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National Coal Board

Reference: NCB 14 Catalogue Title: National Coal Board Area: Catalogue Category: Public Records Description: Colliery company records

Covering Dates: 1846-1948

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Papers relating to The Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd., etc. (Ref: NCB 14/1-179)

Papers relating to The Weardale Iron and Coal Company Limited (W.I.C.C. Ltd.) subsequently The Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company Limited (W.S.C.C.C. Ltd.)

The arrangement of these papers follows that of the earliest filing system of the Weardale Company for which evidence remains - chronological within topographical headings. Messrs. Bates and Baring were partners in the original Weardale Iron Company and in the banking house of Baring Brothers and Company.

Lists of royalties and declarations of trust (Ref: NCB 14/1-8)

List of coal royalties held, 1899
(paper, 2 files)


List of royalties, leases, rents etc., March 1938
(paper, 1 file)


List of acreages (of various royalties) n.d.
(1 paper)


25 October 1850 (1) Charles Attwood (2) Baring Bros. (3) Joshua Bates and Thomas Baring Declaration of trusts by (3) as to properties vested in them for the Weardale Iron Company
(parchment, 8 membranes)


9 December 1850 (1) Baring Bros. (2) Joshua Bates and Thomas Baring Declaration of trust for an estate called Transy, Fifeshire, vested in (2) for the Weardale Iron Company
(parchment)


5 June 1852 (1) Baring Bros. (2) Joshua Bates and Thomas Baring Declaration of trust for an estate at Tudhoe vested in (2) in trust for the Weardale Iron Company
(parchment)


21 October 1856 (1) Charles Attwood (2) Baring Bros. (3) Joshua Bates and Thomas Baring Duplicate declaration of trust as to mines assigned to (3) by Viscount Barrington
(parchment)


6 August 1858 (1) The Wear Valley Railway Co. (2) Charles Attwood for the Weardale Iron Co. Duplicate deed confirming an agreement of 2 June 1847 relating to charges for the conveyance of minerals
(parchment, 2 membranes, pendant seal)

Cornsay and Hedley Hill (Ref: NCB 14/9-13)

Copy of arrangement between the W.I.C.C. Ltd. and Joseph Pease and Partners re sublease of Hedley Hill, 1872 and 1877
(paper, 2 files)


Correspondence from Pease and Partners relating to an extension of time for working Hedley Hill, April 1881
(2 papers)


Papers regarding Pickering's claim, plans of Hedley Hill Farm, copy of grant of land on Cornsay Common by William Belasyse (1726) and other papers, 1888
(1 bundle)


Correspondence, accounts and agreements relating to the Hedley Hope coal royalty and the interests of Messrs. Samuelson and Mr. Pickering, 1881 - 1888
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence, valuations and abstract of a lease relating to Clavering's Stow House Farm in the parish of Cornsay, 1885 - 1887
(paper, 2 files)

Croxdale, Burn Hall and Sunderland Bridge (Ref: NCB 14/14-63)

20 February 1865 and 10 October 1866 (1) G. Salvin and M.C. Salvin (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Draft agreements to lease 550 acres of coal etc. under the Croxdale and Sunderland Bridge properties in the townships of Hett and Sunderland Bridge, with memorandum of terms of this lease and one of Black Horse Farm, Tudhoe
(paper, 5 files)


10 November 1866 (1) Viscount Boyne and another (2) Isaac Lowthian Bell and others Copy lease for 63 years of coal etc. under 2200 acres of the Brancepeth Estate
(paper, 1 file)


Notes on lease NCB 14/15


29 October 1873 (1) M.C. Salvin (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy agreement for the lease of coal etc. under the Burn Hall and Farewell Hall Estates
(paper, 1 file)


Copy of report regarding the Sunderland Bridge pumping station, 28 January 1876
(paper, 1 file)


17 March 1876 (1) Sir John Lawson Bart and H.C. Silvertop (2) H.T.T. Salvin (3) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Draft lease of coal etc. in the Sunderland Bridge Estate
(paper, 1 file)


Miscellaneous notes, minutes of meetings, correspondence, plans and heads of agreement re Burn Hall lease, 1879 - 1888
(paper, 1 file)


File of correspondence and miscellaneous papers relating to the Sunderland Bridge Lease, 1880 - 1887
(paper, 1 file)


11 October 1879 (1) Viscount Boyne (2) Bell Bros. Ltd. and others Agreement for an extension of time for working up short workings and licence for assignment of a mineral lease relating to parts of the Brancepeth Estate
(paper, 1 file)


2 November 1880 (1) Sir John Lawson Bart and H.C. Silvertop (2) H.T.T. Salvin (3) Joseph Love and Robinson Ferens Copy agreement for the lease of coal mines under part of the Croxdale Estate for 28 years with rnaps and related correspondence
(1 bundle of 3 papers, 2 files, 1 linen plan)


10 December 1880 (1) M.C. Salvin (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Agreement regarding the Tudhoe and Burn Hall Royalties, plan attached
(paper, 1 file)


Bill of Costs for the W.I.C.C. Ltd. relating to the surrender and redemise of Sunderland Bridge Coal Royalty, 1880 - 1881
(paper, 1 file)


1881 (1) Sir John Lawson Bart and H.C. Silvertop (2) H.T.T. Salvin (3) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Draft lease of Sunderland Bridge Free Stone Quarry with terms of letting and accounts
(paper, 2 files)


1 January 1881 (1) Bell Bros. Ltd. (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Draft agreement for a sublease of minerals under part of the Brancepeth Estate
(paper, 1 file)


1880 (I) Viscount Boyne (2) Bell Bros. Ltd. (3) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy of agreement regarding subletting coal near Sunderland Bridge, plan attached
(paper, 1 file)


2 June 1881 (1) Viscount Boyne (2) Bell Bros. Ltd. (3) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Agreement regarding the surrender and re-letting of coal near Sunderland Bridge, plan attached
(paper, 1 file)


2 June 1881 (1) Bell Bros Ltd. (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy agreement to surrender lease of a part
(paper 1 file)


1881 (1) Sir John Lawson Bart and H.C. Silvertop (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy agreement for the right to dig clay and discharge water into the Nickey Nack Back
(paper, 1 file)


20 September 1881 (1) Sir John Lawson Bart and H.C. Silvertop (2) H.T.T. Salvin (3) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy agreement for the lease of coal etc. within the Burn Hall, Sunderland Bridge and part of the Croxdale Estates
(paper, 1 file)


24 November 1881 (1) Viscount Boyne (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy of draft lease of coal etc. under 105 acres of the Brancepeth Estate (paper, 1 file)


30 June 1883 (1) M.C. Salvin and B.J.F. Salvin (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy lease of coal etc. below the Hutton Seam under the Burn Hall and Farewell Hall Estates
(paper, 1 file)


1888 (1) B.J.F. Salvin (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy agreement to vary provisions of NCB 14/34
(paper, 1 file)


13 March 1889 (1) Sir John Lawson Bart and Edgar Meynell (2) H.T.T. Salvin (3) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy lease of coal etc. under the Sunderland Bridge, Low Burn Hall and Croxdale Estates
(1 booklet, printed)


File of correspondence relating to the Burn Hall and Low Burn Hall Royalties, 1890
(paper, 1 file)


1890 (1) B.J.F. Salvin, Sir John Lawson Bart, Edgar Meynell and H.T.T. Salvin (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy of agreement regarding coal under the turnpike adjoining the Burn Hall Estate
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence between the North Eastern Railway Co. and W.I.C.C. Ltd. regarding support for Croxdale Viaduct, 1890
(paper, 1 file)


Report on Croxdale Colliery, January 1891
(paper, 1 file)


16 September 1897 (1) Sir John Lawson Bart and Edgar Meynell (2) H.T.T. Salvin (3) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy Lease of coal etc. under the Croxdale Estate
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence regarding the working of barriers in the Busty Seam between the Sunderland Bridge, Tudhoe and Butcher Race Royalties, with plan, 1889 - 1900
(paper, 1 file)


Report on the Croxdale Colliery by Hugh Ross, 1903
(paper, 1 file)


Letters regarding alterations to the Croxdale and Sunderland Bridge Lease, 1906
(paper, 1 file)


Letters from the Salvin agents granting permission to work coal in the Hutton Seam Barrier and in the Busty Seam north of Whin Dike, 1906
(paper, 1 file)


23 February 1906 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Lease of coal and fireclay under lands in the township of Croxdale
(1 booklet, printed)


Correspondence regarding concessions by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners as to rental for the Croxdale Royalty, November 1914
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


Reports on the working of Croxdale Colliery with plans, 1913
(1 bundle of 2 papers and 3 files)


Report upon Croxdale Colliery, 29 January 1914
(paper, 1 file)


Report upon Croxdale Colliery, 4 September 1914
(paper, 1 file)


1917 (1) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. (2) Bell Bros. Ltd. Heads of proposed sub-lease of the Croxdale and Low Burn Hall Royalties
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


14 February 1918 (1) Gerard T. Salvin (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Copy of Counterpart Lease of coal etc. under the Sunderland Bridge, Low Burn Hall and Croxdale Estate
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


14 February 1918 (1) Gerard T. Salvin (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Copy agreement extending existing leases of coal under the Sunderland Bridge, Low Burn Hall and Croxdale Estates
(paper, 1 file)


13 June 1919 (1) Lord Gainford and Sir John Horner (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. (3) Bell Bros. Ltd. Copy of underlease of coal under parts of the Croxdale and Low Burn Hall Estate correspondence with Dorman, Long and Co. Ltd. re liquidation of subsidiaries and terms of above lease, 1923 - 1933
(1 bundle of 2 files)


22 July 1919 (1) M.H. Salvin (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Copy of Agreement to lease coal etc. below the Hutton Seam under the Burn Hall and Farewell Hall Estates, with letter (1921) attached
(paper, 1 file)


28 January 1922 (1) M.H. Salvin (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Copy lease of coal etc. below the Hutton Seam under the Burn Hall Estate
(paper, 1 file)


Papers regarding the surrender of an underlease of coal under parts of the Croxdale and Low Burn Hall Estates, 1918 - 1925
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence with Messrs. Forster with regard to reducing the tonnage rent for the Busty Seam of Lord Boyne's Sunderland Bridge Arm Coal, May 1925
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence with Messrs. Forster and Major Salvin regarding the reduction in rent for the Busty Seam Low Burn Hall Royalty, May -December 1925
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence regarding the reduction of tonnage rent on coal from the Croxdale Brockwell Seam, 2 July - 5 September 1929
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence with Messrs. Forster and Major Salvin regarding Burn Hall Royalty, notice to terminate lease, terms of working coal in the Busty Seam etc., 4 December 1929 - 27 February 1931
(paper, 1 file)


Counter Notice from the L.N.E.R. to the Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co. Ltd. and others specifying coal to be left unworked for the support of Croxdale Viaduct with plan, 15 August 1928
(paper, printed form)


Notices and correspondence re working coal from the Busty Seam, Croxdale Colliery near to the L.N.E.R. mainline with plan, August 1929
(paper, 3 files)

Hunwick (Constantine Colliery) (Ref: NCB 14/64-69)

Heads of an agreement between the Weardale Iron Co. and the North Bitchburn Coal Co. for a lease of coal at Constantine, n.d. [c. 1855]
(1 paper)


1856 (1) Henry Stobart and others (2) Joshua Bates and Thomas Baring Draft lease of coal at Constantine in the township of Hunwick, with miscellaneous papers in folded
(3 paper, 1 file)


21 January 1861 (1) H.S. Stobart for the North Bitchburn Coal Co. (2) Charles Attwood Agreement for the lease of 200 acres of 5/4 seam coal at Constantine
(1 paper)


Memorandum of special clauses in Stobart's draft lease of the Constantine Mine, 9 March 1864
(paper)


20 August 1866 (1) Henry Stobart, John Mounsey and John Castell Hopkins (2) Charles Attwood (3) Thomas Baring M.P. Engrossment copy of the lease of the 5/4 Seam of coal at Constantine (parchment, 8 membranes)


14 May 1867 (1) Thomas Baring M.P. (2) George Pyman and others Copy of sublease of the five quarter seam of coal at Constantine, Co. Durham
(paper, 1 file)

Middleham (Ref: NCB 14/70-81)

8 April 1872 (I) Richard Blanshard (2) Thomas Baring Draft sub-lease of coal etc. in the township of Middleham, plan attached
(paper, 1 file)


1880 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) W I.C.C. Ltd. Draft lease of brick clay under lands at Bishop Middleham
(paper, 1 file)


Letter regarding Bishop Middleham coal royalty, 8 October 1884
(1 paper)


Correspondence and proposed terms of letting Bishop Middleham Royalty, February 1885
(paper, 1 file)


28 February 1908 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Lease of coal and fireclay under lands at Bishop Middleham
(1 booklet, printed)


29 April 1910 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Copy of supplemental lease of coal and fireclay at Bishop Middleham
(paper, 2 files)


23 May 1910 (1) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. (2) The Carlton Iron Co. Ltd. Sublease of coal and fireclay under lands at Bishop Middleham
(paper, 1 file)


1915 (1) The Carlton Iron Co. Ltd. (in liquidation) and another (2) The Carlton Iron Co. Ltd. (new company) Copy assignment of the sublease NCB 14/76
(paper, 1 file)


Correspod ence with Dorman Long and Co. Ltd. regarding permission to erect a winding engine house at Bishop Middleham and other matters, December 1927 - February 1928
(paper, 1 file)


13 June 1929 (1) The Ecclasiastical Commissioners (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd (3) Dorman Long & Co. Ltd. Copy of deed authorising the removal of part of the barrier in the Bishop Middleham Royalty
(paper, 1 file, printed)


File of correspondence with Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd. and the Ecclesiastical Commission regarding the surrender of Bishop Middleham Royalty, and regarding debenture debts of Dorrnan, Long & Co. Ltd., 2 January - 20 February 1936
(paper, 1 file)


Map of Bishop Middleham and environs composed of and parts of four 6 inch O.S. Maps
(32 x 35 cms. cloth backed, printed)

Thornley, Tow Law and environs (Ref: NCB 14/82-93)

20 February 1846 (1) Charles Attwood (2) Emerson Muschamp Copy of covenant for the sale and purchase of coal from Viscount Boyne's Thornley Pit House Estate
(1 paper)


2 November 1846 (1) George Hutton Wi1kinson (2) Charles Attwood Copy Lease of freestone, firestone, whinstone and slates in Stanhope Parish north of the River Wear and at Tow Law
(1 paper)


Abstract of NCB 14/83, [1846]
(paper)


21 September 1857 (1) George Hutton Wilkinson (2) Charles Attwood Copy Agreement for wayleave over the White Kirkley Estate, Bishopley [Wagon] Way
(1 paper)


1 July 1867 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Messrs. Rutter and Whitfield Copy agreement to lease coal etc. under the commons in the parish of Wolsingham, north of the River Wear
(1 paper)


2 March 1868 (1) W.I.C.C. Ltd. (2) Thomas Snowdon Copy agreement to let 15 coke ovens at Old Thornley Colliery
(1 paper)


2 March 1863 (1) Thomas Snowdon (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Agreernent for the supply of the produce of 15 coke ovens
(1 paper)


Copy of T.E. Forster's award of compensation for damage to land at Thornley in the matter of Rev. William Darnell V. W.I.C.C. Ltd., 6 July 1878
(1 paper)


31 December 1872 (1) William Rutter and another (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy lease of coal and fireclay under lands at Tow Law
(paper, 1 file)


File of correspondence regarding coal at Dans Castle, Tow Law, 1875 - 1885
(paper, 1 file)


Bundle of correspondence regarding coal to be left to support the railway at Tow Law, -1874-1886
(2 papers, 1 file)


1885-1886 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) William Rutter and Thompson Whitfield (3) W.I.C.C. Ltd. (4) North Eastern Railway Co Copy agreement for leaving coals to support the railway at Dan's Castle, Tow Law, with plan attached
(paper, 1 file)

Tudhoe Blast Furnaces etc. (Ref: NCB 14/94-102)

Mr Hedley's report on the Tudhoe Blast Furnaces, 27 December 1878 (paper, 1 file)


30 June 1882 (1) Thomas Shaw (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Agreement as to damage from smoke etc.
(1 paper)


8 September 1887 (1) E.A. Cowper (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Licence to build stoves to (1)'s patent with letter (1) to (2) enclosed
(2 papers)


6 July 1888 (1) Thomas Turner (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Agreement for the use of patent ingot moulds
(1 paper)


27 November 1906 (1) Coeln-Muesener Bergwerks Actien Verein (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Licence to use a patant fusion process
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence regarding the McLellan Engineering Company's new railway siding at Tudhoe, 1907
(paper, 1 file)


9 July 1915 (1) The Waste Heat and Gas Electrical Generating Stations Ltd. (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Copy supplemental agreement regarding proposed. installation of a gas engine plant and letting land for a cooling tower
(paper, 1 file)


Certificate of expediency for £3,200 to be expended on Tudhoe coke and benzol plant, 3 March 1930
(1 paper)


Correspondence and Licences from Jameson's Patent Coking Co. and Cowan's Patent Coking Co. to use 180 ovens at Tudhoe, 1883
(paper, 1 file)

Collieries in Tudhoe (Ref: NCB 14/103-127)

21 October 1853 (1) Marmaduke C. Salvin (2) Joshua Bates and Thomas Baring Copy Lease of coalmines within the township of Tudhoe
(paper, 1 file)


21 October 1853 (1) Marmaduke C. Salvin (2) Joshua Bates and Thomas Baring Draft Lease of a wayleave over the Tudhoe Estate
(paper, 1 file)


Abstract of NCB 14/102, [c.1853]
(paper, 1 file)


Report to Mr. Elliot on the safe working of Tudhoe Colliery, 16 February 1867
(paper, 1 file)


Reports of J.W. Laverick on Tudhoe Grange Colliery, 20 August 1877
(paper, 2 files)


Correspondence regarding Tudhoe and Tudhoe Grange Collieries, the quantity of coal wrought, boundaries etc., 1875-1882
(4 papers)


Case for counsel's opinion regarding Tudhoe Coal (W.I.C.C. Ltd. and Salvin), 1880
(paper, 1 file)


Letters from Messrs. Boyd regarding the Tudhoe and Croxdale Royalties, July 1883
(paper, 1 file)


Letter from Messrs. Boyd regarding the rent for 5 acres of coal at Thinford, 11 August 1884
(1 paper)


Correspondence from E.G. Marshall and various financial calculations relating to the Tudhoe Colliery lease, 1888
(paper, 1 file)


Letters from B.J.F. and H.T.T. Salvin regarding drifts through the Tudhoe Barrier into the Whitworth Royalty, 1880 - 1890
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence regarding the butcher race and Ferry Hill royalties, 1891- 1895
(paper, 2 files)


Proposals for a lease of coal etc. under the Tudhoe Estate (Salvin to W.I.C.C. Ltd.), 11 January 1894
(paper, 1 file)


10 February 1896 (1) B.J.F. Salvin (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy Lease of coal and other minerals under the Tudhoe Estate, plan attached
(paper, 1 file)


10 September 1896 (1) B.J.F. Salvin (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Agreement as to outstroke drifts, plan attached
(paper, 1 file)


30 January 1899 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy lease of coal and fireclay under 67 acres of the butcher race royalty, Tudhoe
(paper, 1 file)


27 February 1903 (1) M.H. Salvin (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Consent to make drifts into the Whitworth royalty, plan attached
(paper, 1 file)


Mr. Kay's Report on a visit to Whittaker and Company of Accrington, Lancashire, 8 October 1903
(paper, 2 files)


Particulars of Fire Insurance for plant at Tudhoe, Croxdale, Middridge and Black Prince Collieries, April 1905
(paper, 1 file)


8 June 1906 (1) M.H. Salvin (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Licence to work barrier and demise of barrier coal, ironstone etc. in the Hutton Seam of the Tudhoe royalty, plan endorsed
(parchment, 2 membranes)


16 March 1916 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Copy Lease of coal and fireclay in the butcher race royalty
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


Correspondence with Sir A.N.L. Wood and Company regarding the butcher race royalty, April 1922
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence with Sir A.N.L. Wood and Company regarding extension of the lease of butcher race royalty, July 1930
(paper, 1 file)


1 September 1930 (1) Lt. Col. H.C.J. Salvin and another (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Copy of reversionary lease of coal etc. under the Tudhoe Estate
(paper, 1 file)


13 November 1930 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Copy of Lease of coal and fireclay in the butcher race royalty
(paper, 1 file, typescript)

Whitworth (Bishops Close, Middridge Ricknall Grange and Whitworth Park royalties (Ref: NCB 14/128-155)Bishopric Estates (Ref: NCB 14/128-139)

Report of William Burrell on the Middridge, Ricknall Grange and Heighington Estates, 14 July 1847
(paper, 1 file)


2 February 1855 (1) The Bishop of Durham (2) Viscount Barrihgton and another Copy lease of mines and quarries under Bishops Closes in the township of Whitworth and Manor of Bondgate in Auckland, with plan
(2 papers, 2 files)


2 February 1855 (1) The Bishop of Durham (2) Viscount Barrington and another Copy lease of mines and quarries at Ricknall Grange in the manor of Bondgate in Auckland
(paper, 1 file)


1856 (1) (1) Viscount Barrington and another (2) Joshua Bates and Thomas Baring Copy Assignment of coal mines at Bishops Closes and Ricknall Grange (paper, 1 file)


Reports and analysis of the Middridge Colliery, 1883-1897
(paper, 1 file)


7 March 1889 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy Lease of coal etc. at Ricknall Grange
(paper, 1 file)


14 November 1895 - 30 April 1896 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Draft Agreements for the lease of mines at Bishops Closes, Whitworth, with instructions to prepare same
(paper, 3 files)


7 September 1921 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Agreement for the lease of mines, Bishops Close royalty, Whitworth
(paper, 1 file, printed)


Correspondence with Sir A.N.L. Wood and Company and others regarding the Ricknall Grange and Middridge royalties, May - July 1920
(paper, 1 file)


Plan of Busty Seam, Middridge, December 1920 Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile
(19 x 25 cms., oiled linen, ink and partial colouring)


Correspondence and miscellaneous papers regarding the Middridge Colliery and related royalty payments, sub-let areas etc., 1923 - 1928
(paper, 1 file)


15 April 1926 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) W.S.C.C.C. Ltd. Copy of Lease of coal etc. at Ricknall Grange with miscellaneous correspondence and statistics regarding Ricknall Grange royalty
(1 bundle of 4 files)

Shafto Estates (Ref: NCB 14/140-152)

January 1869 (1) R.E.D. Shafto (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Agreement for working the Bishops Close Colliery
(1 paper)


Report on the Bishops Close Colliery, August 1877
(paper, 1 file)


16 April 1877 (1) R.D. Shafto (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Draft and copy of agreement for working coal in the Hutton Seam and other seams under Bishops Closes, with plan
(paper, 2 files)


26 January 1880 (1) R.D. Shafto (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Agreement regarding fire clay at Bishops Close Colliery
(1 paper)


Estimates of output of Bishops Close Colliery and Tudhoe Colliery, 1886
(4 papers)


Correspondence as to Bishops Close royalty, 1887 - 1895
(paper, 1 file)


1890 (1) Mrs. R.C. Duncombe Shafto (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Draft agremnent to lease coal and fireclay under the Whitworth Park royalty excepting the Martin Seam
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondenoe relating to the Whitworth royalty including proposals for a lease and estimates of coal reserves, 1883 - 1890
(paper, 1 file)


19 June 1893 (1) Mrs. R.C. Duncombe Shafto and others (2) W.I.C.C. Ltd. Copy of lease of coal and fire clay in the parish of Whitworth, plan attached (paper, 1 file, typescript)


Correspondence and a plan regarding the Whitworth royalty, reserved coal in theBusty Seam, 25 March 1893
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondenoe and plans regarding alleged surface damage to the Whitworth Park Estate, 1898
(1 bundle of 1 paper, 3 files)


Report on the Whitworth royalty by W.R. Dakers, with related letter, 1903 - 1904
(1 paper, 1 file)


Correspondence and notices relating to the surrender of the Whitworth Park Colliery lease and a copy of the surrender, June 1904
(paper, 1 file)

Bishops Close Colliery (Ref: NCB 14/153-154)

Report on the Bishops Close Colliery with plans of the Hutton or Harvey Seam and the Low Main Seam, 14 September 1933
(paper, 1 file)


Plan of the Hutton Seam, Bishops Close Colliery with areas to be supported, n.d. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile
(19 x 23 cms. oiled linen, ink and colouring)

Auckland limestone quarries (Ref: NCB 14/155)

23 November 1865 (1) W.I.C.C. Ltd. (2) Ralph Manners, Limeburner Agreement to sublet limestone quarries in the Manor of Bondgate in Auckland
(1 paper)

Miscellaneous Mines and Agreements (Ref: NCB 14/156-167)

Plan of Hutton Seam, Adelaide Colliery (nr. Bishop Auckland), n.d. Scale: 1/2500
(95 x 125 cms., oiled linen, ink and water colour)


Plan of Busty Seam, Adelaide Colliery, n.d. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch
(100 x 120 cms., oiled linen, ink and water colour)


Reports for Pease and Partners, profit and loss accounts, valuation of plant and plans relating to the Adelaide Colliery, 1922
(4 papers, 4 files)


22 June 1867 (1) The Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. (2) Messrs. Bolckow Vaughan & Co. Ltd. Counterpart agreement as to the use of part of the Bollihope Branch Railway
(1 paper)


Notice from Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd. to the Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. of abandonment of wayleave over the Bollihope Railway, 20 August 1868
(1 paper)


Accounts relating to the use of the Bollihope Burn Railway by Bolckow, Vaughan & Co. Ltd., 13 May 1867 - 30 January 1869
(2 papers, 2 files)


Notice of Surrender of Mines at Guisborough, Yorks. leased by Bates and Baring to Spark and Bainbridge, 20 November 1874
(2 papers)


Letter from The Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. to Charles Attwood regarding the South Belmont Mine, 23 November 1874
(1 paper)


Licences for use of Casson's Patent Puddling Furnaces by the Weardale company, 1874 - 1880
(1 paper, 1 file)


Letter from the Weardale Iron and Coal Co. to Messrs. Boyd seeking to work coal in Busty Seam under York Hill Farm with plan, 17 December 1885
(2 papers)


File of correspondence regarding encroachment by the New Shildon Coal Company, 1889
(paper, 1 file)


Correspondence regarding Notice to Quit Eden Pit Village and Tramway, April 1941
(paper, 1 file)

Miscellaneous Law Suits and Disputes (Ref: NCB 14/168-177)

Newby and another vs. Attwood, The Ecclesiastical Commissioners and others, in Chancery. The Answer of the defendants Attwood, Bates, Baring, Baring and Young, 26 December 1860
(paper, printed, 1 file)


William Proud v Joshua Bates and others. Minutes of Decree and Transcript of Judgment, 5 May 1865
(paper, 1 file)


Copy of order of reference in the matter of Stobbs v. The Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., regarding damage, n.d. [c.1875;]
(paper)


Copy of The Award of William Henry Wood in The Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd. v. Viscount Boyne, 19 August 1882


Mr. Dunn's opinion on damaged land in the matter of Sir W. Eden Bart and the Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd., 2 June 1882
(paper, 1 file)


Copy of an agreement for compromise in Sir William Eden Bart v. The Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd., and The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England v. Sir William Eden Bart., 7 March 1889
(paper, 1 file)


Copy of correspondence and Mr. E.G. Marshall's Bill of Costs in Bewick and others vs. The Weardale Iron and Coal Company, 1885 - 1888
(paper, 2 files)


Correspondence and copies of draft Agreements for Reference between the Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd. and Thomas Newbitt over damage caused by mining at Coldstream Farm, 1889
(paper, 2 files)


Correspondence received by Mr. Attwood relating to land of Mr. Beaumont in the Rookhope area, forwarding maps and extract from law suit involving these properties, 1864 - 1866
(3 papers)


Plan of Wolf Cleugh Farm and adjoining areas of Grove Rake, Boltsburn etc. shewing veins of minerals, shafts, quarries etc., n.d. Scale: approx. 1 : 10,000
(62 x 31 cms., tracing paper, ink and partial colouring)

Miscellaneous Correspondence (Ref: NCB 14/178-179)

Correspondence with the Home Office regarding Atkinson's book on Mining Accidents, 1887
(1 bundle)


Correspondence between The Weardale Iron and Coal Co. Ltd. and the Grande Societe des Chemins de Fer Russes of St. Petersburg regarding guarantee to replace rails supplied, 1871 - 1880
(1 bundle, some in Russian)

Papers relating to Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. (Ref: NCB 14/180-190)

(see also the Ramshaw Coal Co.)


15 May 1901 (1) North Eastern Railway Co. (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy agreement as to private sidings at Chilton with plan attached. Also copy of a revised agreement of 1 September 1902 and modified plans
(paper, 2 files)


28 October 1909 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy Lease of coal and fireclay within part of Woodhouse Closes in the parish of St. Andrew, Auckland for 42 years from 1901
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


31 July 1911 (1) Viscount Boyne (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy agreement for a lease of a surface wayleave over a portion of the Hardwick Estate, plan attached
(paper, 1 file)


26 November 1913 (1) Thomas Manners (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Heads of Terms for a lease of coal near Etherley Lane, Bishop Auckland, with plans, schedule of New Cap, Royalties and miscellaneous correspondence (1921) attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


16 December 1915 (1) C.F. Dixon - Johnson (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy Lease of coal mines under lands at Etherley Grange, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


31 December 1915 (1) Arthur Copeland (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy Lease of coal mines under the Woodhouse Estate (Etherley) near Bishop Auckland, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


3 March 1917 (1) Mrs. Mary Acheson - Gray and another (2) Henry Stobart & Co Ltd. Copy agreement for lease of coal mines etc. at Murton in case of preliminary tests proving successful, plan attached. Also instructions for agreement
(1 paper, 1 file)


Amended terms and conditions for letting coal under the Woodhouses Royalty, St. Helens, Auckland belonging to Col. Napier Clavering, plan attached, 8 April 1917
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


26 July 1917 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy lease of coal, bluestone and fire-clay within parts of the Woodhouse Close royalty and containing modifications of rents and lease of 28 October, 1909 - plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


15 October 1917 (1) William Aldam Backhouse (2) Henry Stobart and Co. Ltd. Copy agreement to lease coal mines etc. at East Murton,Blue House Farm, with plan
(paper, 1 file)


1 October 1919 (1) The West Durham Wallsend Coal Co. Ltd. (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy agreement for the lease of part of the Henknowle royalty, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)

Papers relating to Messrs M.V. and W. Summerson (Ref: NCB 14/191-194)

(see also the Ramshaw and Randolph Coal Cos.)


3 October 1929 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Messrs M.V. and W. Summerson Lease of coal in part of the West Auckland royalty, plan attached (parchment, 1 booklet, printed)


30 April 1931 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Messrs M.V. and W. Summerson deed authorising the working away of part of the barrier coal reserved by the lease to (2) of October 1929, plan attached
(paper, 1 booklet, printed)


20 September 1939 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Messrs M.V. and W. Summerson need authorising the working away of part of the barrier coal etc. plan attached
(paper, 1 booklet, printed)


30 July 1931 (1) The Vicar of St. Helen, Auckland (2) Messrs M.V. and W. Summerson lease of coal under lands in the parish of St. Helen, Auckland, plan attached paper
(1 booklet, printed)

Papers relating to The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. (Ref: NCB 14/195-205)

9 December 1931 (1) Sir Timothy Eden Bart. (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. (3) Messrs M.V. and W. Summerson Agreement extending and varying terms of agreements for leases etc. of 16 July 1929 and 17 June 1931, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


17 April 1935 (1) Sir Timothy Eden Bart. (2) Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Agreement for lease of the Harvey, Busty and Brockwell Seams of coal and fireclay at West Auckland, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


17 April 1935 (1) Sir Timothy Eden Bart. (2) The namshaw Coal Co. Ltd. (3) Messrs M.V. and W. Susmerson Supplemental agreement for lease relatinng to the Busty Seam, West Auckland, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


1 December 1932 (1) Pease and Partners Ltd. (2) Sir Nigel Courtenay Musgrave Part. (3) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Underlease of the Harvey and Busty Seams under part of the St. Helen, Auckland Estate, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


10 August 1935 (1) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Agreement for lease of the Harvey Seam in the parish of St. Helen, Auckland, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


10 August 1935 (1) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Agreement for under lease of the Brockwell Seam in the parish of St. Andrew, Auckland, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


30 November 1938 (1) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Supplemental agreement to NCB 14/200 regarding the Brockwell Seam, West Auckland royalty, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


21 August 1941 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) The Ramahaw Coal Co. Ltd. (3) Evenwood and Barony Parish Council Licence to permit the use of certain drifts in the Railey Fell Royalty as Public Shelters, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


22 April 1943 (1) The coal Commission (2) The Hamshaw Colliery Co. Ltd. Deed of renewal of lease of 29 December 1697 and under lease of 1 December 1932
(paper, typescript)


13 July 1943 (1) The Coal Commission (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Lease of certain seams of coal under lands in the parishes of Evenwood and Larony, Lynesack and Softley, West Auckland and Bishop Auckland - plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


23 August 1945 (1) The Coal Commission (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co, Ltd. deed of variation of lease of 13 July 1943
(paper, typescript)

Papers relating to The Randolph Coal Co. Ltd. (Ref: NCB 14/206-216)

1933 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) The Randolph Coal Co. Ltd. Draft lease of coal and fireclay in the Evenwood Royalty
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


19 July 1934 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) The Randolph Coal Co. Ltd. Lease of coal and fireclay in the Evenwood Royalty, plan attached
(paper, 1 booklet, printed)


Receipt of the Ecclesiastical Conmissioners for £1100 from the Randolph Coal Co. Ltd. in discharge of liabilities under lease of 19 July 1934 of Park House and Esperley Lane Farms, 4 March 1936
(1 paper, typescript)


19 January 1935 (1) The Trustees of Arthur Copeland deceased (2) The Randolph Coal Co. Ltd. Agreement for lease of coal under lands at Cockfield - Seven Sisters Field and Hopper's Pasture, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


File of correspondence and draft agreement re. Copeland's Royalty, December 1934
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


30 June 1936 (1) Sir Timothy Eden Bart. (2) The Randolph Coal Co. Ltd. Agreement for lease of certain coal mines and seams as specified at West Auckland, plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


14 December 1936 (1) Lord Barnard (2) The Randolph Coal Co. Ltd. Lease of coal and fireclay under lands known as Seven Sisters at Cockfield, plan attached
(paper, 1 file typescript)


16 January 1941 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) Messrs M.V. and W. Summer son (3) The Randolph Coal Co. Ltd. Deed for transferring certain seams of coals in part of the West Auckland Royalty to the lease of the Evenwood royalty and authoiting the working away of certain portions of barrier in these seams, plan attached
(paper, 1 booklet, printed)


5 June 1944 (1) The Coal commission (2) The Randolph Coal Co. Ltd. Agreement for lease, supplemental to an agreement of 19 January 1935, of coals under lands in the parish of Cockfield
(1 paper, typescript)


17 August 1945 (1) The Randolph Coal Co. Ltd. (2) The Coal Commission Duplicate surrender of coal and fireclay above the Hutton Seam under 51 acres of land at West Auckland demised on 30 June 1936 , with plan
(paper, 1 file, typescript:)


28 December 1945 (1) The Coal Commission (2) The Randolph Coal Co. Ltd. Lease of coal under lands in the parish of Evenwood and Barony plan attached
(paper, 1 file, typescript)

New Brancepeth Colliery and Miscellaneous (Ref: NCB 14/217-223)

10 August 1911 (1) The Seven Sisters Colliery Co. Ltd. (2) The North Bitchburn Coal Company Ltd. Copy agreement for sale of goodwill and of coal leases at Cookfield
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


3 July 1914 (1) North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. (2) Dent & Co. Tar Distillers Copy agreement for the purchase of tar from the Thrislington and Randolph Collieries
(paper, 1 file)


1937 (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners (2) The Brancepeth Coal Co. Ltd. Draft lease of coal in the Low Main and Brass Thill Seams in part of the Houghall Royalty in the City of Durham
(paper, 1 file, typescript)


Particulars and conditions of sale of the Evenwood, Tees Hetton and Charlotte Winning Collieries etc. near Bishop Auckland (Charlton V Charlton, Chancery Division), 20 March 1883
(paper, 1 file, printed)


New Brancepeth Colliery, record of compensation payments, 1 January 1933 - 9 October 1948
(1 volume, leather half-bound)


Schedules and calculations of workmens' compensation liability, New Brancepeth Colliery Company Ltd., 31 December 1933 - 1 July 1937 (Formerly enclosed in NCB 14/221
(3 files and 6 papers, typescript)


Papers and correspondence relating to cessation of payment of compensation to James Wright by the New Brancepeth Colliery Co. Ltd., 30 October 1945 - 6 November 1946 (Formerly enclosed in NCB 14/221)
(1 file, typescript)