A guide to records naming colliery employees in County Durham, held in Durham Record Office.
Introduction
Records containing personal names and, in some cases, other information relating to coal miners and other colliery workers are listed below. The list is arranged alphabetically by colliery. Records which do not relate to individual collieries are listed at the end of the sequence:
- Colliery personnel records, arranged A to Z by colliery name
- Colliery personnel records not related to individual collieries or where the colliery is unspecified
Entries contain:
- the colliery name, with the pit, if different, in brackets, followed by the location
- name of the colliery company or association which created the records, where applicable
- covering dates and the catalogue reference numbers for the records
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Colliery personnel records, arranged A-Z by colliery name
Addison colliery – Ryton, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1851 – 1886 NCB 1/SC/109-148,248-249,255
1940 – 1949 NCB1/SC/592-599
Andrew’s House colliery – Tanfield, Durham
1777 NCB 1/X/1
Beamish colliery – Tanfield, Durham
James Joicey & Co Ltd
1864, 1871 D/X 672/1-2
1925 NCB 7/3/26
Bearpark colliery – Bearpark, Durham
1872 -1984 D/X 696/8/39
Black Boy colliery – Coundon Grange, Durham
1827 – 1833 NCB 1/TH/13
Black Prince colliery – Cornsay, Durham
1889 D/X 498/189,190
Blackhall colliery – Monk Hesleden, Durham
Horden Collieries Ltd
1914 – 1957 NCB 19/2/6/6-9
1927 – 1951 NCB 15/279-314 records relate to an accident
Boldon colliery – Whitburn, Durham
Harton Coal Co Ltd
1923 – 1940 NCB 19/2/5/1-2,5
Bourn Moor colliery – Burnmoor, Durham
1801 D/X 26/4
Bowburn colliery – Quarrington, Durham
no date D/X 1566/1 records relate to an accident
Brancepeth colliery – Brancepeth, Durham
1896 D/X 446/10 records relate to an accident
Brandon colliery – Brandon & Byshottles, Durham
1966 – 1971 D/DMA 17/11/2,6-9
Burnhope colliery – Greencroft, Durham
U.A. Ritson & Sons
1914 – 1918 D/X 619/2
Burnopfield colliery – Tanfield, Durham
c.1890 – 1965 NCB 3/3-4,7-8
Burradon colliery – Burradon, Northumberland
1860 NCB 1/SC/621, NCB 1/RS/284-285 records relate to an accident
Busty Pit – Holmside, Durham
Holmside & South Moor Collieries Ltd
1926 – 1947 NCB 3/97
Byermoor colliery – Whickham, Durham
1897 – 1967 NCB 3/12/1-2
1955 – 1956 D/X 1049/3-4
Castle Eden colliery – Castle Eden, Durham
1938 – 1950 D/X 912/1-3
Catherine colliery – Crawcrook, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1876 NCB 1/SC/250
Chopwell colliery – Chopwell, Durham
1896 – 1966 NCB 3/20,23-52
1912 – 1916, n.d. D/X 1005/19-21,23,25-26,153,204
Clara Vale colliery – Crawcrook, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1896 NCB 1/SC/251
Cockfield Fell colliery – Cockfield, Durham
1827 – 1833 NCB 1/TH/13
Comb Hill pit – Ryton, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1840 – 1844 NCB 1/SC/149-152
Coxlodge colliery – near Gosforth, Northumberland
1863 NCB 1/RS/464 records relate to an accident
Crawcrook colliery – Crawcrook, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1896 NCB 1/SC/251
Crawcrook ? colliery – Crawcrook, Durham
c.1914, c.1946 D/X 498/192-193
Crookgate colliery – Burnopfield, Durham
1872 – 1906 D/MRP 115/2
Dawdon colliery – Dawdon, Durham
Londonderry Collieries Ltd
1909 – 1957 NCB 4/20-25,27-41 records relate to an accident
1923 – 1935 NCB 4/26
1932 – 1948 D/X 989/1-2 records relate to an accident
no date D/X 1051/29 records relate to an accident
Deaf Hill colliery – Wingate, Durham
Trimdon Coal Co Ltd
1905 – 1927 NCB 4/195-199 records relate to an accident
Dean & Chapter colliery – Ferryhill, Durham
Dorman Long & Co Ltd
1931 – 1963 D/X 434/1-2
Easington colliery – Easington, Durham
Easington Coal Co Ltd
1943 – 1949 NCB 13/74-75
1951 NCB 15/277-278 records relate to an accident
East Hetton colliery – Kelloe, Durham
1897 D/MRP 50/1 records relate to an accident
East Hetton Coal Co Ltd
1929 – 1951 NCB 13/76 records relate to an accident
1937 – 1946 NCB 9/7
East Stanley colliery – Tanfield, Durham
James Joicey & Co Ltd
1925 NCB 7/3/26
Eden colliery – Medomsley, Durham
Consett Iron Company Ltd
1905 – 1955, n.d. D/DMA 17/26/32-44
1909 – 1911 NCB 15/264 records relate to an accident
Elemore colliery – Pittington, Durham
1829 D/X 36/2
1864 – 1913 D/X 56/1
Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd
1917 – 1945 NCB 13/183 records relate to an accident
1932 – 1973 NCB 13/184,186
Emma pit – Ryton, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1848 – 1886 NCB 1/SC/153-213,252,255,584
Eppleton colliery – Great Eppleton, Durham
1864 – 1913 D/X 56/1
Fellside colliery – Whickham, Durham
John Bowes & Partners Ltd
1935 – 1937 D/St/B1/4/27
Fishburn colliery – Fishburn, Durham
Henry Stobart & Co Ltd
1936 – 1940 NCB 13/90 records relate to an accident
Frankland colliery – Framwellgate, Durham
Lambton Collieries
1865 D/X 248/2
Freehold colliery – Stella, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1852 – 1861 NCB 1/SC/214-221,253
Gibside colliery – Whickham, Durham
Bowes-Lyon family, Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1782 D/St/E5/21/33
Greenside colliery – Ryton Woodside, Durham
Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd
1936 – 1966 NCB 3/174-175
Hamsterley colliery – near Burnopfield, Lanchester, Durham
1966 – 1968 D/DMA 17/42/3
Handen Hold colliery – Pelton, Durham
James Joicey & Co Ltd
1925 NCB 7/3/26
Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd
1938 – 1968 NCB 3/137
Harraton colliery – Harraton, Durham
1817 NCB 1/RS/464 records relate to an accident
Hartley colliery – New Hartley, Northumberland
1862 NCB 1/RS/310-311 records relate to an accident
Haswell colliery – Haswell, Durham
c.1840 D/X 830/6
Hetton colliery – Hetton-le-Hole, Durham
1829 D/X 36/2
1864 – 1913 D/X 56/1
Heworth colliery – Heworth, Durham
1874 – 1917 NCB 1/X/63
Horden colliery – Horden, Durham
Horden Collieries Ltd
1970 – 1987 NCB 20/1-2
Hutton colliery (East pit) – Hutton Henry, Durham
Hutton Henry Coal Co Ltd
1932 – 1948 NCB 13/169
Hylton colliery – Hylton, Durham
Wearmouth Coal Co Ltd
1899 – 1958 NCB 15/366-367
1928 – 1958 D/MRP 160/1
1930 – 1946 NCB 13/340,342 records relate to an accident
1945 – 1949 NCB 2/179-181 records relate to an accident
1947 – 1950 NCB 2/182-183
Kimblesworth colliery – Kimblesworth, Durham
1880 – 1937 NCB 2/21-22 records relate to an accident
Lambton colliery – Morton Grange, Durham
Lambton family, Earls of Durham
1868 D/X 248/9
Lambton (Cocken pit) – Cocken, Durham
Lambton family, Earls of Durham
1863, 1868 D/X 248/1,5
Langley Park colliery – Langley, Durham
Consett Iron Co Ltd
1899 – 1943, n.d. NCB 13/22,24-25
1911 – 1915 NCB 4/5 records relate to an accident
1915 – 1947 NCB 13/26-50 records relate to an accident
Littletown colliery – Pittington Hallgarth, Durham
Lambton family, Earls of Durham
1866, 1868 D/X 248/3,6,8-9
Lumley colliery – Great Lumley, Durham
1891 – 1897 NCB 2/30 records relate to an accident
Mainsforth colliery – Mainsforth, Durham
Dorman, Long & Co Ltd
1928 – 1943 NCB 13/57-66 records relate to an accident
1940 – 1947 NCB 4/44
Marley Hill colliery – Whickham, Durham
Bowes-Lyon family, Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1757 – 1813 D/St/B1/2/103-115
John Bowes & Partners Ltd
1900 – 1946 NCB 3/15
1935 – 1937 D/St/B1/4/27
Medomsley colliery – Medomsley, Durham
1923 D/Ph 311/1 records relate to an accident
Montague colliery – Scotswood, Northumberland
1925 D/X 936/1 records relate to an accident
New Brancepeth colliery – Brandon & Byshottles, Durham
1933 – 1948 NCB 14/221 records relate to an accident
New Silksworth colliery – Silksworth, Durham
Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry
1895 – 1905 NCB 19/2/8/3-19/2/8/8
Newbottle colliery – Newbottle, Durham
1868 D/X 26/5
1868 D/X 369/11-14
Newbottle colliery (Houghton pit) – Newbottle, Durham
1868, 1899 D/X 369/2-8
North Banks colliery – Whickham, Durham
Bowes-Lyon family, Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1724 – 1813, n.d. D/St/B1/2/42-58,63,67,103-115
Oakenshaw colliery – Stockley, Durham
1948 – 1955 D/MRP 99/17
Old Durham colliery – Elvet, Durham
Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry
c.1860 D/Lo/F 477
1870 D/Lo/B 232
Oswald Pit – Holmside, Durham
Holmside & South Moor Collieries Ltd
1926 – 1956 NCB 3/95-96
Pelton Fell colliery – Chester-le-Street, Durham
1866 NCB 1/RS/464 records relate to an accident
Pittington colliery – Pittington Hallgarth, Durham
Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry
c.1860 D/Lo/F 477
Pontop colliery – Collierley (detached), Durham
Stanhope & Tyne Railroad Co
1818, 1824 D/X 115/2,6
c.1832 – 1838 NCB 1/JB/2177
Preston colliery – North Shields, Northumberland
U.A. Ritson & Sons
1914 – 1918 D/X 619/2
Rainton colliery – West Rainton, Durham
Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry
c.1860 D/Lo/F 477
c.1884 D/Lo/B 263
Rainton (Nicholson pit) – East Rainton, Durham
1879 D/X 999/12
1961 – 1965 D/X 982/1
Randolph colliery – Evenwood, Durham
1894-1962 D/X 1267
Ryhope colliery – Ryhope, Durham
Ryhope Coal Co Ltd
1943 – 1961 NCB 19/2/10/1-5
Ryton ? colliery – Ryton, Durham
c.1914, c.1946 D/X 498/192-193
Seaham colliery – Seaham, Durham
Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry
1868 D/X 1521/1
1872 D/EBF 96 records relate to an accident
1873 D/Lo/B 268
1878 – 1925, n.d. D/X 1051/8-14,16,18,29 records relate to an accident
1880 NCB 1/RS/449 records relate to an accident
1880 EP/NS 52 records relate to an accident
1900 – 1901 D/X 1521/2
1908 – 1967 D/X 1051/21-23,25
1912 D/MRP 96/1
1912 D/X 1521/3
1945 – 1954 D/DMA 17/96/12-14
Seaham ? colliery – Seaham, Durham
1912 – 1951 D/X 735/1-2
Sherburn colliery – Pittington Hallgarth, Durham
Lambton family, Earls of Durham
1868 D/X 248/9
Sherburn House colliery – Sherburn House, Durham
Lambton family, Earls of Durham
1868 D/X 248/4
Shotton colliery – Shotton, Durham
Horden Collieries Ltd
1877 – 1953 NCB 13/92,93-107
1924 – 1932 NCB 13/129 records relate to an accident
South Garesfield colliery – Tanfield, Durham
South Garesfield Colliery Co Ltd
1922 – 1946 D/St/B1/16/31-38,85
South Hetton colliery – Haswell, Durham
South Hetton Coal Co Ltd
1938 – 1952 NCB 13/242 records relate to an accident
1939 – 1944 NCB 4/144 records relate to an accident
South Moor colliery – Holmside, Durham
South Moor Colliery Co
1910 NCB 3/70
South Pontop colliery – Greencroft, Durham
U.A. Ritson & Sons
1914 – 1918 D/X 619/2
Staindrop, Field House colliery (drift) – Etherley, Durham
1965 D/X 1267/13
Stargate colliery – Ryton, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1873 – 1886 NCB 1/SC/222-246,254
Stella Grand Lease colliery – Stella, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1812 – 1824 NCB 1/SC/528-530,533
Tanfield Lea colliery – Tanfield, Durham
James Joicey & Co Ltd
1921, 1925 NCB 7/3/24,26
Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd
1939 – 1949 NCB 3/159
Thomas pit – Holmside, Durham
Holmside & South Moor Collieries Ltd
1926 – 1951 NCB 3/93-94
Thornley colliery – Shadforth, Durham
Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Co Ltd
1917 D/X 498/186
Thrislington colliery – Thrislington, Durham
Henry Stobart & Co Ltd
1931 – 1952 NCB 13/78,81-82
Dorman, Long & Co Ltd
1953 – 1957 NCB 13/67
Towneley Main colliery – Ryton, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1806 NCB 1/SC/247
Tudhoe colliery – Tudhoe, Durham
1882 NCB 1/RS/458 records relate to an accident
Twizell Burn colliery (drift) – Edmondsley, Durham
James Joicey & Co Ltd
1925 NCB 7/3/26
Usworth colliery – Little Usworth, Durham
Washington Coal Co Ltd
1898 – 1944 NCB 1/X/129
1899 – 1914 D/DMA 17/95/94-97 records relate to an accident
1926 – 1964 D/DMA 17/95/32,76,93
Waldridge colliery – Waldridge, Durham
Waldridge Coal Co Ltd
1938 – 1940 NCB 15/358-359
Walker colliery – Walker, Northumberland
1862 NCB 1/RS/464 records relate to an accident
Wallsend colliery (G pit) – Wallsend, Northumberland
1835 NCB 1/JB/2347 records relate to an accident
Wardley colliery – Heworth, Durham
Washington Coal Co Ltd
1898 – 1944 NCB 1/X/129
Washington colliery – Washington, Durham
Washington Coal Co Ltd
1898 – 1944 NCB 1/X/129
Washington Glebe colliery – Washington, Durham
Washington Coal Co Ltd
1898 – 1944 NCB 1/X/129
1904 – 1926 D/X 1118/11-22
1908 D/Ph 177/37 records relate to an accident
Waterhouses colliery – Brandon & Byshottles, Durham
1913 – 1960 NCB 4/109
Waterhouses ? colliery – Brandon & Byshottles, Durham
Pease & Partners Ltd
no date NCB 13/209
Wearmouth colliery (A,B pits) – Monkwearmouth, Durham
Wearmouth Coal Co Ltd
1913 – 1918 NCB 2/197-198 records relate to an accident
Wearmouth colliery – Monkwearmouth, Durham
Wearmouth Coal Co Ltd
1920 – 1956 NCB 13/337 records relate to an accident
West Stanley colliery – Tanfield, Durham
1882 NCB 1/RS/458 records relate to an accident
1909 D/MRP 50/1 records relate to an accident
1909 D/X 95/1 records relate to an accident
1909 D/X 498/198 records relate to an accident
West Towneley colliery – Stella, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1842 – 1844 NCB 1/SC/260
Wheatley Hill colliery – Wingate, Durham
Weardale Iron & Coal Co Ltd
c.1890 – c.1940 D/X 833/1
1903 – 1940 NCB 13/324-334 records relate to an accident
Whitfield [Whitefield] colliery (B pit) – Ryton, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1806 NCB 1/SC/247
Whitfield [Whitefield] colliery – Ryton, Durham
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1812 – 1824 NCB 1/SC/528-530,533
Whittonstall colliery – Shotley Low Quarter, Northumberland
1896 – 1966 NCB 3/20,23-52
1912 – 1916, n.d. D/X 1005/19-20,23,26,204
Willington colliery – Willington, Durham
Enginemen’s, Boiler Minders’ & Firemen’s Association
1935 – 1963 D/EBF 91/5-15
Wingate Grange colliery – Wingate, Durham
1906 D/X 587/303 records relate to an accident
Colliery personnel records not related to individual collieries or where the colliery is unspecified
not specified
1937 – 1946 NCB 4/225
Durham Coal Owners’ Association
1903, 1912 NCB 1/CO/86/499,643
1939 – 1944 NCB 1/CO/86/1131-1139,1153,1247-1248,1275
Durham Coal Owners’ Mutual Protection Association
1931 – 1953 D/DCOMPA 76,78-79,81-82,111-113 records relate to an accident
Durham Deputies’ Mutual Aid Association
1911 – 1941 D/DDMA 16-17
1930 – 1937 D/DDMA 18 records relate to an accident
Durham Miners’ Association
1943 – 1944 D/DMA 3/7/1
Durham County Colliery Enginemen’s, Boiler Minders’ & Firemen’s Association
1917, no date D/EBF 32,96
Harton Coal Co Ltd
1887 – 1954 NCB 1/X/12
James Joicey & Co Ltd
1909 – 1919 NCB 7/3/22
1936 – 1943 NCB 7/7/10-11 records relate to an accident
Lambton Collieries Ltd
1868 D/X 248/7
Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd
1936 – 1946 NCB 3/131
Londonderry Collieries Ltd
1871 – 1873 D/Lo/B 448
Pease & Partners Ltd
1914 – 1918 D/X 619/1
South Hetton Coal Co Ltd
1900 – 1902 NCB 1/X/55-60
South Pelaw Coal Co Ltd
1945 – 1950 NCB 2/36-39
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1811 – 1855 NCB 1/SC/284-303,564
1851 – 1861 NCB 1/SC/628 records relate to an accident
1851 – 1883 NCB 1/SC/261-269,304-316,348,586,1009
1863 NCB 1/RS/20
1921 – 1939 NCB 1/SC/600-604
no date NCB 1/SC/562,583
no date NCB 1/SC/574-578 records relate to an accident
Trimdon Coal Co Ltd
1932 – 1944 NCB 4/217
Wearmouth Coal Co Ltd
1914 – 1950 NCB 2/142,143-151,278
1926 – 1940 NCB 13/361,370
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