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Award and copy exchanges re Blackburn Fell, 13 March 1818 - 13 December 1939

2 November 1832 (1) William Donald of Wigton and his wife, Jane (2) Mary Donald of Bowness, Cumberland, Thomas Donald of Aspatria; and the said William Donald (3) The said Thomas Donald and Matthewman Hodgson Donald of Ilford Vicarage, Sussex (4) Ann Hodgson of Blennerhasset, Cumberland (5) Sarah Donald of Aspatria, Cumberland (6) Thomas Fenwick of South Hill, Durham (7) Abraham Storey, the younger, of Durham City Extract From conveyance by (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) & (7) to (6) of Harbour House Estate Consideration: £16,750 paid by (6) to (2)

Copies and extracts of agreements re wayleave on Tanfield Moor with plan of same, 30 June 1840 -5 March 1914

1 May 1846 (1) John Scott of Dipton, grocer (2) John Berkley of Newcastle, merchant (3) William Lockey Harle of Newcastle, gent Release from (1) to (2) of a parcel of land (1 acre) and two dwelling houses situated at Ewehurst Road, near Dipton Consideration: £90

22 June 1847 (1) The Reverend Albany Wade of Stockton-on-Tees (2) James Joicey of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, coal owner (3) Thomas Fenwick of South Hill, Durham Conveyance by (1) to (2) of coal and ironstone under lands at Twizell, Durham Consideration: £1,750 paid by (2) to (1)

21 December 1850 (1) John Bowes, William Hutt, Nicholas Wood and Charles Mark Palmer (John Bowes and Partners) (2) James Joicey Extract from sub-lease by (1) to (2) of Tanfield Moor Colliery for a term of 60 years Rent: £200 p.a.

10 October 1867 (1) The Right Honorable Henry Thomas, Lord Ravensworth (2) George Dunn of Newcastle upon Tyne (3) George Edmunds Williams of Cheltenham, gent (4) Matthew Bell and Elizabeth Ann Bell of Woolsington (5) John Joicey of Urpeth Lodge; Edward Joicey of Whinney House nr. Gateshead, coal owner; and William James Joicey of Tanfield Lea Mortgage by (1) to (5) of lands and hereditaments known as the Tanfield Leigh Estate situate in the parishes of Chester-le-Street and Lanchester (680 acres) Consideration: £7,500

30 August 1873 (1) William Lockey Harle of Newcastle, gent (2) John Joicey of Newton Hall, Northumberland, esq.; Edward Joicey of Whinney House near Gateshead, esq; William James Joicey of Tanfield, Lea, coal owner; and James Joicey of Newcastle, coal owner Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of ground (1 acre) and two houses in Ewehurst road, near Dipton, Consideration: £150

3 August 1878 (1) Rt. Hon. Henry George, Liddell, Earl of Ravensworth (2) James Joicey and Company Conveyance by (1) to (2) of rights of way and wayleave over Tanfield Moor

30 April 1880 (1) John Lyon of Kensington, Middlesex, esq; Thomas Campbell of Hyde Park, Middlesex, esq. (2) James Joicey and Co. Lease of the site of Beamish wagonway in the township of Pelton Rent: £450 p.a.

18 March 1882 (1) James Joicey of Gateshead, colliery owner (2) James Joicey; Charles Henry Ewen of Newton Hall, Northumberland, engineer (3) William James Joicey of Tanfield tea, colliery owner r (4) James Joicey (5) James Joicey and Co. Conveyance by (1) (2) (3) and (4) to (5) of various freehold, copyhold and leasehold premises as specified held in trust by the trustees of the wills of John and Edward Joicey

14 April 1882 (1) Joseph Dodds, M.P. and others (2) James Joicey, esq Surrender by (1) to (2) of land at Newfield in the parish of Chester. Parcels of land and boundaries specified.

8 February 1889 (1) Eliza Hannah Hunter of Portland Place, Middlesex, widow; William Slingsby Hunter of Over Dinsdale Hall, Yorkshire, esq., Charles Edward Hunter, of Southill, esq.; Frederick Coleman Hunter of Portland Place, esq. (2) William Slingsby, Charles Edward Hunter and Frederick Coleman Hunter (3) Alice Charlotte Matilda Gray of Ryton, widow (4) Matthew Stewart Culley of Coupland Castle, Northumberland (5) James Joicey and Co. Ltd. Conveyance of freehold and copyhold lands and hereditaments situate at Beech Grove and Wheatley Green

30 August 1890 (1) James Joicey of Longhirst Hall, Northumberland and William James Joicey of Urpeth Lodge (2) James Joicey & Co. Ltd Conveyance by (1) to (2) of property at Shield Row, Tanfield Leigh and Harperley Consideration: £55,655 paid by (2) to (1)

26 April 1897 (1) Rev. John Dixon Hepple of Harton; Isabella Christina Hepple of Eastbourne, Sussex, spinster; Rev. Richard Joseph Hepple of Eastbourne; Robert Watson Cooper of Newcastle, solicitor; and Warham St. Leger of Kew Surrey journalist (2) John Bowes and Partners Ltd (3) James Joicey and Co. Ltd (4) South Garesfield Colliery Co. Agreement for upkeep of Lintz Colliery and Tanfield Moor Colliery

27 December 1897 (1) George John Fenwick of Craghead, Bournemouth Hants, esq. and Henry Thomas Fenwick of Southill, both members of the "Chester Brewery Company" (2) Robert Howard Rudyerd Helpman, remaining partner of said firm Counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land at Twizell Colliery for a term of 63 years Rent: £30 p.a.

4 May 1898 (1) George John Fenwick of Craghead , Bournemouth, Hants, esq. (2) Donald Bayne Gerar of Beamish Extract from lease by (1) to (2) of a piece of freehold allotment land situate at West Pelton Rent: £5 p.a.

Notice to treat by North Eastern Railway Company to James Joicey and Co., Ltd. concerning the purchase of land, under North Eastern Railway Act, 1897, in connexion with the Low Fell to Ouston Widening, with claim and particulars, 14 June 1900

Extract of lease, draft of lease and correspondence re sub-lease of Shield Row Seam, West Kyo, 19 June 1901 - 24 January 1941

30 October 1901 (1) Slingsby Duncombe Eden of Beamish Park (2) George Whitfield Peacock of Beamish Lease by (1) to (2) of Tanfield Farm, parish of Tanfield for 1 year Consideration: £149

12 May 1904 (1) John Mitchell of Chester-le-Street, gent (2) James Joicey and Co. Ltd. (3) Sir James Joicey of Longhirst, Northumberland, Bart. and William James Joicey of Sunningdale, Berkshire Covenant to surrender copyhold premises situate at Wheatley Green

23 December 1904 (1) George John Fenwick of Craghead, Bournemouth, Hants, esq. (2) James Joicey and Co. Ltd. Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land situate at West Pelton, parish of Pelton Consideration: £655 4s

30 May 1905 (1) Sir James Joicey of Longhirst Hall, Northumberland, Bart and William James Joicey of Sunningdale Park Berkshire, esq. (2) James Joicey and Co., Ltd. Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of parcels of freehold land and 20 cottages, as specified at Whitely Head, land near Ewehurst road, and a parcel of land at Flint Hill, all in the chapelry of Tanfield Consideration: £1,814

31 December 1906 (1) Francis Swainston of Consett, butcher (2) The Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Co., Ltd., of Newcastle - upon - Tyne Conveyance by (1) to (2) a strip or piece of freehold allotment land at Sacriston Consideration: £70. 4s 5d

18 December 1907 (1) Donald Bayne Crerar of West Pelton, surgeon (2) James Joicey and Co. Ltd Assignment by (1) to (2) of leasehold property known as "Rosemount" at West Pelton Consideration: £850

1 October 1908 (1) Frank Brown of Stockton chartered accountant (2) John George Wilson of Durham City, gent (3) Slingsby Duncombe Shafto of Beamish Park, esq. (4) Louisa Anne Eden, Slingsby Duncombe Shafto and Robert Duncombe Shafto all of Beamish Park (5) Rt. Hon. James, Baron Joicey and William James Joicey of Sunningdale Park, Berkshire (6) James Joicey and Co. Ltd Conveyance by (3) to (6) of land at North Thorn, parish of Stanley together with 12 dwelling houses known as Slingsby Terrace, 2 dwelling houses known as Duncombe Crescent, and 21 dwelling houses known as Railway Terrace Consideration: £12,570 15s

20 June 1910 (1) The Right Honourable James Baron Joicey and William James Joicey of Sunningdale Park, Berks. (2) The Hon. James Arthur Joicey of Longhirst, Northumberland (3) James Joicey & Co. Ltd. Conveyance by (1) to (3) of Stanley House , High Street, Stanley, cottages in Prebend Row and Laundry Cottages Consideration: £2 ,012 paid by (3) to (2)

1 July 1910 (1) James Joicey and Co. Ltd. (2) William and George Robinson of Tanfield Leigh Farm Copy tenancy agreement between (1) and (2) of Tanfield Leigh farm (187 acres) Rent: £100 p.a.

16 December 1910 (1) James, Baron Joicey of Ford Castle, Northumberland and William James Joicey of Sunningdale, Berkshire, esq. (2) James Joicey, and Co. Ltd. Lease by (1) to (2) of Busty and Brockwell seams, and coals lying between these seams known as Tantobie Dyke, at East Shield Row and Tanfield Tea, for a term of 40 years Rent: £300 p.a.

24 April 1911 (1) Slingsby Duncombe Shafto of Beamish Park, esq. (2) Louisa Anne Eden of Beamish Park, widow, Slingsby Duncombe Shafto and Robert Duncombe Shafto (3) Robert Kay of Stanley, mining engineer (4) Rt. Hon. James, Baron Joicey (5) James Joicey and Co. Ltd. Conveyance by (1) and (2) to (5) of copyhold land at Beamish, parish of Urpeth as specified. Plan attached Consideration: £800 (5) to (2), £1,150 (5) to (3)

4 September 1911 (1) John Thomas Hedley of Rainham, Beckenham, Kent, coal owner; Sarah Jane Hedley of Burnhopeside Hall, Lanchester; Robert Watson Cooper, solicitor, and Charles William Swainston Goodger, solicitor, both of Newcastle (2) James Joicey and Co. Ltd Conveyance by (1) to (2) of Holmside Allotment Farm near Craghead in the parish of Edmondsley (61 acres) Consideration: £2,000

11 March 1914 (1) James Joicey of Poulton Priory, Fairford, Gloucestershire (2) James Joicey and Co. Ltd. Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of 173 cottages with land adjoining near South Tanfield Colliery in the parish of Oxhill, for a term of 29 years Plan attached Rent: £775 p.a.

11 March 1914 (1) James Joicey of Poulton Priory, Fairford, Gloucestershire, esq. (2) James Joicey and Co. Ltd. Counterpart lease from (1) to (2) of 24 cottages at White-le-Head in the parish of Collierley, and 15 cottages at Tanfield Moor and Bushblades in the township of Kyo in the parish of Lanchester, for a term of 29 years Plan attached Rent: £117 p.a.

10 July 1914 (1) Robert Archer of Alnwick, solicitor; Edith Oliver of Arnside and Agnes Oliver of Arnside [Westmorland] (2) The Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Co. Ltd. Conveyance by (1) to (2) of land in the parish and village of Sacriston Consideration: £750

24 February 1915 (1) James Joicey of Poulton Priory, Fairford, Gloucester, esq. (2) James Joicey and Co. Ltd. Agreement between (1) and (2) to vary the terms of South Tanfield Colliery lease. Correspondence and plan attached

21 October 1915 (1) John Turnbull, solicitor, and John Turnbull, auctioneer, both of Chester-le-Street (agents for Henry Thomas Fenwick of Conduit Street, London and for the trustees under the will of George John Fenwick, deceased) (2) James Joicey and Co. Ltd. Agreement concerning the erection of survey marks at Twizell pit Plan attached

13 March 1916 (1) John George, Earl of Durham (2) Lambton and Hetton Collieries, Ltd. and James Joicey and Co. Ltd. Counterpart wayleave for a line of posts for overhead wires between Philadelphia and Pelaw Grange

16 May 1917 (1) William Littlefair of East Edmondsley Farm, near Chester-le-Street (2) The Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries Company, Limited Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a close of land at Finden Hill in the parish of Witton Gilbert (2 acres) Consideration: £235

Lease and correspondence re renewal of lease of East Stanley royalty on the Towneley Estate, 28 April 1919 - 15 September 1941

15 December 1919 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne and Baron Brancepeth of Brancepeth Castle (2) The Most Hon. Lawrence, Marquis of Zetland; The Right Hon. George Edward John Mowbray, Earl of Stradbroke; and John Wentworth Garneys Bond of Creech Grange, Wareham, Dorset (3) Robert Whitfield of Red House near Durham, farmer Conveyance by (1) to (3) of all those closes or parcels of land and hereditaments at Red House near the city of Durham (150 acres) Consideration: £2,750 (3) to (1)

15 December 1919 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne and Baron Brancepeth of Brancepeth Castle (2) The Most Hon. Lawrence, Marquis of Zetland; The Right Hon. George Edward John Mowbray, Earl of Stradbroke; and John Wentworth Garneys Bond of Creech Grange, Wareham, Dorset (3) Robert Whitfield of Red House, Durham Conveyance by (1) to (3) of all those closes or parcels of land and hereditaments at Low Newton near the City of Durham, (133 acres) Consideration: £4,600 (3) to (2)

3 January 1920 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne and Baron Brancepeth of Brancepeth Castle (2) The Most Hon. Lawrence, Marquis of Zetland; The Right Hon. George Edward John :Mowbray, Earl of Stradbroke; and John Wentworth Garneys Bond of Creech Grange, Wareham (3) Ralph Stothard, the younger, of Hag House, Durham, farmer Conveyance by (1) to (3) of Hag House Farm near Durham (214 acres) Consideration: £4,500 (3) to (2)

4 March 1920 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne and Baron Brancepeth of Brancepeth Castle (2) The Most Hon. Lawrence, Marquis of Zetland; The Right Hon. George Edward John Mowbray of Stradbroke and John Wentworth Garneys Bond of Creech Grange, Wareham (3) John Parker of Red Briar Cottage, near Pity Me, miner Conveyance by (1) to (3 ) of land near Pity Me ( 7 acres ) Consideration £600 (3) to (1)

8 January 1920 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne and Baron Brancepeth of Brancepeth Castle (2) The Most Hon. Lawrence, Marquis of Zetland; The Right Hon. George Edward John Mowbray Earl of Stradbroke; and John Wentworth Bond of Creech Grange, Wareham, Dorset (3) Joseph Bowes of Nags Fold Farm, near Durham Conveyance by (1) to (3) of all those freehold Farmlands and hereditaments at Nags Fold near Durham (10 7 acres) Consideration: £2,500 (3) to (2)

1 May 1920 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne and Baron Brancepeth of Brancepeth Castle (2) The Most Hon. Lawrence, Marquis of Zetland; The Right Hon. George Edward John Mowbray, Earl of Stradbroke; and John Wentworth Garneys Bond of Creech Grange, Wareham (3) John Robert Stothard of Frankland Farm, near Durham, farmer Conveyance by (1) to (3) of Frankland farm (165 acres) Consideration: £4,300 (3) to (2)

18 May 1920 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne and Baron Brancepeth of Brancepeth Castle (2) The Most Hon. Lawrence, Marquis of Zetland; The Right Hon. George Edward John Mowbray, Earl of: Stradbroke; and John Wentworth Garneys Bond, of Creech Grange, Wareham, Dorset (3) Francis Sanderson Stothard of Low Carr House, Durham Conveyance by (1) to (3) of Low Carr House Farm in the parish of Framwellgate (267 acres) Consideration: £6,775 paid by (3) to (2)

31 December 1920 (1) George Herbert Stobart of Helme Park, Tow Law; Robert Duncombe Shafto of Whitworth Park; and Allan Aylmer Luxmoore of Durham City (2) John George Wilson of Durham City (3) Slingsby Duncombe Shafto of Beamish Park (4) Louisa Anne Eden of Beamish Park (5) James Joicey & Co. Ltd. Conveyance by (1) (2) (3) & (4) to (5) of Eden Hill Farm (124 acres) Consideration: £9,000 paid by (5) to (4) and Robert Duncombe Shafto

18 June 1923 (1) Tanfield Housing Company Ltd (2) James Joicey and Co. Ltd. Copy counterpart lease by (1) to (2) of 246 dwelling houses at South Tanfield for a term of 14 years Plan attached Rent: £1,793 p.a.

21 June 1925 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd Copy of sub-lease by (1) to (2) of part of the Hutton seam in the Urpeth royalty

18 August 1925 (1) James Joicey and Co. Ltd., in liquidation, and John George Joicey of Newcastle, the liquidator of the company (2) Hon. James Arthur Joicey of Longhirst Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland (3) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd Conveyance by (1) to (3) of all assets of the Company including farms, lands, tenements, coal mines, collieries, wayleave rents etc. as specified Consideration: £293,246 3s. 10d

23 December 1925 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne and Baron Brancepeth of Brancepeth Castle (2) The Most Hon. Lawrence, Marquis of Zetland; The Hon. Eustace Scott Hamilton-Russell of Stanmore Hall, Bridgnorth, Salop; and John Wentworth Garneys Bond, of Creech Grange, Wareham, Dorset (3) Robert Whitfield of Red House near Durham, farmer Conveyance by (1) to (3) all those closes or parcels of land at or near Low Newton near Durham (3 acres) Consideration: £12 (3) to (2)

23 October 1926 (1) The Right Hon. Gustavus William, Viscount Boyne and Baron Brancepeth (2) The Most Hon. Lawrence, Marquis of Zetland; The Hon. Eustace Scott Hamilton-Russell of Stanmore Hall, Bridgnorth; and John Wentworth Garneys Bond of Creech Grange, Wareham (3) Ada Procter of Flass House; Robert Sydney Proctor of Flass House, quarry owner and contractor; and William Burdis Foster of Springwell Conveyance by (1) to (3) of part of Newton Hall estate, Framwellgate (32 acres) Consideration: £400 paid by (3) to (2)

5 January 1928 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. and the Holmside and South Moor Collieries, Ltd Copy agreement between (1) and (2) varying the terms of the lease of Urpeth royalty and altering the barrier between the Urpeth and Craghead royalties

1 August 1928 (1) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd (2) Annfield Plain and District Gas Company Agreement for sale by (1) to (2) of gas mains and pipes within the urban districts of Tanfield and Annfield Plain Consideration: £600 (2) to (1)

4 October 1928 (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd Draft authorisation from (1) to (2) to work away part of the external barrier of the Urpeth royalty in the Busty Seam

[11 May 1929] (1) Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England (2) The Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd. Draft agreement between (1) and (2) to grant power to work away part of the Busty Seam in the barrier between the Urpeth and Tribley Royalties and further substroke powers from the Urpeth Royalty with covering letters and plan (11 May 1929 - 19 November 1929

December 1929 (1) London and North Eastern Railway Company (2) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Agreement as to conditions for private locomotives and wagons running over railway belonging to L.N.E.R.

[March] 1930 (1) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd. (2) Annfield Plain and District Gas Co. Draft agreement for the maintenance and use of gas mains at or near Tanfield Lea Colliery, With plan and covering correspondence, 11 March - 19 May 1930

3 December 1930 (1) Marisk Christabee Yorke-Smith of South Street, London; Thomas Kirkland Rylands of Tockington, Gloucester, land agent; and Allan Aylmer Luxmoore of the city of Durham, solicitor (2) The Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd of Newcastle upon Tyne Lease to (2) by (1) of coal under land situate at Bushblades and Kyo Rent: £470 p.a.

18 September 1934 (1) Charles Musgrave of Beechwood, Dipton, colliery official, and William Jackson of Beechwood, Dipton (2) The Lambton Hetton, and Joicey Collieries, Limited Agreement between (1) and (2) re the lease of a piece of land situate at Annfield Plain in the parish of Kyo for a term of 10 years Rent: £7. 10s p.a.

6 September 1935 (1) The Right Hon. James, Baron Joicey of Ford Castle and Vincent Thompson of Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitor (2) The Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd Conveyance by (1) to (2) of all mines and seams of coal remaining unworked situate within and under the freehold lands at Twizell and all seams of coal remaining unworked situate on the south side of a dyke or fault known as the Tantobie Dyke within and under as much of the lands at East Shield Row and Tanfield Leas as are of ancient freehold tenure Consideration: £3913 2s 8d (2) to (1)

6 September 1935 (1) The Right Hon. James, Baron Joicey of Ford Castle and Vincent Thompson of Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitor (2) The Tanfield Housing Company Limited, of Dean Street, Newcastle- upon-Tyne Conveyance by (1) to (2) of dwelling houses and land at West Pelton, Grange Villa, East Stanley, Stanley, High Handen Hold and Newfield Consideration: £11,100

1937 (1) Hon. Malcolm Bowes Lyon and Hon. David Bowes Lyon; William Waymouth Gibson and Edward Gibson of Newcastle, solicitors (2) Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd Draft lease by (1) to (2) of Pontop, Hutton and Low Main Seams at Park Head farm in the chapelry of Tanfield, in the parish of Chester-le-Street

16 July 1937 (1) Sir Bernard Edward Halsey Bircham of Westminster, G.C.V.O.; William Butler Wasbrough and Charles Robert Chadwick, both of London, esqs. (Towneley trustees) (2) The London and North Eastern Railway Company Copy conveyance by (1) to (2) of land as specified in the Urban District of Stanley (13 acres) Plan attached Consideration: £5,000

11 December 1940 (1) Montague John Fenwick and Henry Gerard Walter Sandeman, both of London, esqs. (2) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd. Conveyance by (1) to (2) of all farms, messuages and lands at Twizell (509 acres) Consideration: £12 ,000

5 August 1941 (1) Robert Charles Duncombe Shafto of Beamish Park, esq. (2) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd Lease by (1) to (2) of Pockerley Farm, Beamish for a term of 15 years Rents £270 p.a.

21 August 1941 (1) John Bowes and Partners, Ltd (2) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd Copy of tenancy agreement relating to Pockerly Buildings Farm, Lamesly Rent: £300 p.a.

22 August 1941 (1) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd (2) Charles Dodds of Pockerley Buildings Farm, Beamish Copy tenancy agreement between (1) and (2) Rent: £150 p.a.

18 March 1942. (1) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd (2) Holmside and South Moor Collieries, Ltd Copy of agreement whereby (1) agrees to pay (2) the sum of £60 p.a. for loss of crop on land at Ousterley farm due to the underground workings of (1)

14 December 1942 (1) Robert Charles Duncombe Shafto of Beamish Park (2) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd Lease by (1) to (2) of Lime Villa Farm, Beamish for a term of 15 years, Rent: £125

31 March 1943. (1) Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd (2) Florence Smith of Twizell Dykes Farm, Grange Villa Copy tenancy agreement between (1) and (2) of Twizell Dykes Farm (145 acres) Rent: £80 p.a.

4 August 1943 (1) John Dobree Anderson Roberts of Torpoint, Cornwall, a retired Lieutenant Colonel; Jack Stanford of Tudor Court Hotel, Cromwell Road, London, a retired Major; Ernest Durand Durand of Caversham, Reading, bank manager; and Winifred Hyacinth Roberts of Torpoint (2) The Priestman Collieries, Limited, Newcastle upon Tyne Conveyance by (1) to (2) of a parcel of land in the parish of Chester-le-Street (46 acres) Consideration: £3,000

30 August 1943 (1) Coal Commission (2) Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd Draft lease of the Pontop, Hutton and Main coal seams under lands in the parishes of Lamesley and Tanfield

1946 (1) The Coal Commission (2) The Lambton Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd Draft deed of surrender and lease of. coal and other minerals under lands in the parish of Lamesley

Durham Coal Owners' agreements and minutes re score prices at Alma Pit, West Pelton Colliery at Bute Pit, Tanfield Lea Colliery, 25 June 1855 - 13 June 1906

Durham Coal Owners' agreements re score prices at Mary Pit, Beamish Colliery, 1 May 1883 - 20 November 1905

Agreements re alterations to hewing prices at Beamish Second Pit, 4 May 1887 - 9 June 1904

Durham Coal Owners' agreements with James Joicey and Co. Ltd re enginemen's and cokemen's hours, overtime and weekend work, houses, rents and coal, wages and conditions under Workmen's Compensation Act (1897) and Mining Industry Act (1920), 12 June 1890 - 1 November 1944 (4 papers, 3 booklets, 5 files)

Agreements for: working, cutting, drilling, hewing etc.; prices in Busty, Brockwell and Shield Row seams; usage of scraper-type conveyor in Brockwell and Busty seams; drilling and coal cutting for all seams; stonemen's and enginemen's agreements in Busty and Brockwell seams; fatal accident and group hewing rules for all seams at Beamish Mary pit, 14 July 1904 - 20 September 1934

Arbitration awards of Thomas Lambert to settle dispute between Frederick Octavius Kirkup, the appointed referee of Durham Coal Owners and Thomas Henry Cann, financial secretary of Durham Miners Association at Beamish Colliery over the fixing of prices and conditions to be fixed for longwall working, 23 January 1913 - 9 January 1918

Agreements concerning Tanfield Lea Colliery, with covering correspondence re hours at Bute pit, alterations to hewing score prices, hours of mechanics at Beamish and Tanfield Lea collieries conditions relating to the Hutton Bottom Section Seam for stonemen and canchmen; an addition to the filler's agreement; prices and conditions in the Brockwell Seam and Bottom Busty Sean and a reduction in the hewing price in Hutton seam, 8 February 1924 - 19 February 1931

Agreements made on score prices at Twizell Colliery in the Brockwell Seam; and conditions and prices for working of Longwall faces in the Brockwell Seam and Maudlin Seam, 4 April 1927 - 13 May 1932

Agreements made on score price changes at Second Pit Shield Row and Low Main at Beamish Colliery, 5 July 1927 - 18 November 1932

Agreements made for Stanley Pit concerning: reductions in score prices in the Maudlin Sean, including plan of score prices of the various districts in Maudlin seam, East Stanley Pit; reductions in caunch prices in the Maudlin Seam; revisions in score prices in the Brass Thill Seam; prices and conditions for hewing, bordroom, and steel arches in the North and South drifts, Twizell Burn, 5 July 1927 - 2 February 1933

Agreements concerning Handen Hold Colliery re hewing prices in Busty Seam; prices and conditions for working on Longwall faces in Beaumont Sean; use of electrical drilling machine in Beaumont Seam and score prices in both seams, 10 August 1927 - 5 September 1931

Agreements and correspondence concerning Tanfield Moor Colliery re: hours to be worked, including plan of Five Quarter Seam at Willey Pit; conditions and prices for the working on Longwall Faces in the Hutton Bottom Section Seam; conditions and prices for the group hewing system in the Hutton Bottom Section seam, the Brass Thill Seam and Main Coal Seam, 14 December 1926 - 8 April 1932

Correspondence and papers re: conditions of work in new drift at Beamish Park, including agreements concerned with the shifters and stonemen; coal hewers in the Hutton Seam; pony-putting agreements; agreements on general conditions and the working of the Top Core in the Pontop Hutton Seam, 2 November 1931 - 15 August 1933

Agreements made for Tanfield Lea Colliery re conditions for enginemen, mechanics, workmen and stonemen; prices and conditions for hewing and filling into tubs and hand-putting and pony-putting: prices and conditions for operating coal-cutting machines, filling coal into tubs, and drilling holes in coal by hand at Longwall. Also agreements concerning the group hewing system, group filling system and the shifters short shift and fine coal agreement, 19 November 1931 - 8 May 1934

Agreements and correspondence between owners of Beamish Second Pit and the Beamish Park Drift and their workmen re fatal accident agreement, score prices and duties of coal hewers, 10 November 1933 - 30 November 1933

Agreement at Waterhouses Colliery re prices and conditions for hewing with mechanical air picks and filling onto scraper loaders on Longwall Faces, 6 March 1939

Agreements, with covering correspondence, concerning the Ballarat Seam at Waterhouses Colliery - conditions for hewing with air picks and filling onto scraper conveyors, 6 March 1939 - 7 December 1939

Copy of the Ten Hours Working Agreement ,with covering correspondence, 24 March 1939 - 28 March 1939

Comparison of output and wages for the years 1886 and 1911, n.d.

Statements and correspondence re output and production at all pits belonging to Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd, 1900 - 1 January 1939

Statements showing number, of tons raised from mines of James Joicey & Co., Ltd., including average tons per man per shift, 1906 - 1915

Graphs showing output and cost per ton of all coals taken from Joicey pits, 1906 - 1916

Statement of ,output from pits belonging to James Joicey and Co., Ltd., 1906 - 1923

Statement showing coals drawn and tons per man per shift in mines of James Joicey & Co., Ltd., 1 January 1909 - 1 August 1914

Statement showing the total tonnage output per hewer also per person employed from 1909 - August 1919

Statement of daily drawings and output per hewers' shift at mines of James Joicey & Co., Ltd., July 1911 - July 1914

Account of coals drawn from mines of James Joicey & Co., Ltd. for the week ending 19 May 1911

Statement showing coals raised from mines of James Joicey & Co., Ltd., including summary of percentage of output from each seam, depths and sections of seams, and details of output, 30 April 1913 - June 1920

Particulars of output, average number of persons employed and tonnage per shift for the Joicey Group, 1913 - 1942

Correspondence and papers re average output per man employed at West Pelton Colliery, April 1914 - 23 June 1914

Statement showing annual output and the life of pits worked by James Joicey & Co., Ltd., 27 June 1914 - November 1916

Comparative statement of output between 31 July 1914 and 6 November 1915

Comparative statement of output at mines of James Joicey & Co., Ltd., with written comment on the performance of each, July 1914 - December 1918

Statement showing number of hewers, total number of men employed, output per person and output per hewer, July 1914 - 1918

Statement of output comparing the period 2 January to 8 July 1916 with the period 4 January to 10 July 1915, 4 January 1915 - 8 July 1916

Comparative statement of output at collieries of James Joicey & Co., Ltd. for the period 4 January 1915 - 8 July 1916

Statement showing the output of coal at pits of James Joicey & Co., Ltd., for the period 30 June 1914 - 30 June 1917, 17 January 1918

Statement of output and averages of output per hewer, filler, and tons per shift at pits of James Joicey & Co., Ltd., 29 June 1918 -2 November 1918

Monthly production and employment reports of mines belonging to James Joicey and Co., Ltd., 20 July 1918 - 6 November 1920

Statement showing tons per hewer per shift for each pit (from 1909 - 1919) and tons per person employed per shift (from 1914 - 1919), 1 May 1919

Statement showing output from all collieries belonging to James Joicey and Co., Ltd., 28 February 1920

Statement shewing tons of coal produced per man per shift at Tanfield Lea Colliery of James Joicey and Co., Ltd., 19 September 1921

Returns and correspondence re third census of production (1924) concerning Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd., January 1924 - 10 August 1925

Returns to the Mining Association of particulars of shafts, manshifts worked, persons employed, output, free coal, housing for Tanfield Lea, East Stanley, Beamish, Twizell, Handen Hold and Twizell Burn Pits, 1925

Returns and correspondence re the fourth census of production (1930) concerning Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd., 31 December 1929 - 19 February 1931

Returns and correspondence re fifth census of production concerning the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd., 1 February - 6 April 1936

Partial census of production of the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd., 31 December 1946

Manpower and output survey for collieries belonging to James Joicey and Co., Ltd., 19 February 1947

Statement showing the increase and decrease in tons per man per shift at [Tanfield] Colliery, Margaret Pit, n.d.

Statements, papers and accounts re capital expenditure for new work for all collieries, 30 June 1887 - 26 May 1938

Statements and costs relating to the sinking of a shaft at Twizell Colliery in 1902, 2 May 1896 - 19 August 1902

Report and costs on the sinking of the New Winning shaft at Tanfield Lea, 28 March 1900 -3 May 1944

Joicey and Co., Ltd's valuations of damages to copyhold property by colliery workings, 31 December 1906

Statement showing the percentage of coal used for colliery consumption, 1912

Statements and papers showing cost analysis for hewing, labour costs of underground and surf ace workers and average output per day, 1912 - 18 September 1919

Statements showing the quantity of coals raised, the prices of the chief stores and materials, the total number of hewers employed and the comparative working costs of the mines of James Joicey & Co., Ltd., January 1913 - December 1914

Accounts of coal consumption, wages and water charges for boilers at mines of James Joicey & Co., Ltd., 30 April 1913 - 30 April 1914

Statements of cost of production of coke and delivery of coke to N.E.R., with associated correspondence, 11 July 1914 - 1 November 1919

Statements and correspondence re the weekly cost of keeping the pit open if idle and also cost of special work carried out when pit is idle, 17 August 1914 - 22 August 1920

Statements and estimated accounts for modernisation of all collieries, especially Twizell Colliery, Tanfield Colliery and Beamish Colliery, with related correspondence, 5 November 1914 - 23 September 1920

Comparative statements and correspondence re working costs of labour and materials, 27 March 1915 - 27 September 1919

Statements and correspondence re the estimated savings per annum by the abolition of the Bute Pit as a coal drawing shaft, 10 August 1916 - 11 August 1916

Statements and general accounts of James Joicey & Co., Ltd., re trading accounts covering underground and surf ace costs, compensation costs, materials and store costs, and office and general charges, 27 January 1917 - 29 December 1917

Account book of coals worked at pits belonging to Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd., 1 December 1917 - 8 October 1927

Statement showing savings to be effected by drawing coals from Margaret Shaft, Bute Pit, 5 July 1918

Statements and correspondence re increased costs for materials, 21 November 1918 - 3 December 1918

Quarterly accounts of summary of costs, January 1919 - 31 March 1921

Report on the performance of colliery steam boiler plants and the saving to be obtained by their re-organisation, including letter to James Joicey & Co. from Brownlie & Green Ltd. (specialists in fuel economy), 13 September 1919

Statements showing cost of production at each pit, together with the average for the whole of the pits, with covering correspondence, 18 February 1920 - 24 December 1920

Statement of estimated costs for making of tokens, with related correspondence, 7 - 11 May 1920

Statement showing cost per ton of coal raised, for tube grease and oil, with related correspondence, 19 May 1920 - 20 May 1920

Correspondence and statement on cost per ton of teaming coal into, and filling out of, heaps at Tanfield and Beamish collieries, 9 July 1920

Accounts and statements showing the probable cost of keeping the pits open in the event of a strike, 21 September 1920 - 23 September 1920

Statements on coal cutter and conveyor costs at Tanfield Lea Collieries, 1923

Statements showing estimated costs of recovering abandoned areas and of production for all Joicey collieries, with related correspondence, 7 February 1924 - 28 April 1926

Correspondence and statements re the cost of re-opening Margaret pit, Tanfield Lea Colliery, November 1925

Correspondence and estimates of costs re the re-opening of Alma Pit, 30 November 1925 - 4 April 1939

Statements showing estimated costs of production for all Joicey pits, with related correspondence, 22 June 1926 - 10 July 1926

Statements showing estimated costs of production for West Pelton Colliery, Beamish Colliery, Twizell Colliery, with related correspondence 1 December 1926 - 30 January 1928

Statements of the estimated cost of re-opening, running and maintaining of pits within the Joicey group, with related correspondence and papers, 18 January 1928 - 31 December 1928

Statements and correspondence re increased cost of coal per ton at mines of the Lambton Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd., 19 October 1929 - 30 October 1929

Statements of estimated costs of production for all Joicey collieries, and related correspondence, 19 June 1930 - 5 November 1920

Statements of estimated costs of production for all Joicey collieries, and related correspondence, 21 January 1931 - 31 August 1932

Correspondence and statement of the cost of running Beamish Railway from Mary Pit to the Peel's House Sidings, 5 July 1933

Correspondence and statements re details of surface and cottage rents and liabilities of the Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd., in the event of the collieries being closed, 3 April 1934 - 5 November 1941

Statements showing estimated cost for labour, materials, pumping, unwatering and general maintenance of all Joicey Group collieries, 21 February 1935 - 30 October 1935

Correspondence and statements re the effects and cost of closing Beamish Colliery, 5 May 1936

Statements of estimated costs of production for Joicey collieries, and related correspondence, 24 June 1937 - 13 November 1937

Correspondence and statement of estimated costs per ton per fortnight of changeover from endless rope haulage to main and tail haulage at Handen Hold Colliery, 26 February 1938 - 25 October 1938

Correspondence, papers and statements on the estimated cost of implementing the report of the Royal Commission on Safety of Mines, July 1938 - 15 July 1939

Statements and correspondence re capital and revenue expenditure, 17 January - 30 June 1946

Statements and correspondence re capital and revenue expenditure for the Lambton Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd., July - December 1946

Paper showing the estimated quantity of coal remaining in each royalty of James Joicey & Co., Ltd's, mines, January 1911

Statements and accounts of coal available in all pits belonging to James Joicey and Co., Ltd., June 1913 - 28 January 1922

Estimate of available quantity of coal remaining in West Bushblades and Kyo royalties, 11 January 1915

Estimate of available quantity of coal remaining to be worked at Tanfield Moor Colliery, 7 February 1916

Statement showing the estimated quantity of coal available in the problematical areas lying to the north of the workings in the Tanfield Moor and Tanfield Lea freehold royalties, 22 September 1917

Statement showing the quantity of available coal remaining to be worked in the collieries of James Joicey & Co., Ltd., December 1918

Statement of available coal remaining to be worked at pits of James Joicey & Co., Ltd., December 1919

Statements of coal remaining to be worked at James Joicey & Co., Ltd's pits, December 1919 - 31 December 1920

Estimates of, amount of coal remaining in reserved area under Beamish Hall, including plans of Beamish Colliery, 19 June 1922

Statement concerning particulars of all pits in the Joicey group including average section of seam depth below surface at shaft, class of coal, annual and daily outputs, quantities of coal remaining, royalties, costs per ton raised etc., with covering correspondence and plans, 15 May 1928 - 7 February 1945

Statements of coal available at pits owned by James Joicey and Co., Ltd., 31 December 1932

Statement showing the amount of coal left to be worked in various seams at Twizell Colliery, n.d.

Balance sheet and correspondence re brickworks, 31 December 1912 - 31 March 1923

Returns and .statements concerning all pits belonging to James Joicey and Co., Ltd., re the Royal Commissions enquiry into mining wages and hours, 28 June 1913 - 29 March 1919

Estimated quantity of coal to be drawn during the year 1914, including estimation of the quantity of coal to be used for colliery consumption during the same period, 18 July 1913

Statements and particulars used in negotiations in connection with a new wages agreement for James Joicey and Co., Ltd., 31 December 1913 -30 June 1914

Statement re the allowances and scales of payments made by J. Joicey and Co., Ltd., to the families of their employees serving in H.M. Forces, 28 August 1914

Statements, Accounts and correspondence showing the effect of the Sankey Award at Twizell, Beamish and Tanfield Collieries, 9 January -22 November 1919

Colliery plant and fuel statistics re coal economy concerning all pits belonging to James Joicey Co., Ltd., April - 12 June 1919

Statements, accounts and returns of James Joicey & Co., Ltd. and Durham Coal Owners Association, including returns of output committees, analyses of earnings of colliery workers, financial returns and returns of hours worked, 26 June 1920 - 29 March 1928

Statements and accounts showing the cost of wages and materials during the miners' national strike, 1920, 6 November 1920 - 29 November 1920

Statements re wages paid to the officials at the various collieries, 4 April 1921 - 5 April 1922

Correspondence statements and papers re Beamish Welfare Fund, 6 June 1922 - 7 December 1927

Correspondence and general accounts concerning: stock accounts, new work statements, quantity and quality of free fuel supplied to non employees, health and employment insurance payments, and wage reductions, 20 January 1925 - 30 June 1935

Account book of royalty rents of Lambton, Hetton, and Joicey Collieries Ltd., 16 April 1927 - 11 April 1941

Comparative statement of effect on wages and output of young boys working underground at Handen Hold Colliery, 18 February 1938 - 1 March 1938

Special attendance and productivity returns for Tanfield Lea, Tanfield Moor, Beamish, Mary and Beamish Second Pits, belonging to James Joicey and Co., Ltd., 18 January - 21 February 1947

Correspondence re coal under reservoirs at East Stanley, 25 October 1889 - 9 February 1937

Correspondence re damage to East Kyo Inn due to subsidence, 6 January 1891 - 30 October 1936

Correspondence between A. Mundle, Mining Engineer and J. Joicey & Co. Ltd. re application to break barrier in Busty Seam, East Stanley Colliery, 6 June 1893 - 31 March 1915

Correspondence re damage to Twizell Hall, High Twizell and Twizell Dykes Farms, including plans of Twizell Colliery, 14 April 1894 - February 1937

Correspondence between Mining Office and James Joicey & Co. Ltd. re permission to work piece coal at Beamish Pit, 4 May 1896 - 3 December 1907

Correspondence between Chester-le-Street R.D.C. and James Joicey and Co. Ltd., re approaches leading over Beamish railway near Perkins Ville in the parish of Chester-le-Street, 4 - 24 November 1896

Correspondence re Marquis of Bute's trustees and wayleave rents, 17 March 1902 - 3 May 1918

Correspondence between James Joicey & Co. Ltd., and the Mining Office re the Main Coal Seam barrier in the Urpeth Royalty at West Pelton, 11 September 1907 - 12 June 1908

Correspondence between Lord Joicey, Ford Castle, Northumberland ,John Humble and Norman Nisbet both of Harperley Hall, Tantobie and others re production losses at Tanfield Lea Colliery and about miners' houses, 2 May 1912 - 12 May 1927

Correspondence between James Joicey and Co. Ltd., Durham Coal Owners' Association and various suppliers of mining machinery re cost and production of stone dust, its use for roadways and its effects on miners' lungs, 21 January 1914 - 30 October 1939

Correspondence between J.W. Rider and N. Nesbit re conditions of appointment as vetinary surgeon for J. Joicey and Co. Ltd., 13 May 1914

Correspondence of the Mining Association of Great Britain and the North of England United Coal Trade Association concerning the mines during List World War, including notes on the storage of petroleum and correspondence re the production of Coal Committee, 6 January -28 October 1915

Correspondence re the removal of coal under Flint Hill Reservoir on Tanfield Moor, 30 March 1915 - 9 June 1931

Correspondence between Mining Offices and James Joicey & Co. Ltd. re Busty Seam external barrier, Beamish Royalty, 8 November 1915 - 6 July 1916

Correspondence re reduction in output at the various pits, 1 August 1916 - 11 August 1916

Correspondence re damage to deer shelter at Beamish Park, 17 October 1916 - 23 November 1938

Correspondence re the purchase from the Earl of Durham by the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd. of standing timber in a portion of Congburn Wood to be used as pit props, with timber valuation, and information concerning concrete props, 23 March 1917 - 6 February 1922

Correspondence re the rationing of officials' and workmen's coal, 20 June 1918

Correspondence between James Joicey and Co. Ltd. and the Controller of Coal Mines re new scheme for colliery control, capital expenditures and wages, 14 April 1919 - 14 December 1920

Correspondence re damage to Twizell Dykes Farm, 29 November 1919 - 23 March 1939

Correspondence re amount of coal seam needed to be left to support Low Stanley Farm, including plans of Maudlin Seam, East Stanley pit, 20 April - 8 June 1920

Correspondence between James Joicey and Co. Ltd. and T.E. Parrington, Monkwearmouth re working of coal in the upper seams of Beamish royalty, with section through seam, 16 December 1924 - 6 July 1925

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd. and N. Nisbet of Harperly Hall re damage to hall due to subsidence, 9 August 1926 - 16 February 1938

Correspondence concerning rents of Pelton Grange and Bushblades Farms, reduction of royalty rents at Beamish, wayleave over Causey Estate and rent charge on Hough Hill Bridge Close, 29 August 1927 - 28 September 1942

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd. and Pelaw Main Collieries, Ltd concerning a request by the latter for a sublease of an area of coal at Ouston below the Hutton seam, 2 February 1928 - 7 February 1928

Correspondence between the Holmside and South Moor Collieries, Ltd. and N. Nisbet at Harperly Hall re barrier in Hutton Seam, Craghead village, 21 September - 1 December 1928

Correspondence between Holmside & South Moor Collieries, Ltd. and Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd. re Busty Seam at Morrison New Pits, 17 January 1929 - 26 January 1929

Correspondence re rent reduction at Urpeth royalty of the Beaumont seam; and Busty seam workings against West Pelton royalty, 4 April - 26 December 1929

Correspondence re sublease of Shield Row Seam in Bushblades Royalty by Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd to Lanchester and Iveston Coal Co., Ltd., 3 December 1930 - 9 May 1940

Correspondence re overlap of boundaries between coal owned by Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd and South Derwent Coal Co., 17 - 20 June 1931

Correspondence re appointment and duties of the Coal Inspector for Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd., 26 January 1933 - 26 December 1933

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd. and H.M. Divisional Inspector of Mines re roadways supported by steel arches, props and straps and cambered girders, 8 February 1933 - 18 February 1936

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd. and Chester-le-Street Rural District Council re proposed temporary closure of highway at High Handenhold, including plans of new road at Beamish and High Handenhold, 22 April 1933 - 17 May 1933

Correspondence re proposed sub-lease of Tanfield Lea Royalty, 22 February 1934 - 15 March 1934

Correspondence re trustees of East and West Bushblades royalties, 25 February 1936 - 3 March 1939

Correspondence re dispute at Tanfield Lea Colliery, 17 September 1936, 18 September 1936 - 21 September 1936

Correspondence re Beamish East Moor Royalty, 12 January 1937 - 12 December 1944

Correspondence re proposal to work quarry on Mountselt Low Fell, including plan of Tanfield Moor, 29 June 1939 - 3 July 1939

Correspondence re Beamish Royalty at Mary Pit, 10 January 1940 - 11 January 1940

Correspondence re the proposed access road to new shaft at Coppy including plans of the position of the proposed access road, 12 April 1940 - 18 April 1940

Correspondence re the leaving of coal under Flint Hill Reservoir, Tanfield Moor Colliery, 19 July - 12 October 1940

Correspondence re the boundaries of Pontop and South Tanfield royalties, 14 January - 30 March 1942

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd. and the Holmeside & South Moor Collieries, Ltd. re boundary between royalties in Bottom Section of Pontop Hutton Seam, 4 March 1942 - 23 March 1942

Correspondence re Pontop Main Coal or Wear Hutton Seam, 23 March 1942 - 18 November 1944

Correspondence re rectification of lease of the Urpeth Royalty, 5 June 1942 - 15 July 1942

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd. and the Holmside and South Moor Collieries, Ltd re the boundary line between respective royalties in Pea Farm area, 23 September 1942 - 30 September 1942

Correspondence and papers, re employment of colliery policemen, service requirements and allowances, 18 February 1911 - 20 February 1936

Correspondence and statements re supply of free coal to owners, directors and other persons, 31 December 1911 - 31 December 1929

Correspondence, specifications and plans re proposed new road at Handen Hold, Beamish, 1 August 1924 - 11 May 1942

Correspondence, deed and agreement re tramway in Twizell Wood and at Twizell Wood End, 26 February 1928 - 4 October 1928

Correspondence and reports of the Inspector of Mines to the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd., re mine inspection before commencing work, 5 March 1928 - 5 October 1933

Correspondence and returns re miners' nystagmus, 11 October 1928

Correspondence and returns re accidents on travelling and haulage roads, 3 - 7 December 1936

Correspondence and returns concerning industrial diseases and injuries for which compensation and smart was paid, 1937 - 1943

Correspondence and particulars re analysis of coal sample taken from Busty seam, Beamish Mary Pit, 30 June - 15 July 1941

Correspondence and returns re accidents to boys (under 16) employed underground from 1938, 29 April - 6 May 1943

Minutes and reports of the Pit Production Committees of Tanfield Moor, Tanfield Lea Beamish Mary Beamish Second, Handen Hold and Twizell Burn Pits, 5 January - 5 December 1945

Correspondence and statements re the awarding to five men of war savings certificates for their bravery during an accident at Tanfield Lea Pit, 22 January - 24 February 1945

Correspondence, returns, statements and policies re nationalisation of the coal industry and the transfer of the assets of the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd. to National Coal Board, 31 August 1946 - 3 July 1947

Correspondence and papers re conversion of back to back houses in Joicey Square, Stanley and building of a new road through the same, 12 November 1890 - 26 September 1905

Correspondence, papers and plans re alterations to cottages at Sand Hole Terrace, South Tanfield, 21 June 1913 - 16 February 1916

Correspondence and statement re the purchase of land and renting of houses by Lord Joicey, including plans of the areas conveyed, 17 August - 8 October 1925

Correspondence, accounts and estimates re damage to Tanfield and South Causey Farms, 28 October 1895 - 3 July 1912

Correspondence, accounts and estimates re claim for compensation for Wilkinson's houses, West Kyo, 12 December 1895 - 2 November 1912

Correspondence and papers in the matter of Thomas Hedley Bros., Ltd. and James Joicey and Co. Ltd. v Mr. Stevens, over compensation for damage to property known as Humble Burn Cottage through mining, Plans of West Pelton Colliery included, 6 November 1897 - 4 July 1947

Correspondence and plans re damage to Tanfield Hospital due to pit workings, 1 December 1899 - 23 April 1920

Correspondence and papers re claims for compensation for damage done to the Board Inn, Shield Row, including plans of seams worked under the inn by Beamish Colliery, 1 February - 5 December 1901

Correspondence and accounts re payment of money for compensation cases, 6 December 1904 - 31 December 1923

Correspondence, re claim for compensation for Wilkinson's Allotment Farm buildings, including plan of workings under farm, 6 July 1906 - 30 May 1912

Arbitration award re amount of compensation payable for damage done to parts of Beamish estate due to the workings of James Joicey and Co. Ltd., 1 February 1908

Correspondence and papers, re subsidence along the footpath and highway from High Stanley to Hill Top Farm, 9 June 1911 - 24 January 1917

Papers in the matter of the Trustees of Annfield Plain Wesleyan Church v James Joicey and Co. Ltd., re compensation for subsidence damage to church building, 3 October 1911 - 1 June 1917

Memorandum concerning damage claims in vicinity of St Andrew's Church, Stanley, 11 January 1913 - 17 April 1941

Correspondence and engineer's reports and plans re damage to various properties on Beamish Park Estate, 5 February 1913 - 1 August 1918

Valuations of damages to freehold property on Beamish Estate by the workings of James Joicey and Co. Ltd., at East Tanfield Pit, 31 December 1913 - 5 May 1914

Correspondence and papers re damage to White House Farm, Craghead, through mining, 4 January 1916 - 11 July 1941

Correspondence re damage to Twizell Hall and High Twizell Farms, including plan of damaged areas, 8 December 1916 - 5 May 1927

Correspondence and papers re damage to Beamish church and vicarage, including plans of seams worked by Beamish Colliery near to and under the church, 22 September 1920 - 14 November 1932

Correspondence re damage to Twizell Hall Farm and Twizell Wood End Cottages, including plans of Twizell Colliery, 13 February 1930 - 11 October 1935

Correspondence and particulars re number of compensation cases, 1933 - 12 April 1940

Correspondence re subsidence at Coppy Reservoir, Beamish Park and effects of this on water supply to Plane Tree Farm, Coppy Farm and Beamish Hall, including plans of South Tanfield Colliery, 16 October 1942 - 16 May 1946

Correspondence, agreements and statements re supply of gas for public lighting by James Joicey and Co. Ltd. to Pelton, Urpeth and Edmondsley Parish Councils from Tanfield Lea and West Pelton Gas Companies, 12 October 1897 - 24 October 1942

Correspondence, tenders, statements and diagrams re electrification of Tanfield Moor Colliery, 1 October 1918 - 21 December 1920

Correspondence, papers and plans re electric light installation by Tanfield Urban District Council and Urpeth Parish Council at Stanley and Mary pits via Philadelphia power station, 12 September 1921 - 6 September 1934

Correspondence and plans re laying of a gas pipe under Beamish Waggonway, 29 April - 17 May 1935

Correspondence and statements re electrification of fan at Handen Hold Colliery, 1 September 1936 -8 June 1939

Correspondence, agreements and plans re royalties at Pontop, Carmires, South Tanfield and Bushblades Coal Seams, exchange of coal at Hutton Seam between James Joicey and Co. Ltd and South Derwent Coal Co. Ltd and memorandum agreement re Carmires Barrier, 5 April 1897 - 27 February 1943

Correspondence and plans re working of coal at Busty and Five Quarter Seams, Handen Hold Pit, (part of Pelton Fell royalty), 15 April 1902 - 9 June 1938

Correspondence, statements, particulars and plans re trespass by the South Derwent Coal Co. Ltd. in the Beaumont Seam, Tanfield Lea Colliery, and in the Hutton Seam from West Shield Row Colliery, belonging to Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd. and exchange of a portion of West Shield Row royalty, 17 May 1907 - 25 February 1943

Correspondence and an extract from a deed between Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England and James Joicey and Co. (dated 31 October 1889) concerning a trespass made from the Twizell royalty into West Pelton royalty in the Busty Seam, 28 July - 6 December 1910

Correspondence and plans re Moore's and Hutchinson's royalties at South and East Tanfield, 6 August 1913 - 31 January 1944

Correspondence, statements and particulars re the renewal of Towneley lease and fixing of tonnage rents for the East Stanley Colliery royalty, 24 June 1918 - 29 April 1940

Correspondence re permission to extract Busty Seam barrier in Beamish and East Stanley royalties, including plans of areas to be extracted, 12 December 1918 - 23 March 1937

Correspondence re proposals to work in the Shields Row Five Quarter and High Main Seams of the Chester Common royalty, Beamish Second Pit, including plans of the areas to be worked, 8 February 1919 - 19 November 1930

Correspondence between James Joicey & Co. Ltd and South Moor and Craghead Collieries re Main Coal Seam, Craghead, including plans of Main Coal Seam and plan showing proposed exchange of royalty between Craghead and Handen Hold Collieries, 27 September 1919 - 28 March 1922

Correspondence and plans re amount of coal remaining in James Joicey's royalties, 31 December 1919 - 27 April 1920

Correspondence between James Joicey and Co. Ltd. and M.W. Parrington and Sons re barrier in Beamish and East Stanley Royalties, Brockwell Seam, including plans of barriers in Brockwell and Five Quarter Seams, 14 October 1920 - 3 August 1921

Correspondence between James Joicey and Co. Ltd. and Mining Office re permission to extract coal from Five Quarter Seams, West Pelton Royalty, including plans of the proposed area of extraction and a plan showing proposed position of roadways in the Shield Row and Five Quarter Seams 14 February 1921 - 13 April 1922

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd and A. Mundle (Mining Engineer a Surveyor) re Towneley Royalty at East Stanley pit, including plan of Beamish Colliery, 12 March 1923 - 16 March 1923

Correspondence and plans re extraction of portion of internal barrier between East Stanley and Twizell royalties, East Tanfield Colliery, 20 June 1924 - 28 May 1925

Correspondence and plans re dispute over boundaries of Urpeth and Edmondsley royalties, 23 April 1925 - 18 March 1943

List of Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd. royalty owners, including covering correspondence, 5 October 1925 - 6 October 1925

Correspondence and plan re sub-lease of a portion of West Pelton Royalty to Pelton Colliery Ltd., 13 November - 1 December 1925

Correspondence and plans re the working of coal in the Five Quarter Seam barrier in East Stanley and Beamish royalties, 11 February 1926 - 4 November 1935

Correspondence and plans re the working of a portion of the Busty Seam barrier in Beamish East Moor royalty, adjoining West Pelton royalty, 3 March 1926 - 31 January 1929

Correspondence and plans re the working, in the Busty Seam, Mary Pit, of part of the external barrier of Urpeth royalty, 12 April 1926 - 31 January 1929

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd, and The Holmside and South Moor Collieries, Ltd. re permission for Holmside and South Moor Collieries to work barrier in Maudlin Seam and Low Main Seam in Urpeth Royalty, including plans of the area to be worked, 8 December 1927 - 7 December 1938

Correspondence between Sir A.L. Wood, Mining Office, Chester-le-Street and Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd. re application for permission to remove the barrier at Busty Seam in the Urpeth royalty and Busty Seam in the Tribley royalty, including plans of proposed areas to be worked, 6 January 1928 - 30 July 1929

Correspondence and plans showing eastern boundary of West Pelton Royalty adjoining Pelton Colliery, 19 January 1928

Correspondence and tracings re workings of Holmside and South Moor and Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries approaching boundary between respective royalties on the Main Coal Seam Thomas Pit, 14 January - 18 November 1930

Correspondence and plans re working of Maudlin Seam barrier between Beamish and East Stanley royalties, 5 March 1931 - 23 September 1932

Correspondence and plans re extraction of coal at Towneley and Beamish royalty barriers, 16 August 1932 - 30 November 1934

Correspondence re Tanfield Lea and East Shield Row royalties including statements of the amount of coal left to be drawn at Tanfield Lea Colliery, seam sections and coal available at 31 December 1932, 31 December 1932 - 3 May 1933

Correspondence re East Stanley and Beamish royalties at Beamish Colliery, including plans of Brockwell seam at Mary Pit, 10 July 1934 -6 December 1934

Correspondence, statements, copy leases and plans concerning registration of coal ownership and royalties under the Coal Registration of Ownership Acts, 1937, and Coal Act, 1938, re all collieries owned by the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd., 5 October 1937 - 11 October 1945

Correspondence re proposed exchange of royalties by Bowes & Partners and the Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd., including plans of the proposed areas to be exchanged, 1 March 1938 - 30 May 1938

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd, and John Bowes & Partners, Ltd. (Colliery Owners) re subleases of Blackburn Fell royalty, including plans of barrier in Blackburn Fell royalty, 10 November 1939 - 24 March 1942

Correspondence and plans re Beamish and Blackburn Fell and Causey royalties, 31 May 1940 - 22 February 1943

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries and Holmside & South Moor Collieries, Ltd re lease of royalty at South Tanfield colliery, including plans of Main Coal, Hutton and Low Main Seams, 30 November 1942 - 30 January 1943

Correspondence between John Bowes and Partners, Ltd and Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. re the proposed straightening of boundary and barrier between royalties leased to Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd and John Bowes and Partners Ltd., including plans of the proposed areas, 1 December 1944 - 10 January 1946

Correspondence and papers re various seams at South Tanfield Colliery, also: estimates of the amount of coal remaining, number of hands employed, and proposed dismantling of South Tanfield Pit, 19 June 1901 - 19 February 1923

Correspondence and papers re the construction of screens for the various pits at Handen Hold and Tanfield Lea Collieries, including diagrams referring to details of construction, 9 May 1903

Correspondence re Beamish East Moor royalty at Handen Hold Pit, including plan showing coal to be worked in Busty Seam, 15 December 1905 - 1 July 1907

Correspondence re coal workings under Crag he ad Railway including plans of West Pelton and Craghead royalties, 5 November 1907 - 13 July 1940

Correspondence and papers re abandoned seams, 23 January 1913 - 18 August 1913

Correspondence statements, maintenance accounts and diagram re maintenance of Pont Water level and Willie Pit, 25 February 1913 - 22 July 1938

Papers re sections of strata at Tanfield Lea Collieries, losses of coal at Beamish Colliery and quantity of Coal to be left as support for property at various collieries worked by James Joicey & Co. Ltd., 12 March 1917 - 4 May 1917

Correspondence concerning the viability and profitability of working the Shield Row Seam at the Second Pit, Beamish under the plantation of Mr Shafto, including plan of workings (Shield Row Seam at Beamish Colliery, Second Pit), 22 March 1918 - 27 October 1919

Correspondence between James Joicey & Co. Ltd. and M.W. Parrington re an application to work a portion of the Beamish Brockwell Seam at Tanfield Lea Colliery, including plans of Beamish and East Shield Row Collieries, 21 February 1919 - 7 April 1924

Correspondence between John Rogers of Tanfield Lea and James Joicey & Co. Ltd., re request to extract coals from Hutton Seam at the north side of Bute Pit, including plan of Tanfield Lea Colliery, 23 April 1919 - 23 May 1919

Correspondence re coal left to support South Lodge, Beamish Park, with plan of Mary Pit, Busty Seam, 16 July - 16 August 1920

Correspondence and plans re position of the workings in the Brockwell Seam Mary Pit with relation to the school at Shield Row, 16 December 1920 - 30 September 1932

Correspondence and plans re abandoned mines, 24 July 1925 - 6 August 1925

Correspondence and reports re complaint by the Royal Commission on the inefficiency of Tanfield Lea Colliery, 9 - 23 January 1926

Correspondence and statement re the effect of abandoning Tanfield Moor, East Stanley, Second and Handen Hold Pits and Twizell Drift and the present cost of maintaining the pits at present idle, January - August 1928

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd and Henry Armstrong re information on coal seams next to John Bowes & Partners, boundaries, including covering plans, 25 May 1928 - 4 March 1929

Correspondence and plan re permission to extract coal from Bottom Busty Seam, Mary Pit, 22 February 1929 - 4 March 1929

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd and The Holmside & South Moor Collieries, Ltd re Joicey royalty, Craghead, including plan of Five Quarter Seam, 8 April 1929 - 24 January 1930

Correspondence and plans re workings in No. 2 panel barrier, Busty Seam No. 2 district, 25 - 30 April 1929

Correspondence and plans re coal to be left to support shaft and surface buildings at Hutton Seam, Mary Pit, Beamish Colliery, 7 February - 4 March 1930

Correspondence and plans re the Brockwell Seam, 25 April 1930 - 14 November 1933

Correspondence and statements re costs of re-opening and working of Tanfield Lea and Beamish Mary Pits, 16 January 1931 - 2 January 1932

Correspondence and reports re a coal survey concerning samples of the Hutton and Main Coal Seams from Tanfield Moor, Tanfield Lea, Beamish, Herrington and Silksworth; the Busty Seam at Tanfield Lea, Beamish Mary and West Pelton pits; and the Victoria Seam at Tanfield Lea, 24 April 1931 - 30 October 1939

Correspondence and plans re extraction of pillars of coal in Five-quarter Seam, Handen Hold Pit, Beamish 24 June 1932 - 19 December 1941

Correspondence and plan re coal to be worked in Shield Row Sean at West Pelton Colliery under West Pelton churchyard and vicarage, 25 July -24 December 1932

Correspondence re proposal to destroy the shaft of Twizell Pit, including plans of Busty and Brockwell Seams in the Twizell royalty, 9 January 1933 - 16 January 1933

Correspondence re Shield Row Seam at High Handen Hold, including plan of Shield Row Seam, West Pelton Colliery, 18 January 1933 - 20 January 1933

Correspondence and tracing re workings in the Shield Row Seam, Second Pit, 10 October 1983

Correspondence re damage to coal seam at West Kyo and subsequent prosecution of two offenders, including plan of the area excavated by employed men, 19 October 1933

Correspondence between Mining Office and Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd. re pump standage at Handen Hold Pit, West Pelton, Colliery, including plan of Busty Seam at Handen Hold Pit, 25 - 29 January 1934

Correspondence re outcrop coal in Five Quarter Sewn near Beamish Burn, including plan showing extent of workings in High Main Seam under Ousbrough Wood, 13 August 1934 - 23 August 1934

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd., and Pelaw Main Collieries, Ltd. re proposed development of Maudlin Seam at Urpeth 'C' pit, including plan of sections of the Maudlin Seam, 24 October 1934 - 3 November 1934

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd, and South Derwent Coal Co., Ltd. re plans to abandon West Shield Row Colliery, including plans of West Shield Row and East Shield Row royalties, 27 November 1934 - 20 March 1935

Correspondence and papers re Brockwell Seam in the Pelton royalty at Handen Hold Pit, 18 January 1935 - 24 July 1935

Correspondence and papers dealing with underground fire at Tanfield Lea Colliery, with plans showing position of fire, 11 June 1935 -3 August 1935

Correspondence and papers. re the level of water in the South Tanfield (Oxhill) Shaft, 30 December 1935 - 7 December 1945

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd. and Holmside & South Moor Collieries, Ltd. re Low Main Seam, Wheatley Green, including plan of West Pelton and Craghead royalties, 6 October 1936 - 12 October 1936

Correspondence, papers and estimates of quantities of coal remaining to be worked at Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, 18 December 1936 - 12 July 1944

Correspondence and papers re sinking of shaft at Coppy, near Beamish Hall, including plan of Land occupied for colliery purposes at Coppy Pit and plan showing the position of the Coppy Pit shaft, 19 January 1940 - 16 March 1944

Correspondence re position of Lambton Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd. workings at Beamish Red-Row, including plan of Beamish Park Drift, 6 August 1942 - 12 August 1942

Correspondence, papers, statements and agreements re the hiring, supply and storing of miners' safety lamps, 19 June 1908 - 2 April 1935

Correspondence, statements and papers re techniques of production and winding signals, including statements re the h.p. of each engine and motor used, 30 June 1914 - 19 September 1944

Correspondence and plans re Twizell Burn drift (including West Pelton royalty and Twizell freehold tramway from Twizell Wood to Alma Pit and the installation of fan house, 17 August 1922 - 15 September 1931

Correspondence and statements re estimated cost of installing and running one electric mining locomotive at Twizell Burn Drift, 16 August 1923

Correspondence papers, statements re valuation of property and assessment of rates and taxes, 25 March 1909 - 31 March 1931

Correspondence and papers re Lord Durham's land at Whitehall and Broomeyholme, 15 June 1910 - 19 December 1928

Correspondence between Newman Nisbet, Harperley Hall and the Holmside and South Moor Collieries, Ltd. re sub-lease of coal in the Hutton Seam West Pelton Colliery, with plan showing workings in Urpeth royalty, Hutton Seam, 11 November 1922 - 12 July 1927

Correspondence and plans re lease of land from Ecclesiastical Commissioners and purchase of land at Sacriston, Witton Gilbert and Plawsworth, 6 December 1927 - 17 January 1938

Correspondence and statements re schedule of land and property owned by the company with regard to the assessment of property for the purpose of income tax, 4 June 1930 - 19 November 1930

Correspondence between J. Joicey & Co. Ltd. and Partners Ltd. re boundary between Burnopfield and White-le-Head Collieries) including plans of Burnopfield Colliery, 11 August 1933 - 3 November 1944

Correspondence and agreements re proposed sublease of Shipley's Houses Drift and Shield Row Seam, Tanfield Lea Royalty to Messrs. George Hare & Sons, Ltd., including plans of Shipley's Houses Drift and Shield Row Seam, 8 March 1934 - 24 May 1934

Correspondence and deeds re the surrender of Shield Row Seam in Bushblades royalty and the sub-lease of coal from the Shield Row Seam in Harperly royalty to the Lanchester and Iveston Coal Co. Ltd., 16 January 1936 - 23 January 1942

Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries, Ltd. and the South Derwent Coal Co. Ltd. re alleged trespass by Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries into Causey royalty, including plans showing where workings in Causey royalty holed into workings made from Beamish royalty, 27 July 1943 - 28 June 1944

Correspondence, awards and papers re disputes over wage rates for hewers putting, 22 February 1915 - 21 July 1939

Correspondence and papers re claim for compensation by James Joicey Co. Ltd. as a result of cokemen's strike on 9 January 1919, 12 - 15 February 1919

Correspondence and papers re Durham Coal Owners' Association's settlement of conditions of working under the Coal Industry Commission Sankey Report 4 April - 30 July 1919

Correspondence and papers re strike action at West Pelton colliery from 8 - 10 May 1919; strike action at West Pelton and Twizell Collieries, 21 - 28 July 1919; and resulting claims for compensation by James Joicey & Co. Ltd, 12 May - 5 September 1919

Correspondence and papers re the affects of the national strike of railwaymen on the collieries, 2 October 1919 - 9 October 1919

Correspondence and papers re working arrangements and duties of officials during a strike, 10 September - 27 October 1920

Correspondence and papers. re the terms of settlement for the miners' national strike, 1920, 28 October - 11 November 1920

Correspondence, statements and accounts re expenditure during 1926 national miners' strike, May - November 1926

Correspondence and papers re disputes at Handen Hold and Tanfield Lea Collieries, 12 July - 16 November 1929

Correspondence, agreement and papers re pneumatic pick dispute at Beamish colliery, 28 December 1934 - 19 June 1936

Correspondence re Handen Hold Colliery putters' minimum wage dispute, 11 August - 16 August 1938

Plan of Hutton Seam, South Derwent Colliery showing lease of royalties, 18 February 1898 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Plan of Consett Water Works' Tank at Flint Hill, 20 June 1900 Scale: 1 foot to 1.5 inches [1:8]

Plan of coal proposed to be left in the Busty Seam for support of buildings at West Pelton royalty, Chester and Urpeth, with covering correspondence, 30 August 1909 Scale: 25 miles to 1 inch [1:2500]

Plan of roof of Beamish Hall, August 1911 Scale: 10 feet to 1" [1:120]

Plan of Main Coal Seam at South Derwent Colliery, 6 February 1915 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]

Plan of Hutton Seam, South Derwent Colliery, February 1915 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584] (1 plan, 71 cm x 53 cm, waxed linen, ink

Plan of Shield Row Seam, Second pit, Beamish Colliery, with covering letter, 12 November 1919 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]

Plan showing area to be left unworked under West Pelton church and vicarage (in the Tilley Seam, West Pelton Colliery), with related correspondence, 18 May 1920 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]

Plan of Maudlin seam, East Stanley pit, with related correspondence, 6 May 1925 Scale: 6 inches to one mile [1:10560]

Plan showing coal to be left as support under West Pelton Wesleyan Methodist chapel (at Handen Hold Old Pit, Shield Row Sean, West Pelton Colliery), with related correspondence, 14 February 1930 Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Plan showing the position of Wash in the Maudlin Seam at the junction between East and West Stanley royalties, with related correspondence, 22 January 1931 Scale: 6 inches to a mile [1:10560]

Plan showing proposed method of reaching barrier in Low Main Seam, and Maudlin Seam, East Stanley Colliery, with related correspondence, 2 June 1931 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]

Plan of Busty seam, Stanley East district, Mary Pit, Beamish Colliery, with related correspondence, 29 June 1932 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]

Plan of High Main seam, East Stanley Pit, September 1932 Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]

Plan showing royalties worked by John Bowes & Partners, Ltd., 17 March 1933 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10,560]

Plan of part of Busty Seam in the West Pelton district of Pelton Colliery, with related correspondence, 18 November 1933 Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]

Plan showing sections of Brockwell seam at Edmondsley Colliery, with related correspondence, 18 January 1935 Scale: 6 inches to a mile [1:10,560]

Plan showing position of bore-holes at Beamish Colliery, 10 October 1935 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10,560]

Plan showing the position of the temporary boundary in the Handen Hold, Five Quarter Seam, Beamish, with related correspondence, 3 November 1935 Scale: 25.344 inches to a mile [1:2500]

Plan showing position of boreholes to prove Five Quarter Seam, Second Pit, Beamish Colliery, with related correspondence, 4 January 1938 Scale: 25.344 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Section plan of corridor roof from south to west wing, Beamish Hall, n.d. Scale: l foot to 1 inch [1:12]

Plan of Beamish royalty, n.d. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Plan of lands in the occupation of the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd, on Beamish Estate, n.d. Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]

Statements of numbers of men employed at pits belonging to James Joicey and Co. Ltd., July 1914 - December 1923

Statement showing the quantity of coal used at Margaret Pit for winding and hauling engines and estimated quantity of coal to be used after the hauling engine has been electrified and the electric pump installed, 1 June 1915

Statements and correspondence re colliery consumption of coal when the pits are working and when idle, 26 November 1915 - 29 November 1955

Statement showing the quantity of coals consumed in generating steam for the various engines at Tanfield Colliery, 17 August 1916

Papers re revision of coal quantities to various pits worked by James Joicey & Co. Ltd, November 1916

Quarterly reports of controller re Beamish, Tanfield, Twizell and West Pelton mines, 29 March 1919 - 31 March 1921

Report re workings under Wheatley Green, 14 July 1919

Statement of minimum requirements of coal for the month for ventilation, pumping and winding, 2 August 1919

Statements re the proposal to shut down the smaller pits and concentrate on the larger pits, 28 January 1921

Details and descriptions of Joicey Collieries, 15 January 1927

Statements re number of persons killed and injured by accidents in the mines, 1936-1938

Statements re analysis of samples of coal taken from pits in the Joicey Group showing percentage of ash and water, 18 January - 27 December 1941

Particulars of shafts of Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Ltd., 17 September 1943 - 20 September 1943

Statement re compensation for accidents, 4 October 1946 - 30 December 1946

Report on drawing all coals from Dusty Shaft, Handen Hold Colliery, n.d.

Particulars re shaft, winding engine, heapstead and boilers at Tanfield Moor Colliery, n.d.

Returns made by the Durham and Northumberland Coal Owners' Association to the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry re production and royalties concerning all Joicey collieries, 12 October 1925 -29 December 1925

Returns of output of Durham Coal Owners' Association re Joicey Group, 25 October 1943

General correspondence and circulars of Durham Coal Owners' Association, 29 December 1890 -2 December 1937

Correspondence, papers and statutory regulations concerning payment of war wage, 3 October 1917 -20 December 1920

Correspondence, circulars and returns submitted re disputes over wages, under the Coal Mines (Minimum Wage) Act 1912, 21 March 1923 - 16 December 1937

Correspondence concerning organisation of proposed co-operative, 15 November 1928 - 3 April 1929

Correspondence and circulars of the Mining Association of Great Britain and Durham Coal Owners' Association concerning working conditions in the mines during wartime, viz.: air raids, defence precautions, national service, requisitioning of vehicles, petrol supplies, safety helmets, explosives, bomb disposal, additions to wages and output bonus scheme, 22 January 1938 - 19 November 1943

General correspondence and circulars of Durham Coal Owners' Association re hours, wages, holidays and rehabilitation centre, 11 October 1938 - 12 April 1944

Correspondence, circulars and communications from government ministries sent by Durham Coal Owners' Association to managers and firms re conditions of service for mineworkers, 2 January 1945 - 28 December 1945