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Miscellaneous documents

Reference: D/X 865 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Colliery records

Covering Dates: 1885-1950

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  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Documents relating to various collieries, 1885 - 1950, etc. (Ref: D/X 865/1-16)

Catalogue Description

Records donated 31 August 1988

(Acc: 1818(D))

County Record Office,
County Hall,
DURHAM.
DHl 5UL

Catalogue Contents

Documents relating to various collieries, 1885 - 1950, etc. (Ref: D/X 865/1-16)Ref: D/X 865/1

Correspondence and copy correspondence of Simon Tate, Trimdon Grange Colliery, with V.W. Corbett and J.P. Brydon (Londonderry Agents), W. Armstrong, T. Davison and George Linklater (Walter Scott Ltd.); relating to Trimdon Grange Colliery and its operations, 24 December 1885 - 4 March 1913
(13 papers)

Ref: D/X 865/1l

Statement of costs and wages at West Pit [colliery not named], n.d. [c.1920]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 865/2

Epitome of lease of coal mines at Kelloe, leased by Lord Londonderry to Walter Scott for 21 years from 1 January 1886, n.d. [1886]
(1 volume, leather bound)

Ref: D/X 865/3

Statement of work required to put engine houses, workshops, stables etc., at Trimdon Colliery into repair, 23 November 1892
(1 file)

Ref: D/X 865/4

Extract from Trimdon Colliery lease as to the condition in which the colliery was to be left on the termination of the lease, 1892
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 865/5

Copy appointment of John A. Ramsay of Littletown, mining engineer, as arbitrator, by Thomas Davidson of Coxhoe, wine merchant, and Thomas Thubron of Sedgefield, timber merchant, April 1893
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 865/6

Copy correspondence between W. Lisle, Thomas Davison, Thomas Thubron and S. Tate relating to water in Trimdon Colliery, 13 February - 20 February 1894
(2 papers)

Ref: D/X 865/7

Memorial card for Edward Ransom of Fatherley Terrace, Colliery Row, June 1898
(1 card)

Ref: D/X 865/8

North of England United Coal Trade Association, additional rules for timbering in mines, 22 May 1902
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 865/9

Compensation and smart money payments, Thornley Colliery, 16 January 1909 - 26 September 1914
(1 volume, cloth bound)

Ref: D/X 865/10

Easington Union Assessment Committee, revised rate bases, March 1914
(1 paper, printed)

Ref: D/X 865/12

Shotton, St. Saviour, parish magazine, September 1923
(1 booklet)

Ref: D/X 865/13

Account book of Thomas Ashford under the Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company's Thornley Colliery housing scheme, 3 January 1924 - 25 April 1931
(1 volume, leather quarter-bound)

Ref: D/X 865/14

Statement of estimated costs of working 8, 7.5 and 7 hour shifts at East Hetton Colliery, n.d. [1923]
(1 paper)

Ref: D/X 865/15

Rules, agreements and standing orders (1908-1950), operating at Thornley Colliery, 1950
(1 volume, paper bound)

Ref: D/X 865/16

Sketch of Beamish Mary Pit, to be used as design for new banner, n.d.
(1 paper, coloured pencil drawing)



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