicitors, 2 Bond Court, Walbrook, London EC4, and others relating to the loan from the Treasury to the company and the subsequent discharge of same; includes counterparts of the agreement and loan instrument enacting the above transaction, and cancelled stock certificates, 1934-35

(60 papers, 2 files)

Ref: D/SHD 132

Cancelled stock certificate of the company: certification that Edward Holland-Martin, Charles Jocelyn Hambro, Augustus Merrifield Walker and Kenneth Oswald Peppiatt, all of the Bank of England, are proprietors of £61,360 worth of the company's debenture stock. Signed by Malcolm Dillon and Sir Walter Raine, Company Directors, 26 June 1936

(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: D/SHD 133

Correspondence between the Assistant Secretary of the company and The Chief Cashier, Bank of England, London EC2, concerning the final instalment of the loan from the Bank of England to the company for works carried out at the South Dock Extension at Seaham Harbour and the cancellation of documents relating to the above loan, includes Schedule of Documents relating to the "Treasury Loan" returned from the bank to the company, 14 October - 15 December 1944

(8 papers, typescript)

PROPERTY (Ref: D/SHD 134-141)Ref: D/SHD 134

27 November 1906 (1) The Most Hon. Charles Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry, K.G., and the Hon. Charles Henry Vane Tempest Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh (2) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company Typescript xerox copy of Conveyance and Appointment of hereditaments at or near Seaham Harbour amounting to 15a.1r.35p. Rent: £175 15s. p.a.

(4 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 135

Correspondence from the Clerk of Seaham Harbour U.D.C. to D.N. Grimes, Esq., company secretary, concerning the purchase by the council of wooden stables on the company's yard in Foundry Road, Seaham and the payment of rent, 8 November 1920 and 10 October 1922

(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 136

10 December 1924 (1) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company (2) John William Stuart, Zetland Hotel, Seaham Harbour, licensed victualler Counterpart lease for 40 years from (1) to (2) for a plot of ground and premises at South Crescent, Seaham Harbour, as delineated in attached plan. Rent: £5 p.a. And correspondence and memoranda between Longden, Mann & Wright, solicitors, Seaham, and W.F. Smith, Esq., Company secretary, concerning the assignment of the above lease to Messrs. William Tomlin & Son Ltd., April 1950 and October 1958, and sketch plans of the area

(1 file, typescript; 4 papers, typescript; 3 plans)

Ref: D/SHD 137

23 May 1935 (1) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company (2) Coal and Allied Industries Limited, 14 Leadenhall Street, City of London Lease for 89 years by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land, 100 feet square, near the South Dock, Seaham Harbour, as delineated in annexed plan with agreement for easements as specified Rent: 2s. for 5 years, thereafter £2 p.a.

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 138

17 July 1940 (1) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company (2) The Urban District Council of Seaham Counterpart conveyance from (1) to (2) of two pieces of land in Seaham Harbour as specified in annexed plan Consideration: £125

(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 139

28 January 1963 (1) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company (2) William Pepper & Company Limited, Bowcliffe Hall, Bramham, Boston Spa, Yorkshire Lease for 2 years and annually renewable thereafter for a plot of land, approx. 5,500 square feet, at Seaham Harbour as delineated in annexed plan for use as a coal stocking and blending site Rent: £120 p.a.

(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 140

2 August 1963 (1) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company (2) James Salkeld Hudspith, 7A Albert Street, Seaham Lease for 5 years and annually renewable thereafter by (1) to (2) for a plot of land, approx. 6,000 square feet, at Foundry Road, Seaham Harbour, for use as a builders yard Rent: £50 p.a.

(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 141

Correspondence between Longden, Mann & Wright, solicitors, Seaham, Messrs. William Tomlin & Son, South Crescent, Seaham Harbour and the Seaham Harbour Dock Company concerning the payment by Tomlin & Son of land rent for rented property at South Crescent and the subsequent collapse of Tomlin & Son, 5 April 1978 - 14 September 1979

(17 papers, typescript)

Attested copies of releases relating to property at Seaham Harbour (Ref: D/SHD 142-145)Ref: D/SHD 142

8 June 1898 (1) Messrs. Charles Thorold Fane and George Gunning, 1 Fleet Street, London, bankers (2) The Most Hon. Charles Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry, K.G. Attested copy of release (supplemental to an agreement of 18 July 1889 and memorandum of 1 May 1896) of life interest in Seaham Harbour and hereditaments from mortgage securities

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 143

13 June 1898 (1) The Most Hon. Mary Cornelia, Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry and The Most Hon. Charles Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry, K.G. (2) The Marquis of Londonderry (3) The Most Hon. Lawrence Dundas, Marquis of Zetland and The Right Hon. Horace Brand Townsend, Baron Farquhar as Trustees of the Resettlement of the Vane Tempest Settled Estate Attested copy of release (supplemental to an agreement of 29 February 1892) of Seaham Harbour and hereditaments from charge thereon

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 144

15 June 1898 (1) The London Assurance Corporation, 7 Royal Exchange, City of London (2) The Most Hon. Charles Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry, K.G. Attested copy of release (supplemental to two indentures of 1 March 1895 and 24 April 1896) of mortgages of life interest in certain property at Seaham Harbour

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 145

5 August 1898 (1) Economic Life Assurance Company (2) The Most Hon. Charles Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry, K.G. (3) The Most Hon. Lawrence Dundas, Marquis of Zetland and The Right Hon. Horace Brand Townsend, Baron Farquhar Attested copy of release (supplemental to an indenture of 27 November 1897) of Seaham Harbour and hereditaments from mortgage securities

(1 paper)

The Londonderry (Seaham to Sunderland) Railway (Ref: D/SHD 146-150)Ref: D/SHD 146

10 August 1898 (1) Vincent Charles Stuart Wortley Corbett of Chilton Moor, Fence Houses, Co. Durham acting for the Owners of the Londonderry (Seaham to Sunderland) Railway (2) The River Wear Commissioners (3) North Eastern Railway Company Copy agreement whereby (1) permits (3) to make and maintain a junction on the railway belonging to (1) to allow the shipment of coal etc. at the docks belonging to (2) and for (1) to have the right to require (3) to construct at (1)'s expense a junction on the N.E.R., with further rights granted to (1) until such time as the completion and opening for traffic of the works authorised by the Seaham Harbour Dock Bill now before Parliament. With further entitlements to (1) and (3) as here specified. Plan attached Considerations: (3) to pay (1) £150 p.a.; (1) to pay (3) £75 p.a.

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 147

21 May 1900 (1) The Most Hon. Charles Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry (2) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company (3) The North Eastern Railway Company Agreement whereby (1) sells to (3) the railway undertaking of the Marquis and his trustees called the Londonderry (Seaham to Sunderland) Railway as comprised in and regulated by the Londonderry (Seaham to Sunderland) Railway Act, 1863, with certain rights to use railways belonging to (1) and (2). Recites summary details of Bill presently being promoted in Parliament by (3) concerning the construction of railways around the region of Seaham Harbour - Hartlepool Consideration: £400,000

(1 file, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 148

21 May 1900 (1) The Easington Coal Company Ltd. (2) Seaham Harbour Dock Company (3) The North Eastern Railway Agreement whereby (1) will, for a term of 20 years, send for shipment either at the docks of (2) or at the docks presently managed by the River Wear Commissioners at Sunderland not less than two thirds of the entire quantity of coal or coke produced by (1) as their Easington Colliery; also the rates charged by (3) for the conveyance of coals or coke from Easington Colliery to the docks of (2) shall be less than those charged by (3) for the similar conveyance of coals for shipment at the docks of the River Wear Commissioners. Recites in summary the agreement between the Marquis of Londonderry with (1) and (2) for the construction of a railway between Easington Colliery and Seaham Harbour, and other clauses relating thereto

(1 file, 3 applied seals)

Ref: D/SHD 149

21 May 1900 (1) The North Eastern Railway Company (2) The Most Hon. Charles Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry (3) The Londonderry Collieries Ltd. Copy agreement (supplemental to an agreement of even date) whereby (1) will convey in wagons provided by (3) all coal and coke sent by (3) from any part of the collieries here specified for shipment at Sunderland or Seaham Harbour at rates here specified

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 150

15 January 1903 (1) The North Eastern Railway Company (2) The Londonderry Collieries Ltd. Copy agreement (supplemental to an agreement of 21 May 1900) altering sub-clause C of clause 1 of the above agreement regarding the rates to be charged by (1) for the service of conveying coals and coke in wagons provided by (2) from Silksworth Colliery to the places of destination here specified

(1 paper, printed)

The National Coal Board (Ref: D/SHD 151-154)Ref: D/SHD 151

24 April 1953 (1) The National Coal Board (2) Seaham Harbour Dock Company Copy agreement whereby (1) will not work or authorise the working of coal described in the schedule hereto vested in (1) and contained in the Five Quarter Seam lying under specified land and for the support of land by (1) for (2) at Seaham Harbour Consideration: £54,965 to be repaid to (1) as here specified

(5 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 152

Correspondence between Messrs. Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co., Chartered Accountants, London EC2, The Secretary of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company, Messrs. Cooper & Jackson, Solicitors, Market Street, Newcastle, concerning the company's contention of the Local Inspector of Taxes' view that payments made by the company to the N.C.B. were capital and not allowable as a charge against profits, 28 January - 30 May 1957 and 27 September 1962; includes notes prepared by Messrs. Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co. for the assistance of the solicitors in the preparation of a case for Counsel to advise: gives full details of the history of the company's negotiations with the N.C.B., 1950 - date, for the working of coal adjacent to the company's land and harbour, 1957

(12 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 153

Correspondence between Anthony Weigall, Messrs. Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co., London EC2 and W.F. Smith, Secretary, Seaham Harbour Dock Company, concerning documents relating to the repayment of money to the N.C.B., 11 - 20 December 1962

(4 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 154

Correspondence between Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths & Co., Chartered Accountants, Market Street, Newcastle and the Secretary of the company concerning the taxation position of certain payments made by the company to the N.C.B. in respect of undersea coal, 22 - 23 September 1964; includes copy of Opinion given by Mr. Philip Shelbourne in 1957 that payments made by the company to the N.C.B. were capital and not allowable as a charge against profits

(9 papers, typescript)

Messrs. Crompton & Harrison Ltd. (Ref: D/SHD 155-157)Ref: D/SHD 155

27 September 1956 (1) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company (2) Crompton & Harrison Ltd., Crown Works, Dene House Road, Seaham Lease for 20 years from 1 October 1952 for a piece of land on the East Wall of quay of the South Dock at Seaham measuring 60' x 30' as shown in annexed plan; with further rights to affix an advertising board on the North Wall of the South Dock Rent: £12 p.a. Note Surrender, dated 23 November 1961, of above lease on dorse for consideration of £75

(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 156

Correspondence and memoranda between The Seaham Harbour Dock Company and Messrs. Longden, Mann and Wright, Solicitors, Tempest Road, Seaham, concerning the above lease and its surrender, 6 January 1960 - 6 January 1962

(6 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 157

23 November 1961 (1) Crompton & Harrison Ltd., Crown Works, Dene House Road, Seaham (2) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company Surrender of a lease of the buildings at the North Dock, Seaham, known as the Old Seamen's Mission, Seaham Consideration: £125

(1 paper, typescript)

ROUTINE COMPANY ADMINISTRATION (Ref: D/SHD 158-167)Ref: D/SHD 158

Letter from W.O. Wood, South Hetton Coal Company Ltd., South Hetton to D.N. Grimes, The Seaham Harbour Dock Company, concerning the principle of liability for accidents in dealing with South Hetton traffic at Seaham Harbour Docks, 13 May 1907

(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 159

Copy of Case for the Opinion of Counsel in dispute between the company and the South Hetton Coal Company concerning the coal company's intermittent use of Seaham Harbour Dock and the effect this has on the regular shipments made by the Londonderry Collieries Ltd., and the Opinion of Mr. W.E. Tyldesley Jones, K.C., Lincoln's Inn, concerning this case, 12 November 1923

(4 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 160

24 March 1930 (1) Seaham Harbour Dock Company (2) Robert Reed, 8 Alfred Street, Seaham Harbour Agreement whereby (1) pays to (2) £50 compensation under the Workmens' Compensation Acts upon the death of (2)'s son while working as an employee of (1), with correspondence relating thereto

(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 161

Correspondence from John W. Goldson, Engineer, Hartlepool Port & Harbour Commission, 30 Town Wall, Hartlepool, to Thomas Turner, Company Secretary of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company enclosing a report and correspondence from the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty concerning a submereged rock at Seaham Harbour, 1 July 1931

(3 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 162

Memorandum concerning Mr. R.W. Cooper's Opinion on the use of the company seal, 7 June 1932

(1 paper, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 163

Lists of fire insurances and other risks effected on the Company's properties as at 31 December 1940; and particulars, description, age and value of locomotives belonging to the company, n.d. [c.1940]

(7 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 164

Correspondence between The Secretary of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company and The Secretary, Office of Commissioners of Crown Lands, 1 Cambridge Gate, Regent's Park, London NWl, concerning the right of the company to deposit up to 600,000 tons of colliery refuse upon tidal land at Seaham, 16 January - 8 October 1953

(5 papers, typescript and printed)

Ref: D/SHD 165

Premium notes, endorsements to policies, correspondence and memoranda relating to various aspects of the company's insurances, 1964 - 1968

(21 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 166

Correspondence from the Anglo-African Leasing Ltd., Plantation House, Mincing Lane, London, to the company concerning the lease of a postal franking machine and copy of same, 15 December 1972

(3 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 167

Correspondence from D. Lawn, Company Secretary, Seaham Harbour Dock Company, to Barclays Bank Ltd., Backhouses Bank Branch, Darlington, enclosing the following documents for retention at the bank: Conveyance of 27 December 1939, Agreement of 1 February 1902 and Conveyance and Appointment of 27 November 1906, 26 March 1979

(1 paper, typescript)

SHIPPING: TUGS AND LIGHTHOUSES (Ref: D/SHD 168-180)Ref: D/SHD 168

7 August 1908 (1) Joseph Middleton Rennoldson and Charles Rennoldson, South Shields, Engineers and Shipbuilders (2) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company Agreement whereby (1) agrees with (2) to build, equip and supply a steel paddle steam tug for the sum of £5,183

(1 file, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 169

30 October 1909 (1) Charles Stewart Vane Tempest Stewart, Marquis of Londonderry, Wynyard Park (2) Seaham Harbour Dock Company Bill of sale from (1) to (2) of the steam paddle wheel tug, the Lady Helen, for £1,500

(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: D/SHD 170

Correspondence between The Secretary, Trinity House, London EC3 and The Secretary of the Seaham Harbour Dock Company concerning the discontinuance of the use of a fog bell at the north pier lighthouse at Seaham Harbour, 24 November - 3 December 1919

(2 papers, typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 171

3 September 1923 (1) Ridley Steam Tug Co. Ltd. of South Shields (2) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company Bill of sale from (1) to (2) of the steam paddle tug, Hardback for £3,750

(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: D/SHD 172

Transcript of Register for Transmission to Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen: full details of the paddle steam ship Eppleton Hall, 14 January 1955

(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: D/SHD 173

Correspondence between the Seaham Harbour Dock Company and The Trinity House Lighthouse Service concerning the inspection of local lighthouses at Seaham Harbour under terms of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, section 652, February 1955 - March 1971, and copy returns completed by the Trinity House Lighthouse Service as to the condition and nature of the lighthouses at Seaham Harbour, February 1946, February 1949, February 1952, February 1955, March 1958, February 1961, January 1965, January 1968, January 1971

(10 papers, 9 pamphlets)

Ref: D/SHD 174

14 April 1958 (1) Ridley Tugs Ltd. of Newcastle (2) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company Bill of sale from (1) to (2) of the twin screw steamship, Wonder for £2,500; includes correspondence relating to the above tug, 3 December 1964 and 28 November - 1 December 1969

(4 papers, typescript and printed form)

Ref: D/SHD 175

31 May 1961 (1) The Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Ramsgate (2) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company Bill of sale from (1) to (2) of the steam paddle ship, Ramsgate, for £16,000

(1 paper, printed form)

Ref: D/SHD 176

Correspondence between The King's Lynn Conservancy Board and the company concerning the purchase of the tug, Conservator, 29 August - 10 October 1962, includes a bill of sale for the purchase of the tug by the company, 6 September 1962

(4 papers, typescript and printed form)

Ref: D/SHD 177

Correspondence between the company secretary and H.E. Moss & Co., Shipbrokers, Newcastle, concerning the sale of the paddle tug Seaham by the company to Messrs. J.J. King & Co. Ltd., of Gateshead for scrap, 4 - 23 October 1962; includes letter to the company secretary from J.P. Rennoldson & Sons, shipbuilders, South Shields, concerning the building of the tug, 18 August 1908

(9 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 178

24 November 1964 (1) France Fenwick Tyne & Wear Co. Ltd. (2) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company Bill of sale from (1) to (2) of the paddle steam ship, Eppleton Hall, for £2,375; includes copy letter from (2) to Lloyd's Register of Shipping giving notification that the above tug has been sold for scrap to Clayton and Davis Ltd., Gateshead, 14 November 1967

(2 papers, printed form and typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 179

26 October 1967 (1) Blyth Harbour Commissioners (2) The Seaham Harbour Dock Company Bill of sale (body corporate) from (1) to (2) of the steam tug Chipchase for £10,000; includes mortgage (to secure account current etc.) between (1) and (2) to enable (2) to purchase the above vessel, 27 October 1967, and memorandum, correspondence and notes relating to the above transaction, 1967

(8 papers, printed form and typescript)

Ref: D/SHD 180

Correspondence and notes concerning the steam paddlewheel tug Reliant: correspondence between the company secretary and Basil Greenhill, C.M.G., Director of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, and other members of the museum staff concerning the purchase of the tug Reliant for display in the museum and related correspondence with Scott Newhall, Executive Director, San Francisco Chronicle, about a rival bid for the purchase of the tug for the San Francisco Maritime Museum; correspondence from the World Ship Society (West Riding Branch), York, 13 December 1967 - 17 October 1969; report of an incident concerning the attempted theft of the tug at the time of sale; Bill of sale for the purchase of the tug from the company by the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, SE10, 10 June 1969

(43 papers)

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEAHAM AS A PORT (Ref: D/SHD 181-192)Ref: D/SHD 181

William Chapman, Civil Engineer, A Description of the Port of Seaham in Explanation of the plan of the harbour, and a chart of the coast showing the projected extent of the works, Newcastle, August 1830; includes a plan of Seaham Harbour as projected for the Marquis of Londonderry by Chapman and a chart of the cost surveyed under Chapman's direction with the eastern part of the town according to the plan of John Dobson, Architect, June 1830

(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: D/SHD 182

Catalogue of Makreth's Pictures: Seaham Harbour - a guide to the series of pictures by Robert Makreth (1766 - c.1860) depicting the development of Seaham Harbour as a flourishing sea port and town, n.d., c.1845

(1 volume, card bound)

Ref: D/SHD 183

Report upon the intended extension devised for Seaham Harbour and Docks and opinion as to the general condition of Seaham Harbour compiled by Captain Edward K. Calver, R.N., F.R.S. to Messrs. Meik and Nisbet, Civil Engineers, Sunderland, March 1874

(7 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 184

Report on the improvement and present condition of Seaham Harbour, the property of the Marquis of Londonderry, sent to Captain Eminson, Londonderry Offices, Seaham Harbour, by Messrs. Meik and Nisbet, Civil Engineers, Sunderland and Edinburgh, 7 April 1874

(1 file)

Ref: D/SHD 185

Report by Vincent W. Corbett, Esq., Seaham Harbour, to the Marquis of Londonderry concerning the proposed enlargement of Seaham Harbour, 27 April 1874

(6 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 186

Letter from Vincent W. Corbett, Esq., Seaham Harbour, to the Marquis of Londonderry, Seaham Hall, concerning his report of 27 April 1874 on the proposition to enlarge Seaham Harbour and adds further observations here, 20 May 1874

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 187

Regulations and Port Charges of Seaham Harbour, 1897

(1 booklet)

Ref: D/SHD 188

Notes on the history of the port of Seaham, its development by the Marquis of Londonderry and remarks upon its recent extension, n.d. [c.1898]

(2 papers)

Ref: D/SHD 189

Description of the New Harbour and Dock Works belonging to the Seaham Harbour Dock Company, October 1904

(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 190

Booklet entitled "Seaham Harbour" - describes the accommodation, lights and signals, pilotage rates, ship dues - inward & outward charges, charges for trimming coals and coke, regulations for the rates for the discharge, removal and deposit of ballast etc., n.d. [c.1910]

(1 booklet)

Ref: D/SHD 191

'Coal Staiths at Seaham Harbour': a paper read before The Institution of Structural Engineers by Alan Moncrieff and published in The Structural Engineer, December 1926, reprinted 1927

(1 booklet)

Ref: D/SHD 192

Notes on Seaham Harbour - brief notes on the history, shipments, staiths, cliff protection and new dock gates at the port, July 1938

(2 papers, typescript)

PLANS (Ref: D/SHD 193-216)Ref: D/SHD 21l

Blueprint showing the location of bollards to be placed in the Castlereagh Extension at Seaham Harbour Dock, 4 June 1925 Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet [1:1200]

(1 plan, 56 cm. x 36 cm., paper)

Ref: D/SHD 193

Section plans of (1) profile of the south pier (2) profile of the north breakwater at Seaham Harbour, November 1820 Gives dimensions of the pier, height of the tide against the structure and other related statistics. Labelled A Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

(2 plans, paper, 66 cm. x 26 cm., coloured)

Ref: D/SHD 193-198

Set of plans by W. Chapman of Newcastle relating to the construction of Seaham Harbour, November 1820

Ref: D/SHD 194

Plan of the "Longitudinal section of the line a, b, c, d inside of the South Pier", November 1820 Gives profile of the rock structure against the south pier and statistics relating thereto. Labelled B Scales: Length - 1 inch to 10 yards [1:360], Height - 1/8 inch to 1 inch [1:96]

(1 plan, paper, 66 cm. x 26 cm., coloured)

Ref: D/SHD 195

Plan of "section of the head of Dalden Haven", November 1820. Labelled C Scales: Length - 1 inch to 10 yards [1:360], Height - 1/8 inch to 1 inch [1:96]

(1 plan, paper, 66 cm. x 26 cm., coloured)

Ref: D/SHD 196

Plan of "Longitudinal Section within the North Pier", November 1820. Labelled D Scales: Length - 1 inch to 10 yards [1:360], Height - 1/8 inch to 1 inch [1:96]

(1 plan, paper, 66 cm. x 26 cm., coloured)

Ref: D/SHD 197

Section plans of (1) profile of the north east pier, (2) profile of the east pier, November 1820 Gives tide heights against the piers and other relevant measurements. Labelled E Scale: 1 inch to 8 feet [1:96]

(2 plans, paper, 66 cm. x 26 cm., coloured)

Ref: D/SHD 198

Plan of "Longitudinal Section from Dalden Ness Point on a line bearing by compass So.74 East 177 yards, an uncommonly low ebb", November 1820. Describes the nature of the sea bed at various depths from the coast line. Labelled F Scales: Length - 1 inch to 10 yards [1:360], Height - 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

(1 plan, paper, 53 cm. x 33 cm., coloured)

Ref: D/SHD 199

"Plan of Seaham Docks" by George Hardy, Engineer, Seaham Harbour, n.d. [c.1850] Gives the various docks and Harbours at Seaham Scale: 1 inch to 33 feet [1:396]

(1 plan, 112 cm. x 100 cm., waxed paper, ink and coloured wash)

Ref: D/SHD 200

"Plan for the improvement of Seaham Harbour Docks" by W.A. Brooks, C. Engr., 1855 Gives general layout of the harbour area, the docks, harbours and railway lines Scale: 8.75 inches to 1000 feet [1:1371.4]

(1 plan, 126 cm. x 72 cm., linen on paper, ink and coloured wash)

Ref: D/SHD 201

"Plan for the improvement of Seaham Harbour Docks" by W.A. Brooks, C. Engr., 1855 Gives general layout of the harbour area, New Seaham, docks, harbours and railway lines Scale: 9.75 inches to 1100 feet [1:1353.8]

(1 plan, 127 cm. x 74 cm., linen on paper, ink and coloured wash)

Ref: D/SHD 202

"Plan of the Harbour of Seaham shewing the works proposed for increasing its accommodation by Messrs. D. & T. Stevenson, Civil Engineers, Edinburgh, 1855" Gives explanatory rubric and details the existing outline of the harbour Scale: 700 feet to 6.75 inches [1:1244.5]

(1 plan, 111 cm. x 65 cm., linen)

Ref: D/SHD 203

Sketch plan "combining Mr. Brooks and Mr. David Stephenson" - Amalgamation of the planning designs of Messrs. Stephenson and Brooks for the development of Seaham Harbour, n.d. [c.1860] Gives general layout of the region of the harbour, docks and New Seaham No scale

(1 plan, 61 cm. x 45 cm., paper, ink and coloured wash)

Ref: D/SHD 204

"Seaham Harbour Dock Company: New Harbour and Dock - Proposed South Entrance Jetty" by P.W. Meik, Westminster, 19 April 1906 Gives outline plan of the harbour showing site of proposed new jetty, and section of the jetty structure giving height, proposed building materials at various levels and other related statistics Scale: 6 11/16 inches to 700 feet [1:1256]

(1 plan, 72 cm. x 51 cm., paper, ink and coloured wash)

Ref: D/SHD 205

Set of six sketch plans of Seaham Harbour by Robert J. Cook & Hammond, 2 - 3 Tothill Street, Westminster, n.d. [c.1910] Gives general layout of the harbour and docks, piers, railway lines, dock offices etc., each plan showing some particular feature of the works: e.g. new concrete staiths No scale

(6 plans, 26 cm. x 20 cm., printed)

Ref: D/SHD 206

"Seaham Harbour. Surveyed by Commander Slater 1840. Additions and corrections by Captain J.S.F. Combe, R.N., 1914" Gives depths (in feet) of the waters to the east of Seaham, marks lighthouses, the docks, railway lines and the locality of Seaham nearest to the harbour Scale: 1 3/4 inches to 1/2 a sea mile [1:20845.7]

(1 map, 68 cm. x 51 cm., paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 207

'Seaham Harbour', April 1916. Detailed plan of the entrance to the South Dock; gives dimensions of the entrance and other structural features of the vicinity Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet [1:1200]

(1 plan, 50 cm. x 49 cm., waxed linen, ink and colour wash)

Ref: D/SHD 208

"Seaham Basic Map no.1". Gives general layout for the harbour and dock areas with specific shadings (and explanatory rubric) for buildings belonging to the Port Authority, Port Authority Buildings (Leased), other employers premises and other local amenities; also gives railway lines, junctions, and that part of the town nearest the harbour, n.d. [c.1920] Scale: [1:2500]

(1 plan, 35 cm. x 35 cm., paper, ink)

Ref: D/SHD 209

Blueprint of the layout of hoppers at the new west staith of the Castlereagh Extension designed by J. Mitchell Moncrieff & Sons, Civil Engineers, Westminster and Newcastle for the Seaham Harbour Dock Company, 14 February 1924 Gives plan, elevation and cross section Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

(1 plan, 95 cm. x 56 cm., paper, printed)

Ref: D/SHD 210

Blueprint showing the exact location of the mooring block in the Castlereagh Extension at Seaham Harbour Dock, 20 May 1925 Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet [1:1200]

(1 plan, 56 cm. x 36 cm., paper)

Ref: D/SHD 212

Blueprint of sections of the north pier of Seaham Harbour requiring repair: gives elevations of harbour face and of seaward face and the damaged parts of the wall, prepared by J. Mitchell Moncrieff & Partners M.M. Inst. C.E., Chartered Civil Engineers, 8 July 1925 Scale: 1/4 inch to 1 foot [1:48]

(1 plan, 129 cm. x 74 cm., paper)

Ref: D/SHD 213

Outline plan of the South Dock, Seaham, n.d. [c.1930] Gives dimensions of the dock, the location of each berth and the maximum dimensions for vessels using the port No scale

(1 plan, 33 cm. x 21 cm., "Gestetner" copy)

Ref: D/SHD 214

Plan of the position of breaches in the north pier of Seaham Harbour prepared by John W. Goldson, January 1933; also gives additional notes on breaches appearing in the period, 1959 - 1967 Scale: 1 inch to 100 feet [1:1200]

(1 plan, 53 cm. 25 cm., paper)

Ref: D/SHD 215

Plan of Seaham Harbour, n.d. Gives street names around the dock area, railway lines, dock dimensions and other relevant statistics and notes other features of local topographical interest Scale: 1 inch to 2500 inches [1:2500]

(1 plan, 35 cm. x 35 cm., gloss paper)

Ref: D/SHD 216

"Plan of docks showing water service pipes and stop cocks", n.d. Gives general outline of Seaham Harbour and vicinity No scale

(1 plan, 74 cm. x 69 cm., waxed paper)

MISCELLANEOUS (Ref: D/SHD 217-223)Ref: D/SHD 217

Summary statement of coals shipped at Seaham Harbour, 1857 - 1897

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 218

Notes relating to the cost of leading coals from Silksworth Colliery to Sunderland for shipment and from Silksworth Colliery to Seaham Harbour, n.d., [c.1899]

(1 paper)

Ref: D/SHD 219

Photograph of the demolition of the staiths at Seaham Harbour, n.d. [c.1960]

(1 photograph, 22 cm. x 17 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/SHD 220

Set of photographs showing damage to the pier at Seaham Harbour, 1969

(10 photographs, 17 cm. x 21 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/SHD 221

Photograph of boats lined along the jetty at Seaham Harbour with large wave smashing against the breakwater in the background, n.d. [c.1970]

(1 photograph, 20 cm. x 25 cm., black and white)

Ref: D/SHD 222

Photograph of the haulage of timber at the East Quay, Seaham Harbour, n.d. [c.1975]

(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 20 cm., coloured)

Ref: D/SHD 223

Photograph of the discharging of packaged timber at Seaham Harbour, n.d. [c.1975]

(1 photograph, 30 cm. x 20 cm., coloured)