Miscellaneous documents
Reference: D/X 1151 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Colliery records and newspaper cuttings
Covering Dates: 1814-1888
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Records given3 December 1996 Acc: 2416(D)
Catalogue Contents
Miscellaneous Colliery Papers and Newspaper Cuttings, 19th c. (Ref: D/X 1151/1-14)Ref: D/X 1151/1
Manager's certificate of service, issued under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872, certifying that John Mould (born Washington, 6 November 1809) had acted as manager of a mine for not less than 12 months within the 5 years before the passing of the act, with covering letter, 6 November 1873
(2 papers)
Ref: D/X 1151/2Letter from H.G.L., for the Grange Iron Company Limited, Grange Iron Works, Durham, to Mr. Mold, enclosing dimensions of the smallest clack shell supplied to the latter, 22 April 1881
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1151/3Letter from John Hardy of John Hardy & Son, Brunswick Street, West Hartlepool, metal-casting manufacturers, to Jos. Mould, enclosing a sketch of a forge furnace to suit the latter's hammer, and advising that there will be about two tons of castings, 15 October 1885
For enclosure see: D/X 1151/4
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1151/4Plan and section of forge furnace, n.d. [19th c.]
Scale: 1.5 inches to 1 foot [1:8]
(1 plan, waxed paper, 52 cm. x 46 cm., fragile)
Ref: D/X 1151/5'Memorandum on the strength of shells and tubes of boilers', issued by the Midland Steam Boiler Inspection and Assurance Co., as an appendix to the 20th annual report of E.B. Marten, of Stourbridge, their engineer, 30 August 1882
(1 paper, printed, illustrated)
Ref: D/X 1151/6Newscutting entitled 'A New King of Hard Metal, a Tynesider's Invention', describing an invention by Henry Young of the Redheugh Sheet and Metal Company, Ltd., Gateshead, from the Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 15 August 1883
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1151/7Notice of the perambulation of the boundaries of the manor of Hutton Henry, and of the holding of the court leet by the Hutton Henry Coal Company Ltd., lords of the manor, at the School House, Hutton Henry, 11 August 1887
(1 handbill, printed)
Ref: D/X 1151/8Engraved letterhead, signed Lamberts, depicting a panoramic view of an unidentified colliery [Castle Eden] at Hartlepool, including colliery buildings, adjacent house, railway line, coastline and Hart windmill, n.d. [19th c.]
(1 paper, printed)
Ref: D/X 1151/9Rough pencil sketches of Isabella pit, Sheriff Hill, Gateshead, n.d. [19th c.]
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1151/10Section of chimney at North Skelton, Yorkshire, North Riding, n.d. [19th c.]
Scale: 1/4" to 1 foot [1 : 48]
(1 plan, waxed paper, 28 cm. x 93 cm.)
Ref: D/X 1151/11Handbill containing the lyrics of 'The Funny Little Nigger', the original version sung by Will Revell of the Tynemouth Athletic Club's Christy Minstrels, n.d. [19th c.]
Caution: the original title uses words considered offensive, outdated and upsetting today
(1 paper, printed, illustrated)
Ref: D/X 1151/12Newscuttings of local and popular songs and verse, including 'The Keelmen's Stick', referring to the ten-week strike of the keelmen on the River Tyne in 1814, and the Orangemen's walk at North Shields on 4 November 1817, 19th c.
(10 papers)
Ref: D/X 1151/13Newscutting, including a report of Durham Epiphany Quarter Sessions, 1884, and a calendar of local events of interest in 1883, January 1884
(1 paper)
Ref: D/X 1151/14The Evening Chronicle, including a facsimile of Jack the Ripper's letters and reports of the murders, 5 October 1888
(1 paper, printed)
