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- National Coal Board
- Joint Committee Minutes: (Ref: NCB I/CO 28-38)
- Joint District Safety Board Minutes (Ref: NCB I/CO 40)
- Joint District Coal Production Committee Minutes (Ref: NCB I/CO 41-44)
- Joint Disputes Committee (Ref: NCB I/CO 45-46)
- Board of Conciliation Proceedings (Ref: NCB I/CO 72-77)
- Abstracts of Awards and Agreements (Ref: NCB I/CO 78-80)
- Trade statistics (Ref: NCB I/CO 102-105)
- PRINTED (Ref: NCB I/CO 115-115A)
- MISCELLANEOUS FILES (Ref: NCB I/CO 477-501)
Catalogue Description
DURHAM COAL OWNERS' ASSOCIATIONThese records may be supplemented by those at the Northumberland Record Office (list in pamphlet box in Search Room library) and - for Joint Committees, Arbitrations, Awards, etc. - by the Durham Miners' Association records (D/DMA 1-293)
Catalogue Contents
(Ref: NCB I/CO 1-27)
PROCEEDINGS AND MINUTES
Joint Committee proceedings
[contain same material as the Minutes, see below, but more detail given in some cases]
1872 - 1881
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 21882 - 1884
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 31885 - 1890
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 41891 - 1895
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 51896 - 1900
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 61901 - 1903
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 71904 - 1906
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 81907
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 91908
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 101909
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 111910
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 121911
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 131912
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 141913
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 151914
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 161915
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 171916
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 181917
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 191918
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 201919
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 211920
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 221921
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 231922
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 241923
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 251924 - 1925
(1 printed file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 261925
(1 printed file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 271926
(1 printed file)
Joint Committee Minutes: (Ref: NCB I/CO 28-38)Ref: NCB I/CO 281908 - 1910
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 291911 - 1913
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 301914 - 1916
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 311917 - 1919
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 321920 - 1922
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 331923 - 1946
(1 printed file)
Joint Committee Minutes: Cokemen
[cuttings from the minutes pasted into a volume]
Ref: NCB I/CO 341876 - 1924
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 351925 - 1927 [3 pages only]
(1 volume)
Joint Committee Minutes: Enginemen and Deputies
[cuttings from the minutes pasted into a volume]
Ref: NCB I/CO 361874 - 1939 (enginemen), 1926 - 1938 (deputies)
(1 volume)
Joint Committee Minutes: Mechanics
[cuttings from the minutes pasted into a volume]
Ref: NCB I/CO 371881 - 1939
(1 volume)
Joint Committee Agendas:
Ref: NCB I/CO 381927 - 1943
(1 printed file)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 39 (1)-(7))Joint District Board
(established under Minimum Wages Act, 1912)
Minutes, 1912 - 1940
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 39 (2)Proceedings, 1912 [copy of part of NCB I/CO 71 below]
(1 typescript volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 39 (3)Proceedings, 1913
(1 typescript file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 39 (4)Proceedings, 1923
(1 typescript volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 39 (5-6)Proceedings, 1928 [2 copies]
(1 typescript volume, 1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 39 (7)Copy of 1912 Act and Rules of the Board, 1938
(1 printed booklet)
Joint District Safety Board Minutes (Ref: NCB I/CO 40)Ref: NCB I/CO 401941 - 1944
(1 volume)
Joint District Coal Production Committee Minutes (Ref: NCB I/CO 41-44)Ref: NCB I/CO 411942 - 1943
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 421943 - 1945
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 431945 - 1946
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 441946 - 1947
(1 volume)
Joint Disputes Committee (Ref: NCB I/CO 45-46)Ref: NCB I/CO 45Minutes, 1943 - 1946
(1 printed file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 46Reports, 1943 - 1946 [seven pages only - Tanfield Lea, Thrislington, Easington, New Herrington, Kimblesworth, Bowburn]
(1 file)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 47-66)Durham Coal Trade Arbitration
[Verbatim account of proceedings]
1874 - 1876
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 481874 - 1879 [partly duplicate of NCB I/CO 47 above]
(1 printed volume)
[Volumes NCB I/CO 49-71 form a bound and numbered series of arbitration and other proceedings]
Ref: NCB I/CO 49Miners, October 1874
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 50Miners and cokemen, April 1875
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 51Miners, January 1876
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 52Cokemen, January 1876
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 53Mechanics, February 1876
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 54Enginemen, February 1876
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 55Miners, August 1876
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 56Cokemen, August 1876
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 57Enginemen, December 1876
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 58Mechanics, May 1877
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 59Cokemen, June 1877
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 60Miners, 1879 (July)
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 61Mechanics' hours, July 1880
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 62Miners' hours, August 1880
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 63Deputies, February 1881
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 64Cokemen, January and October 1882
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 65Miners' hours at double-shift collieries, December 1890
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 66Cokemen, April 1891
(1 printed volume)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 67-71)Various proceedings
Bound as a series with the Arbitrations (see above NCB I/CO 49-66)
Board of Conciliation for the Durham Coal Trade, proceedings, 1895 - 1896 [another copy, NCB I/CO 72, below]
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 68Board of Conciliation, proceedings (Bank Holidays), 1903
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 69Coal Owners' Association and Cokemen' s Association, Bye-product Oven Arbitration, 1908 [another copy, NCB I/CO 77, below]
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 70Board of Conciliation, Proceedings (Wages), 1909 - 1910 [another copy, NCB I/CO 73, below]
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 71Joint District Board (Minimum Wage Act, 1912), Proceedings, 1912
(1 printed volume)
[For minutes, 1912 - 1940, and proceedings, 1912, 1913, 1923, 1928, see NCB I/CO 39(1-6) above]
Board of Conciliation Proceedings (Ref: NCB I/CO 72-77)Ref: NCB I/CO 72Board of Conciliation, Proceedings, 1895 - 1996 [another copy, NCB I/CO 67, above]
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 73Board of Conciliation, Proceedings (Wages), 1909 - 1910 [another copy, NCB I/CO 70, above]
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 74-75Board of Conciliation, Proceedings, 1910 [copies of parts of NCB I/CO 70 and 73, above]
(2 volumes)
Ref: NCB I/CO 76Board of Conciliation, Proceedings (Cokemen's application for 20% advance on basic rate), 1912
(1 volume)
See also NCB I/CO 68 above
Ref: NCB I/CO 77Bye - product Oven Arbitration, 1908 (2 copies) [Another copy, NCB I/CO 69, above]
(2 volumes)
Abstracts of Awards and Agreements (Ref: NCB I/CO 78-80)Ref: NCB I/CO 78April 1923 - December 1925
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 79January 1926 - March 1928
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 80July 1929 - January 1930
(1 printed volume)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 81-85C)Accountants' Certificates and Reports
re selling prices, wage percentages, etc.
1877 - 1900 [with note of prices from missing certificates, 1871 - 1876]
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 821901 - 1913
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 831914 - 1921
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 841921 - 1932
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 851933 - 1939
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 85A1933 - 1940
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 85B1940 - 1946
(1 file, and 1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/CO 85C1943 - 1946 (including survey, 1939 - 1944)
(1 file)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 86-87)STATISTICS
Coal Owners' Statistical Returns
1867 - 1947 see separate list
(Approx. 1,100 volumes, arranged in chronological order)
Ref: NCB I/CO 87Index to the Statistical Returns [alphabetical, by subject]
This index is manuscript, and entries, having been made over a period of 80 years, are not collated; the Record Office list of the returns is a better finding aid
(1 volume)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 88-96A)Wages and Trade Customs
statistical tables, Notes and Observations, etc.
Northumberland and Durham, 1873
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 89Durham, 1873
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 90Durham, 1874
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 91Another copy of NCB I/CO 90
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 92Durham, 1876
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 93Durham, 1879 [collieries referred to by number only; no key to names]
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 94Another copy of NCB I/CO 93
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 95Tables showing Advances and Reductions in Wages (Northumberland and Durham), 1871 - 1880
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 96Wages, and advances and reductions, c. 1871 - c. 1944
(1 manuscript volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 96AAverage number of days worked and shifts lost, 1896 - 1923
(1 printed booklet)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 97-101)Hewers' and fillers earnings (Durham)
statistical tables re earnings, amount wrought, etc.
Giving total figures for each pay, for each colliery, 1934 - 1935
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 98Giving total figures for each pay, for each colliery, 1936 - 1937
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 99Giving total figures for each pay, for each colliery, 1938 - 1939
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 100Summary, 1923 - 1933
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 101Summary, 1934 - 1946
(1 volume)
Trade statistics (Ref: NCB I/CO 102-105)Ref: NCB I/CO 102Showing produce of each inspector's district and exports from various ports in the kingdom, covering England, Scotland, and Wales, 1868 - 1882
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 103Annual Mineral Statistics. [Production, numbers employed, etc., covering England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland], 1890 - 1938. [Also abstracts showing similar information for Durham and Northumberland, 1870 - 1932]
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 104Coal Statistics (Various): returns to Orders of the House of Commons, re exports, production and consumption, wages arid profits, fatal accidents, etc., in United Kingdom and abroad, 1883 - 1904
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 105Coal Statistics (Various): returns to Orders of the House of Commons, re exports, production and consumption, etc., in United Kingdom and abroad, 1904 - 1912
(1 printed volume)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 106-114)Monthly Statistics [covering United Kingdom, by county]
re days worked per week, prices, changes in rates of wages, shipments, exports, proportion of unemployed miners in Trade Unions, etc.
1896 - 1902
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1071903 - 1911
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1081912 - 1916
(1 printed volume)
[No statistics published 1916 - 1921 owing to the War]
Ref: NCB I/CO 1091921 - 1927
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1101928 - 1932
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1111933 - 1937
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1121938 - 1939
(1 printed file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 113Coal prices (Newcastle, Sunderland, Hartlepool, Yorkshire) at London Coal market, 1891 - 1914, and coal prices (gas, house, coke, steam, etc.) at Newcastle, 1888 - 1945
(1 volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 114Various statistics re exports, disposal of coal, tonnage shifts worked and absenteeism, weekly output of coal, number of persons in books, 1922 - 1938
(1 bundle)
PRINTED (Ref: NCB I/CO 115-115A)Ref: NCB I/CO 115Durham Miners' Association, card showing wages and percentages, 1937
(1 card)
Ref: NCB I/CO 115ACoal Mines Regulation Act, 1887: special rules drawn up by district committees, 1887 - 1888
(1 printed volume)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 117-118)Northumberland
116 Northumberland Coal Trade Arbitration, Proceedings [verbatim], 1877
[stamped "John B. Simpson", but listed here for convenience]
(1 printed volume)
Northumberland Coal Owners' Association, county agreements and decisions: miners, 1908 - 1948
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 118Northumberland Coal Owners' Association, county agreements and decisions: deputies, enginemen, and mechanics, 1919 - 1946
(1 printed volume)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 119-131)Government publications
Accidents in Mines:
Accidents in Mines, Report by House of Lords Select Committee (with minutes of evidence, etc.), 1849
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 120Report on Ventilation of Mines by J. Phillips; Reports of Inspectors of Coal Mines, and Report of Select Committee on Coal Mines (with minutes of evidence, etc.), 1850 - 1952
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 121Accidents in Mines, Final Report of Royal Commission (with minutes of evidence, etc.), 1866
[John B. Simpson's copy]
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 122Safety in Coal Mines, Report of Royal Commission, 1938
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 123Appendices to NCB I/CO 122, 1938
(1 printed volume)
Mining Royalties:
Ref: NCB I/CO 124Royal Commission, queries to and replies from royalty owners, etc., minutes of committee meeting, minutes of evidence, etc.; tables showing mineral production of British Isles (1848 - 1889) and in Europe and America, with United Kingdom imports and exports (1886 - 1888), 1890
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/CO 125Royal Commission, second Report (with minutes of evidence, etc.), 1891
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 126Hours of Work: return to a House of Commons Order, showing hours worked in various industries in 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1890; 1890
(1 printed file)
Coal Supplies:
Ref: NCB I/CO 127Royal Commission, first Report, 1903
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 128Royal Commission, second Report (with minutes of evidence, etc.), 1904
[Stella Coal Company's or J.B. Simpson's copy]
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 129Strikes and Lock-Outs: Board of Trade report and statistics on strikes and lock-outs, and on conciliation and arbitration boards in the United Kingdom, 1912
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 130Royal Commission on the Coal Industry, Report, 1925
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 131Mines Department, Quarterly Statistical Summaries (output, costs, proceeds, and profits) [by district], 1925 - 1929
(1 printed file)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 132-136)Miscellaneous printed material
[Provenance uncertain]
Mechanical Ventilation Committee: reports on experiments on ventilators at various collieries [throughout United Kingdom] with plans, 1879 - 1880
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/CO 133Mining Association of Great Britain, Record of First Series (1908 - 1909) of British Coal Dust Experiments [re explosions], 1910
(1 printed volume)
Ref: NCB I/CO 134Miners' Lamps Committee (Mines Department), Memoranda and Reports, 1920 - 24
(1 printed file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 135Boring accounts, Northumberland and Durham (North of England Institute of Mining Engineers). [Apparently consisting of two or three series, but arranged alphabetically under the first colliery in each pamphlet], c. 1878
(3 bundles)
Ref: NCB I/CO 136Various: Durham Coal Owners' Association Annual Report [proof copy], 1883; The Truth about Mining Royalties [proof copy] and A Few Facts about Mining Royalties, n.d. and 1894; Deep Winning of Coal in South Wales, 1881; tables re iron and steel exports, 1865 - 1890; pamphlets on ground rents, reform of local taxation, Betterment, etc. (published by The Property Protection Society), n.d. (c. 1887 - 1894); Fuel Research reports, 1935; Board of Investigation upon the Immediate Wages Issue in the Coal Mining Industry (chaired by Lord Greene), 1942; Consultative Council, 1954
(1 bundle)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 137-388)AWARDS AND AGREEMENTS
Filed under the colliery concerned, and consisting of the original signed agreements between the owners and workmen, and awards by umpires, re wages and prices.
Addison Pit (Towneley and Stella Collieries)
1874 - 1903
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1381904 - 1920
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1391921 - 1947
(1 file)
Allendale Drift (Consett Iron Company)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1401923 (three items only, re separation of Allendale Drift from Derwent colliery)
(1 file)
Auckland Park
Ref: NCB I/CO 1411876 - 1908
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1421909 - 1940
(1 file)
Axwell Park
Ref: NCB I/CO 1431897 - 1946
(1 file)
Bank foot (Peases West)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1441893 - 1941
(1 file)
Beamish
Ref: NCB I/CO 1451872 - 1903
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1461904 - 1929
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1471930 - 1946
(1 file)
Bearpark
Ref: NCB I/CO 1481873 - 1905
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1491906 - 1916
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1501917 - 1945
(1 file)
Belmont (Grange Coal Company)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1511943 - 1945 (three papers only)
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 151A1945 (two papers only)
(1 file)
Blackhall
Ref: NCB I/CO 1521913 - 1946
(1 file)
Birtley - Blackhouse
Ref: NCB I/CO 1531914 - 1923
(1 file)
Blaydon Burn
Ref: NCB I/CO 1541895 - 1913
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1551914 - 1947
(1 file)
Boldon
Ref: NCB I/CO 1561876 - 1900
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1571901 - 1946
(1 file)
Bowburn
Ref: NCB I/CO 1581908 - 1946
(1 file)
Bowden Close
Ref: NCB I/CO 1591878 - 1924
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1601925 - 1930
(1 file)
Bradley Shops
Ref: NCB I/CO 1611925 (one item only)
(1 file)
Brancepeth
Ref: NCB I/CO 1621873 - 1885
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1631886 - 1896
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1641897 - 1906
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1651907 - 1914
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1661915 - 1921
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1671922 - 1946
(1 file)
Brandon
Ref: NCB I/CO 1681873 - 1898
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1691899 - 1922
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1701926 - 1946
(1 file)
Browney
Ref: NCB I/CO 1711880 - 1921
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1721922 - 1935
(1 file)
Burnhope
Ref: NCB I/CO 1731874 - 1903
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1741904 - 1947
(1 file)
Burnopfield
Ref: NCB I/CO 1751880 - 1945
(1 file)
Byer Moor
Ref: NCB I/CO 1761874 - 1946
(1 file)
Byers Green
Ref: NCB I/CO 1771875 - 1902
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1781903 - 1912
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1791913 - 1930
(1 file)
Charlaw
Ref: NCB I/CO 1801873 - 1908
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1811909 - 1945
(1 file)
Chester South Moor
Ref: NCB I/CO 1821874 - 1946
(1 file)
Chilton
Ref: NCB I/CO 1831880 - 1917
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1841918 - 1946
(1 file)
Chopwell
Ref: NCB I/CO 1851897 - 1909
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1861910 - 1916
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1871917 - 1943
(1 file)
Clara Vale pit (Towneley and Stella collieries)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1881893 - 1914
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1891915 - 1946
(1 file)
Consett Coke Ovens (Consett Iron Company)
Ref: NCB I/CO 189A1889 - 1910
(1 file)
Cornsay
Ref: NCB I/CO 1901873 - 1895
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1911896 - 1910
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1921911 - 1935
(1 file)
Craghead
Ref: NCB I/CO 1931915 - 1946
(1 file)
Crookhall: Humber Hill New Winning (Consett Iron Company)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1941924 - 1945
(1 file)
Crookhall: Iveston (Consett Iron Company)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1951935 (one item only)
(1 file)
Crookhall: Victory Pit (Consett Iron Company)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1961921 - 1946
(1 file)
Crookhall: Woodside Winning (Consett Iron Company)
Ref: NCB I/CO 1971929 - 1946
(1 file)
Deaf Hill
Ref: NCB I/CO 1981875 - 1946
(1 file)
Dean and Chapter
Ref: NCB I/CO 1991903 - 1909
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2001910 - 1921
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2011922 - 1946
(1 file)
Derwent
Ref: NCB I/CO 2021919 - 1945
(1 file)
Dipton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2031872 - 1940
(1 file)
Dunston
Ref: NCB I/CO 2041906 - 1946
(1 file)
East Hedley Hope
Ref: NCB I/CO 2051943 (one paper only)
(1 file)
East Hetton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2061874 - 1894
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2071895 - 1905
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2081906 - 1911
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2091911 - 1946
(1 file)
Easington
Ref: NCB I/CO 2101911 - 1946
(1 file)
East Tanfield
Ref: NCB I/CO 2111873 - 1946
(1 file)
Eden
Ref: NCB I/CO 2121872 - 1920
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2131921 - 1945
(1 file)
Eldon
Ref: NCB I/CO 2141875 - 1910
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2151911 - 1926
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2161929 - 1947
(1 file)
Elemore
Ref: NCB I/CO 2171877 - 1918
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2181920 - 1946
(1 file)
Emma Pit (Towneley and Stella collieries)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2191873 - 1914
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2201916 - 1945
(1 file)
Eppleton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2211874 - 1916
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2221917 - 1946
(1 file)
Esh
Ref: NCB I/CO 2231873 - 1907
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2241908 - 1925
(1 file)
Felling
Ref: NCB I/CO 2251875 - 1899
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2261900 - 1922
(1 file)
Finchale
Ref: NCB I/CO 226A1946 (one paper only)
(1 file)
Fishburn
Ref: NCB I/CO 2271914 - 1947
(1 file)
Follonsby
Ref: NCB I/CO 2281913 - 1931
(1 file)
Frankland
Ref: NCB I/CO 2291945 (one paper only)
(1 file)
Garesfield
Ref: NCB I/CO 2301872 - 1906
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2311907 - 1929
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2321931 - 1946
(1 file)
Greenside pit (Towneley and Stella collieries)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2331901 - 1945
(1 file)
Hamsteels
Ref: NCB I/CO 2341873 - 1912
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2351913 - 1946
(1 file)
Hamsterley
Ref: NCB I/CO 2361891 - 1918
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2371919 - 1946
(1 file)
Harraton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2381893 - 1908
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2391909 - 1946
(1 file)
Harton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2401873 - 1921
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2411922 - 1947
(1 file)
Herrington
Ref: NCB I/CO 2421877 - 1946
(1 file)
Hetton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2431875 - 1922
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2441923 - 1946
(1 file)
Heworth
Ref: NCB I/CO 2451883 - 1908
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2461909 - 1946
(1 file)
Horden
Ref: NCB I/CO 2471905 - 1919
(1 file)
Houghton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2481912 - 1919
(1 file)
Hylton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2491900 - 1946
(1 file)
Kimblesworth
Ref: NCB I/CO 2501875 - 1911
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2511912 - 1943
(1 file)
Lambton D Pit (or Burnmoor)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2521873 - 1909
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2531910 - 1946
(1 file)
Langley Park
Ref: NCB I/CO 2541879 - 1909
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2551910 - 1946
(1 file)
Leasingthorne
Ref: NCB I/CO 2561874 - 1909
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2571910 - 1922
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2581922 - 1946
(1 file)
Littleburn
Ref: NCB I/CO 2591872 - 1896
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2601897 - 1921
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2611922 - 1946
(1 file)
Ludworth
Ref: NCB I/CO 2621872 - 1921
(1 file)
Lumley, 6th Pit
Ref: NCB I/CO 2631880 - 1909
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2641911 - 1946
(1 file)
Mainsforth
Ref: NCB I/CO 2651906 - 1919
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2661920 - 1946
(1 file)
Malton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2671901 - 1919
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2681919 - 1945
(1 file)
Marley Hill
Ref: NCB I/CO 2691873 - 1905
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2701906 - 1946
(1 file)
Medomsley
Ref: NCB I/CO 2711873 - 1918
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2721919 - 1944
(1 file)
Murton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2731875 - 1899
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2741900 - 1910
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2751911 - 1945
(1 file)
Newfield
Ref: NCB I/CO 2761873 - 1903
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2771904 - 1922
(1 file)
New Brancepeth
Ref: NCB I/CO 2781873 - 1917
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2791918 - 1946
(1 file)
North Bitchburn
Ref: NCB I/CO 2801873 - 1919 [contents not in chronological order]
(1 file)
North Hetton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2811872 - 1909
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2821910 - 1935
(1 file)
Ouston
Ref: NCB I/CO 2831873 - 1902
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2841903 - 1916
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2851917 - 1939
(1 file)
Pelaw Main
Ref: NCB I/CO 286A1944 (one item only)
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 286B1912, 1944 (railways) [see also NCB I/C0 434A]
(1 file)
Pelton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2871874 - 1909
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2881910 - 1946
(1 file)
Preston
Ref: NCB I/CO 2891899 - 1928
(1 file)
Rainton
Ref: NCB I/CO 2901944 (one item only)
(1 file)
Randolph
Ref: NCB I/CO 2911913 - 1926
(1 file)
Ravensworth
Ref: NCB I/CO 2921873 - 1902 (and one item, 1918)
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2931903 - 1919
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2941919 - 1946
(1 file)
Roddymoor
Ref: NCB I/CO 2951873 - 1846
(1 file)
Rowlands Gill
Ref: NCB I/CO 2961893 - 1944
(1 file)
Ryhope
Ref: NCB I/CO 2971876 - 1900
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2981901 - 1920
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 2991920 - 1946
(1 file)
Sacriston
Ref: NCB I/CO 3001877 - 1911
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3011913 - 1946
(1 file)
Saint Hilda
Ref: NCB I/CO 3021876 - 1905
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3031906 - 1939
(1 file)
Seaham
Ref: NCB I/CO 3041872 - 1890
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3051891 - 1946
(1 file)
Sherburn Hill
Ref: NCB I/CO 3061874 - 1906
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3071907 - 1918
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3081919 - 1945
(1 file)
Sherburn House
Ref: NCB I/CO 3091875 - 1918
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3101919 - 1931
(1 file)
Shotton
Ref: NCB I/CO 3111872 - 1912
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3121913 - 1946
(1 file)
Silksworth
Ref: NCB I/CO 3131875 - 1892
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3141893 - 1935
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3151935 - 1945
(1 file)
South Brancepeth
Ref: NCB I/CO 3161880 - 1922
(1 file)
South Derwent
Ref: NCB I/CO 316A1872 - 1877
(1 file)
South Garesfield
Ref: NCB I/CO 3171945 (one item only)
(1 file)
South Hetton
Ref: NCB I/CO 3181874 - 1894
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3191895 - 1910
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3201911 - 1946
(1 file)
South Medomsley
Ref: NCB I/CO 3211915 - 1944
(1 file)
South Moor
Ref: NCB I/CO 322Charley Pit, 1875 - 1915
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 323Hedley Pit, 1914 - 1944
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 324Louisa Pit, 1874 - 1946
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 325Morrison Pits, 1875 - 1946
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 326William Pit, 1915 - 1938
(1 file)
South Pelaw
Ref: NCB I/CO 3271938 - 1942
(1 file)
Stargate (Towneley and Stella collieries)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3281874 - 1911 (and a few items, 1945 - 1946)
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3291912 - 1946
(1 file)
Stella Gill
Ref: NCB I/CO 3301941 (one item only)
(1 file)
Swalwell Garesfield
Ref: NCB I/CO 3311897 - 1914
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3321921 - 1937
(1 file)
Tanfield Lea
Ref: NCB I/CO 3331872 - 1910
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3341911 - 1919
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3351920 - 1946
(1 file)
Tanfield Moor
Ref: NCB I/CO 3361875 - 1944
(1 file)
Thornley
Ref: NCB I/CO 3371873 - 1909
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3381910 - 1947
(1 file)
Thrislington
Ref: NCB I/CO 3391876 - 1907
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3401908 - 1946
(1 file)
Throstle Gill Drift
Ref: NCB I/CO 3411933
(1 file)
Trimdon Grange
Ref: NCB I/CO 3421875 - 1896
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3431897 - 1905
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3441906 - 1914
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3451915 - 4195
(1 file)
Tudhoe
Ref: NCB I/CO 3461882 - 1900
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3471901 - 1945
(1 file)
Tursdale
Ref: NCB I/CO 3481882 - 1918
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3491919 - 1930
(1 file)
Twizell
Ref: NCB I/CO 3501874 - 1920
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3511921 - 1945
(1 file)
Urpeth
Ref: NCB I/CO 3521874 - 1904
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3531905 - 1920
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3541921 - 1939
(1 file)
Ushaw Moor
Ref: NCB I/CO 3551893 - 1918
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3561919 - 1945
(1 file)
Usworth
Ref: NCB I/CO 3571872 - 1894
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3581895 - 1900
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3591901 - 1910
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3601911 - 1944
(1 file)
Vane Tempest
Ref: NCB I/CO 3611929 - 1947
(1 file)
Victoria Garesfield
Ref: NCB I/CO 3621881 - 1929
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3631930 - 1946
(1 file)
Washington
Ref: NCB I/CO 3641875 - 1899
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3651900 - 1909
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3661910 - 1919
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3671920 - 1946
(1 file)
Watergate
Ref: NCB I/CO 3681923 - 1946
(1 file)
Waterhouses
Ref: NCB I/CO 3691874 - 1899
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3701900 - 1913 (and a few items, 1936)
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3711914 - 1946
(1 file)
Wearmouth
Ref: NCB I/CO 3721874 - 1902
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3731903 - 1946
(1 file)
Westerton
Ref: NCB I/CO 3741873 - 1919
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3751922 - 1931
(1 file)
West Pelton
Ref: NCB I/CO 3761872 - 1912
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3771913 - 1946
(1 file)
West Shield Row
Ref: NCB I/CO 3781904 - 1933
(1 file)
West Stanley
Ref: NCB I/CO 3791873 - 1936
(1 file)
West Tees
Ref: NCB I/CO 3801873 - 1938
(1 file)
West Thornley
Ref: NCB I/CO 3811884 - 1938
(1 file)
Westwood
Ref: NCB I/CO 3821873 - 1920
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3831921 - 1940
(1 file)
Wheatley Hill
Ref: NCB I/CO 3841874 - 1918
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3851919 - 1946
(1 file)
Whitburn
Ref: NCB I/CO 3861882 - 1900
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3871900 - 1947
(1 file)
Whitworth Park
Ref: NCB I/CO 3881946 (one item only)
(1 file)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 389-431A)Awards and Agreements filed by district
Within each file the awards or agreements relate to particular collieries. These were apparently sent to the relevant District Committee for confirmation, and the files then sent to the Newcastle office.
Auckland District
1939
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3901940
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 3911942 - 1944
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 392-3931944
(2 files)
Ref: NCB I/CO 394-3971945
(4 files)
Ref: NCB I/CO 398-399A1946
(3 files)
East District
Ref: NCB I/CO 4001939
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 401-4031940
(3 files)
Ref: NCB I/CO 4041943 - 1944
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 405-4061944
(2 files)
Ref: NCB I/CO 407-4101945
(4 files)
Ref: NCB I/CO 411-413A1946
(4 files)
North District
Ref: NCB I/CO 4141939
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 4151939 - 1940
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 416-4171940
(2 files)
Ref: NCB I/CO 4181940 - 1941
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 4191940 - 1942
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 420-4211941
(2 files)
Ref: NCB I/CO 4221942 - 1944
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 4231942 - 1944
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 4241944
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 4251944 - 1945
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 426-4281945
(3 files)
Ref: NCB I/CO 429-431A1946
(4 files)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 432-447)Awards and Agreements relating to certain categories of workmen
General agreements, and also copies of relevant agreements at specific collieries
Deputies, 1880 - 1945
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 433Hewers, 1880 - 1920
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 434Enginemen, 1876 - 1946
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 434AEnginemen at Perkins and Partners' collieries, 1912
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 435Onsetters, 1888 - 1920
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 436Horsekeepers, 1917 (2 items only)
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 437Brickworkers, 1920 (2 items only)
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 438Surfacemen, 1918 - 1927 (3 items only)
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 439Electricians, 1910 - 1945
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 440Putters, 1902 - 1942
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 441-442Shotfirers, 1919 (2 items only)
(2 files)
Ref: NCB I/CO 443Cokemen, 1875 - 1946
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 444Mechanics, 1874 - 1946
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 445Mechanics, 1931 (1 item only)
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 446Screeners, 1891 - 1920 (3 items only)
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 447Officials and staff, 1946 (2 items only)
(1 file)
(Ref: NCB I/CO 448-476C)Miscellaneous Awards and Agreements
Most files contain only one or two items
Boys' wages, 1874 - 1941; coal drawing, 1903; conciliation scheme, 1944; employment of disabled ex-servicemen, 1946; essential work order, 1945; Greene minimum wage, 1942; holidays, 1938 - 1943; hours, 1878 - 1931; houses rent and firecoal [list only of agreements handed to National Coal Board], 1948; fast and loose jenkins, 1894 - 1895; lying idle after fatal accidents, 1907 - 1913; machine mining, 1945; out of pocket expenses of hospital out-patients, 1943 - 1944; overtime [including Northumberland agreements], 1919 - 1942; Porter minimum wage, 1944; pieceworkers, 1943 - 1946; pit production committees [including Northumberland], 1941; short shifts, 1927; sliding scales, 1877 - 1882; smart money, 1882; steel supports, 1942 - 1946; subsistence wage, 1921 - 1928; training, 1946; wages, 1928 - 1944; wet working, 1942 - 1943; various (including re individual collieries), 1938 - 1940
(1 bundle)
Ref: NCB I/CO 476Abstracts of Joint Committee agreements, arranged alphabetically by subject (e.g. Abnormal places, Areas, Averages, Banksmen, Bonus, Boys, etc. etc.), c. 1906 - 1922
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 476CAbstracts of Awards and Agreements approved by District Committees, 1928 - 1938
(10 printed booklets)
Ref: NCB I/CO 476A-BCounty Agreements and Decisions (from c. 1872), 1925 (2 copies)
(2 printed volumes)
MISCELLANEOUS FILES (Ref: NCB I/CO 477-501)Ref: NCB I/CO 477Extracts from District Committees proceedings, arranged alphabetically by subject: A to F
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 478Extracts from District Committees proceedings, arranged alphabetically by subject: G to Z
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 479Joint Committee rules; election results; refusals to carry out Joint Committee decisions; alterations of colliery customs without Joint Committee sanction; statement of principles for guidance of Joint Committee, etc., 1873 - 1914
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 480Joint Committee minutes [incomplete], 1924 - 1939; minutes and correspondence re case of J. Soutar, Brancepeth, 1915 - 1918; notes of various agreements (especially re machine mining), 1924 - 1932, etc.
(1 bundle)
[See NCB I/CO 33 above for complete series of minutes]
Ref: NCB I/CO 481Conciliation Board, rules, signed constitution, some minutes, etc., 1895 - 1945
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 482Joint District Board (Minimum Wage), correspondence and statement of wage rates, etc., 1912 - 1938
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 483Wages Committee reports, 1889 - 1898
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 484Coke Committee reports, 1891 - 1896
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 485Minimum Wage examples, etc., 1912 - 1926
(1 printed file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 486Minimum Wage examples, etc., 1917 - 1925
(1 printed file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 487Minimum Wage examples, etc., 1918 - 1946
(1 printed file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 488Hewers' standard wage tables, etc.; also weekly drawings, n.d. and 1921 - 1944
(2 files)
Ref: NCB I/CO 489Results of accountants' ascertainments for wages purposes [printed tables of various financial statistics, each table covering several years], 1921 - 1935, 1945 - 1946
(2 bundles)
Ref: NCB I/CO 490Results of accountants' ascertainments for wages purposes [printed tables of various financial statistics, each table covering several years], 1927 - 1939
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 491Results of accountants' ascertainments for wages purposes [printed tables of various financial statistics, each table covering several years], 1935 - 1946
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 492Statistical tables (based on accountants' reports) showing number of collieries making profits or losses, with tonnage raised and aggregate profit or loss (monthly), 1924 - 1926
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 493Accountants' ascertainments of coke prices, 1924 - 1938
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 494Accountants' ascertainments of coke prices, 1938 - 1947
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 495-496Letters from Durham Miners' Association, umpire's awards re wage reductions, etc., 1874 - 1879, 1882 - 1883 and 1940
(2 files)
Ref: NCB I/CO 497Correspondence and agreements re assessment of colliery property for rating purposes, 1932 - 1938
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 498National Conciliation Board for the Coal mining Industry, minutes, 1943 - 1946
(1 printed file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 499Compensation Act: committee reports, arbitration, list of fines and of compensation paid, re compensation for loss through strikes, 1889 - 1925
(1 file)
Ref: NCB I/CO 500Correspondence (filed under individual cases from collieries) re claims to Guaranteed Wage and Greene and Porter Minimum Wage Committees. [From Durham Miners Association lodges and colliery management, to Coal Trade Offices in Newcastle; and copy replies], 1942 - 1945
(1 box)
Ref: NCB I/CO 501Memorandum and Articles of Association and reports of North of England Coal Owners Mutual Protection Association, n.d. and 1890; Coal Owners' Association, various committee minutes, arbitrations and awards, list of collieries with names of representatives and viewers, rules, reports, etc., 1873 - 1880 and 1888 - 1892; statements re Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1886; reports of The Institute and Coal Trade Chambers Company Limited, 1890, 1892
(1 bundle)
