Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2 History of Coal Mining, Vol 2. Creation dates: 1763 - 1849 Extent and Form: 528 pp Scope and Content Volume containing extracts from printed volumes, plans and newspaper cuttings re geology, coal mining, including accidents and ventilation and the coal trade, 1763 - 1849 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/1 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Extract from the History of Northumberland by E. Mackenzie re coal mines Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/19 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Extract from Bailey's Agricultural Survey of Northumberland re minerals Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/39 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Extract from Bailey's Agricultural Survey of Durham re the geographical state Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/87 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re coalfields in Northumberland and Durham Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/90 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content List of technical terms used in coal mining in the north east, n.d Extracts from the History of Newcastle by Brand re coal mining 1600, 1721, n.d Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/91 Creation dates: 1838 Scope and Content Description of the Newcastle Coalfield and the coal trade, by Thomas John Taylor extracted from Richardson's Picture of Newcastle Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/115 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Extract entitled Coal Mines Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/117 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Engravings of coal drawers at work and a pitman carrying tools Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/135 Creation dates: 20 Dec 1830 Scope and Content Paper entitled Synopsis of the Newcastle Coalfield, by John Buddle Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/175 Creation dates: 10 Nov 1830 Scope and Content Letter re Professor Buckland's evidence from Hugh Taylor Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/177 Creation dates: 30 April 1842 Scope and Content Minute re the extent of the Northumberland and Durham Coalfield, by John Buddle, Hugh Taylor, George Johnson, Nicholas Wood. T.J. Taylor Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/188 Creation dates: 1763 Scope and Content Letters from the Museum Rusticum describing means by which coal can be identified as existing under an estate Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/201 Creation dates: 20 Aug 1838 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled The Economy of a Coalfield, by J.F.W. Johnston Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/293 Creation dates: 1838 Scope and Content Paper entitled Researches on the Composition of Coal..., by Thomas Richardson Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/313 Creation dates: 1838 Language: French Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Atlas de La Richesse Minerale, by Baron Heron de Villefosse and H. Le Coq Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/317 Creation dates: 1845 Language: French Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled De L'Eclairage au Gaz by Robert D'Hurcourt Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/325 Creation dates: nd Language: French Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Traite Complet de Mineralogie, by A Dufrenoy Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/329 Creation dates: nd Physical characteristics: Manuscript Scope and Content List of German words with translations Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/331 Creation dates: May 1769 Scope and Content Review of the Art of Working Coal Mines, by M. Morand from The Universal Magazine Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/337 Creation dates: 1 June 1842 Scope and Content Advertisement for coal supples Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/343 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Extract from Mackenzies History of Northumberland re the Newcastle coal formations and coal trade Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/391 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re Newcastle Coal Field Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/399 Creation dates: Jan 1848 Scope and Content Programme of lectures for the North of England Museum of Scientific and Econimic Geology, principal William King Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/405 Creation dates: June 1836 Scope and Content Review of Walker's Geological Map of England, by T. Sopwith Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/406 Creation dates: 1830 Scope and Content Plan and section of the Gilmerton Coalfield showing coal seams, scale 6,000 ft: 1" Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/409 Creation dates: May 1755 Scope and Content Extract from The General Magazine re Whitehaven Mines, including plan and section, scale 50yds: 1" Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/413 Creation dates: 2 Nov 1843 Scope and Content Specification for an apparatus for purifying gasses from lead, copper and other ore smelting, by I.D. Stagg, Middleton in Teasdale Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/415 Creation dates: nd Physical characteristics: Manuscript Scope and Content Section of strata on Alston Moor Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/417 Creation dates: 7 April 1845 Scope and Content Notice of a field outing to be lead by Professor Anstead Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/422 Creation dates: 1829 Scope and Content Plan of the coal district of Durham, no scale Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/423 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Plan of the Newcastle Coalfield divided into districts, no scale 
Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/425 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Plan to illustrate a paper on geology of Northumberland, coloured to show geological formations, scale 6 miles: 1" Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/427 Creation dates: 1810 Scope and Content Plan from J. Bailey's Agricultural Survey of Durham coloured to show soils, scale 5 miles: 1" Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/429 Creation dates: 1820 - 1829 Physical characteristics: Manuscript Scope and Content Lists of papers printed by order of Parliament re coal and other minerals Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/435 Language: French Scope and Content French Pamphlets, covers only Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/443 Creation dates: c.1839 - 1849 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings including review of An Essay on the Abridgement of Labour in Mines..., by Robert Forbes, and advertisements, press releases and manuscript correspondence re the publication of books re minerals and mining, including catalogue of books published by William and John Bell Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/509 Creation dates: c.1826 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re coal trade history from 1235, including tables showing duties on coal and coal imports Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/2/513 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Extracts from Mackenzie's History of Northumberland re coal trade and manufacturing industries |
Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3 History of Coal Mining, Vol 3. Creation dates: 1773 - 1849 Extent and Form: 443 pp Scope and Content Volume containing extracts from printed volumes, plans and newspaper cuttings re coal mining, particularly various patent machines, 1773 - 1849 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/1 Creation dates: 5 Dec 1832 Scope and Content Table of London Coal prices Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/5 Creation dates: 1841, 1844 Scope and Content List of collieries and their representatives Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/12 Creation dates: 1807 Scope and Content Plan of the area around the rivers Tyne and Wear marking collieries, waggon ways and staiths and major roads and villages, scale 1 ½ miles: 1" by D. Akenhead Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/16 Creation dates: 1812 Scope and Content Similar plan to NRO 3410/Bell/3/12 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/21 Creation dates: 1838 Scope and Content Table of colliery statistics for Manor Wallsend, Monkwearmouth, Newbottle, Littletown, Hetton, Haswell, Thornley and Black Boy Collieries giving details of engines, screens, establishment, strata Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/27 Creation dates: 1844 Scope and Content Extracts from Views of the Collieries..., by T.H. Hair, including illustrations of an underground crane and drops at Middlesborough and Sunderland Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/65 Creation dates: 1838 Scope and Content Plan of the area within a ten - mile radius of Newcastle, marking railways, published by M.A. Richardson Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/71 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Plans as Vol 2 pp. 423, 425 Related Material See NRO 3410/Bell/2/423,/425 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/77 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled A Treatise on Coal Mines..., 1769. p.105 of pamphlet completed in manuscript Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/185 Creation dates: 1773 Scope and Content Diagram of a winding gin entitled Grande Machine a Charbon des Carriers de Newcastle, by W. Beilby Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/187 Creation dates: 2 Jan 1802 Scope and Content Sections from a paper on minerology Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/189 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Plan and sections of coal mines Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/193 Creation dates: 1846 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled The Compleat Collier..., by J.C. printed 1708, re-printed, 1846 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/245 Creation dates: nd Physical characteristics: Manuscript Scope and Content Notes re methods of boring Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/263 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Diagram of a drawing machine or inclined plane Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/265 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Diagram of a working pit with horse gin, by E. Sarral Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/267 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Sections of coal mines, drawn by C. Varley Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/271 Creation dates: Dec 1843 Scope and Content Newspaper cutting of an essay by M. Dunn re colliery engineering Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/281 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Plan and section of colliery workings, scale 66yds: 1" Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/285 Creation dates: 1802 Scope and Content Plans of colliery machines Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/287 Creation dates: 1787 Scope and Content Sections of a static engine invented by Mr Westgarth, by J. Smeaton Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/301 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Plan of colliery workings, nd Section of a drainage and winding engine, nd Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/303 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Section of a shaft with winding machinary Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/305 Creation dates: nd Physical characteristics: Manuscript Scope and Content Sketch of pit bottom Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/313 Creation dates: 1808 Scope and Content Elevations of coal gins, scale 20': 1" Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/314 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Elevation of a horse powered winding gin invented by Thomas Hunt Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/327 Creation dates: 1789 Scope and Content Letters patent, specification and plans of an improved method for drawing coal by John Curr Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/347 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Description of a method of conveying coal from the shaft to the screens, by [W] Martin Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/349 Creation dates: 1832 - 1847 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings including mining coal mechanically, by W. Wood, opening mines, compressed air and mining education at Durham University Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/359 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Plans of [ventilation] in mines Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/365 Creation dates: 1780 - 1843 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re mechanization, Mr Blenkinsop's engines, extracts re the history of coal mining, and drawing by water wheel and steam engines Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/371 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Specification for a machine for measuring the velocity of air in coal or lead mines, by Thomas Elliott Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/373 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Newspaper cutting re aneometers Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/379 Creation dates: 1841 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re the history of waggonways from 1680 and the Durham Waggon Company Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/381 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Letters Patent for a Colliery Bow and Hook Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/385 Creation dates: 1848 Scope and Content Poster advertising Biram's Patent Anemometer Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/387 Creation dates: 1840 - 1842 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re the opening of an evening school by William Casson, 1799, publication of Practicial Methods..., by John Buddle, 1780 and re University prizes, metallic ropes and patent rights Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/398 Creation dates: 1780 Scope and Content Description and plan of a water-powered coal drawing machine, by John Buddle Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/401 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Descriptions and plans of an inflammable air igniter, clinometer and Roberts Safety Hood Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/411 Creation dates: 6 May 1848 Scope and Content Extracts from The Patent Journal re recently eNRO lled patents Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/417 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Memoranda re the costs of various engines, extracted from John Buddle's reports Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/422 Creation dates: 1802 Scope and Content Table of dimensions of coal waggons from various collieries on the Wear Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/3/425 Creation dates: c.1838 - 1848 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re various patent machines including Philip's Fire Annihilator, Fourdriner's Safety Apparatus, Fourness' Life Preserver, Welch's Anemometer, Wylam's Patent Fuel, Walker's Riddling Machine, Reed's Bow and Hook, parachutes for pits and Richard Ayre's method for preventing railway collisions |
Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4 History of Coal Mining, Vol 4. Creation dates: 1791 - 1849 Extent and Form: 507 pp Scope and Content Volume containing pamphlets, extracts from printed volumes and Newspaper cuttings re ventilation in coal mines, 1791 - 1849 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/1 Creation dates: 1849 Scope and Content Booklet entitled Glossary of Terms Used in the Coal Trade, published by William John Bell Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/67 Creation dates: 1814 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Address to the Proprietors... on Ventilation, by John Bedlington Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/71 Creation dates: 1814 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled First Report of a Society for Preventing Accidents in Coal Mines... including plans and sections, by John Buddle Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/111 Creation dates: 1763 Scope and Content Newspaper cutting re suffocating by smoke by Dr Frewin  Reference: >Creation dates: 1814 - 1849 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re the establishment of a committee for mine safety and re various inventions of ventilation systems including those of James Ryan, 1843, Mr Welch, 1824, Mr Gurney, 1848 and Mr Price Struve, 1844 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/161 Creation dates: 1827-1845 Scope and Content Statements by James Ryan re his ventilation system, 1827 and 1843, with note that he died 1847, poster advertising a lecture by Ryan, 1844 and copy letter to the Newcastle Journal, 1845 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/169, 175 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Posters requesting signatures for a petition to parliament re mine safety  Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/181 Creation dates: nd Physical characteristics: Manuscript Scope and Content Diagrams illustrating ventilation systems
Scope and Content Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/217 Creation dates: 6 Sept 1839 Scope and Content Paper entitled On Subsidences Produced by Working Beds of Coal... by John Buddle Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/225 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Extract from the History of The Earth re mines and mineral vapours Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/231 Creation dates: 1844 - 1845 Scope and Content Letters from John Murray re ventilation Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/237 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Extract from Chambers Edinburgh Journal re accidents in mines Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/239 Creation dates: 1810 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Two Essays, the one on Fire and Choke - Damps... the other on Irrigation, by Daniel Nield Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/287 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Newspaper cutting re measures to be taken in event of accidents  Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/289 Creation dates: 1813 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re the Society for the Prevention of Accidents in Mines  Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/291 Creation dates: 1850 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Ventilation in Mines.... by J. Berkley Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/303 Creation dates: 1811 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re accidents in mines 1849, the importance of wood fuel, 1856 and on iron railway at Tilmouth Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/305 Creation dates: c.1849 Scope and Content Diagram of Mr Gurney's machine for extinguishing burning waste Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/307 Creation dates: 13 Dec 1852 Scope and Content Paper entitled Nature, Causes and Prevention of Accidents in Coal Mines, by Dr Fife, delivered to the Literary and Philosophical Society Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/323 Creation dates: 1842 Scope and Content Extracts entitled Coal Mines of Great Britain containing reports and illustrations from the Report on the Employment of Children in Mines Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/343 Creation dates: 1846 - 1847 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re explosions in mines and ventilation including report by Professor Graham re fire damp Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/359 Creation dates: 1791 Scope and Content Description of a machine for raising ore from mines with diagram, by T. Arkwright  Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/363 Creation dates: 1849 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re underground fires at Astley, Manchester Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/367 Creation dates: 11 Feb 1840 Physical characteristics: Manuscript Scope and Content Letter from John Thorman to John Buddle giving dimensions and costs for a boiler at Chilton Moor for the Meadows Waggon Engine Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/369 Creation dates: 25 July 1848 Scope and Content Newspaper cutting from the Morning Post re British mining property Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/373 Creation dates: 1818 Scope and Content Poem entitled The Coal Trade, by John Adley, Newbottle  Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/381 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Table showing average specific gravity of coal on the River Tyne, by William Wood Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/387 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Handbill entitled Employment of Improper Persons in Coal Mines, by "A Looker On"  Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/396 Creation dates: d. 1832 Scope and Content Diagram of a crib for conveying disabled pitmen from the mine, invented by William Wood, with biographical note re William Wood  Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/399 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Newspaper cutting entitled Obscure Inventors from [Chambers Edinburgh Journal]  Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/401 Creation dates: 1849 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings entitled Coal Mines on the Continent, from Reyhold's Miscellany Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/405 Creation dates: June 1849 Scope and Content Specifications, plans and sections for a coal riddling machine, by Robert Walker Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/411 Creation dates: 1805 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled A Proposal for Destroying the Fire and Choak - Damps.. by Thomas Trotter 
Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/461 Creation dates: 1805 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled An Address to the Proprietors and Managers of Coal Mines..., by Dr Trotter 
Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/4/507 Creation dates: 1826 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re accidents with choke damp, 1793, 1812 and re Mr Wood's invention to destroy hydrogen gas |
Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5 History of Coal Mining, Vol 5. Creation dates: 1805 - 1849 Extent and Form: 493 pp Scope and Content Volume containing pamphlets, newspaper cuttings and extracts from printed volumes re explosions and gas in mines and re the invention of safety lamps by Clanny, Davy and Stephenson, 1805 - 1849 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/1 Creation dates: 1829 Language: French Scope and Content Paper entitled Rapport... sur les Apparels Imagines par M. Aldine pour Preserver les Pompiers de L'Action des Flammes, by M. Gaultier de Claubry Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/11 Creation dates: 1814, 1823-1824 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re carburetted hydrogen gas in coal mines including paper by J.B. Longmure, n.d. experiments by William Lester, 1823 - 1824 and letter from John Bedlington, 1814 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/50 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Handbill entitled Improper Lamps and other Lights in Coal Mines, by "A Looker On" Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/53 Creation dates: 1824 Scope and Content Handbill re an address by Mr Justice Bailey re use of improper lamps in mines Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/56 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Section showing various gasses in coal mines and their effects on the Davy Lamps Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/57 Creation dates: nd. c. 1829 Scope and Content Handbill entitled The State of the Coal Mines by "A Looker On" Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/58 Creation dates: 1805 - 1828, 12 May 1829 Scope and Content Extract from the Tyne Mercury listing accidents Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/63 Creation dates: 1 Jan 1830 Scope and Content List of explosions in Newcastle and Durham Collieries, 1658 - 1829, by John Sykes Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/69 Creation dates: 1837 Scope and Content Paper entitled The Chemical Examination of the Fire Damp..., by Edward Turner, read to the Natural History Society of Northumberland and Durham Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/85 Creation dates: 1813 - 1850 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re accidents in mines and ventilation problems Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/103 Creation dates: 1844 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Accidents in Coal Mines being a collection of letters to the South Shields Committee, by John Murray Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/143 Creation dates: 24 March 1849 Scope and Content Newspaper cutting re high - pressure steam ventilation Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/149 Creation dates: 1846, 1849 Scope and Content Handbills (2) re public meetings re mining accidents after the Darley Main disaster, 1, 16 March 1849 Newspaper cuttings reporting a speech by Matthias Dunn, 24 March 1849 and report by H.T. de la Beche and Lyon Playfair, 17 July 1846 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/159 Creation dates: 1 Aug 1845 Scope and Content Report entitled Gasses and Explosions in Collieries, by H.T. de la Beche and Lyon Playfair Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/171 Creation dates: c.1838 - 1846 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re coal mine accidents, explosions and Davy's, Stephenson's and Clanny's lamps Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/219 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Diagram of Clanny's Lamp and illustration of it in use  Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/221 Creation dates: 19 March 1847 Physical characteristics: Manuscript Scope and Content Letter from W. Reid Clanny Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/223 Creation dates: 1816 - 1846 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings and extracts re Clanny's Lamp  Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/246 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Illustrations of the Clanny Lamp Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/247 Creation dates: 1846 Scope and Content Prospectus inviting subscriptions to a Clanny Testimonial Fund in recognition for his work on lamps Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/257 Creation dates: 1844 - 1847 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re safety lamps Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/265 Creation dates: 1846 Scope and Content Testimonials on behalf of Dr Clanny's Lamp Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/277 Creation dates: 1847-1850 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re Clanny's Lamp and the presentation of the testimonial, 1847 - 1849, and obituaries, 1850 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/285 Creation dates: 1850 Scope and Content Catalogue of an auction of Dr Clanny's effects Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/321 Creation dates: 1816 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Practical Hints on the Application of Wire Guage to Lamps, by Sir Humphrey Davy Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/337 Creation dates: 1817 Scope and Content Paper entitled Fire Damp in Coal Mines, given by Sir Humphrey Davy to the Royal Society Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/361 Creation dates: 1829 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings and extracts re the Davy Lamp, including diagrams, 1816 - 1843, and obituaries Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/383 Creation dates: 29 Aug 1845 Scope and Content Notes by Rev John Hodgson taken from a copy of Sir Humphrey Davy's work on safety lamps re fire damp from mines at Whitehaven being used for lighting Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/385 Creation dates: nd. and 1829 Scope and Content Extracts giving biographical accounts of Sir Humphrey Davy, including engraved portrait Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/423 Creation dates: 1839 - 1848 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re safety lamps Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/427 Creation dates: 1817 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled A Description of the Safety Lamp Invented by George Stephenson... [and] an Account of the Lamp Constructed by Sir Humphrey Davy, with diagrams of lamps Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/447 Creation dates: 1817 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Report on the Claims of Mr George Stephenson... [re] His Safety Lamp, with diagrams of lamps Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/5/487 Creation dates: 1848 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re Stephenson's Lamp, including his presentation, 1815 - 1818 and obituary |
Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6 History of Coal Mining, Vol 6. Creation dates: 1817-1850 Extent and Form: 517 pp Scope and Content Volume containing pamphlets, reports, newspaper cuttings and extracts from printed volumes re explosions, safety lamps, smoke prevention and ventilation, 1817 - 1850 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/1 Creation dates: 1817 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled A Collection of all the Letters... [re] Safety Lamps Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/45 Creation dates: 1835 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled An Exposition of the Insecure Nature and Principles of the Davy and other Lamps... from the Parliamentary Report, compiled by the council of the Miners Association Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/77 Creation dates: nd. c.1835 Scope and Content Handbill re the publication of NRO 3410/Bell/6/45 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/79 Creation dates: c.1823 - 1848 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re explosions and safety lamps including inventions by Upton and Roberts, Raestrick, William and John Martin, Francis Carr, Mr Price, Mr Thorp and others Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/109 Creation dates: 1819 - 1849 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings, extracts and handbills re the invention of a safety lamp by William Martin, natural philosopher and his condemnation of the Davy Lamp, including engraved portaits of Martin and poem entitled The Safety Lamp Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/130 Creation dates: 1836 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Coal Mines, Ventilation and Safety Lights... [and] the Quackery of the Davy..., by "Non - Professional" Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/232 Creation dates: 3 Feb 1849 Scope and Content Diagram and description of an improved safety lamp by W.L Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/234 Creation dates: 1834 - 1849 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings and extracts re Bridgeman's Oxygen Lamp, Argand Lamp, Struves Mine Ventilation and Government Inspection of Mines Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/248 Creation dates: 1850 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Ventilation of Mines and the Necessity of Government Interference, by J. Berkley Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/264 Creation dates: 1838 - 1846 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re steam engines including reports of lectures by T. Craddock re the chemistry of the steam engine and re the prevention of smoke Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/276 Creation dates: 1841 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Combustion of Coal and the Prevention of Smoke... by C.W. Williams Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/472 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Extract from the Saturday Magazine re beat, ebulliation and vapourization Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/475 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Extract from the Penny Magazine re fire Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/477 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Extract from the Polytechnic Journal re smokeless combustion Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/479 Creation dates: 1849 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re miner's conditions including unions, schools, accidents and the history of mining Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/481 Creation dates: 15 Nov 1843 Scope and Content Address to the coal owners of Tyne and Wear by James Ryan re his plans for the ventilation of collieries Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/6/485 Creation dates: 1850 Scope and Content Report entitled Ventilation of Mines, by J. Kenyes Blackwell, presented to Parliament including workings plan showing ventilation system and plan of the Lletty Shenkin Colliery, Glamorgan, various scales |
Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7 History of Coal Mining, Vol 7. Creation dates: 1793 - 1824 Extent and Form: 678 pp Scope and Content Volume containing newspaper cuttings, extracts and pamphlets re the history of the coal trade from 1239, the parliamentary commission on the Coal Trade and taxes, 1793 - 1824 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/1 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content List of notable events in the history of coal mining in the north east, 1239 - 1648 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/5 Creation dates: 1793 Scope and Content Cutting re effects of a court decision re coal revenue on the salaries of corporation officials Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/9 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Copy of an agreement by major coal owners not to work coal from May to September 1665 to allow time to sell off existing sticks, 27 April 1665 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/11 Creation dates: 1845 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled A Pleasant Discovery of the Coosenage of Colliers, being part of a volume by R. Greene, published 1591 Publication Note Re-printed by M.A. Richardson Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/35 Creation dates: 1846 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Certain Matters Relating to the Excessive Prices of Coals in the Time of Elizabeth, original 16th cent Publication Note Re-printed by M.A. Richardson Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/51 Creation dates: 1846 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Ordinance as to the Prices of Coals Enhanced by the Troubles at Newcastle original 1642 Publication Note Re-printed by M.A.Richardson Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/69 Creation dates: nd.c early 18th cent Physical characteristics: Manuscript Scope and Content List of arguments against the imposition of duty on coal burned at the salt pans Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/557 Creation dates: 12 July 1805 Scope and Content An Act for Allowing, under Certain Restrictions until 1 Aug 1806 the Bringing a Limited Quantity of Coals, Culm and Cinders to London by Inland Navigation Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/565 Creation dates: 1806 Scope and Content Newspaper cutting re the measurement of coal Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/568 Creation dates: 8 Aug 1807 Scope and Content An Act for Repeating the Several Acts for Regulating the Vend Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/649 Creation dates: 1812 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re the procedure for coal factors, 1811 and Coal Trade Club Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/651 Creation dates: 2 Sept 1817 Scope and Content Resolutions of a meeting of the Colliery Viewers Society Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/664 Creation dates: 1819 - 1824 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re meetings re coal tax Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/7/676 Creation dates: 3 June 1820 Scope and Content Resolutions of a meeting of the Coal Owners Society with manuscript list of collieries |
Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8 History of Coal Mining, Vol 8. Creation dates: 1801 - 1840 Extent and Form: 691 pp Scope and Content Volume containing newspaper cuttings, extracts and pamphlets, mainly re the coal trade, vend regulation and duties on coal, 1801 - 1840 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/1 Creation dates: March 1817 Physical characteristics: Manuscript Scope and Content Letter from James Davison to J. Heppell re working limestone at Cowpen enclosing letters from Percival Hall and Taylor Winship Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/5 Creation dates: 1801 Physical characteristics: Printed with manuscript prices. Scope and Content List of prices for coal at the London Market Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/7 Creation dates: 3 Dec 1823 Scope and Content List of prices for coal at the London Market Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/9 Creation dates: 1825 - 1826 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re the coal trade and duties Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/17 Creation dates: 1729 - 1828 Physical characteristics: Manuscript Scope and Content List of dates of measures for vend regulation Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/19 Creation dates: 28 April (no year) Scope and Content Questionaire to establish statistics re pit villages with note from John Johnson to John Buddle Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/23 Creation dates: 20 Feb 1828 Scope and Content Pamphlets entitled Rules and Warranties of the Coal Trade Association for Insurance on Policy, South Shields Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/45 Creation dates: c.1829 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re the coal trade Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/55 Creation dates: Jan 1829 Extent and Form: 2 copies Scope and Content Handbill entitled Great News... Death of the... Limitation of the Coal Vend Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/71 Creation dates: 1764 Scope and Content Letters to the editor of Museum Rusticum re the reduction of coal prices for the poor by Charles Whitworth and re experiments with coal balls made at Liege Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/79 Creation dates: 1696 - 1810 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings and extracts re various incidents in coal mines Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/85 Creation dates: 2 June 1791 Scope and Content Bond between John and Ralph Clarke, coal factors and Charles John Clavering, Sheriff of Newcastle for the payment of a debt of £210 owed by John Manners Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/89 Creation dates: 1784 - 1785 Scope and Content Petition, minutes of Evidence and Act of Parliament for granting to Archibald, Earl Dundonald an extension of his patent to extract tar and pitch from coal Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/109 Creation dates: 1793 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Description of the Estate... of the Earl of Dundonald...[and] Account of Coal Workings at Culross Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/195 Creation dates: 1806 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Introduction to and Contents of an Intended Publication, by the Earl of Dundonald Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/211 Creation dates: 1793 Scope and Content Petition by John Taylor to the Lords of Council re a lease held by the Earl of Dundonald of coal mines at Culross Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/223 Creation dates: 1797 - 1799 Scope and Content Table showing the amount of coal carried by ship from Newcastle to Scotland, giving names of ships, amounts and to where delivered Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/235 Creation dates: 24 May 1799 Scope and Content Newspaper cutting re the collection of the Duke of Richmond's duty Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/239 Creation dates: nd. c.1800 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings reporting re the House of Commons Committee on the Coal Trade Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/259 Creation dates: 31 Dec 1800 Scope and Content Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the State of the Coal Trade Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/303 Creation dates: 1801 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Observations on the Probable Consequences of Attempting by Legislative Authority to Obtain a Large Supply of Coal from Staffordshire to the Metropolis... by Henry Grey McNab Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/407 Creation dates: 1801 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Letter... Pointing out the Impolicy... of Obtaining a Supply of Coal from the Manufacturing Districts to the Metropolis... by Henry Grey McNab Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/481 Creation dates: 1802 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Letter... on the Carrying Part of the Coal Trade..., by Nathaniel Atcheson Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/519 Creation dates: 1742 - 1801 Scope and Content Tables showing coal imported into London 1699 - 1742 and coal, culm and cinders Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/523 Creation dates: 27 July 1803 Scope and Content An Act for Establishing a Free Market in the City of London, for the Sale of Coals Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/59 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Handbill re accidents by "A Looker On" Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/61 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Prospectus for a mechanical coal cutter by W. Wood Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/65 Creation dates: 1829 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings printing evidence given before a Committee of the Coal Trade Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/123 Creation dates: 18 March 1830 Physical characteristics: Printed Scope and Content Copies of memorials presented to the Commissioners of Customs, Dublin re the office of Coalmeter, 1 Jan 1826 - 1 Jan 1830 Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/215 Creation dates: 1830 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Proceedings at Law in the case of the King v Russell and others relative to Coal Staithes at Wallsend Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/223 Creation dates: 13 Feb 1830 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled An Exposition of the Real State of the Coal Trade, copied from the Durham Chronicle Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/235 Creation dates: 1831 - 1835 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re coal duties including the Richmond Shilling Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/243 Creation dates: April 1830 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Observations on... the Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Coal Trade, from the Edinburgh Review Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/259 Creation dates: 1830 Scope and Content Newspaper cutting reporting on meetings of the Coal Trade Committee Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/267 Creation dates: 1830 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Remarks on the Coal Trade and duties... in the Port of London, reprinted from the Edinburgh Review Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/291 Creation dates: [1831] Scope and Content Petition from Newcastle Coal Owners to Parliament re coal duties Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/293 Creation dates: 1831 Extent and Form: 2 copies Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Observations on the Duty on Sea-Borne Coal Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/369 Creation dates: 1831 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re coal duties Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/377 Creation dates: nd Scope and Content Extract entitled Coal Duty and Coal Trickery Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/383 Creation dates: Nov 1831 Scope and Content Extract from The Gentlemen's Magazine entitled The New Metropolitan Coal Act Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/393 Creation dates: 5 Oct 1831 Scope and Content An Act for Regulating the Vend and Delivery of Coals in the Cities of London and Westminster Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/429 Creation dates: 1831 - 1832 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re coal duties Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/432 Creation dates: 10 March 1832 Scope and Content Report by the Committee of Coal Owners re the Coal Trade Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/439 Creation dates: 20 Feb 1832 Scope and Content Handbill advertising Skinners Burn Coal Yard Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/441 Creation dates: 10 Aug 1838 Scope and Content Resolutions of a General Meeting of the Coal Owners Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/445 Creation dates: 28 Sept 1833 Scope and Content Rules of the Coal Owners Association Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/449 Creation dates: 28 Oct 1833 Scope and Content Handbill entitled To Ship Owners re the increase in coal prices Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/451 Creation dates: 1833 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re the Dutch Coal embargo and the coal trade Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/457, 461 Creation dates: 17 Aug 1835 Scope and Content List of Collieries on the Tyne and their prices, Sept 1834 and coal prices at the London Market Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/459, 463 Creation dates: 1836 - 1839 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re the coal trade including the Morpeth Railway, German Railways, duties and regulation Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/499 Creation dates: 1837 Scope and Content Returns to the House of Commons re coal shipped from English, Scottish and Irish ports Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/507 Creation dates: 1828 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re measures to regulate the Port of London Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/511 Creation dates: 13 Oct 1838 Scope and Content Prospectus for the Coal Trade Shipping Company Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/513 Creation dates: 13 June 1838 Scope and Content Index to the report of the Select Committee on the Coal Trade (Port of London) Bill Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/555 Creation dates: 1839 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re the coal trade and coal shipping, including letter from William Richmond Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/559 Creation dates: 1839 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled A Brief Exposition of the Present State of the Coal Trade..., by Robert Anderson Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/582 Creation dates: 1839 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled A Letter to the Lord Mayor on his Misconceptions re the Coal Trade Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/610 Creation dates: 1839 Scope and Content Pamphlet entitled Coal Combination by W.S. Northouse Reference: NRO 3410/Bell/8/688 Creation dates: 1840 Scope and Content Newspaper cuttings re the coal trade and coal shipping |