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Shotley Bridge and Consett Gas Company

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Covering Dates: 1856-1966

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Shotley Bridge and Consett Gas Company (Ref: D/GSB Section 1)

Shotley Bridge and Consett Gas Company [also known as Shotley Bridge Gas Company] was formed in 1856.
Apart from producing gas for street lamps, houses and small local businesses, the company supplied gas for industrial giants such as Consett Iron Company.
During the process tons of coal tar were produced and sold to Tar Distillers Company of South Shore Gateshead, Redheugh Tar Products Company of Redheugh Chemical Works Gateshead, Wear Fuel Works Company Sunderland and other companies.
Tons of gas coke were delivered by the company to Gateshead Cement Manufacturers.
Coal for gas production was delivered from local collieries such as South Derwent Colliery and Medomsley Colliery.
In 1949 the company was nationalised and incorporated into the Northern Gas Board.
In the 1950s production of natural gas took over the market and proved more profitable causing the plant at Shotley Bridge to be shut in 1954 after almost 100 years of operation.

Company administration (Ref: D/GSB Section 01)Directors' minutes (Ref: D/GSB section 01)

1-12


Directors' minutes, 1856 - 1863 Including reports and financial statements
(1 volume)


Directors' minutes, 1856 - 1858 Including reports and financial statements
(1 volume)


Directors' minutes, 1864 - 1869 Including reports and financial statements
(1 volume)


Directors' minutes, 1869 - 1874 Including reports and financial statements
(1 volume)


Directors' minutes, 1874 - 1884 Including reports and financial statements
(1 volume)


Directors' minutes, 1885 - 1893 Including reports and financial statements
(1 volume)


Directors' minutes, 1893 - 1901 Including reports and financial statements
(1 volume)


Directors' minutes, 1901 - 1915 Including reports and financial statements
(1 volume)


Directors' minutes, 1916 - 1928 Including reports and financial statements
(1 volume)


Directors' minutes, 1929 - 1937 Including reports and financial statements
(1 volume)


Directors' minutes, 1938 - 1949 Including reports and financial statements
(1 volume)


Directors' minutes, 1949 Including reports and financial statements
(1 volume)

Managers' monthly reports (Ref: D/GSB section 02)

25-26, 31/1


Managers' monthly reports, 1882 - 1899
(1 volume)


Managers' monthly reports, 1900 - 1917
(1 volume)


Managers' monthly reports, 14 September 1917 - n.d. [30 March 1931]
(1 volume)

Indexes of individuals and companies (Ref: D/GSB section 03)

32/1-2


General index, n.d. [1920s] Provides names of individuals, companies, lists of various accounts with relevant page numbers
(1 volume)


General index, n.d. [1920s] Provides names of individuals, companies, lists of various accounts with relevant page numbers
(1 volume)

Stocks, shares and dividends (Ref: D/GSB Section 02)Registers of shares (Ref: D/GSB section 01)

13


Numerical register of shares, n.d. [watermark 1882]
(1 volume)

Registers of shareholders and transfers (Ref: D/GSB section 02)

33/1


Register of shareholders and transfers, 28 April 1866 - 2 March 1875 Provides names, addresses, occupations, number of shares, amounts paid or transferred, amounts due to be paid, arrears
(1 volume)

Lists of shareholders (Ref: D/GSB section 03)

34/1-7


List of shareholders, May 1874
(1 paper)


List of shareholders, November 1874
(1 paper)


List of shareholders, September 1879
(1 paper)


List of shareholders, March 1882
(1 paper)


List of shareholders, March 1883
(1 paper)


List of shareholders, n.d. [1880s]
(1 paper)


List of shareholders, n.d. [1880s]
(1 paper)

Shareholders' addresses (Ref: D/GSB section 04)

21-22


Shareholders' address book, c.1900 - 1939
(1 volume)


Shareholders' address book, c.1939 - 1948
(1 volume)

Meetings of shareholders (Ref: D/GSB section 05)

35


Nominations of William Brown of Leadgate, traffic manager; William Keenleyside of Crook Hall, agent; Christopher Waud of Leadgate, provision merchant to act as proxy during voting at an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders to be held on 1 July, 24- 29 July 1886 Nominations signed by: Annie Atkinson of Leadgate William Brown of Leadgate John Beattie of Consett Junction, Consett Ann Burtchby of 26 Nun Street, Newcastle on Tyne Joseph Cuthbertson of Consett Mary Daglish of 40 Hexham Road, Gateshead Thomas Harrison of Leadgate Robert Jewitt of Slaley William Keenleyside of Crook Hall Edward Patterson of Newcastle on Tyne Ann Pule of 27 Old Elvet, Durham Frederick Blythe Richardson of Shotley Bridge Elizabeth Euphemia Richardson of Shotley Bridge Susan Mary Richardson of Shotley Bridge Richard B Reed of Forest Hall near Newcastle Hannah Renton, executrix of the will of John Renton of Shotley Bridge Emma Hey Renton of Shotley Bridge Alfred Gerard Smith of Durham, solicitor John Swainston of Findon Hill near Durham [Sacriston?] Edward Todd of Leadgate Anne Maria Lindsay Watson of Durham William Whittaker of Consett Christopher Waud of Leadgate Maria Watson of Durham, executrix of the will of John Watson William Wardhaugh of Shotley Bridge
(1 file)

Dividends (Ref: D/GSB section 06)

36


Guarantee and indemnity in respect of lost dividend warrant for Alfred Norman Renton of 14 Park Place, West Auckland, engineer, 3 April 1916
(1 paper)

Summary of capital and shares, with list of members (Ref: D/GSB section 07)

37


Summary of capital and shares with list of members, 1 February 1866 - 2 March 1868 Provides names, addresses, occupations, shares held, dates and amount of transfers
(1 volume)

Registers of consolidated and debenture stock (Ref: D/GSB section 08)

19-20


Register of consolidated and debenture stock holders, 1933 - 1944
(1 volume)


Register of consolidated and debenture stock holders, 1944 - 1949
(1 volume)

Stockholders ledger and register of transfers (Ref: D/GSB section 09)

14-17


Stockholders ledger and register of transfers, 1900 - 1943
(1 volume)


Stockholders ledger and register of transfers, 1920 - 1943
(1 volume)


Stockholders ledger and register of transfers, 1943 - 1949
(1 volume)


Preference stockholders ledger and register of transfers, 1923 - 1949
(1 volume)

Stock sales (Ref: D/GSB section 10)

18


Sale of consolidated stock, 1900 - 1914
(1 volume)

Transfers of stock (Ref: D/GSB section 11)

38/1-89


Transfer of £210 stock to Joseph Todd of Front Street, Leadgate by Emma Maria Todd; Joseph Todd, mining engineer and John Rae Todd, butcher; all of Front Street, Leadgate; executors of Edward Todd, deceased, 11 May 1917
(1 paper)


Transfer of £112 stock to the Public Trustee of Glenlossie by Edward Hussey of Avebury Dyke Road, Brighton and Walter Griffiths of Ivanhoe, Barton Court Road, Barton on Sea, Hampshire; survivors of Thomas Griffiths, deceased and executors of Louisa Griffiths, deceased , 24 July 1917
(1 paper)


Transfer of £942 stock to Annie Walton Shaw, Mary Evelyn Shaw and Ethel Alberta Shaw, all of Villa Real, Consett by George Ainsworth of Consett Hall, Consett, esq. , 15 October 1919 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £300 stock to Percy Campbell Ainsworth of East Parade, Consett, plate mill manager by Francis Albert Nutt of Bank House, Consett, bank manager, 24 January 1920
(1 paper)


Transfer of £100 stock to Thomas Hall of Summer Hill, Shotley Bridge by Sarah Ann Robinson of Winsford, Cheshire, 12 February 1920 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £780 stock to Percy Campbell Ainsworth by Percy Campbell Ainsworth of East Parade, Consett, rolling mills manager; Ethel Thorpe of Elm park House, Shotley Bridge; Edward James George of Consett, esq., 1 April 1920 2 stock certificates enclosed
(3 papers)


Transfer of £371 stock to Mary Hilda Edith Elizabeth Young, wife of Andrew White Young by Frederick John Joseph Harrison of Holmwood, Villa Real, Consett, analytical chemist; Andrew White Young of 19 Croft Terrace, Jarrow on Tyne, commercial agent; Mary Jane Turbett of Croft House, Leadgate, 19 August 1920
(1 paper)


Transfer of £100 stock to John George Marshall of Highgate, Blackhill by Robert Marshall and John George Marshall, both of Highgate, Blackhill, watchmakers and jewellers, executors of Margaret Marshall of Cutlers Hall, Blackhill, 15 November 1920
(1 paper)


Transfer of £76 stock to Robert Marshall of Highgate, Blackhill, watchmaker and jeweller by John George Marshall of Highgate, Blackhill, jeweller and watchmaker, 15 November 1920
(1 paper)


Transfer of £168 stock to Charles Faraday Spence of 50 Rothbury Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle, stockbroker by Robert William Cooke of Stanley Vale, Wylam, Northumberland, engineer; Sarah Annie Thompson and Linda Winifred Thompson of Surrey; William Wilkinson Cooke of 40 Safton Avenue, Heaton, Newcastle, ironfounder; executors of the will of Annie Dinning, deceased, 6 December 1921 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £629 stock to Helen Peile by Helen Peile of Greenwood, Shotley Bridge and Henry Peile of Shotley Bridge, colliery owner, 13 December 1921
(1 paper)


Transfer of £629 stock to Mary Braund of Goodmanham Rectory, Market Weighton, Yorkshire by Helen Peile of Greenwood, Shotley Bridge and Henry Peile of Shotley Bridge, colliery owner, 13 December 1921
(1 paper)


Transfer of £629 stock to Henry Peile by Helen Peile of Greenwood, Shotley Bridge and Henry Peile of Shotley Bridge, colliery owner, 13 December 1921
(1 paper)


Transfer of £629 stock to Frances Peile of Greenwood, Shotley Bridge by Helen Peile of Greenwood, Shotley Bridge and Henry Peile of Shotley Bridge, colliery owner, 13 December 1921
(1 paper)


Transfer of £309 stock to Frederick Arthur Reginald Bell of 1 Swiss Cottage Road, Lewisham, London, bank clerk by Dorothy Hemsley Lee of South Lodge, Cockermouth, Cumberland, 28 December 1921
(1 paper)


Transfer of £103 stock to Annie Taylor Bell of Sharon House, Southwaite near Carlisle, Cumbria by Dorothy Hemsley Lee of South Lodge, Cockermouth, Cumbria, widow, 28 December 1921
(1 paper)


Transfer of £103 stock to Catherine Ann Bell of Harlow Hill, Stocksfield, Northumberland by Dorothy Hemsley Lee of South Lodge, Cockermouth, Cumbria, widow, 28 December 1921
(1 paper)


Transfer of £103 stock to Anthony Bell of Muckleridge, Ponteland, Northumberland, esq. by Dorothy Hemsley Lee of South Lodge, Cockermouth, Cumbria, widow, 28 December 1921
(1 paper)


Transfer of £103 stock to Isabella Elizabeth Heppell of Worlton House, Westerhope, Northumberland by Dorothy Hemsley Lee of South Lodge, Cockermouth, Cumbria, widow, 28 December 1921
(1 paper)


Transfer of £310 stock to herself by Dorothy Hemsley Lee of South Lodge, Cockermouth, Cumbria, widow, administratrix of the estate of Mary Bell, deceased, 28 December 1921 Stock certificates enclosed
(3 papers)


Transfer of £70 stock to John Bruce of Shotley Bridge, gas manager by Ellen March of 14 Otterburn Terrace, Newcastle and John Douglas of Bentnick House, Bentnick Road, Newcastle, 6 November 1922
(1 paper)


Transfer of £890 stock to Ellen Maud Carrick of 11 Devon Road, Bedford and Ethel Minnie Carrick of the same address by Ellen Maud Carrick as above , 18 December 1922
(2 papers)


Transfer of £200 stock to Ethel Minnie Carrick of 11 Devon Road, Bedford and Ellen Mauld Carrick , both of the same address and survivors of Henry Hawkshaw Carrick, deceased, 25 January 1923
(2 papers)


Transfer of £500 stock to William Henry Ritson of Springwell Hall, Durham, coal owner and William Waymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle, solicitor by Utrick Alexander Ritson of Milburn House, Newcastle, 12 February 1923
(1 paper)


Transfer of £500 stock to William Henry Ritson of Springwell Hall, Durham, coal owner by Utrick Alexander Ritson of Milburn House, Newcastle, 12 February 1923
(1 paper)


Transfer of £500 stock to William Henry Ritson of Springwell Hall, Durham, coal owner; John Ridley Ritson of Sniperley Hall, Durham, coal owner; John Donald Gunn of 22 Lynedoch Place, Edinburgh and John Sydney Lawrence Millar of 20 Castle Street, Edinburgh, writer to his majesty's signet by Utrick Alexander Ritson of Milburn House, Newcastle, coal owner, 20 February 1923
(1 paper)


Transfer of £1138 stock to William Waymouth Gibson of 7 Grey Street, Newcastle, solicitor and William Cash of the Firs, Banbury Road, Oxford by Henry Armstrong of Collingwood Buildings, Collingwood Street, Newcastle, survivor of William Gibson, deceased, 5 March 1923 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £112 stock to John Murray Aynsley, East Parade, Consett by Public Trustee of Kingsway, London, 9 April 1923
(1 paper)


Transfer of £105 stock to John Rae Todd as below by John Rae Todd of 20, Front Street, Leadgate, butcher and Annie Emma Boland, wife of Henry Francis Wynne Boland of Burnbrae, Burnopfield, medical practitioner, executors of Charlton Vincent Todd, deceased, 14 April 1923 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £105 stock to Annie Emma Boland as below by John Rae Todd of 20, Front Street, Leadgate, butcher and Annie Emma Boland, wife of Henry Francis Wynne Boland of Burnbrae, Burnopfield, medical practitioner, executors of Charlton Vincent Todd, deceased, 14 April 1923
(1 paper)


Transfer of £9 stock to Cuthbert Ward Ritson, Milburne House, Newcastle, colonel by Frederick John Joseph Harrison of South View, Consett, analytical chemist, 23 April 1923
(1 paper)


Transfer of £362 stock to William Henry Ritson of Milburn House, Newcastle, coal owner by Frederick John Joseph Harrison of South View, Consett, analytical chemist, 26 April 1923 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £50 stock to John Bruce of Shotley Bridge by Kate Sutton of Marchfield, Thirsk Road, Northallerton, 11 July 1923 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £100 stock to Joseph Yates of 17 Selbrum Gardens, Shotley Bridge, insurance agent by John William Murray of Ebchester Hill, Ebchester, 21 July 1923 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £324 stock to William Henry Ritson of Milburn House, Newcastle by John William Murray of Ebchester Hill, Ebchester, 17 August 1923
(1 paper)


Transfer of £309 stock to William Henry Ritson of Milburn House, Newcastle by Frederick Arthur Reginald Bell, Swiss Cottage Road, Lewisham, London, 4 October 1923 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £1000 stock to Alexina Cochrane Ritson of Springwell Hall, Durham by Charles Ernest Puphrey of Bolam Hall, Morpeth and Henry Peile of Shotley Hall, Shotley Bridge, 19 October 1923 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £300 stock to Henry Peile of Milburn House, Newcastle by Howard Priestman of Rosset, Middleton, Ilkley, gent.; George Edward Priestman of Beaconholme, Ilkley, gent. and William Edward Broadhead of St Michael's Terrace, Headingley, Leeds, tanner, 6 November 1924 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £212 stock to John Murray Aynsley fo Fairfield Lodge, Gtainger Park Road, Newcastle, solicitor by William Collinson and Elizabeth Ann Collinson of 7 Middle Street, Consett, executors of Josephine May Collinson, deceased, 25 November 1924 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £340 stock to Harry Alfred Solomon of 1 Mosley Street, Newcastle, solicitor and Anne Mary Walker of 181 Every Street, Nelson, Lancaster, by William John Watson of 38 Osborne Avenue, Newcastle, bank manager, executor of George Burtchby, deceased and Anne Burtchby, deceased, 7 April 1925 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £180 stock to Utrick Alexander Ritson of Milburn House, Newcastle, coal owner by Anne Maria Lindsay Bourne of 37 Eskdale Terrace, Newcastle, 25 April 1925 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £100 stock to Utrick Alexander Ritson of Milburn House, Newcastle, coal owner by Andrew Inness of 24 St Albans Terrace, Gateshead, 22 May 1925 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £100 stock to John Bruce of Front Street, Shotley Bridge, gent. by Robert Marshall of Highgate, Blackhill [late of Cuttler Hall Road, Blackhill, 26 May 1925 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £100 stock to Utrick Alexander Ritson of Wilburn House, Newcastle, coal owner by Elizabeth Fligg of Peterville, Redcar Lane, Redcar, Clarence Harold Mark Fligg of 3 Lloyd Street, London and Edgar Daniel Fligg of Peterville, Redcar Lane, Redcar, 8 October 1925 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £60 stock to Ethel Gertrude Ritson of Elm Grove, Forest Hall, Northumberland by Thomas Pratt of Ash Croft, Bardon Mill, Northumberland and Olive Mary Hastewell (nee Pratt)- executors of Robert Thomas Pratt, deceased, 10 April 1926 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £200 stock to Sara Ann Robinson of Rose Villa, Crook Lane, Wharton, Winsford, Cheshire by Thomas Hall of Summer Hill, Shotley Bridge, 20 May 1926 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £100 stock to William Scott of 25 Front Street, Shotley Bridge, Gas Works manager by Robert Marshall of Highgate, Blackhill, 26 May 1926 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £60 stock to William Scott of 25 Front Street, Shotley Bridge by Thomas Errington Thompson of Estate Office, Swarcliffe, Birstwith, Harrogate; Pears John Liddell of Edonholme, Haltwhistle, Northumberland; William Scott of Haltwhistle, Northumberland, executors of Elizabeth Thompson, deceased, 23 June 1927 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £500 stock to Sydney Pyman Bell of Shildon Grange, Corbridge on Tyne, Northumberland and Frederick Bell of Shotton Grange, Seaton Burn, Northumberland by Thomas Herbert Bell of 32 Lime Street, London, 2 August 1927 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £500 stock to himself and Ralph Gerald Ritson of Milburn House, Newcastle, esq. by William Henry Ritson of Springwell Hall, Durham, esq., 30 August 1927
(2 papers)


Transfer of £200 stock to John Bruce of Waskerley View, Shotley Bridge by Thomas Carling of 94 Station Road, Billingham, Stockton on Tees and Sarah Agnes Osborne of 20 Guildford Place, Heaton, Newcastle, administrators of Ellen Carling, deceased, 4 October 1927 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £100 stock to Ethel Gertrude Ritson of Holly Lodge, Ebchester by John Bruce of Front Street, Shotley Bridge, 12 October 1927 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £1000 stock by William Henry Ritson of Newcastle, coal owner; John Donald Gunn of 9 Lynedoch Place, Edinburgh and John Sydney Lawrence Millar of 20 Castle Street, Edinburgh, writer to his majesty's signet and of £500 stock to themselves and Cuthbert Ward Ritson of Newcastle, coal owner, 21 October 1927 Stock certificates enclosed
(3 papers)


Transfer of £100 stock to William Scott of 25 Front Street, Shotley Bridge by Henrietta Eva Medland of King Street, Cheapside, London, 30 November 1927 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £800 stock by Alice Kate Reah of Ainsyde, Station Road, Thames Ditton, Surrey and William Revely Gibson, Newcastle, solicitor to themselves, Reginald Gibson, solicitor and Frank Reah, motor agent, both of Newcastle, 31 January 1928 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £100 stock to William Summerbell Bridge of Darras Hall, Ponteland, Northumberland by Sarah Annie Bridge of 120 Windsor Avenue, Gateshead, 2 April 1928 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £100, £40 and £140 stock to said John Murray Aynsley and Mabel Jenkins of 91 Cornwall Gardens, South Kensington, London by Robert Gerald Craske of 12 High Street, Colchester, land agent and John Murray Aynsley of Fairfield Lodge, Grainger Park Road, Newcastle, solicitor, 7 May 1928 Stock certificates enclosed
(6 papers)


Transfer of £140 stock by John Murray Aynsley of Fairfield Lodge, Grainger Park Road, Newcastle, solicitor and Mabel Jenkins of 91 Cornwall Gardens, South Kensington, London to Ellen Julia Infield of the Garden Club, 9 Chesterfield Gardens, London, 24 June 1928 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £105 stock to William Renton Prior of 290 Bridgestock Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey, editor by Christian Michael Rottboll of Ducks Hill Lodge, Northwood, Middlesex, Danish consul general in London and Reginald Frederick Tudor Jasper of 3 Raymond Buildings, Gray's Inn, London, solicitor, 23 November 1928
(1 paper)


Transfer of £210 stock to Evelyn Williamson by Leonard Wright Williamson, gent.; Esther Williamson and Evelyn Williamson of the Nest, Kents Road, Torquay, all executors of Ida Williamson, deceased, 12 February 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £80 stock by Leonard Wright Williamson, gent.; Esther Williamson and Evelyn Williamson of the Nest, Kents Road, Torquay, all executors of Ida Williamson, deceased to himself, 12 February 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £210 stock to Ester Williamson by Leonard Wright Williamson, gent.; Esther Williamson and Evelyn Williamson of the Nest, Kents Road, Torquay, all executors of Ida Williamson, deceased, 12 February 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £50 stock to John Bruce of Gas Works, Shotley Bridge, general manager by Alison McGeorge of 20 Crossley Terrace, Newcastle, 28 June 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £50 stock to William Leopold Little of Gas Works, Shotley Bridge, secretary by Alison McGeorge of 20 Crossley Terrace, Newcastle, 28 June 1929 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £100 stock to Francis Robert Archibald Shiel, Leazes Hall, Burnopfield by Marion Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett; Reginald George Macintyre of 180 Warwick Road, Carlisle, agent and Melville Mackay Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, medical practitioner, 9 July 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £100 stock to John Bruce of Gas Offices, Shotley Bridge, works manager by Marion Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, widow; Reginald George Macintyre of 180 Warwick Road, Carlisle, agent and Melville Mackay Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, medical practitioner, 9 July 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £100 stock to Henry Peile, Broomhills Hall, Satley, Tow Law, doctor of science by Marion Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, Reginald George Macintyre of 180 Warwick Road, Carlisle, agent and Melville Mackay Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, medical practitioner, 9 July 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £100 stock to William L. Little of 7 Summerhill, Shotley Bridge, secretary by Marion Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, Reginald George Macintyre of 180 Warwick Road, Carlisle, agent and Melville Mackay Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, medical practitioner, 9 July 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £100 stock to Cuthbert Ward Ritson [address not given] by Marion Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, Reginald George Macintyre of 180 Warwick Road, Carlisle, agent and Melville Mackay Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, medical practitioner, 9 July 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £100 stock to William Henry Ritson of Milburn House, Newcastle, soldier by Marion Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, Reginald George Macintyre of 180 Warwick Road, Carlisle, agent and Melville Mackay Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, medical practitioner, 9 July 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £1514 stock to Thomas Percy Ridley of 27 Percy Gardens, Tynemouth, Northumberland by Marion Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, Reginald George Macintyre of 180 Warwick Road, Carlisle, agent and Melville Mackay Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, medical practitioner, 9 July 1929 Stock certificates enclosed
(6 papers)


Transfer of £100 stock to William Scott of 25 Front Street, Shotley Bridge, assistant works manager by Marion Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, Reginald George Macintyre of 180 Warwick Road, Carlisle, agent and Melville Mackay Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, medical practitioner, 9 July 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £100 stock to Joseph Murray Nicholson of Derwent Hill, Ebchester, chartered accountant by Marion Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, Reginald George Macintyre of 180 Warwick Road, Carlisle, agent and Melville Mackay Macintyre of Rosemund, Consett, medical practitioner, 20 July 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £100 stock to John Bruce of Shotley Bridge Gas Works by Walter Vasey of St Nicholas Chambers, Newcastle, corn merchant and William Urwin of Front Street, Shotley Bridge, plumber- executors of Jonathan Mitchell, deceased, 20 August 1929
(1 paper)


Transfer of £100 and £40 stock to herself and Margaret Eveline Aynsley of Fairfield Lodge, Grainger Park Road, Newcastle by Mabel Jenkins of 91 Cornwall Gardens, South Kensington, London, 16 November 1929 Stock certificates enclosed
(4 papers)


Transfer of £890 and £200 stock to Joseph Stanhope Watson of 97 Marine Avenue, Monkseaton, Northumberland, electrical engineer and Alastair Douglas Fyfe of 214 Osborne Road, Newcastle, law student by Ethel Minnie Carrick of 21a Cardington Road, Bedford, survivor of Ellen Maud Carrick, 17 December 1929 Stock certificates enclosed
(4 papers)


Transfer of £285 stock to Ellen Julia Infield c/o Messrs Godden Holme and Ward Solicitors, 34 Old Jewry, London and Randle Fynes Wilson Holme of the same by Margaret Eveline Aynsley of Fairfield Lodge, Grainger Park Road, Newcastle, 31 December 1929 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £133 stock to Mary Adeline Collinson of Ingledew and Company of Milburn House, Newcastle, solicitors by Alfred Smith of 6 Sadler Street, Durham, accountant and Eva Elizabeth Collinson of Woodbine Cottage, Shotley Bridge, executors of Marry Anne Smith, deceased, 31 January 1930
(1 paper)


Transfer of £133 and £134 stock to Maud Isabel Markham of 20 Osborne Road, Jesmond by Alfred Smith of 6 Saddler Street, Durham, accountant and Eva Elizabeth Collinson of Woodbine Cottage, Shotley Bridge, executors of Marry Ann Smith, deceased, 31 January 1930 Stock certificate enclosed
(3 papers)


Transfer of £200 stock to William Henry Ritson, Milburn House, Newcastle by Eleanor Mary Davidson of 11 Browning Road, Worthing, Sussex and Gilbert Hair of HM Prison, Wakefield, both executors of will of Mary Simms Davidson, deceased , 30 April 1930 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £105 stock to Francis Albert Nutt, Martins Bank Limited, Consett, gent. and Frank Voyce, 22 Grey Street, Newcastle, gent. by Rae Todd of 20 Front Street, Leadgate, 17 January 1931 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £1628 stock to Blanche Merivale of Highfields, Shanklin, Isle of Wright, widow by Sydney Erskine Dave Wilson of Priestfield Lodge, Burnopfield, colliery agent, 12 March 1931
(1 paper)


Transfer of £150 stock to William Hall of Little Greencroft Farm, Knitsley, Consett, farmer by Richard Hall of 5a Baxton Burn, Blackhill, labourer, 17 April 1931 Stock certificate enclosed
(2 papers)


Transfer of £400 stock to Sissie Richardson of 1 Jesmond Gardens, Newcastle upon Tyne by Blanche Merivale of Highfields, Shanklin, Isle of Wright, 30 April 1931
(1 paper)


Transfer of £100 stock to Mary Jane Smith of 1 Jesmond Gardens, Newcastle upon Tyne by Blanche Merivale of Highfields, Shanklin, Isle of Wright, 30 April 1931
(1 paper)


Transfer of £250 stock to Francis Robert Archibald Shiel of Leazes Hall, Burnopfield, colliery owner by Blanche Merivale of Highfields, Shanklin, Isle of Wright, 30 April 1931
(1 paper)


Transfer of £250 stock to Henry Peile of Milburn House, Newcastle upon Tyne by Blanche Merivale of Highfields, Shanklin, Isle of Wright, 30 April 1931
(1 paper)


Transfer of £250 stock to Margaret Urwin of Springfield House, Shotley Bridge by James Lonsdale of 12 Summerhill, Shotley Bridge, agent Robert Hall of 2 Baxton Burn, Blackhill, contractor, 6 August 1931
(6 papers)


Transfer of £880 stock to Barclays Nominees (Angel Court) Limited, 8 Angel Court, London by William Henry Ritson, 15 June 1934 Stock certificates enclosed
(8 papers)

Financial records (Ref: D/GSB Section 03)General ledgers (Ref: D/GSB )

23, 28-29


Company ledger, 1866 - 1869
(1 volume)


General ledger, 1941 - 1949
(1 volume)


Ledger, 1946 - 1949
(1 volume)

Expenditure ledgers (Ref: D/GSB )

30


Expenditure ledger, 1946 - 1949
(1 volume)

Annual accounts (Ref: D/GSB )

39/1-2


Draft annual accounts, not signed, 31 December 1919
(1 file)


Annual accounts and directors' report for year ended 31 December 1939, 26 January 1940
(1 paper)

Loans (Ref: D/GSB )

40


Loan application by Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company to the Board of Trade, 25 February - 11 March 1937
(8 papers, printed)

Refunds (Ref: D/GSB )

41


Statement showing the amount to be refunded by Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company to Shotley Lodge Estate Company, 19 July 1907
(1 file)

Correspondence (Ref: D/GSB Section 04)

27


Copy letter book, including summary accounts, details re length of mains etc., 1856 - 1857
(1 volume)

Production and supply (Ref: D/GSB Section 05)Specifications for works (Ref: D/GSB section 01)

42/1-13


Specification for the excavation and maintenance of pipe trenches from Black Hill [Blackhill] to the railway crossing near Leadgate and from the Company's gas holder in Leadgate to Iveston Colliery, 26 May 1870 Includes signed agreement by William Foster of Dipton to deliver the contract Witnessed by Joseph H. Bell
(1 paper)


Specification for the excavation of a pipe trench for Shotley Bridge Gas Company, 6 July 1871 Includes signed agreement to carry out work by George Robson of Consett Witnessed by Joseph H. Bell
(2 papers)


Specification for the excavation of a pipe trench from top of Cutlers Hall Road by Bridge Hill to Consett Hall, 3 April 1877 Includes signed agreement by George Robson and John Tharp of Shotley Bridge to deliver work Witnessed by Matthew Richley
(1 paper)


Specifications for construction of a boundary wall around a parcel of ground in Leadgate by Iveston Road, belonging to Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company, as per enclosed plan, 13 August 1878 Includes signed agreement to undertake the work by Wesley Whitfield of Elm Park, Medomsley
(1 file)


Specification for excavations and masonry work required for construction of boundary walls at Gas Works, Black Hill [Blackhill] as per plans of John Smith and Son of Shotley Bridge, architects, 24 June 1881
(1 file)


Specifications for wrought and cast ironwork to gasholder, purifiers and roofs at Shotley Bridge Gas Works, 1 March 1882
(1 file)


Specifications for bricks to be delivered to Shotley Bridge and Consett Gas Works with signed agreement by J. T. Curry to deliver them, 11 April 1882
(1 paper)


Specifications of stonework to be prepared and delivered from Blackhill quarry for construction of gas tank and buildings at Shotley Bridge and Consett Gas Works, signed by a contractor, John Heslop of Blackhill, 20 May 1882
(1 paper)


Summary of work executed on gasholder tank, chimney, purifying and smelter house by Hindson and Smith, according to specifications, 31 October 1882
(1 paper)


Specification of the joiner work required for new roof of purifying, retort and meter houses, 10 July 1890 Enclosed offer to provide above services by Joseph Ethingham of 9 Railway Terrace, Bennfieldside, 31 May 1882
(3 papers)


Specifications by Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company for the excavation of pipe trenches from the Royal Hotel, Blackhill to Park Road, Consett and from Shakespeare Street to the end of Widdle Street near the Town Hall, Consett, 3 May 1895 Includes signed agreement by John Murphy
(4 papers)


Specification for the excavation of a pipe trench in Front Street for Shotley Bridge Gas Company, 8 June 1895 Includes signed agreement to carry out work by John Murphy Witnessed by Joseph H. Bell
(1 paper)


Specification for filling up a gas tank in Blackhill, n.d.
(1 paper)

Plans (Ref: D/GSB section 02)

43/1-7


Plan of 10 ft test holder-bench-float of lights etc, [compressed fluid/gas apparatus], n.d. [late 19th C.]
(1 plan, 39 cm x 34 cm, ink, waxed linen)


Shotley Bridge Gas in Parliament Session 1899. Plan showing the layout of Shotley Bridge village with the gas works and a marked area considered by the company, 1899 Plan also shows the location of Shotley Hall, Shotley House, Shotley Park, Benfieldside, Snows Green
(1 plan, 50 cm x 70 cm, ink and watercolour, waxed linen)


Tracing from an O.S. plan showing fragment of Woodlands Road, Selborne Gardens and Oakwood Road [now Queen's Road] in Consett next to North Eastern Railway [now footpath] providing names of landowners in the area who are connected to gas main, 19 July 1907 Names from the plan: Nattrass, Murray, Williams, P.M. Manse, Gardner, Jackson, Cuthbertson, Holloway, Stzicker, S. Turnbull, Edwards, Atkinson, Armstrong, Onions, Maddison, Brooks, Woodman, Narrett, Reddington, Charlton, Grant, Child, Wilson, Thirlwell, Robinson
(1 plan, 47 cm x 34 cm, ink, coloured, tracing paper)


Plan of a test meter showing the front view of the instrument with clocks and gauges, n.d. [c. 1910] Designed by R. Laidlaw and Son, Brass and Iron Founders. Manufacturers of gas and water fittings, Simon Square Works, Edinburgh Scale: 3 inches to [presumably] 1 foot [1:36]
(1 plan, 22cm x 34 cm, ink, coloured, tracing paper)


Plan of arrangement and details of coal breaker in pit. Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company, n.d. [1900s]
(1 plan, 103 cm x 72 cm, ink, waxed linen)


Plan of public road deviation to Blackhill- section showing channel drains with main gas and water pipes, n.d. [1900s]
(1 plan, 82 cm x 46 cm, ink and watercolour, waxed linen)


Chopwell Colliery sketch plan showing Towneley Seam, Tilley Seam and Brockwell Seam, n.d. [1950s]
(1 plan, 90 cm x 74 cm, colour)

Contracts (Ref: D/GSB section 03)

44/1-9

Redheugh Chemical Works (Ref: D/GSB )

44/7-8


Contract with Joseph Turner and Company of Redheugh Chemical Works Gateshead, in which Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company agrees to supply all the coal tar produced by the Works for 2 years starting on 1 January to be delivered on rail to Benfield Station, 18 December 1880 Witnessed by Henry Harris of Gateshead, book keeper
(1 paper)


Contract with Redheugh Tar Products Company of Redheugh Chemical Works Gateshead, in which Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company agrees to supply all the surplus coal tar produced by the Works for 1 year starting on 1 January to be delivered on rail to Benfield Station, 8 December 1887 Witnessed by W. Anderson
(1 paper)

John Hall Jr. and Company (Ref: D/GSB )

44/3-4


Agreement with John Hall Jr. and Tar Distillers Company of South Shore Gateshead, in which Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company agrees to supply coal tar produced by the Works between 20 August 1874 to 31 December 1877 be delivered on rail to Benfieldside Station, 1 September 1874 Witnessed M. Richley, secretary of Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company
(1 paper)


Contract with John Hall Jr. and Wear Fuel Works Company Sunderland to provide his company for 2 years with coal tar produced by Shotley Bridge Gas Works commencing on 1 January, 10 December 1883
(1 paper)

J. C. Johnson and Company (Ref: D/GSB )

44/5-6


Contract with Messrs J. C. Johnson and Co. of Gateshead Cement Manufacturers to deliver to them 1200 to 1400 tons of gas coke between 1 January and 31 December 1890, 2 January 1890 Signed by George Peile, chairman of Shotley Bridge and Consett Gas Company and J. C. Johnson
(1 paper)


Contract with Messrs J. C. Johnson and Co. of Gateshead Cement Manufacturers to deliver to them 1200 to 1400 tons of gas coke between 1 January and 31 December 1891, 30 November 1890 Signed by James McQueen and J. C. Johnson
(1 paper)

Consett Urban District Council (Ref: D/GSB )

44/2


Agreement with Consett Urban District Council to maintain and provide gas to street lamps in Blackhill, Shotley Bridge, Consett, Leadgate as specified in the provided schedule, 21 July 1939
(1 file)

South Derwent Colliery (Ref: D/GSB )

44/9


Contract with South Derwent Colliery to buy from them 5000 tons of gas coals delivered from Hutton and Brasshill seams, 27 July 1892
(1 paper)

James Alexander (Ref: D/GSB )

44/1


Contract with James Alexander, metal broker of 34 Side, Newcastle to sell to him parts of a metal plant, 17 September 1883
(1 paper)

Consett Iron Company (Ref: D/GSB section 04)Gas consumption (Ref: D/GSB )

45/1/1-3; 45/2


Table comparing gas consumption between 1915 and 1916 by the consumers listed below, 30 June 1916 Shotley Bridge, Blackhill, Consett, Leadgate, Ebchester and Medomsley, Low Westwood, private street lamps, Consett Iron Company, Consett Iron Company's collieries, automatic meters
(1 paper)


Table comparing gas consumption between 1915 and 1916 by the consumers listed below, 30 September 1916 Shotley Bridge, Blackhill, Consett, Leadgate, Ebchester and Medomsley, Low Westwood, private street lamps, Consett Iron Company, Consett Iron Company's collieries, prepayment meters
(1 paper)


Table comparing gas consumption between 1917 and 1918 by the consumers listed below, 30 June 1918 Shotley Bridge, Blackhill, Ebchester and Medomsley, Consett, Leadgate, Consett Iron Company, Consett Iron Company's collieries, Low Westwood, automatic meters
(1 paper)


Statement of gas used by Consett Iron Company and their agents, 1 November 1881
(1 paper)

Profits (Ref: D/GSB )

45/3/1-4


Statement of profit from gas supply for Consett Iron Company, 31 December 1874
(1 paper)


Statement of estimated profit from gas supplied for Consett Iron Company, 31 December 1875 Shows profit from delivering gas from Snows Green [Shotley Bridge] to collieries and from Snows Green to Derwent Railway Valley, n.d. [1880s]
(1 paper)


Statement of estimated profit from gas supply for Consett Iron Company, 31 December 1875
(1 paper)


Estimated profit from gas consumption by Consett Iron Company, 1876
(1 paper)

Gas delivery (Ref: D/GSB )

45/4; 45/5/1-2


Agreement with Consett Iron Company (Limited) to lay pipes and deliver gas to Iveston Pit , 9 December 1872
(1 paper)


Specifications for gas mains to be laid on the new diverted highway between the Consett Iron Company's offices and the tin mill, 24 April 1890
(2 papers)


Specifications for material and work required to divert mains pipe near Consett Iron Works, 6 May 1890
(1 paper)

Disputes (Ref: D/GSB )

46/6-9


Discussion between Consett Local Board and William Jenkins of Consett Iron Company about gas prices and leakages, 3 July 1879
(1 paper)


Discussions taking place in offices of Consett Iron Company between Shotley Bridge Gas Company represented by George Peile, M. Richley and Consett Iron Company represented by W. Jenkins regarding cost of delivery of gas for Medomsley Colliery and Derwent Colliery and a possibility of replacing gas lamps in the streets with electric ones, 9 April 1888
(1 file)


Draft letter by an unknown author regarding a dispute between Consett Iron Company and Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company caused by a leakage of gas and claims by Iveston and Medomsley Collieries affected by it, n.d. [1880s/90s]
(1 paper)


Dispute between H. Holliday representing Consett Iron Company and M. Richley of Shotley Bridge and Consett Gas Company regarding different rates of gas paid by the general public and those employed by Consett Iron Company, 6 June 1895
(1 paper)

Costs of gas production and supply (Ref: D/GSB section 05)Gas prices and consumption (Ref: D/GSB )

46/1-2


Draft analysis by the company of reduction of gas prices, n.d. [c. 1876]
(4 papers)


Estimated consumption of gas at Ebchester, n.d. [1880s] Provides names, number of lights, cubic feet of gas and cost Jonathan Priestman, John Hunter, E. O. Treqelles, Matthew Coupland, William Charlton, G. Anderson, Miss Huntley, Aaron Willey, Rutherford, Pickering, Wilson, Surtees, M. Anderson, John Browell, Pearson, Robson, W.J. Bolton, John Carr, John Richardson, NE Railway Station, H. Ritson (Broom Hill Colliery), W. Hunter
(2 papers)

Gas production and delivery (Ref: D/GSB )

47/1-3


Estimated cost of supplying gas to public lamps in Benfieldside, Consett and Leadgate Districts, 31 December 1875
(1 paper)


Statement of gas manufacture costs broken down into separate categories of services and works, 1876
(1 paper)


Draft annual costs of gas production and delivery, 1880
(1 paper)

Pipes and lamps (Ref: D/GSB )

48/1/1-10


Costs of providing pipes from Snows Green to Medomsley, March 1868
(2 papers)


Estimated cost of laying pipes to Medomsley including renewals of pipes at Consett and Shotley Bridge, 1868
(1 paper)


Estimated costs of providing gas pipes to Ebchester, October 1869
(1 paper)


Cost of supplying gas to public lamps in Consett, August 1872
(1 paper)


Draft costs of laying pipes and installing lamps for Lanchester Sanitary Authority from railway bridge in Delves Lane to Delves House, 12 December 1893- 6 May 1894
(2 papers)


Estimated costs of additional lamps in Dale Street, Blackhill, 5 March 1895
(1 paper)


Estimates for new mains to be put from Cemetery Lodge to Park Road [Consett], April 1895
(1 paper)


Cost estimates of providing gas, pipes and lamps for North Eastern Railway Company, May 1895 - April 1896
(1 file)


Estimate of cost for supplying gas to Medomsley Colliery, n.d. [1890s]
(1 paper)


Estimated cost of installing gas pipes for 81 street lamps in Benfieldside, n.d. [1900s]
(1 paper)

Supply of gas to dwellings (Ref: D/GSB section 06)

49/1/1-6


Agreement with John Carr esq. of Ebchester Hall to deliver gas to his abode, 31 December 1869
(1 paper)


Agreement with proprietors of houses in Parliament Street, Consett represented by William Renton and John Routledge of Consett New Police Courts to install a gas pipe and deliver gas for houses in this street, 13 April 1878
(1 paper)


Agreement with James Oliver, Superintendent of Police, Consett to provide gas to his house in Delves Lane, Consett, 30 September 1892
(1 paper)


Agreement with proprietors of Knitsley Gardens, Consett to supply gas to 18 houses, 28 November 1908 signed by J. Stephenson, Edward Whittaker, William H. Parker
(1 paper)


Agreement with proprietors of houses of Walton Terrace near Villa Real, Leadgate to install a gas pipe and deliver gas for 16 houses in this street, 30 January 1909 Signed by Joseph Walton
(1 paper)


Agreement with proprietors of houses in No. 1 Emma Street, Benfieldside to install a gas pipe and deliver gas for 22 houses in this street, 24 June 1909 Signed by Maddison and Redshaw
(1 paper)

Tenders, suppliers (Ref: D/GSB Section 06)Robert Hall of Baxton Burn, Blackhill (Ref: D/GSB )

50/9/1-9


Contract with Robert Hall of Baxton Burn [Blackhill], cartman to deliver coal, lime, clay, bricks and other goods to the Company's works at Green Street, Shotley Bridge for 1 year starting on 1 January, 17 December 1877 Witnessed by Matthew Richley, secretary
(1 paper)


Contract with Robert Hall of Baxton Burn [Blackhill], cartman to deliver coal, lime, clay, bricks and other goods to the Company's works at Green Street, Shotley Bridge for 1 year commencing on 1 January, 28 December 1878
(1 paper)


Contract with Robert Hall of Baxton Burn [Blackhill], cartman to deliver coal, lime, clay, bricks and other goods to the Company's works at Green Street, Shotley Bridge for 1 year starting on 1 January, 1 December 1881 Witnessed by Matthew Richley
(1 paper)


Contract between Robert Hall of Baxton Burn [Blackhill], cartman and Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company to deliver coal, lime, clay, bricks and other goods to the Company's works at Shotley Bridge for 1 year starting on 1 January, 12 December 1882
(1 paper)


Contract with Robert Hall of Baxton Burn [Blackhill], cartman to deliver coal, lime, clay, bricks and other goods to the Company's works at Green Street, Shotley Bridge for 1 year commencing on 1 January, 31 December 1883 Witnessed by M. Richley
(1 paper)


Contract with Robert Hall of Baxton Burn [Blackhill], cartman to deliver coal, lime, clay, bricks and other goods to the Company's works at Green Street, Shotley Bridge for 18 months starting on 1 January, 21 December 1897
(1 paper)


Contract with Robert Hall of Baxton Burn [Blackhill], cartman to deliver coal, lime, clay, bricks and other goods to the Company's works at Green Street, Shotley Bridge for 3 years starting on 1 July, 31 May 1905
(1 paper)


Contract with Robert Hall of Baxton Burn [Blackhill], cartman to deliver coal, lime, clay, bricks and other goods to the Company's works at Green Street, Shotley Bridge for 3 years starting on 1 July, 15 May 1908
(1 paper)


Contract with Robert Hall of Baxton Burn [Blackhill], cartman to deliver coal, lime, clay, bricks and other goods to the Company's works at Green Street, Shotley Bridge for 3 years starting on 1 July, 9 June 1911
(1 paper)

Thomas Hall of Baxton Burn, Blackhill (Ref: D/GSB )

50/10/1-2


Contract with Thomas Hall of Baxton Burn [Blackhill], contractor to deliver coal, bricks, fireclay from Blackhill Station to Shotley Bridge Gas Works for 2 years starting on 1 July 1899 to 30 July 1901, 13 June 1899
(1 paper)


Contract between Thomas Hall of Baxton Burn [Blackhill], contractor and Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company to deliver coal, bricks, fireclay from Blackhill Station to Shotley Bridge Gas Works for 2 years starting on 1 July 1903 to 30 July 1905, 1903
(1 paper)

Gas works (Ref: D/GSB )

50/5-8


Contract with Alexander Frazer of Medomsley, contractor to construct a retaining wall by the 17th of December, as per specifications, 12 November 1869
(1 paper)


Offers to provide excavation and masonry works to build a new quarry wall by Shotley Bridge Gas Works, 1 - 4 July 1877
(6 papers)


Contract with Joseph Ethingham of Blackhill to provide labour and material for fixing and completion of roofing timbers to the new purifying and meter house and the new retort house for Shotley Bridge and Consett District Gas Company, 15 June 1884
(2 papers)


Agreement with Messrs C and W Walker, Donnington, Shropshire to construct a sulphate of ammonia plant at Shotley Bridge Gas Works by 30 April 1899, 21 December 1898
(1 paper)

George Robson of Blackhill (Ref: D/GSB )

50/11/1-3


Contract with George Robson of Consett, contractor to execute the whole of excavating and filling in of pipe trench from Gas Works in Shotley Bridge to the Company's gas holder in Black Hill [Blackhill], 6 July 1871
(1 paper)


Agreement with George Robson of Blackhill, cartman to deliver coal, lime, bricks, clay and other goods for the gas company at Green street, Shotley Bridge for 2 years, 1 January 1873
(1 paper)


Contract with George Robson of Black Hill [Blackhill], cartman to deliver coal, lime, clay, bricks and other goods to the Company's works at Green Street, Shotley Bridge for 3 years starting on 1 January, 1 January 1875
(1 paper)

Gas holders, pipes (Ref: D/GSB )

50/3-4


Contract with William Hindson of Gateshead and Thomas Smith of Teams Gateshead to provide labour for the excavation works for a gasholder tank at the gas works at the price of 1 s 9d per cubic yard including timbering of the trench and other jobs as described. Works are to be completed by 31 August 1883, 1 June 1882 Witnessed by Edward Wardhaugh Jr, blacksmith, Shotley Bridge
(3 papers)


Contract with John Murphy of Hawthorn Terrace, Blackhill to execute the whole of excavating and filling in of pipe trench from end of Derwent Street branch Blackhill to Tin Mill Works Consett, n.d. [1880s] Witnessed by M. Richley
(1 paper)

Coal, lime, bricks etc (Ref: D/GSB )

50/1-2


Contract with Joseph Bell of Swiss Cottage, Shotley Bridge to deliver coal, lime, bricks, fire clay and other goods to the Gas Works for 3 years commencing on 1 January, 16 December 1887
(1 paper)


Contract with Anthony Stephenson contractor to deliver coal, lime, clay, bricks and other goods from Consett and Blackhill Station to the Company's works at Shotley Bridge for 2 years starting on 1 January, 20 December 1894
(1 paper)

Other (Ref: D/GSB )

50/12


Analysis of tenders for building new offices and manager's house at Shotley Bridge, September 1887
(1 paper)

Employees (Ref: D/GSB Section 07)Job descriptions (Ref: D/GSB section 01)

51/5/1-2


Job description for Henry Hope as an outside foreman and new duties for Peter E. Surtees, March 1891
(5 papers, 1 envelope)


Job description for an inside manager, n.d. [1890s]
(1 paper)

Job applications (Ref: D/GSB section 02)Secretary (Ref: D/GSB )

51/1/1-10


Application by John McGrath of 35 High Consett for the position of secretary, 1 December 1865
(1 paper)


Application by Thomas Alderson of Southburn Terrace, Stranton, West Hartlepool for the position of secretary, 11 December 1865
(1 paper)


Application by John Bell of Shotley Grove School House, Shotley Bridge for a position of a secretary, 12 December 1865
(1 paper)


Application by Alfred Berkley of 11 Nixon Street, Newcastle to J. W. Thomas, secretary of Shotley Bridge Gas Co. for a position with the company. His references are: William Charlton, corn merchant in Newcastle; Cuthbert Berkley, mining engineer of Marley Hill House near Gateshead; Messrs Rennoldson and Farley, timber merchants, Newcastle, 13 December 1865
(1 paper)


Application by Robert S. Spencer of Blackhill for a position of a secretary, 14 December 1865
(1 paper)


Application for a position of a secretary by J. N. [Drewhill], Palmers Engine Works, Jarrow, 14 December 1865
(1 paper)


Application from William C. Home, 18 St. Vincent Street, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland for a position of a secretary, 15 December 1865
(1 paper)


Application by James Pallister, stocktaker and clerk with Consett Iron Works for a job as a secretary with Shotley Bridge and Consett Gas Company, 16 December 1865
(1 paper)


Application for a position of a secretary and a collector by John Robison of High Gate, 16 December 1865
(1 paper)


Application by Henry Carrs of Shotley Bridge for a position of a secretary and a collector, 18 December 1865
(1 paper)

Other posts (Ref: D/GSB )

51/4/1-3


Application for a post of a book keeper by Alfred Jurgens of Newcastle, 13 December 1865
(1 paper)


Application for a post of a book keeper by Isaac Whitfield of 488 Leadgate, n.d. [1865]
(1 paper)


Offer from Wesley Whitfield, builder from Elm Park, Medomsley to provide mason work for a wall around a gas holder in Leadgate, 13 August 1878
(1 paper)

Collector (Ref: D/GSB )

51/2/1-2


Application by Thomas Whitfield of 87 Corporation Road, Middlesbrough for a position of a clerk and collector with enclosed character references by George Bradshaw, chaplan, Durham County Asylum, Winterton, Ferryhill and D. Hutchinson, Aycliffe Station master, 9 - 17 January 1891
(3 papers)


Two applications by Peter E. Surtees of Mount Pleasant, Consett for a position of a collector, dated 26 February and 6 March 1891
(2 papers)

Foreman (Ref: D/GSB )

51/3/1-2


Application from H. J. Smith, Avondale Road, Rotherham for a position of a working foreman with enclosed job description, 22 July 1896
(4 papers)


Application for a position of a foreman by Thomas Watson of 26 Park Street, Kilmarnock, Scotland, 22 July 1896
(1 paper)

References (Ref: D/GSB section 03)

51/6/1-3


Character and conduct testimony of William Blace of Willington by Frederick Ruxton, vicar of Willington, 6 July 1861
(1 paper)


References by Robert Irvine of West Hartlepool to support Thomas Alderson's application for a post of secretary with Shotley Bridge Gas Company, 12 December 1865
(1 paper)


Character testimony of Robert Amos Forster of Benfieldside Road, Blackhill provided by George H. Ross-Lewin, vicar of Benfieldside; Joshua Lax of Shotley Bridge, bank manager and Jonathan Priestman of Shotley Bridge, 25 September 1888 - 22 February 1891
(2 papers)

Wages (Ref: D/GSB section 04)

24


Summary of wages, gas, coals and residuals, 1866 - 1903
(1 volume)

Property (Ref: D/GSB Section 08)

52/1/1-4


Agreement with Henry Hope of Consett to let him occupy a house at 2 George Street, Consett at the rate of 4s per week until further notice, April 1897
(1 paper)


Agreement with Thomas Shaw of Consett to let him occupy a house at 2 George Street, Consett at the rate of 6s per week until further notice, April 1897
(1 paper)


Agreement with Henry Richardson of Consett to let him occupy a house at 9 George Street, Consett at the rate of 6s per week until further notice, April 1897
(1 paper)


Agreement with Joseph Simpson, gasfitter of Consett (previously employed by Walker and Wallsend Gas Works) to let him occupy a house at 4 George Street, Consett at the rate of 6s per week until further notice, 15 April 1898 Witnessed by P. Surtees
(1 paper)

Publications (Ref: D/GSB Section 09)

53-54


Field's Analysis of the accounts of the principal gas undertakings in England, Scotland and Ireland for the year 1910 Includes Newcastle on Tyne and Carlisle
(1 booklet, printed)


Norgazette. The newspaper of Northern Gas, No. 8, September 1966
(2 papers, printed)

Newcastle and Gateshead Water Company (Ref: D/GSB Section 2)

55-56


Summary of accounts, 1925 - 1938
(2 papers)


Superannuation fund, 31 January 1938
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous (Ref: D/GSB Section 3)

57-58


Appointment by Robert Walton Shaw of Villa Real, Leadgate, stocking manufacturer of William Aynsley of Middle Street, Consett, provision merchant and William Davison of Front Street, Consett, watchmaker; to manage his real estate, 13 March 1886
(1 file)


Draft confirmation by James George Mackay, sheriff of Fife and Kinross of an inventory of late Thomas McCourty's personal effects that he left for his wife Elizabeth Barr of Auchtermuchty [near Dundee], 16 June 1898
(2 papers)