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Reference: NCB 01/P Catalogue Title: National Coal Board Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Plans
Covering Dates: 1750-1880
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Durham (Ref: NCB I/P 1-49)Ref: NCB I/P 1-2
Addison Pit [Stella Coal Company], c. 1850
Plans of surface arrangements
Scale: 1 inch to 16 ft. 8 ins.
(2 plans)
Ref: NCB I/P 3Annfield, 1785 - 1786
State of husbandry belonging to Jasper Harrison
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 4Birtley, c. 1750
Plan of Birtley and Washington Commons
Scale: 1 inch to 8 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 5Blaydon, c. 1833
Plan showing Towneley Colliery and proposed waggonway
Scale: 1 inch to 6 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 6Blaydon, c. 1840
Plan of coke ovens at Blaydon Haugh
Scale: 1 inch to 1 chain
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 7Burdon Moor, 1752
No title
Scale: 1 inch to 8 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 8Butterknowle, c. 1836
Section of Basaltic Dyke at Butterknowle near Staindrop
Scale: 1 inch to 6 fathoms
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 9Crawcrook, 1796
Plan of Crawcrook freehold and Ryton Moor in Dunn v. Crawford
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 10Crawcrook and Chopwell, c. 1820
Plan of Freehold
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 11Crawcrook, 1826
Section of projected line of waggonway from Crawcrook to Derwent Haugh
Scales: 1 inch to 4 chains (horizontal); 1 inch to 20 ft. (vertical)
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 12Crawcrook
Plan showing Croft Main Pit, etc.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 13Durham - Sunderland Railway, 1833
Plan and section of railway from City of Durham to Sunderland near the sea, by Thomas Foster and John Grace, jun.
Scales: 1 inch to 2 furlongs (horizontal); 1 in. = 200 ft. (vertical)
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 14-15Framwellgate Moor, 1837
Plan and tracing of Framwellgate Moor royalty
Scale: 1 inch to 12 chains
(1 plan, 1 tracing)
Ref: NCB I/P 16Framwellgate Moor Colliery, 1839
Section of strata
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 17Gateshead Park, 1836
Surface plan of certain royalties on the East side of Newcastle and Gateshead
Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 18-19Hartlepool, 1843
Plan of the Hartlepool coal district including part of the Wear District, T.W. Bell
Scale: 1 inch to 32 chains
(2 plans)
Ref: NCB I/P 20Hawthorn, c. 1830
Plan (part)
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 21Hebburn Colliery, c. 1860
Ground plan
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 22Hebburn, Jarrow and South Shields, c. 1875
Sections of strata
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 23Hetton, 1825
Plan of Hetton Estate
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 24Newbottle Colliery, c. 1840
Section of strata at Dorothy Pit by George Amour
Scale: 1 inch to 1 fathom
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 25Ryton, c. 1820
Plan showing freeholds from Ryton Willows to Stanley Burn
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 26Ryton, 1858
Book of reference for Ordnance Survey
(2 papers)
Ref: NCB I/P 27Ryton
Plan of Comb Hills, etc.
Scale: 1 inch to 2 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 28South Hetton, 1833
Plan of South Hetton Colliery
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 29South Hetton Colliery
Section of strata ... from Surface to the Hutton seam
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 30-32Stella, 1837
Plans and section of West Towneley Colliery staith
Scale: 1 inch to 1 chain
(2 plans, 1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 33Stella, c. 1850
Plan of pumping apparatus of Stella Freehold Colliery
Scale: 1 inch to 2 ft.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 34Stanley, 1780
Duplicate plan of Stanley Estate in the Chapelry of Tanfield ... belonging to Thomas Eyre, Esq., by Thomas Champney
Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 35Stanley, c. 1825
Plan of Stanley Estate
Scale: 1 inch to 2 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 36Stargate Pit, c. 1870
Plan of a heapstead
Scale: 1 inch to 24 ft.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 37Team Colliery, c. 1840
Machine drainage
Scale: 1 inch to 21 ft.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 38-41Team Colliery, c. 1850
Plans and elevations of winding gear and other machinery
Scale: 1 inch to 2 ft.
(1 paper, 3 tracings)
Ref: NCB I/P 42Towneley Colliery, c. 1850
Plan of brickworks at Stargate Pit
Scale: 1 inch to 8 ft.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 43Towneley Colliery, 1858
Plan of Towneley Colliery Railway adjoining Stargate Pit
Scale: 1 inch to 11 yards
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 44Wear, 1834
Plan of Wear District coal district showing the intended opposition railways, by T.Y. Hall
Scale: 1 inch to 20 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 45Winlaton, 1782
Plan of the Town of Winlaton showing the property of Thomas Eyre, Esq., by John Bell
Scale: 1 inch to 2 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 46Durham, 1818-1819, published 1850
Map of the County Palatine of Durham
Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 47Ordnance Survey (Durham), First Edition, 25 inch showing Ryton Woodside, Greenside, Barlow, Winlaton
(4 plans joined)
Ref: NCB I/P 48-49Durham N.C.B., c. 1950
Chart and table of personnel employed by No. 6 Area A and E Groups
(2 papers)
Northumberland (Ref: NCB I/P 50-86)Ref: NCB I/P 50Apperley, c. 1775
Plan of roads between Apperley Bank and Mickley Bank
Scale: 1 inch to 4.5 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 51Backworth, 1809
A plan of accessible parts of the old workings in Backworth ancient infield lands, by John Buddle and Thomas Ramsey
Scale: 1 inch to 1 chain
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 52Bedlington, 1774
A survey of Bedlington Glebe lands
Scale: 1 inch to 3 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 53Benwell Colliery, 1839
Level made from the Trouble in the Stone Drift to Upeast Trouble in the Coal Drifts North of the Edward Pit Shaft, Bensham Seam
Scales: 1 inch to 10 yards (horizontal), 1 inch to 10 ft. (vertical)
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 54Benwell Colliery, c. 1843
Levelling in the Beaumont Seam
Scale: 1 inch to 4 yards (horizontal and vertical)
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 55Byker, c. 1801
Plan of Ouse Burn area showing ownership of properties
Scale: 1 inch to 8 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 56Byker, 1833
Sketch of boundaries on Byker Estate under which the coal is rented by the Owners of Tyne Main Colliery
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 57Corbridge, c. 1800
Design of a turnpike gatehouse
Scale: 1 inch to 4.5 ft.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 58Elswick, 1768 - 1778
Plan of Westgate Estate in Chapelry of St. John ... belonging to George Anderson, George Stephenson, etc., also of Elswick Estate belonging to John Hodgeson, Esq.
Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 59Elswick, c. 1794
Plan of Elswick Estate and Colliery
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 60Elswick, c. 1839
Plan showing royalty of Elswick Colliery
Scale: 1 inch to 12 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 61Fenham, 1843
Levelling from Fenham New Pit to Denton Betty Pit
Scales: 1 inch to 2 chains (horizontal), 1 inch to 8 ft. (vertical)
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 62Fenham, c. 1843
Section from Fenham New Pit to Benwell incline wheel
Scales: 1 inch to 1.5 chains (horizontal), 1 inch to 15 ft. (vertical)
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 63Gosforth, 1830
Plan of East Brunton Estate
Scale: 1 inch to 2 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 64Gosforth, c. 1822
Tracing of workings
Scale: 1 inch to 12 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 65Hartley Colliery, c. 1860
Sections of pumps by T. Y. Hall
(1 tracing)
Ref: NCB I/P 66Howden, c. 1825
Section from Howden to Percy Main Pit
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 67Killingworth, 1760
Plan of Killingworth Moor belonging to the Right Honourable the Earl of Carlisle
Scale: 1 inch to 10 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 68Ponteland, 1771
"Plan of the Estate lying at Pontealand in the County of Northumberland belonging to George Silvertop Esq." by John Flintoff
Scale: 1 inch to 5 chains
(1 parchment plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 69Prudhoe, 1838
Section of Prudhoe Township from Stanley Burn to the River Tyne
Scale: 1 inch to 2 chains
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 70-72Seghill Colliery, late 19th century
Underground high pressure steam engine by William Horsley, junior
Scale: 1 inch to 2 ft.
(3 papers)
Ref: NCB I/P 73Shiremoor, 1788
Plan by Thomas Wilkin
Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 74Staward, c. 1775
"A Plan of Kingswood Estate belonging to Mr. William Wilson"
Scale: 1 inch to 10 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 75Tynemouth, c. 1780
Plan of the Shire of Tynemouth
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 76Walbottle Colliery, 1842
Plans of round topped rail turn for underground, and tramway turn
Scale: 1 inch to 1.5 ft.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 77Wallsend, 1821
Plan of Wallsend Colliery in the Bensham Seam
Scale: 1 inch to 3 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 78Wallsend, Percy Main and Collingwood Main, c. 1830
Sections of strata
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 79Northumberland, 1820
Map of the County of Northumberland, by John Fryer
Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 80Northumberland, 1848
A map of the County of Northumberland by Shadforth and Dinning
Scale: 1 inch to 3 miles
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 81Ordnance Survey (Northumberland) First Edition 25 inch, Sheet 97
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 82Ordnance Survey (Northumberland) First Edition 25 inch, Sheet 86.7 (Stamfordham, Welton)
(2 plans joined)
Ref: NCB I/P 83Ordnance Survey (Northumberland) First Edition 25 inch, Sheet 87.3 (South Dissington, Little Callerton)
(3 plans joined)
Ref: NCB I/P 84Ordnance Survey (Northumberland) First Edition 25 inch, Sheet 87.11 (East Heddon, Heddon on the Wall), 87.10 (Rudchester)
(4 sheets joined)
Ref: NCB I/P 85Ordnance Survey (Northumberland) First Edition 25 inch, Sheet 87.5 (Cheesburn Grange), 86.8 (Ouston, Harlow Hill, Whitchester)
(4 plans joined)
Ref: NCB I/P 86Ordnance Survey (Northumberland) First Edition 25 inch, Sheet 78.14 (Matfen, Ryall)
(2 plans joined)
Durham and Northumberland (Ref: NCB I/P 87-96)Ref: NCB I/P 87Plan of Great Northern Coalfield, 1850 by J.T.W. Bell
Scale: 1 inch to 1 mile
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 88Great Northern Coalfield, c. 1850
Section showing magnesian limestone, principal coal seams, millstone grit., etc., T.Y. Hall
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 89Northumberland and Durham Coalfield, 1877
Coal seams ... in the upper or regular coal measures, by J. B. Simpson
(1 wall plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 90Scotswood Bridge, 1829
Section of boring on North and South sides of the River Tyne for the foundations of Scotswood Bridge
Scale: 1 inch to 10 ft.
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 91-92Tyne, c. 1830
Map of Tyne collieries, roads and waggonways
(2 plans)
Ref: NCB I/P 93-94Tyne and Wear, 1843
Plan of Tyne and Wear Coal Districts, by J.T.W. Bell
Scale: 1 inch to 32 chains
Ref: NCB I/P 95Tyne, 1846
Chart of River Tyne from the Spa Hawk to Hedwin Streams ... showing coal staiths, etc., by William Fordyce
Scale: 1 inch to 20 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 96Tyne, 1861
Coal Drainage Act. Map of district proposed to be drained, by James Easton
Scale: 1 inch to 3 furlongs
(1 plan)
Other Plans (Ref: NCB I/P 97-126)Ref: NCB I/P 97-98Alston Moor, c. 1828
Plan of the Holyfield Lead Mines in the Manor of Alston Moor, by Thomas Sopwith
Scale: 1 inch to 2 chains
(2 plans)
Ref: NCB I/P 99Gloucester, Forest of Dean, 1839
Plan of the horse in the Cotsford High De1f seam of coal in Dean Forest, by John Buddle
Scale: 1 inch to 4 chains
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 100Gloucester, Forest of Dean, 1840
Section showing fault, by John Buddle
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 101Middlesex, Isle of Dogs, 1801
Accurate plan of the Docks for the West India trade and the Canal in the Isle of Dogs
Scale: 1 inch to 88 yds.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 102-103Cronkley, 1828
Plan of Silver Band Lead Mine at Cronkley in the Manor of Lune by Thomas Sopwith
Scale: 1 inch to 1 chain
(2 plans)
Ref: NCB I/P 104England and Wales, c. 1850
Plan showing county boundaries, etc.
Scale: 1 inch to 6 miles
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 105-116Europe, c. 1870
Plans and strata sections of various East European coal fields
(12 papers)
Ref: NCB I/P 117Russia, c. 1880
Geological map of Russia in Europe
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 118Grand-Hornu, c. 1840
Puits naturels du Gran-Hornu
Scale: 1 inch to 11.6 yds.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 119-121Germany, 1860 - 1876
Plan of German coalfields; charts showing comparative output and percentage increases of Germany and Britain
(1 plan, 2 papers)
Ref: NCB I/P 122Haarlem, c. 1850
Plan of Haarlem Meer
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 123Austria-Hungary, 1868
Map showing production and distribution of mineral fuels by Franz Foetterle
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 124Austria-Hungary, 1870
Map of distribution of brown coal from Bohemia, by Johann Pechar
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 125Austria-Hungary, after 1867
Map of coal producing areas, by Johann Pechar
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 126India, c. 1860
Abington's panoramic View Map showing "seats of insurrection"
(1 plan)
Technical Drawings, etc. (Ref: NCB I/P 127-139)Ref: NCB I/P 127Plan and section of windmill sail by John Smeaton
Scale: 1 inch to 2 ft.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 128Table for barometric calculation of heights, by Temple Chevallier, 1838
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 129High pressure beam pumping engine, c. 1850
Scale: 1 inch to 2 ft.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 130c. 1850
Horizontal rotative pumping engine
Scale: 1 inch to 1 ft. 4 in.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 131c. 1850
Overhanging beam pumping engine. Elevation (Barclay's Patent)
Scale: 1 inch to 1 ft.
(1 paper)
Ref: NCB I/P 132Rotative Beam Pumping Engine, c. 1850
Scale: 1 inch to 9 in.
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 133-136Miscellaneous machine drawings
(4 papers)
Ref: NCB I/P 137Plan of Coxhoe, Quarrington and Cassop Collieries belonging to John Burdon, 24 June 1791
(1 plan)
Ref: NCB I/P 138Plan of the Hartlepool Coal District ... of the Great Northern Coalfield, by John T.W. Bell, 1843
(1 plan, printed)
Ref: NCB I/P 139Plan of the Great Northern Coalfield ..., by J.T.W. Bell, 1850
(1 plan, printed)