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2 July 1722 (1) Richard Pickering of Cockfield, yeoman (2) John Oard, Thomas Carr, George Weight, John Harris, Tobyas Emerson and George Robinson [Copy] articles of agreement for (2) to sink a pit in Richard Pickering['s] Low Croft for £35

Letter from Robert Watson to Richard Lodge, Cockfield Hall, concerning coal at Cockfield, March 1731/2

Note of entry on Newbigin colliery and of letting to William Brown, August 1737

Account of 'kirvings' cast out at Pontop Pike colliery, and account of narrow boards of leadways wrought at each pit at Pontop Pike where no kirving is cast (endorsed with draft lease of Snook Acres, Witton Gilbert), 10 January 1743/4 - 23 December 1744

18 March 1820 (1) William Armstrong of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, gentleman, on behalf of John, Marquis of Bute, Francis, Marquis of Hertford, and Ann Simpson of Bradley, spinster (the proprietors of Pontop Pike colliery) (2) 118 named hewers, drivers and banksmen Bond (agreement) to work Pontop Pike colliery for 1 year at various wage rates (under stated conditions)

Details of conditions on which individuals (named) are bound at Pontop Pike colliery, 5 April 1822 - 5 April 1823, re-used for recording accounts of hay delivered, 1872

Accounts of expenses of working Blaydon colliery, with accounts of stable and husbandry charges and some receipts (containing references to 1/3 shares each of the Marquis of Bute, the Marquis of Hertford and John Simpson), 31 December 1795 - 23 December 1796

21 March 1863 (1) The owners of Garesfield colliery (trustees of the late Marquis of Bute and representatives of the late Lady Ravensworth) (2) The employees of Garesfield colliery Pitmen's bond and condition book: agreement for the employment of (2) by (1) setting out terms of employment and pay for each class of workman for one year from 5 April 1863

4 March 1871 (1) Major General Charles Stuart of Hubborne, Hampshire, esq., William Stuart of Kempsford, Bedfordshire, esq., John Boyle of Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, esq. (trustees of the late Marquis of Bute, owners of Garesfield colliery) (2) 163 named putters, hewers, drivers and trappers Pitmen's bond: agreement to work Garesfield colliery for 1 year at various wage rates (under stated conditions)

Register of members, South Garesfield Colliery Co., with related papers enclosed, 1887 - 1897

Share ledger, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., with related papers enclosed, 1887 - 1900

Register of members and share ledger, South Garesfield Colliery Co., with related papers enclosed, 1898 - 1907

Register of members and share ledger, South Garesfield Colliery co., with related papers enclosed, 1908 - 1914

Register of members and share ledger, South Garesfield Colliery Co., 1915 - 1920

Register of members and share ledger, South Garesfield Colliery Co., with related papers including correspondence (1914 - 1928) enclosed, 1921 - 1927

Register of members and share ledger, South Garesfield Colliery Co., with related correspondence (1944 - 1945) enclosed, 1928 - 1934

South Garesfield Colliery Co. mortgage register, 28 February 1890 - 27 December 1895, with annual register of directors, 11 March 1901 - 7 March 1904

Annual reports of directors and statements of accounts, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 1922 - 1925

Annual reports of directors and statements of accounts, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 1926 - 1930

Annual reports of directors and statements of accounts, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 1931 - 1935

Annual reports of directors and statements of accounts, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 1936 - 1940

Annual reports of directors and statements of accounts, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 1941 - 1945

Annual reports of directors and statements of accounts, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 1946

Annual reports of directors and statements of accounts, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 1947

Annual reports of directors and statements of accounts, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 1950

Annual reports of directors and statements of accounts, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 1951 For enclosures, see D/St/B1/16/19-21

Statement of account of the liquidators (E.A. Kirkup and A.D.S. Rogers) of the South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. for the year ended 16 June 1953,

Certificates of registration of order of court and minute on reduction of capital of the South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 22 April 1949 and 29 November 1951

Certificate of incorporation on 6 July 1887 of the South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 28 September 1951

Certification of reduction of the capital of the South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. in 1949, 28 September 1951

Papers relating to valuation by Messrs. G.B. and T.E. Forster, Eldon Square, Newcastle, of shares for South Garesfield colliery, including reports of inspections of South Garesfield and Lintz colliery, balance sheets, correspondence and accounts of workings, 1914

Inventions and valuations, mainly drafts with notes, of assets and liabilities of the South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 9 November 1915 - 22 May 1930

Papers relating to contributions to the Northumberland and Durham Miners' Permanent Relief Fund, 5 Queen's Street, Newcastle, by the South Garesfield Colliery Co., including receipts and correspondence, 1928 - 1930

Papers relating to a case of mismanagement at South Garesfield colliery, Annfield Plain Branch, by the colliery clerk, W.E. Cushing, concerning deficiencies in Unemployment Insurance stamps; including exhibits of wages bills and statements by various colliery officials, 1929 - 1930

Correspondence to the South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., mainly notifications of quotas and annual standard tonnages, relating to the Durham District (Coal Mines) Scheme established under the 1930 Coal Mines Act to regulate the production, supply and sale of coal; also minutes and correspondence of the Durham Quota Pool, created under a revision of the 1930 scheme on 1 January 1935, 6 January 1931 - 15 December 1936

Correspondence to Col. F.R.A. Shiel of the South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. concerning proposed sale of the company, 2 July 1937 - 6 May 1938

Report on the steam power conditions at South Garesfield colliery with a view to future electrification, by the North-Eastern Electric Supply Company Limited; with related correspondence to the South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 25 November 1937

Papers concerning the installation of a new hauling and winding engine at South Garesfield colliery, including draft agreement between the Colliery Company and the North-Eastern Electric Supply Co. Ltd. for a supply of electricity to the colliery, comparison sheets of the cost of installing electrical and mechanical plant, and detailed breakdown of the cost of building the engine, 20 May - October 1938

Correspondence to Stanton, Atkinson and Bird (solicitors) and related papers concerning sale by the South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. to Arnold Dawson, of freehold reversion of land, at High Friarside; including draft contract, draft conveyance and copy memoranda endorsed upon the conveyance, 7 June 1952 - 16 August 1954

Insurance book recording names and addresses and insurance payments for mine workers and 'servants', with related papers enclosed [?South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd.], 7 January 1922 - 23 November 1929

Insurance book recording names and addresses and insurance payments for workers, with tag marked 'Exhibit 'L' Rex V William Edward Cushing Committing Justices' [?South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd.], 2 January 1922 - 30 December 1929

Weekly wages summary sheets, South Garesfield Colliery, 1935

Weekly wages summary sheets, South Garesfield Colliery, 1936

Weekly wages summary sheets, South Garesfield Colliery, 1939

Weekly wages summary sheets, South Garesfield Colliery, 1942

Weekly wages summary sheets, South Garesfield Colliery, 1943

Weekly wages summary sheets, South Garesfield Colliery, 19 October 1946

Compensation insurance accounts, South Garesfield colliery, 1935

Compensation insurance accounts, South Garesfield colliery, 1936

Compensation insurance accounts, South Garesfield colliery, 1939

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. cash book (receipts and expenditure), 17 June 1887 - 31 December 1895

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. cash book (receipts and expenditure) no. 8, 1 February 1929 - 31 December 1934

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. cash book (receipts and expenditure) no. 9, also including ledger accounts, 1 January 1935 - 31 May 1942

South Garesfield colliery purchase journal, August 1887 - March 1892

South Garesfield colliery purchase journal, April 1892 - December 1895

South Garesfield colliery purchase journal, January 1896 - December 1899

South Garesfield colliery purchase journal, January 1900 - April 1904

South Garesfield colliery purchase journal, May 1904 - June 1908

South Garesfield colliery purchase journal, July 1908 - March 1913

South Garesfield colliery purchase journal, April 1913 - April 1918

South Garesfield colliery purchase journal, May 1918 - August 1922

South Garesfield colliery purchase journal, September 1922 - July 1928

South Garesfield colliery purchase journal, August 1928 - December 1934

South Garesfield colliery purchase journal, January 1935 - July 1941

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. sales and purchase ledger, with index enclosed, August 1887 - December 1897

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. sales and purchase ledger, with index and ledger balances (1905) enclosed, January 1898 - December 1905

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. sales and purchase ledger, with index, ledger balances (1913) and related papers enclosed, January 1906 - December 1913

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. sales and purchase ledger, with index and half-yearly trial balances (1916 - 1921) enclosed, January 1914 - June 1922

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. sales and purchase ledger, with index and half-yearly trial balances (1922 - 1930) enclosed, July 1922 - December 1934

Deposit account books, including 'Holiday Fund' account books, 1938 - 1950, of the South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. with Lloyds Bank Ltd., Grey Street, Newcastle, 1921 - 1953

Account of payments overbilled or omitted from pay bills [?South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd.], 1927 - 1929

Monthly financial statements including details of current and outstanding accounts, securities etc. [?of South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd.], 20 January 1932 - 15 December 1934

Accounts of half-year's rents due for Friarside estate, High Friarside, Lintz Colliery area, Syke Lane, Newcastle Highway and Middle Friarside [?owned by South Garesfield Colliery Co.], 1934

'South Garesfield Invoice Book No 16', containing copies of invoices sent out for coal, coke, fireclay, etc., 19 May 1936 - 30 September 1939

Receipts for miscellaneous official payments by the South Garesfield Colliery Co. including income, tax, land tax, insurance, general rate and war damage payments, 1941 - 1942

Weekly analyses of output and costs, January - June 1935

Weekly analyses of output and costs, January - June and July - December 1936

Weekly analyses of output and costs, January - June and July - December 1939

Weekly analyses of output and costs, January - June and July - December 1942

Weekly analyses of output and costs, January - June and July - December 1943

Daily output figures for South Garesfield Colliery, 17 January - 30 December 1944

Monthly sheets of costs, results and totals to date for coal, coke ovens and farms, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., January - December 1935

Monthly sheets of costs, results and totals to date for coal, coke ovens and farms, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., January - November 1936

Monthly sheets of costs, results and totals to date for coal, coke ovens and farms, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., January - November 1939

Monthly sheets of costs, results and totals to date for coal, coke ovens and farms, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., January - November 1942

Monthly sheets of costs, results and totals to date for coal and farms, South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., January - November 1943

Monthly statements of total drawings and vends of coals, coke and fireclay, with annual summary, South Garesfield colliery, January - December 1935

Monthly statements of total drawings and vends of coals, coke and fireclay, with annual summary, South Garesfield colliery, January - December 1936

Monthly statements of total drawings and vends of coals, coke and fireclay, with annual summary, South Garesfield colliery, January - December 1939

Monthly statements of total drawings and vends of coals, coke and fireclay, with annual summary, South Garesfield colliery, January - December 1940

Monthly statements of total drawings and vends of coals, coke and fireclay, with annual summary, South Garesfield colliery, January - December 1941

Monthly statements of total drawings and vends of coals and fireclay, with annual summary, January - December 1942

Monthly statements of total drawings and vends of coals and fireclay, with annual summary, January - December 1943

Accounts of work wrought in all seams at South Garesfield colliery, listing hewers, with details of shifts worked, in what seam, the type of work performed and earnings for each category, together with deductions; with account of engineering and screening work at the colliery, 2 - 7 December 1946

Laboratory analyses of coal and coke, addressed to the South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 4 August 1910 - 10 March 1947

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. sales journal no. 4, July 1918 - December 1930

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. sales journal no. 5, January 1931 - December 1946

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. 'landsale' book, containing fortnightly accounts of [coal sold inland], 4 January 1932 - 31 December 1946

'South Garesfield Inland Sales Book no. 8': deliveries ledger, 31 May 1922 - 8 January 1929

'South Garesfield Inland Sales Book No. 9': deliveries ledger, 21 February 1929 - 25 May 1939

Volume containing monthly accounts of coal, coke and fireclay deliveries (to staiths, docks etc.) with details of shipments, 7 September 1931 - 30 May 1941

Volume containing monthly acounts of coal, coke and fireclay deliveries (to staiths, docks etc.) with details of shipments, 3 June 1941 - 31 December 1946

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. 'turn book', containing details of coal shipments, 9 November 1934 - 7 May 1942

Details of shipments of South Garesfield coals, coke and fireclay, including name of contractor, price per ton of product, name of vessel shipped, and where shipped from (destination occasionally noted), 7 October - 30 December 1939

Returns of consignments of coal shipped for the South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd., 2 January - 31 December 1941

Monthly schedules of contracts for supply of coal [?by South Garesfield Coal Co. Ltd.], January - December 1935

Monthly schedules of contracts for supply of coal [?by South Garesfield Coal Co. Ltd.], January - December 1936

Monthly schedules of contracts for supply of coal [?by South Garesfield Coal Co. Ltd.], January - December 1939

Monthly schedules of contracts for supply of coal [?by South Garesfield Coal Co. Ltd.], January - December 1940

Monthly schedules of contracts for supply of coal [?by South Garesfield Coal Co. Ltd.], January - December 1941

Monthly schedules of contracts for supply of coal [?by South Garesfield Coal Co. Ltd.], January - December 1942

Monthly schedules of contracts for supply of coal [?by South Garesfield Coal Co. Ltd.], January - December 1943

Valuation of livestock, crops and implements (stating whether/when sold, bought or scrapped) on the South Garesfield colliery farms (Leazes, Upper Lintz, High and Middle Friarside and Priestfield Park), 1916 - 1948

South Garesfield Colliery Co. Ltd. stock book, containing lists of horses and ponies, stable equipment, timber, tools and sundries, engines, sidings, equipment in the blacksmith's shop, stores and materials, coal tub wagons, etc., 31 December 1928 - [31] December 1946

No. 96. B.A.8. Volume containing the following: 5 August 1862 (1) George Henry Shum Storey of Arcot, Northumberland, esq. (2) Richard Westbrook Lamb of West Denton, Northumberland, esq., William Wentworth Lamb of Axwell Park, esq.; Robert Ormston Lamb, esq., Archibald Gilchrist Potter of Woodham Lodge, Wandsworth, Surrey, esq., Edward Potter of Cramlington, Northumberland, viewer of collieries, and Henry Glasford Potter of Pall Mall, Middlesex, esq., and William Scott of 61 Charing Cross, Middlesex, esq. Copy lease for 42 years of the coal mines under 1750a. of land in Cramlington except the coal under Arcot House. Plan attached. Also copy correspondence between G.B. Forster and T.H.M. Stralton and plan concerning a grant by the lessor of permission to breach the barrier between Arcot Royalty and Sir M.W. Ridley's royalty, 13 - 15 March 1889

29 October 1908 (1) Emmaline Ann Shawe Storey of Arcot, Northumberland, widow (2) Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd. Copy lease for 32 years of the coal and fireclay under 1750 acres of land in the parish of Cramlington, except under Arcot House and for a width of 30 yds. around the boundaries of the royalty. Plan attached.

29 October 1908 (1) Emmaline Ann Shawe Storey of Arcot, Northumberland, widow (2) Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd. Copy lease for 32 years of coal and fireclay under 1750a. of land in Cramlington, except that under Arcot House (1 file, printed)

File containing the following: 29 March 1934 (1) Emmaline Ann Shawe Storey (2) Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. Agreement between (1) and (2) relating to reserved tonnage rents on coal extracted from the Arcot royalty, supplemental to a lease dated 29 October 1908 and a supplemental lease dated 14 April 1930. Also: 14 April 1930 Lease by (1) to (2), supplemental to a lease dated 29 October 1908, extending the term of original lease for a further 31 years. Plan attached. Also: Correspondence between Rollo S. Barrett, and John S. Tweddell of Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. concerning the mining of barriers between Arcot royalty and the Hastings Seaton Delaval royalty, 19 November 1934 - 7 December 1935

Accounts of wayleave and other rents due from the lessees of West Cramlington colliery, Cramlington Coal Co. and the lessees of Arcot royalty to Mrs. Shawe Storey, with accounts of workings and leadings, 31 October 1885 - 25 November 1895

Accounts of rents due from the lessees of Arcot royalty and others to Mrs. Shawe Storey, with accounts of workings and leadings, 1885 - 1889

Accounts of rents due from the lessees of Arcot royalty and others to Mrs. Shawe Storey, with accounts of workings and leadings, 1890 - 1894

Accounts of rents due from the lessees of Arcot royalty and others to Mrs. Shawe Storey, with accounts of workings and leadings, 1895 - 1900

Accounts of rents due from the lessees of Arcot royalty and others to Mrs. Shawe Storey, with accounts of workings and leadings, 1901 - 1905

Accounts of rents due from the lessees of Arcot royalty and others to Mrs. Shawe Storey, with accounts of workings and leadings, 1906 - 1910

Accounts of rents due from the lessees of Arcot royalty and others to Mrs. Shawe Storey, with accounts of workings and leadings, 1911 - 1915

Accounts of rents due from the lessees of Arcot royalty and others to Mrs. Shawe Storey, with accounts of workings and leadings, 1916 - 1920

Accounts of rents due from the lessees of Arcot royalty and others to Mrs. Shawe Storey, with accounts of workings and leadings, 1921 - 1924

Accounts of rents due from the lessees of West Cramlington colliery for wayleave over the Arcot estate, 1885 - 1894

Accounts of rents due from the lessees of West Cramlington colliery for wayleave over the Arcot estate, 1895 - 1899

Accounts of rents due from the Cramlington Coal Co. for wayleave over the Arcot estate, 1898 - 1924

Mineral rights' returns from the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd. and the lessees of Arcot royalty in account with Mrs. Shawe Storey for wayleave and other rents for Arcot royalty, 1907 - 1924

Letters to G.B. and T.E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mining engineers, to Mrs. Shawe-Storey (and replies) concerning the leasing of the Arcot royalty to the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., with related accounts, reports and plans, 1885 - 1887

Letters to G.B. and T.E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mining engineers, to Mrs. Shawe-Storey (and replies) concerning the leasing of the Arcot royalty to the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., with related accounts, reports and plans, 1888 - 1890

Letters to G.B. and T.E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mining engineers, to Mrs. Shawe-Storey (and replies) concerning the leasing of the Arcot royalty to the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., with related accounts, reports and plans, 1891 - 1896

Letters to G.B. and T.E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mining engineers, to Mrs. Shawe-Storey (and replies) concerning the leasing of the Arcot royalty to the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., with related accounts, reports and plans, 1897 - 1899

Letters to G.B. and T.E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mining engineers, to Mrs. Shawe-Storey (and replies) concerning the leasing of the Arcot royalty to the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., with related accounts, reports and plans, 1900 - 1905

Letters to G.B. and T.E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mining engineers, to Mrs. Shawe-Storey (and replies) concerning the leasing of the Arcot royalty to the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., with related accounts, reports and plans, 1906 - 1908

Letters to G.B. and T.E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mining engineers, to Mrs. Shawe-Storey (and replies) concerning the leasing of the Arcot royalty to the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., with related accounts, reports and plans, 1909 - 1912

Letters to G.B. and T.E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mining engineers, to Mrs. Shawe-Storey (and replies) concerning the leasing of the Arcot royalty to the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., with related accounts, reports and plans, 1913 - 1919

Letters to G.B. and T.E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, mining engineers, to Mrs. Shawe-Storey (and replies) concerning the leasing of the Arcot royalty to the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd., with related accounts, reports and plans, 1920 - 1925

'M1'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning negotiations for new leases and supplementary agreements by Mrs. Shawe-Storey to the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd. (later Hartley Main Collieries Ltd.) for the Arcot royalty, 25 October 1897 - 30 April 1934

'M7'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning a dispute with Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. over the payment of tonnage rent for the Arcot royalty, 27 October 1932 - August 1936

'M8'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning royalty rents to be paid by Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. for the Arcot royalty, 20 August 1924 - 24 July 1935

'M9'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning notices served on the London and North Eastern Railway Co. by Hartley Main Collieries Ltd. expressing their intent to work coal under the railway in the parishes of Cramlington and Weetslade, with plans, 7 April 1927 - 21 October 1936

'M10'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning annual mineral rights duty owed to the Inland Revenuefor the Arcot royalty, 23 October 1924 - 16 January 1936

'M11'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning claims against income tax by Mrs. Shawe-Storey for expenses incurred in the management of her Arcot royalty, 3 November 1925 - 22 September 1936

'M12'; letters to R.S. Barrett (and replies) concerning colliery damages and annual update of plans of workings at the Arcot royalty, and the amalgamation of the Cramlington Coal Co. Ltd. with the Seaton Delaval Coal Co. Ltd. to form Hartley Main Collieries Ltd., 30 March 1925 - 3 June 1936

Letter to R.S. Barrett enclosing copy notice to Mrs. Shawe-Storey of an application for the formation of the Hartley Main Collieries Ltd., with notice of confirmation and articles of association, 27 February - 19 April 1929

Letters to R.S. Barrett (and reply) concerning damages to Surgery Cottages, Arcot estate, caused by colliery workings of Hartley Main Collieries Ltd., 14 September - 9 October 1936

'Arcot Minutes': diary accounts of meetings, inspections and visits to the Arcot royalty by F.W.W. and T.E.F. [F.W. Wight and T.E. Forster] in connection with drawing up of royalty and wayleave accounts, inspection of workings, damages etc.; with plans, 6 January 1900 - 29 April 1924