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Strathmore Estate

Reference: D/St/C 3 Catalogue Title: Strathmore Estate Area: Catalogue Category: Estate and Family Records Description: Correspondence and personal papers: Coal agents

Covering Dates: 1725-1936

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Records of the agents who managed the coal business interests of the Bowes-Lyon family, Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

John Daglish was mining agent to John Bowes and the 13th Earl of Strathmore from 1873 to 1906. Died August 1906. Addresses: 1885 - 1891 at Marsden, South Shields; 1891 - 1903 at Rothley Crag, Cambo, Northumberland.

William Armstrong and his son Henry were managers and mining engineers for John Bowes and Partners Ltd. and for the Earl of Strathmore from c.1885 to 1930. Address: Collingwood Buildings, Collingwood St., Newcastle.


Philip Kirkup was a mining engineer [for John Bowes and Partners Ltd.] from c.1907 to 1917. Also General Manager of the Birtley Iron Co. Address: Leafield House, Birtley.

See appendix 3 for details of principal coal agents.

Catalogue Contents

Strathmore Estate (Ref: D/St)Correspondence and Personal papers (Ref: D/St/C)Coal Agents (Ref: D/St/C3)Newcastle Fitters, 1726-1765 (Ref: D/St/C3/1)Anthony Tullie, 1728-1738 (Ref: D/St/C3/1/1-9)Coal Correspondence, 1728-1732 (Ref: D/St/C3/1/1-3)

Letters from various people to Anthony Tullie, London and Newcastle, concerning the shipment of coals, ship repairs, and the payment of bills, 10 October 1728 - 6 November 1729
(11 papers)


Letters from various people to Anthony Tullie, London and Newcastle, concerning the shipment of coals, payment of bills and the opposition of the 'Billingsgate woodmongers', 2 January 1729/30 - 26 December 1730
(19 papers)


Letters from various people to Anthony Tullie, London and Newcastle, concerning the shipment of coals, the London coal market, the unreliability of Sunderland fitters, and the payment of bills, 23 January 1730/1 - 2 January 1731/2 and n.d.
(20 papers)

Personal Papers, 1725-1738 (Ref: D/St/C3/1/4-9)

Letter from Joseph Tullie, London, to his brother Anthony Tullie, Newcastle, concerning Mr. Seamer's promissory note and passing on greetings to friends and relatives, 15 January 1725/6
(1 paper)


Accounts of [Anthony Tullie's] receipts and expenditure, principally relating to his father and the shop his father has made over to him, 12 February - 19 March 1725/6
(1 file)


Letter from Elizabeth Tullie, Newcastle, to her brother Anthony Tullie, Salutation Tavern, Billingsgate, London, concerning the safe delivery of garments sent up from London, the death of their brother, Tom, and various other items of family news, 20 July 1728
(1 paper)


Letter from Timothy Tullie to his son Anthony Tullie, asking for a loan of £30, 7 November 1729
(1 paper)


n.d. [c.1732] (1) Timothy Tullie (father of Anthony Tullie of Newcastle, coal fitter, deceased), Joseph Tullie of Middlesex, gent. (brother of Anthony Tullie, deceased) and Elizabeth Tullie of Newcastle (sister of Anthony Tullie) (2) George Bowes Draft quitclaim by (1) of their rights in the estate of Anthony Tullie, which had been granted to George Bowes as Anthony Tullie's principal creditor
(1 paper)


Schedules of debts due to the estate of the late Anthony Tullie, with account of his administrators, April - June 1738
(6 papers)

William Selby, 1729-1730 (Ref: D/St/C3/1/10)

Letters from various people including Anthony Tullie, to William Selby, Newcastle, concerning the fitters strike, the results of the Committee on the Coal Trade, and premiums due for coal shipped, 15 September 1729 - 19 March 1730
(1 file and 1 paper)

William Scott, 1734 (Ref: D/St/C3/1/11)

23 May 1734 (1) Brown Ward of Whitby, master and mariner (2) William Scott of Newcastle, hostman Bond in £400 for payment of £200
(1 paper)

Brown Ward, 1751 (Ref: D/St/C3/1/12)

Letter from George Skimer, Whitby, to his [brother-in-law], Brown Ward, Bird Street, Wapping, concerning a bond of his, of which John Skelton wishes to be clear, 6 February 1750/1
(1 paper)

William Jefferson, 1765 (Ref: D/St/C3/1/13-15)

Valuation of plate belonging to the late William Jefferson, n.d. [1765]
(1 paper)


Inventory of the effects of William Jefferson, including personal goods and shares in various ships, 11 November 1765
(1 paper)


Grant of administration of the goods of William Jefferson of Newcastle, All Saints, hoastman, deceased, to his principal creditor, Mary Bowes, widow, 15 November 1765
(parchment, 1 membrane)

Agents, 1728-1797 (Ref: D/St/C3/2)Robert Marley, 1728-1756 (Ref: D/St/C3/2/1-2)

Letter from Mr. Hagford to [Robert] Marley, concerning an order of timber, 23 August 1728
(1 paper)


Letters from John Dixon, Whickham Fell, and James Miller, South Shields, to Robert Marley, Dunston staith, concerning the payment of a bill and the delivery of pan tiles, 19 February 1742/3 - 6 April 1756
(5 papers)

Ralph Fetherston, 1737-1740 (Ref: D/St/C3/2/3-4)

Copy letters from Edward Wortley to Ralph Fetherston concerning problems with the dealers used by the Partnership, 24 - 27 September 1737
(1 paper)


Copy letter from Ralph Gowland to Ralph Fetherston, Newcastle, concerning the letting a of colliery formerly let to Sir Francis Clavering, 8 January 1739/40
(1 paper)

John Sidgwick, 1771 (Ref: D/St/C3/2/5)

Letter from William Hugall, Durham, to John Sidgwick, Lands near Evenwood, concerning the audit for payment of the Bishop's rents for Evenwood barony, 26 October 1771
(1 paper)

George Burdon, 1797 (Ref: D/St/C3/2/6)

Letter from Timothy Parker, Sunderland, to George Burdon, Partnership Office Close, Newcastle concerning information on the credit-worthiness of two men, 22 February 1797
(2 papers)

Coal Correspondence (Miscellaneous and Unspecified Parties), 1728-1838 (Ref: D/St/C3/3/1-12)

Letter from Edward Weatherley, Newcastle, to John Avey about proceedings against Mr. Reed, proposing that Mr. Bowes and Col. Liddell should supply Mr. Reed's trade until 'he come down to take coles sufficient to imploy his keels', 3 February 1727/8
(1 paper)


Letter from G. Dent, Whitby, to P. Carlt[on], Newcastle, requesting that good coals be sent to him, 8 November 1730
(1 paper)


Letter from Robert Watson to William Lodge concerning contacting William Potter to enquire about the viewer who examined Cockfield coal, 2 March 1731/2
(1 paper)


Copy letter from Edward Montague, London, to unknown person concerning the leading of coals from Beamish colliery over Parkhead, 4 July 1748
(1 paper)


Letter from Thomas Owen, agent to Lord Windsor, to Thomas Clavering, White House, ordering him to quit the wayleave through Crookbank Grounds by 25 December 1751, n.d. [1751]
(1 paper)


Letter from R. Shafto to an unknown person concerning the recipient's agreement to be Mr. Shafto's viewer at Washington; Mr. Shafto says that since the death of his friend, George Bowes, there have been 'great changes' and under the circumstances he thinks someone else should do the view, 3 January 1762
(1 paper)


Letter from [ Ord] to Thomas Shafto providing his professional legal opinion on the ability of members of the Grand Allies to assign an interest under certain articles to Mrs. Bowes, 27 December 1764
(1 paper)


Letter from William Scott, Newcastle, to John Marley, Dunston, about ordering Tanfield coals, 16 February 1769
(1 paper)


Letter from Benjamin [Skutt], London, to unnamed person concerning the settlement of his expenses on account of Neat Hutton coals, 30 July 1776
(1 paper)


Letter from John Witthew, Dunston, to an unknown person concerning the delivery of pit props, 31 May 1799
(1 paper)


Copy letter of Richard Lambert, Newcastle, to J.D. Paul, Strand, London, with valuation of materials at the Partnership collieries at 31 December 1819, 29 July 1820
(1 paper)


Letter from Nicholas Wood, Killingworth colliery, to Thomas Fenwick and Joseph Gray asking for information on the state of the Marley Hill and Gibside coal mines, with their report, 2 September - 18 December 1838 (1 file)

John Daglish, c.1873-1906 (Ref: D/St/C3/4)General, 1872-1873 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/1)

Statements of working costs, reports on various collieries and other working papers relating to the preparation of a valuation and report by E. Boyd and John Daglish on all the coal property of John Bowes in order that Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Ltd. may treat for the purchase of the property, 12 June 1872 - 17 June 1873
(1 folder of 14 papers)

North Durham, 1873-1901 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/2-45)Rents, 1873-1904 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/2-9)Marley Hill, Andrews House, Kibblesworth, Byermoor, 1873-1887 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/2-3)

Copy rent accounts, accounts of coals wrought and accounts of leadings over Lord Strathmore's property for Marley Hill, Andrews House, Kibblesworth and Byermoor collieries, 1873 - 1905
(19 files)


Copy wayleave rent accounts of the owners of Marley Hill colliery, with calculations and accounts of coal and coke led over property of John Bowes and the Earl of Strathmore from Burnopfiled, Andrews House, Crook Bank and Dipton collieries, 1876 - 1887
(1 folder of 13 files)

Winlaton, 1887-1904 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/4-9)

Copy rent accounts, accounts of fireclay and coal worked and letters to John Daglish relating to outstroke and watercourse rents owed by the Consett Iron Co. to the Lords of Winlaton for the Chopwell and Government royalties at Garesfield colliery, 1887 - 1893
(1 folder of 16 papers)


Copy rent accounts and accounts of workings for Blaydon Main colliery, with letters to John Daglish, 1889 - 1894
(1 folder of 18 papers)


Copy rent accounts and calculations for Blaydon Burn, Blaydon Main, Victoria Garesfield and Crawcrook royalties, with letters from William Ralston to John Daglish (and replies), 1890 - 1904
(1 folder of 85 papers)


Copy rent accounts, accounts of coals and fireclay worked, and letters to John Daglish relating to Blaydon Burn tentale rents owed by Priestman collieries, 1891 - 1904
(1 volume, cloth quarter bound and 1 volume, card bound)


Copy rent accounts and statements of workings for Blaydon Main colliery, with letters to John Daglish, 1894 - 1909
(1 folder of papers)


Copy rent accounts and accounts of coal and fireclay worked for Victoria Garesfield colliery, with letters to John Daglish, 1899 - 1904
(1 folder of 48 papers)

Valuation of Collieries and Railways, 1885 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/10-19)

Valuers' reports, production statistics, plans and other working papers relating to the valuation of Wardley, Felling, Shipcote and Dunston collieries, 1885
(16 papers and 8 plans)


Reports, statistics, plans and other working papers relating to a valuation of Usworth colliery with comparative statistics for Wardley, Springwell, Marley Hill and other collieries, 1885
(27 papers and 2 plans)


Extracts of colliery leases, inventories, reports, plans and other working papers relating to a valuation of Seaton Burn, Dinnington, Killingworth and Gosforth collieries, and the Killingworth and Brunton and South Shields railway, 1885
(36 papers, 1 file and 7 plans)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies), with summaries of saleable coal and coal consumption, relating to the preparation of a report and valuation of the working collieries of John Bowes and Partners Ltd. with copy of final report, 6 July 1885 - 20 February 1886
(20 papers)


Copy letters from John Daglish, statistics of coal and coke consumption, extracts from leases and other working papers relating to a valuation of the Pontop and Jarrow railway, September - October 1885
(8 papers and 1 plan)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies), valuations of coal reserves, plans and other working papers relating to a valuation of Marley Hill, Byermoor and Andrews House collieries, 10 September 1885 - 2 September 1886
(21 papers and 2 plans)


Valuations of coal reserves, plans and other working papers relating to a valuation of Kibblesworth colliery, 5 - 12 October 1885
(5 papers and 3 plans)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies), valuations of coal reserves, plans and other working papers relating to a valuation of Burnopfield colliery, 9 - 28 October 1885
(6 papers, 1 file and 2 plans)


Profit estimates, valuations of coal reserves, plan and other working papers relating to a valuation of Dipton and Pontop collieries, October 1885
(7 papers and 1 plan)


Part of a report and valuation of the Springwell estate leased to John Bowes and Partners Ltd., n.d. [1885]
(1 paper)

Marley Hill, Hedley, Byermoor, Andrews House, 1853-1905 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/20-27)

Assistants' reports to John Daglish and the Earl of Strathmore on Marley Hill workings and accounts, with comparative statements of rents, 1853, 1868 - 1894
(1 folder of 30 papers)


Letters from William Ralston and others to John Daglish (and replies) concerning the proposed opening of a drift (emerging near the octagonal pond) to the Brockwell seam at Hollinside, for Marley Hill colliery, 6 September 1878 - 28 July 1896
(8 papers)


Letter from Cuthbert Berkley to John Daglish about the merging of the Hedley and Marley Hill rent lists, and about the amount of coal left in the Marley Hill pits, 22 August 1885
(1 paper)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies), timber valuations and related papers concerning a claim for damage to timber in Gibside West Wood, caused by Marley Hill colliery workings, 1 November 1892 - 15 February 1905
(21 papers)


Letters from William Ralston to John Daglish (and reply) concerning damage to the water supply of Hollinside Farm caused by Marley Hill colliery workings, with plan, 16 - 21 August 1895
(3 papers and 1 plan)


Copy correspondence between John Daglish and Western and Sons, London, concerning the power of the North Eastern Railway Co. to purchase minerals compulsorily, with reference to Marley Hill, 18 - 19 September 1903
(1 paper)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning rents chargeable on coal drawn at Andrews House colliery and taken to Byermoor coke ovens to be mixed with Byermoor coal to improve the resulting coke, 14 - 26 September 1904
(5 papers)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies), schedule of claims, and plan relating to claims made against John Bowes and Partners Ltd. for damages at Hedley Hall and Hedley West House Farms caused by colliery workings, 17 November 1904 - 10 March 1905
(24 papers and 1 plan)

Hedley Fell, Parkhead and Friarside Royalties, 1854-1881 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/28)

Letters to John Daglish (and replies), abstracts of leases and plans relating to alleged surface damages caused by coal workings at Hedley Fell and Park Head, 1854 - 1881
(1 folder of 5 papers and 1 plan)

Winlaton, 1871-1897 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/29-36)

'Winlaton Manor, general memos': letters to John Daglish (and replies), schedule of documents, wayleave and rental accounts, memoranda on the partition of Winlaton partnership estate, plans of Derwenthaugh coke ovens and the Winlaton lordship, etc., 1871 - 1896
(1 folder of 10 papers and 3 plans)


Letter from Arthur Mundle to John Daglish, rent statement and copy lease to Hugh Lishman of Winlaton, builder, relating to an application for a rent reduction for Lishman's quarry, [1880s] - December 1892
(2 papers and 1 file)


Letters from Priestman and Co., etc., to John Daglish (and replies), with related papers, concerning the lease of Victoria Garesfield colliery, 16 January 1890 - 2 June 1904
(1 folder of 23 papers and 1 file)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies), copy leases, plans, and related papers concerning various leases of mineral rights in the Manor of Winlaton, including the transfer of the lease from Joseph Cowen and Co. to Priestman and Sons (1 January 1899), and the proposed assignment by Priestman and Sons of their leasehold rights in the Low Main seam of the Parkhead estate to Blaydon U.D.C. (c.1920), 25 February 1890 - 4 June 1923
(51 papers, 6 files and 2 plans)


Letters from William Ralston and Arthur Mundle, Newcastle to John Daglish (and replies) concerning the rent and liquidation of Blaydon Bank stone quarries and the lease of Blaydon Burn colliery royalty, 28 May 1890 - 23 May 1905
(12 papers)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies), draft agreements and plan relating to the granting of a new lease of Blaydon Main coal and fireclay mines to the lessees of the Blaydon Main colliery, 9 February 1892 - 15 February 1898
(28 papers, 1 file and 1 plan)


Copy letter from John Daglish to J.B. Simpson asking for plans of Blaydon Main colliery workings, 29 December 1892
(1 paper)


Copy correspondence between John Daglish and Arthur Mundle concerning land tax on Blaydon Burn colliery rents, 19 July - 2 December 1897
(1 paper)

Hylton and Usworth, 1876-1901 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/37-45)General, 1876-1900 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/37-39)

Reports addressed to John Daglish on the workings of Usworth and Hylton collieries, 3 February 1876 - 16 January 1894
(40 papers)


Copy letter from George Auldjo Jamieson to John Daglish concerning whether John Bowes and Partners Ltd. should be allowed to sublet a portion of the Hylton royalty, 27 March 1891
(3 papers)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies), draft accounts and related papers, concerning rents owed by the lessees of Hylton and West Hylton royalties, 1 February 1894 - 21 August 1900
(1 folder of 18 papers)

East Hylton, 1896-1906 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/40-43)

Letters to John Daglish (and replies), draft leases, plans and related papers concerning the preparation of a lease of East Hylton royalty to the Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., and a subsequent disagreement over the sliding scale of payments, December 1896 - 25 May 1901
(1 folder of 31 papers)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies), memoranda, plan and related papers concerning the East Hylton lease to Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd. and the alteration of barriers between East Hylton and Usworth collieries, August 1896 - September 1903
(1 folder of 71 papers and 6 files)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) with related accounts, concerning the method of dealing with lessees' shortworkings when calculating royalties to the lessors, in relation to the Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd.'s lease of East Hylton colliery, 3 February 1898 - 3 April 1902
(27 papers)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning a strike at East Hylton colliery, with abstract lease of 1897, 28 December 1905 - 8 January 1906
(6 papers)

West Hylton, 1897-1932 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/44)

Letters to John Daglish (and replies), copy leases, plans and memoranda concerning the leasing of West Hylton royalty to Johnasson and Gordon Ltd. and the Air Ministry, 15 October 1897 - 8 February 1932
(1 folder of 89 papers, 5 files and 1 plan)

Miscellaneous, 1885-1901 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/45)

Letters to John Daglish (and replies), statistics of output and profits, and related papers concerning the value of John Bowes and Partners Ltd. at the time of John Bowes' death in order that the amount of a legacy left by John Bowes to the trustees of the Bowes Museum may be ascertained; includes affidavits taken for Strathmore v Sir Henry Morgan Vane et al., High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, relating to the legacy, 1885 - 1901
(79 papers and 3 files)

Evenwood, 1891-1897 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/46-81)General, 1891-1903 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/46-53)Rents, 1891-1906 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/46-49)

Copy rent accounts, accounts of coals raised and copy letters from John Daglish to Lord Strathmore relating to Gordon House colliery freehold and leasehold royalties, 1891 - 1898
(14 papers)


Copy rent accounts, accounts of coals wrought and copy letters from John Daglish to Lord Strathmore relating to Gordon House, Whin Dyke, Storey Lodge, Randolph and Evenwood collieries, 1893 - 1897
(1 folder of 45 papers)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) and his calculations relating to Evenwood collieries' rents, 1894 - 1905
(1 folder of 39 papers)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning the preparation of the Evenwood and Gordon House freehold rent account for 1905, with copy account, 17 January - 20 April 1906
(1 folder of 18 papers)

Reports on Colliery Workings, 1868-1903 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/50-53)

Assistants' reports addressed to John Daglish on Evenwood, Norwood, Gordon House, Storey Lodge and Tees Hetton colliery workings with plans, 1868 - 1894
(1 folder of 75 papers and 2 files)


'Mems. for rent day': [assistants'] reports addressed to John Daglish on Evenwood colliery workings, with plan, 27 February 1884 - 13 January 1897
(1 folder of 6 papers and 1 plan)


Reports to John Daglish on visits to Gordon House colliery, with details of working and plan, 7 August 1893 - 6 December 1895
(3 papers and 1 plan)


'Evenwood District. Mr. Daglish's Visit Mems.': letters to John Daglish (and replies), reports by William Armstrong and Sons and related papers concerning the workings of Evenwoood, Norwood, Railey Fell, etc., collieries, 1899 - 1903
(1 folder of 11 papers and 3 files)

Norwood Colliery and Ramshaw Farm, 1873-1905 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/54-60)

Letters to John Daglish (and replies), lease extracts, plans and other working papers relating to negotiations for a lease of Ramshaw Farm and Norwood colliery to Henry Stobart and Co. Ltd., and Lord Strathmore's claim against the previous tenants, Norwood Coal Co., for damages, 9 December 1873 - 17 February 1904
(1 folder of 72 papers and 4 plans)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies), plan and other working papers relating to an action for trespass bought by Henry Stobart and Co. Ltd. against the Norwood Coal Co., and its settlement by Lord Strathmore's agreement to grant Stobart and Co. the next lease of Norwood colliery, 12 May 1890 - 16 April 1901
(1 folder of 123 papers, 1 file and 1 plan)


Letters from William Ralston to John Daglish (and replies) concerning liability for damages under the terms of the Norwood colliery lease of 2 March 1874, and an application for a reduction of Norwood colliery rents, 2 March 1895 - 11 October 1899
(1 folder of 25 papers)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning an application by the Carterthorne Colliery Co. Ltd. to lead coal via a new tramway to a drift belonging to the Norwood Colliery Co. Ltd. and then to the railway, 5 November 1897 - 4 October 1900
(1 folder of 14 papers and 5 plans)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning the arbitration of Henry Wallace as to compensation owed by the Norwood Colliery Co. for surface damages, 25 February 1898 - 9 September 1905
(1 folder of 109 papers and 7 files)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning the carting of coal along a road owned by Lord Strathmore near Evenwood Bridge, and the possibility of charging wayleave rent for its use by neighbouring collieries, 17 August - 2 November 1900
(1 folder of 18 papers)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning an application by G. Bradford for a portion of land at Norwood colliery on which to build a wagonway for Carterthorne colliery, 27 February - 13 July 1905
(1 folder of 24 papers)

Whin Dyke, Tees Hetton and Evenwood Royalties - Gordon House and Evenwood Collieries, 1886-1897 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/61-81)Tees Hetton Coal Co., 1886-1892 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/61-65)

Copy correspondence between John Daglish and the Tees Hetton Colliery Co. concerning complaints about the way in which their mining operations are being carried out, 22 March 1886 - 20 June 1889
(1 file)


Copy letter from Frank Brown, Stockton-on-Tees, to John Daglish, Marsden, South Shields, concerning the preparation of a report on the development of Tees Hetton colliery, 17 November 1890
(1 paper)


Letters from Thomas Douglas, West Lodge, Crook, to John Daglish (and replies) concerning plans to open up the coal seams to the south of the dykes in the Evenwood royalty, and the lease of the Tees Hetton royalty, with related papers, 1 December 1890 - 27 June 1891
(34 papers)


Copy letter from John Daglish to G.A. Jamieson concerning the Tees Hetton Coal Co. and concessions on rents for Evenwood colliery, December 1891
(1 file)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning the renewal of the Evenwood royalties lease to the Tees Hetton Coal Co., 8 - 12 February 1892
(5 papers)

Acklam Iron Co. Ltd., 1872-1896 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/66-67)

Letters from the Acklam Iron Co. Ltd., etc., to John Daglish (and replies) concerning the leasing of 30 a. of land around Whin Dyke, with plans, 11 September 1872 - 15 February 1893
(1 folder of 88 papers)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning negotiations between Lord Strathmore and the Acklam Iron Co. Ltd. for a new lease of Gordon House colliery, 6 June 1889 - 24 September 1896
(28 papers)

North Bitchburn Coal Co. and the Hetton and Evenwood Royalties, 1891-1903 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/68-75)

Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning the preparation of new leases of the Tees Hetton royalty (Evenwood colliery) to the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd., 14 September 1891 - 15 May 1895
(26 papers and 1 plan)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning the drafting of a new Gordon House colliery lease to the Evenwood and North Bitchburn Coal Companies, 16 August 1893 - 7 October 1898
(1 folder of 63 papers)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning annual rents due for Evenwood and Gordon House collieries, 5 February 1895 - 23 March 1897
(10 papers)


Letters to John Daglish concerning the removal by the North Bitchburn Coal Co. of barriers between the Evenwood leasehold royalty and adjoining royalties, with plans, 20 February - 3 April 1895
(9 papers and 5 plans)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning an application by the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. to lease a field for a new pit at Gordon House colliery, 30 March 1899 - 5 June 1901
(9 papers and 1 plan)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning preparations for a new lease of the Hetton and Evenwood coal royalties to the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd., 2 May 1901 - 29 April 1902
(52 papers)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning an alteration to the south boundary of Gordon House colliery caused by an exchange of lands between Lord Strathmore and Lord Barnard, with copy deed of exchange and plans, 1901 - 1904
(1 folder of 102 papers)


Letters from William Ralston to John Daglish (and replies) concerning liability for damaged land at Whin Dyke, Gordon House colliery, 6 July - 5 October 1903
(1 folder of 9 papers)

North Bitchburn Coal Co. and Gordon House Colliery, 1903-1906 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/76-77)

Letters from the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. to John Daglish (and replies) concerning their application for a rent reduction for Gordon House colliery, with related papers, 3 December 1903 - 22 June 1904
(1 folder of 56 papers and 1 file)


Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning an application by the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. for a rent reduction for Gordon House colliery, with related papers, 2 December 1903 - 9 March 1906
(1 folder of 124 papers and 4 files)

Storey Lodge Colliery, 1889-1890 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/78-79)

Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning damages caused by Storey Lodge colliery, 14 December 1889 - 24 March 1890
(1 folder of 12 papers)


Copy letters of John Daglish to William Ralston and G. Western concerning liability of the lessees for damages, at Storey Lodge, with plan, 8 - 26 August 1890
(7 papers and 1 plan)

Morley Colliery, 1900-1904 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/80)

Letters to John Daglish (and replies), royalty accounts and plans, relating to the working of coal under Morley Hall Farm by Stephenson Brothers, 1900 - 1904
(1 folder of 28 papers and 2 plans)

Carterthorne, 1897 (Ref: D/St/C3/4/81)

Copy letter from John Daglish to Messrs. Holmes, J. Watson and the Woodland Coal Co, concerning the possible lease of Carterthorne mineral rights, August 1897
(1 paper)

William Armstrong and Sons, c.1885-1930 (Ref: D/St/C3/5)General, 1926-1930 (Ref: D/St/C3/5/1)

For R.S. Barrett of Armstrong and Sons, see 'Coal' section - Arcot Royalty


Letters from Western and Sons, London, to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning the vesting deed of 6 September 1926 by which the Bowes trustees vested in themselves part of the Bowes estate of which the Earl of Strathmore was tenant for life, and concerning a valuation of the estate for death duties, with notes of mineral rents payable for all collieries, 16 September 1926 - 24 October 1930
(10 papers)

North Durham, 1895-1923 (Ref: D/St/C3/5/2-27)Rents, 1895-1921 (Ref: D/St/C3/5/2-7)West Hylton, 1895-1935 (Ref: D/St/C3/5/2)

Copy rent accounts and accounts of coals drawn for West Hylton royalty, with letters to John Daglish and William Armstrong and Sons (and replies), 1895 - 1935
(115 papers and 6 files)

Winlaton, 1905-1936 (Ref: D/St/C3/5/3-4)

Copy rent accounts and statements of coal and clay worked for Blaydon Burn, Blaydon Main, Victoria Garesfield and Lilley Drift collieries with letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies), 13 February 1905 - 7 April 1930 (122 papers and 18 files)
(6 files)


Statistics and calculations relating to the preparation of the annual rent accounts for Lilley Drift, Blaydon Burn and Victoria Garesfield collieries operated by Priestman Collieries Ltd. with letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies), 5 February 1931 - 9 March 1936
(6 files)

Marley Hill, Andrews House, Kibblesworth, Byermoor, 1906-1921 (Ref: D/St/C3/5/5-7)

Copy rent accounts, accounts of coals wrought and accounts of leadings over Lord Strathmore's property for Marley Hill, Andrews House, Kibblesworth and Byermoor collieries, with letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies), 27 November 1906 - 10 January 1936
(21 files and 30 papers)


Copy rent accounts, accounts of coals wrought and accounts of leadings over Lord Strathmore's property for Marley Hill, Andrews House, Kibblesworth and Byermoor collieries, with letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies), 23 November 1909 - 23 November 1913
(24 papers and 5 files)


Copy rent accounts, accounts of coals wrought and accounts of leadings over Lord Strathmore's property for Marley Hill, Andrews House, Kibblesworth and Byermoor collieries, with letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies), 23 November 1914 - 17 December 1921 (81 papers and 2 files)

Marley Hill and Byermoor Collieries and Workings under the Gibside Estate, 1873-1935 (Ref: D/St/C3/5/8-14)

Letters to John Daglish and William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning Marley Hill colliery damages to houses at Bird Hill, Fellside, Hunters Hill, Drummond's farm house and Cuthorn's farm, with plans, 22 September 1873 - 23 October 1914
(38 papers and 3 plans)


Letters to John Daglish and William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning the working of coal under Gibside Park, an application by John Bowes and Partners Ltd. to re-open an old drift at Marley Hill, and colliery damages to Gibside Park and Hunters Hill Farm, with plans, 17 December 1894 - 19 February 1918
(67 papers, 1 file and 5 plans)


Letters to John Daglish and William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning an application by John Bowes and Partners Ltd. to drive a drift at the ice house in Gibside Park to drain the Brockwell seam at Marley Hill colliery, with plans, 5 September 1904 - 20 November 1906
(14 papers and 3 plans)


Letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning the proposed transfer of certain surface lands on the Gibside estate from the 14th Earl of Strathmore to Lord Glamis to avoid death duties, a previous transfer of property on the marriage of Lord Glamis (May 1909), the Bowes estate vesting deed and their effect on lands at Marley Hill, 11 May 1909 - 19 December 1931
(1 folder of 9 papers and 1 file)


Letters from R.W. Berkley, Marley Hill colliery, and William Ralston to William Armstrong and Sons concerning proposed alterations at Byermoor colliery, with plan, March 1911
(2 papers and 1 plan)


Letters from various people to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning the question of support to be left by John Bowes and Partners when working under Bird Hill, Fellside and East Byermoor Farms, with plan, 10 June 1912 - 22 August 1923
(1 file and 1 plan)


Letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning an application by John Bowes and Partners Ltd. for permission to drive a drift to the north-east of Byermoor colliery, with plan, 8 - 18 January 1935
(1 file)

East Hylton Royalty, 1897-1920 (Ref: D/St/C3/5/15-19)

Letter from M.A. Parrington, Wearmouth colliery, to G.B. Forster, George May and William Armstrong concerning methods of ventilating the new pits at Hylton colliery, with estimates of cost, 29 April 1897
(3 papers and 1 file)


Letters to John Daglish and William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning rents due for the East Hylton royalty, 12 May 1898 - 11 July 1914
(1 folder of 25 papers)


Letters to John Daglish and William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning negotiations for changes in the barriers to be left by the Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd. around their East Hylton royalty mineworkings, with memoranda and plans, 6 April 1901 - 14 December 1928
(1 folder of 82 papers, 3 files and 3 plans)


Letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning applications by the Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd. for rent reductions for East Hylton royalty, 3 March 1915 - 19 April 1928
(1 folder of 5 papers and 2 files)


Letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning the calculation of excess mineral rights duty payable to the Inland Revenue in respect of East Hylton royalty, 7 March 1916 - 4 June 1920
(1 folder of 23 papers)

Winlaton, 1890-1923 (Ref: D/St/C3/5/20-27)

Letters to John Daglish and William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning a wayleave agreement between Priestman and Son and Lord Strathmore for a tramway to convey coal, fireclay and ironstone from a new drift mine to be opened to work the Barlow seam at Lilley Drift, Rowlands Gill, with copy agreement and plans, 8 September 1890 - 21 April 1928
(1 folder of 76 papers, 2 files and 4 plans)


Letters from T.E. Forster, 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle, to William Armstrong and Sons concerning the drafting of a new lease for the Winlaton Lordship to Priestman Collieries Ltd., 13 October - 8 November 1906
(4 papers)


Letters to William Armstrong and Sons concerning a trespass by Priestman Collieries Ltd. into the Grand Lease royalty, at Blaydon Burn colliery, 10 June 1908 - 1921
(27 papers)


Letter from Arthur Mundle, mining engineer, to William Armstrong and Sons (and reply) concerning an application by Priestman Collieries Ltd. to drive drifts through the reserved barrier at the Bessie pit, with plan, 10 - 14 April 1913
(2 papers and 1 plan)


Letter from Priestman Collieries Ltd. to William Armstrong and Sons enclosing their petition against the proposed purchase of Parkhead estate by Blaydon U.D.C. and asking support from the Lords of Winlaton to stop damage being caused to coal workings under Parkhead estate, 18 February 1920
(4 papers)


Letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning the proposed purchase by Blaydon U.D.C. of the Parkhead estate, for the building of houses, with plan, 24 December 1921 - 25 April 1922
(1 file)


Letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning a reduction in royalty rent for the Victoria Seam, Blaydon Burn, with related correspondence to Arthur Mundle and Priestman Collieries Ltd., 21 February - 18 July 1922
(1 file)


Letter from William Ralston to Henry Armstrong, with copy letter from Priestman Collieries Ltd. to William Ralston concerning a proposed high tension line to Victoria Garesfield colliery, 4 - 6 September 1923
(3 papers)

Evenwood, 1885-1932 (Ref: D/St/C3/5/28-35)

Letter from [H.C. Main], Carterthorne colliery, to William Armstrong and Sons, asking for a working plan of the Fivequarter seam, with plans of the Fivequarter seam and Simpson's pit, 21 August 1885 - 18 April 1900
(1 folder of 2 papers and 2 plans)


Letters to John Daglish and William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning the granting of Evenwood freehold royalty lease to the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd., 6 July 1891 - 7 December 1906
(1 folder of 70 papers, 3 files and 1 plan)


Letters from Western and Sons, London, etc., to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning the re-opening of the Randolph pit, the drafting of a new lease, an application by the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. for rent reductions, and workings at Gordon House colliery, 4 November 1914 - 6 September 1929
(1 file)


Letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning excess mineral rights duty for Gordon House and Evenwood collieries, with accounts, 31 December 1914 - 25 April 1923
(1 folder of 3 files and 3 papers)


Letters from William Ralston to William Armstrong and Sons concerning an application by the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. for a change in tonnage rents to a flat rate, for coal mined at their Evenwood collieries, 6 March - 10 April 1918
(1 folder of 6 papers)


Letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning a valuation of the Evenwood freehold royalty and Ramshaw and Railey Fell wayleaves, with plans and calculations, 9 - 24 January 1923
(1 file and 4 plans)


Letters to William Armstrong and Sons (and replies) concerning an application by the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. for permission to extract coal from under Gordon House Farm, with plans, 14 November 1925 - 18 January 1926
(1 file)


Letters to William Armstrong and Sons concerning an application by Mr. Morrell to lease part of Gordon House royalty from Lord Glamis, with plan and memoranda, 3 November - 30 December 1932
(4 papers and 1 plan)

Personal Papers, 1907 (Ref: D/St/C3/5/36)

Report to His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Home Department on the Circumstances attending an Explosion which occurred at Wingate Grange Colliery, Wingate on the 14 October 1906, by A.H. Ruegg, R.D. Bain and J.B. Atkinson, manager and agent - William Armstrong and Sons, 1907
(1 file, printed)

Philip Kirkup, 1907-1917 (Ref: D/St/C3/6/1-5)

J.T. Dunn, Two Lectures on Coal Analysis, delivered to the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Commercial Institute, copy belonging to Philip Kirkup, 1907
(1 volume, card bound, printed)


Home Office report on the accident at Roachburn colliery, Cumberland, on 28 January 1908, sent to Philip Kirkup
(1 file, printed)


Copy letter from Philip Kirkup, Leafield House, Birtley, mining engineer, to T.A. Bradford, Vigo, Chester-le-Street, concerning a claim by the Carterthorne Colliery Co. against the West Carterthorne Colliery Co. for compensation as a result of a water flow, with plans, 30 October 1911
(3 papers and 2 blueprints)


Valuation by Philip Kirkup of West Carterthorne colliery at the time of the death of George Bradford, for probate purposes, 10 July 1912
(1 file)


Valuation by Philip Kirkup, mining engineer and General Manager of the Birtley Iron Co., of West Carterthorne Colliery at the time of the death of J.R. Bradford, for probate purposes, 1 August 1917
(1 file)