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Miscellaneous documents - Darlington

Reference: D/XD 42 Catalogue Title: Miscellaneous documents - Darlington Area: Catalogue Category: Other Records Description: Darlington Forge Company

Covering Dates: 1888-c.1950

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  • Miscellaneous documents - Darlington
    • Records of Darlington Forge Company (Ref: D/XD 42/1-6)

Catalogue Contents

Records of Darlington Forge Company (Ref: D/XD 42/1-6)Ref: D/XD 42/1

Foundry department order book, September 1888 - December 1891
(1 volume, calf quarter bound)

Ref: D/XD 42/2

Plan of Darlington Forge 1921, revised 1928 No scale given
(1 photocopy, 71 cms by 76 cms)

Ref: D/XD 42/3

Plan of property owned by Darlington Forge, 1933 Scale: 2600 ft. to 15 cms [1:5311] With list of title deeds to property shown thereon
(1 photocopy plan 41 1/2 cms by 36 cms, 1 photocopy file)

Ref: D/XD 42/4

Conditions of appointment of John William Bateman, working foreman in fitting shop, 11 December 1908 as noted by R. C. Benson in 1976
(1 file)

Ref: D/XD 42/5

R. C. Benson's notes on history of Darlington Iron Company, William Barningham and Co., and Darlington Forge, n.d.

Ref: D/XD 42/6

Film in canister labelled: 'Fashioned in Steel', Copy 1, 16mm Sound and Colour, Publicity Dept., English Steel Corporation Ltd., River Don Works, Sheffield 9, P.O. Box 57, n.d. [c.1950] Film canister is contained in a cardboard box with a variety of postage labels and the label 'Darlington Forge Ltd., Film'
(16mm film spool)



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