Petition to the House of Lords against the imposition of a general tax on coal signed by 134 inhabitants of Newcastle

Draft lease of Cowpen Colliery for 31 years from 11 Nov 1834 from Elizabeth Croft to Sir Matthew White Ridley, including the liberty of making outstrokes into adjoining collieries for a certain rent of £350 p.a

Extracts from the above lease

Agreements, valuations, opinions and abstract of title re the sale of lands at Greene's Field, Gateshead, from John Bowes and Partners to the Brandling Junction Railway Co

Proposal and agreements for contractors to use the Great North of England Railway Company

Lease of coal mines at Urpeth and Kibblesworth for 31 years from 1 Jan 1851 from Calverly Bewicke to Messrs Perkins, Hunt and Co for a certain rent of £970 p.a. subject to various conditions, including plan of the boundaries of the area leased

Deeds and papers relating to Panthead Closes, Gateshead and Bensham Colliery as follows:

Copy will of William Milburn of Newcastle, plumber

Account of the trustees and executors for the will of William Milburn

Copy will of Robert Smith Esq of Shotton

Abstract of and comments on the will of Robert Smith

Copy will of William Leavies, gent of Willington

Extracts from the will of Robert Lawson Esq, 12 Sept 1812, enclosed with a letter from his brother Edward Lawson to John Watson, 17 Aug 1814

Will of Robert Campble (sic) of Willington, collier

Will of Simon Walton of Newcastle, yeoman

Copy will of William Watson of Newcastle, plumber

Bond between Lady Windsor and John Simpson and their employees for work at Lanchester, Harlaw, Pontop and Harperly, including signatures or marks of pitmen

Annual bonds between Messrs Ord, Peareth and Reay and their employees for work at Walker Colliery, including signatures or marks of pitmen, 1780-1, 1781-2, 1783-4, 1784-5, 1788-9, 1791-2, 1792-3, 1793-4, 1795-6, 1796-7, 1797-8, 1798-9

Later copy on which some attempt has been made to reproduce the original signatures.

Copy bond made between John Smith of Witton Gilbert and his employees for work at Charlaw Colliery, including signatures or marks of pitmen, agreements made 23 Nov 1767

Bond between Thomas Noble of Whitefield Pit, Penshaw Colliery, and his employees, signed with marks by Alexander Look, Charles Dixon and John Ferguson, 1841-2, with pencil alterations to a bond with George Wylam, pitman, 1851

Copy bond between the Marchioness of Londonderry and her employees for work at Penshaw Colliery, including signatures or marks of pitmen

Brief for the defence prepared in the case at York Summer Assizes before a King's Bench special jury, The King v William Russell Esq and others. A prosecution brought on behalf of the Tyne Keelmen demanding the removal of the Wallsend staiths from which the coal can be loaded directly onto the ships, thus depriving the Keelmen of work. The brief includes a full statement of the case, comments re the witnesses for the prosecution and evidence for the defence

Estimate of the cost of winning Grange Colliery, Scotland by Amos Barnes

Copy of a report re Grange Colliery including the quality of the coal, description of previous workings and reference to a water-driven pumping engine, prepared for Mr. Potter of Newcastle who wished to lease the colliery

Descriptions and measurements of the various seams of coal at Grange Colliery near Bowness, Scotland belonging to William Belchier Esq, by J. Barnes

Table of fees payable to the customs at Sunderland

Estimate of the cost of producing, shipping and retailing coal from Northumberland and Durham in London

Memoranda on a pamphlet entitled Purjery Displayed etc on coal exported from Sunderland

Estimate of the costs for cribbing and planking for a depth of 2 fathoms, 7' diameter by J. Watson

Estimate of the cost of winning and working Brunton Colliery "given me to peruse by Mr. J...s R...y and made, he says, by Thom. Sopwith"

Estimate of the cost for winning and working Willow Bridge Colliery

Opinion by J. Barnes re the measurement of depths and proposed working methods in the Prospect Pit, the property of Lord Carlisle

Account of the cost of winning coal at Bothel [Bothill] Colliery, including Forlorn Hope and Chance Pits

Account of borings at Hobswell in Shieldfield by Messrs. Rawlings, 1756, Ouseburn in Andrew Nailor's Meadowfield, 22 Feb 1745 and Shieldfield, 22 Dec 1781

Report re Meldon Estate, Westmorland, the property of W. Winder Esq by John Watson, with results of borings and recommendations for future work

Estimate of the costs of smiths' work at the salt pans at South Shields and Sunderland

Account of borings in the west corner of Mr. Lyn's Meadowfield at Urpeth Colliery

Account of coal transported from Topmoor Colliery to the South Shore staith, 1765 - 1781

Advertisement for a sale of property at High Bridge, Newcastle, to be sold

Account of charges for keel dues at Sunderland Harbour

Proposals for a lease of coal mines at Pitton Common, 1788, buildings at Heaton by James Angus and Robert Anderson, 18 May 1791, and Saltwellside, Field House and Teams, 15 March 1794

Proposals for a lease of Halbeath Colliery by John Morrison to Messrs Campbell, Morrison and Co

Proposals to lay waggonways at Drumglass Colliery by B. Brough, Sept 1789, for carpentry work at pitmen's houses at East Benton by John Straker and the sinking of the Bell Pit by Tubman, Brough and Partners, 28 Oct 1788

Draft letter to the Committee of the Subscribers for the Discovery of Coal near Edinburgh re progress with borings

Accounts of borings by J. Rawlings and details of sinking at C. Pit, Bigges Main Colliery

List of Wear collieries with details of the seams worked by each colliery

Proposals by Robert Smith for a lease of the coal under Cramer's Close

Lists of the vend of coal from Newcastle, 1800 - 1815 and coal imported into-London, 1807 - 1817

List of collieries on the Tyne giving details of lessors, lesees and viewers

Calculations re the weight of a chaldron and a corf of coal

Details of the extent of available coal in Gustav Adolph's Colliery at Schonen, Sweden, by A. Alb.Lundstrom, surveyor of mines

Memoranda of the terms of an agreement between the proprietors of Gustav Adolph's colliery at Schonen and John Henderson for his Services as a viewer at the colliery

Proposal by Mr. Ward for a lease of coal mines at Earsdon from the Duke of Northumberland

Schedules of numbers of hewers bound on the Tyne, Wear and Blyth, including (schedule B) table showing the collieries at which the hewers were previously and are currently bound

Minutes of a resolution made at a General Meeting of Colliery Proprietors for the Tyne re the regulation of binding, includes list of owners in agreement

Report of John Buddle jnr, John Watson and John Straker re binding practices

Estimates of the cost of making a chaldron waggon and laying a yard of waggonway

Estimate of the cost of timbering 2 fathoms of a pit 10½' diameter and laying a yard of waggonway

Pitmen's petition for an increase in wages at Engine, George and William Pits (colliery unspecified)

Pitmen's petition for an increase in wages

Description of the Engine Pit, Bebside Colliery by Richard Small, Bedlington

Conditions for a lease of coal mines at Bebside belonging to Robert Ward Esq

Letter from John Buddle to Mr. Potts re binding regulations, 6 Sept 1806 and copy resolutions of General Meetings of the Coal Trade re bindings

Account of costs for building a boiler at St. Anthony's Colliery

Section of a boiler [? St. Anthony's]

Account of costs for timber and labour for building a waggonway

Details of the length of the Long and West Quays at North Shields and the height of the tides

Table of Keel dues and owner's wages for the Tyne

Working accounts for West or Willy Pit, Flatworth Colliery, by James Hann, overman, listing names of hewers and drivers

Copy lease of Heaton Colliery for 21 years from John Lawson to Messrs Harrison and Co, including wayleave agreement, for a certain rent of £300 p.a. subject to various conditions, the lease to commence 1 May 1808

List of the numbers of hewers bound at various Tyne Collieries

Proposals for an insurance scheme for vessels conveying the best quality coal, by Robert Chapman, Ship and Insurance Broker, Newcastle

Opinions by Robert Hopper Williamson and James Losh re insurance schemes

Table showing the prices obtained for Willington coal compared with the price for first class coal

Table showing the prices obtained for coal sold from various collieries on the London market

Details of coal resting on the bank at Willington, Wallsend, Kenton, Murton, Montague and Collingwood Main Collieries

Statement by Mr Stawpert re the number of hewers employed at Willington with names of those against which warrents were issued and those who first returned to work after the stoppage

Table of prices paid and remarks re fittage of coal from collieries below the Tyne Bridge

Notes re Mr. Atherton's estate near Leominster in Herefordshire

Survey and valuation of an estate at Exning, Suffolk, by George Miller

Vend of coal from Harraton Outside Colliery

Statements of quantities of coal exported from Newcastle and Sunderland

Conditions under which Mrs. Gibson will allow the driving of a watercourse drift through her estate at Pentland to facilitate the winning of the coal under the Dryden estate belonging to Charles Lockhart, Bart

Memorial to the Treasury for an equalisation of the duty on sea-carried and canal coal, printed

Letter from Mr. Row giving calculations re the cost of shipping coal to Hamburg for use in the gas lighting of the town

Details of the vend for Hebburn Colliery

Remarks re the regulation of the vend for

Accounts for rents paid by Messrs Bells and Dixon for wayleaves over the property of Messrs Orde, Collingwood and Shadforth at Willington

Statement by Charles Weatherby of coal produced at Killingworth and Burradon

Details of the vend for various Tyne Collieries from the Keelman's Fund Book, 1825 - 1826, for Walker, 1823 - 1826, for an unspecified colliery, 1823 - 1826, keel dues

Estimate for completing the winning of the colliery at Ryd, Sweden, by F. Stawford, Stockholm

Inventory of stock at Hogunas Colliery, Sweden, 1818, with additions by F. Stawford 9 April 1824

Queries re the winning of the coal mines at Hogunas, Sweden, submitted at John Watson by F. Stawford

Draft recommendations re the queries 71 above

Queries by F. Stawford re recent improvements in steam engines including those in use in Swedish mines, particularly with reference to fuel consumption, with answers by Matthew Murray

Statement of the quantity of coal imported into London 1824 and the vend from Willington

Valuation of estates at Stanton, Little Thorpe, Broughton, Astley, Hinkley and Ryton, Leicestershire, by M. Ingle

Observations on the regulation of the vend and general management of the coal trade on the Wear

Opinion by Arthur Mawbray re the reduction of duty on coal

Agreement re the measurement of tubs and corves [at Hartley?] incorporated into bonds of 1810, 1820 and 1826

Opinion of James Leigh re the estates at Exning, Suffolk and in Leicestershire and Warwickshire

Valuation and report re the Exning Estate, Suffolk, owned by Messrs Franks and Hewitt and occupied by Thomas Bryant

List of prices obtained for coal sold on the Wear by Mr Mawbray

Table of rates for the vend

Draft estimate for colliery work

Extracts from George Hill's reports of workings at Tanhill Colliery, 1824 - 1829, with account of coal produced, 1823 - 1828 and abstract of a lease of 1822, June 1829

Measurements of working tubs at Tanhill Colliery

Account of borings in Byers Green by John Manners and by Mr. Maddison

Account of borings in the Bishop of Durham's land at Byers Green by Mr Maddison

Estimate of port charges for a ship loading 200 tons or 15 keels of coal at Sunderland for London

Account of the average weekly earnings of coal hewers at Cowpen

Statement of the earnings of six families employed at Cowpen Colliery

Statement of deductions made to the workmen at Cowpen Colliery, lists names of all the workmen employed

Petition from the pitmen at Cowpen for an increase in wages

Copy of 2 petitions from the pitmen at Cowpen Colliery with comments by John Watson, petitions presented

Note of grievances by the pitmen at Cowpen Colliery

Agreement re alterations to be made in the hiring of coal workers [? Cowpen 1831]

Account of the coal produced at Cowpen

Statement showing the wages demanded by the workers at Walker compared with those paid the previous year

Minutes of a meeting between viewers and delegates from the pitmen including demands by the pitmen and counter-propositions by the viewers

John Watson's notes re the above meeting, endorsed "Hartley"

Account of the number of yards paid for holing the walls at Heaton

Account of coal sold from Tanhill Colliery, for 3 years to

Account of costs for hewing at Jesmond Colliery

Draft proposals for a lease of part of the coal mines under the Town Moor, Castle Leazes and Nun's Moor, Newcastle

Valuation of the coal mines under the Arbour House Estate belonging to Donald Esq

Notes from an Act of Parliament re the regulation of the vend

Minutes of resolutions of a general meeting of the Coal Owners of the Tyne and Wear

Minutes of resolutions of a meeting of the Hetton Coal Company sent by John Wood to Mr Giles for the Coal Trade Office

Memorandum re a lease of premises at Stamfordham made 6 Aug 1772

Accounts of borings at Hunwick, Willington and Byers Green by William Coulson

Accounts of borings in the Hunwick Royalty by William Coulson

Account of borings in the Willington Estate by William Coulson

Results of experiments conducted by Nicholas Wood on the consumption of coke and the performance of engines and waggons on the Great Western and Grand Junction Railways

Report and recommendations by Nicholas Wood to the Directors of the Great Western Railways, including results of his experiments with engine performance, rail types, coke consumption and gradiants on the Great Western, Grand Junction and London and Birmingham railways, printed

Abstract of title, 1839 - 1840, details of mortgages, 1833 - 1840 and details (incomplete) of the sale of the Prattman Estate

Memorandum re keel berths at Team Gut referring to a surrender of 21 Oct 1760, account received by Mr Armstrong from Miss Griffith

Resolutions of a meeting of representatives of the Tees Collieries re the movements of workers

Report on the copper mines at Ecton, Staffordshire by William Watson

Statement of wages paid for hewing and putting at Northumberland Collieries

Statement of wages paid for underground labour at the Northumberland Collieries

Statement of wages paid for above-ground labour at the Northumberland Collieries

Statement of average earnings for hewers and putters

Observations re the damage to the coal trade arising from the imposition of high duties, endorsed W. Brown

List of collieries on the Tyne, Wear and Blyth with their lesees, owners and agents, lists of fitters, brokers and tradesmen in Newcastle and lists of ship owners for the ports of Newcastle, Blyth and Hartley to which Mr Watson has sent Messrs Charlton and Watson's circulars

Sections of seams at Jarrow

Abstract of title, 1766 - 1771, and memoranda re the present ownership of Bebside Colliery

Proposals by Cameron, Jeffrey and Co to erect and work machines

Part of a report on an unspecified colliery, references to borings in Redhouse Close and the working of barriers with Heaton

Details of the vend from various Tyne Collieries

Specifications for an iron screw steamship to carry 350 tons

Memoranda book of leases granted by Newcastle Corporation, John Orde, Messrs Brown and Clarke, William Pawson Esq, Lord Carlisle, Henry Pulleine Esq, Rev R. Croft and Sir Matthew White Ridley, leases dated 1806 - 1821

Report re Pegswood Bank or Bottle Bank Colliery, Morpeth, the property of the Countess of Oxford, by Gabriel Dunn and Thomas Penman

Plan showing the location of Pegswood Banks Colliery in relation to the River Wansbeck and Iron Burn, with boring account

Report re Morpeth Banks Colliery with recommendations re future workings with estimate of working expenses by John Watson

Memoranda re Morpeth Banks Colliery including linings and accounts

Estimate of working costs for Morpeth Banks Colliery

Memoranda book containing notes re Morpeth Banks Colliery including linings, working accounts and sketch plans of the workings

Letter from John Bailey, Chillingham, requesting a report re Pegswood Colliery

Letter to Mr Bailey, Chillingham, re terms for a lease of Morpeth Banks Colliery

Draft terms for a lease of Morpeth Banks Colliery

Proposed terms for a lease of Morpeth Banks Colliery from 12 May 1808, with covering letter from John Bailey, 7 June 1808

Letter to Mr Bailey, Chillingham, re terms for the Morpeth Banks lease

Request from Mr Bailey for details of the number of hewers and putters employed at Pegswood Colliery and valuation of the engine

Letter and draft letter to Mr Bailey reporting on Pegswood or Morpeth Banks Colliery

Letter to John Bailey reporting on Pegswood Bank Colliery

Estimate and draft estimate of the cost of working Morpeth Banks Colliery

Notes re Pegswood Colliery including working costs

Letter to Mr Bailey reporting re Morpeth Banks or Pegswood, including account for salary

From John Bailey, Chillingham, re the giving up by Mr Spearman of Pegswood Colliery, valuation of the colliery and re-letting to Richard Short of Ulgham

Valuation of iron materials at Morpeth Banks Colliery taken by Richard Short

Valuation of materials at Morpeth Banks

Account of rents and working costs, Morpeth Banks Colliery

Account of coal produced at Morpeth Banks by Thomas Nelson

Plan of workings at [? Morpeth Banks]

Account of working costs for Warnell Fell Colliery

Account of working costs for Hewer Hill Colliery

Queries re Warnell Fell and Hewer Hill collieries, parish of Castle Sowerby, including the amount of coal available and the best methods of winning and working the coal, with recommendations by John Watson

Report re Warnell Fell and Hewer Hill collieries including a recommendation to install a fire engine at Hewer Hill with estimate of costs

Working accounts for Hewer Hill Colliery

Letter from John Charlton, Stanhopegate, requesting a meeting at Carlisle

Account of the water drawn from Hewer Hill Colliery

Estimate of the costs of working Warnell Fell Colliery

Report re Warnell Fell and Hewer Hill collieries with recommendations for future work by John Watson for Mr. Charlton

Estimate of working costs for Warnell Fell and Hewer Hill collieries

Estimates of costs for erecting and maintaining a fire engine on a wood frame at Hewer Hill Colliery

Proposal by Messrs Liddell and Reavely for a wayleave through the Duke of Portland's estate at Jesmond from the Kenton and Coxlodge collieries to the Ouseburn

Terms of an agreement proposed by Messrs Liddell and Reavely for a wayleave over the Duke of Portland's estate at Jesmond

Letter from H. Brumell, Morpeth re the size of waggons to be used for coal from Kenton and Coxlodge to be transported over the Duke of Portland's ground

Letter from Lawson and Brummell, Morpeth re the Kenton wayleave

Letter from John Charlton, Stanhope enclosing accounts of the Kenton and Coxlodge owners with the Duke of Portland for wayleave rents, extracts from the wayleave agreements and copy notice to quit the wayleave from the Kenton and Coxlodge owners

Letter from John Charlton, Stanhope re the Jesmond waggonway

Letter from John Charlton, Bolton, referring business re the Jesmond Royalty to Mr Bailey, now agent for the Duke of Portland in the north

Letter from John Bailey, Chillingham, requesting information re the costs of steam engines and railways

Letter to John Bailey describing Trevithick's steam engine and detailing costs for the engine and the railway

Calculations of the differences in the cost between the use of a steam engine, including the construction of a metal railway, and the use of horses at Kenton

Letter to Mr Bailey re the division of the coal mines under Jesmond

Letter from John Bailey, Chillingham, re a proposal by Sir Thomas Burden to take the coal under Jesmond

Letter to John Bailey re the legal rights of various claimants to coal under the Jesmond Estate

Letter from John Bailey, Chillingham, re the rights to the coal under the Jesmond Estate

Letter from N. Bailey, Chillingham, requesting a report on the coal under Jesmond

Notes re the length of the Kenton Waggonway over the Duke of Portland's grounds

Notes re the dimensions of a locomotive engine used for pulling waggons at Coxlodge

Calculations re the produce of a seam of coal

Letter from unspecified correspondant, Ouseburn, re the mining of lead, copper and other ores

Letter from Thomas Rawling, Marshall Lands, giving charges for boring

Letter from Thomas Simpson, Jarrow, re Watson's opinion on the regulation of the Coal Trade

Letter to Mr Buddle re the opinion of Messrs Bells and Brown on increasing their coal prices

Letter to Mr Buddle re the number of men which he proposes to bind at various collieries

Letter to John de Ponthieu Esq, Portland Place, London, re Capt Blair's machine for kirving

Letter from William Smith, Horton, re financial affairs

Letter from the Duke of Northumberland, Syon, to Robert William Brandling re the release of John Macpherson, one of the disputing seamen, arrested during disturbances, and reply by Brandling giving his reasons for the release and describing the general conduct of the military and the seamen concerned in the dispute

2 letters from Arthur Mawbray, Sunderland and the Colliery Office, re duties on coal including a resolution passed at a meeting of the Coal Trade Committee for the Wear

To Jos. Lamb re a meeting with Lord Liverpool re the reduction of duty on coal, one sent to Thomas Robson Esq

Letter to the Coal Trade Committee re a meeting with Lord Liverpool re the reduction of a duty on coal

Letter from W. Greenwell, enclosing a statement of the amount of duty paid on coal shipped

Notification from Lord Liverpool and Mr Vansittart to Sir Matthew Ridley that nothing can be done re the reduction of duty on coal in the present session

Letter from William Richardson, Percy Street, North Shields to Rev G. Jackson re his address to the King

Letter from Lord Sidmouth to Rev George Jackson re the loyal address to the King by the inhabitants of Wallsend

Letter from William Stobart jnr, re settlement of leases for the vend

4 letters from Thomas Halford, Newington, Surrey re a new ventilation method for coal mines developed by Mr Neville

Letter from J. Russell, 14 Holburn Court, Grays Inn, re the improvement of safety lamps

2 letters from William Martin, Carville Place, Shields Road, re the improvement of his safety lamps

Letter from John Watson jnr, London, re the will of Robert Lawson and family matters

2 letters from R. Lambert, Newcastle, re the settling of leases for the vend

Letter from Thomas Bedlington, 4 Dean's Buildings, East Lane, Walworth, Surrey, re the supply of metallic pistons

Letter to Mr Potts, re duties on coal

Letter from Matthias Dunn, Jarrow, re the Main Coal Seam at Jarrow

Correspondence with Edward Tewart re the purchase of the lead mine at Brandon Walls, Stanhope

Letter from George Johnson, Willington, re the dissolution of the Society of Colliery Viewers

Letter to Messrs Jones & Co, re the mines at Mold Flintshire, N. Wales

Letter to Messrs Sturgess & Co, re tubbing at Garforth Colliery, Yorkshire

Letter from George Johnson, on behalf of Messrs Bell and Dixon, to Matthias Dunn re a reduction in the waylease rents over the property of Messrs Orde, Collingwood and Dutton at Willington

Between William Greenwell, John Fryer, James Pillar and James King re the rights of the Crown to minerals under the navigable section of the Tyne

Queries by John Watson re the depths of wells with answers

Sinking account by Thomas Stobart for work done by Mr Maddison

Estimate of sinking and boring costs

Report by John Watson for Major Thompson, Royal Engineers re the best place for sinking a new well and preventing sea water from contaminating the supply

Note re a well sunk by William Coulson and Partners, with calculations of water produced

Account of William Coulson and others with the Hon Board of Ordnance for sinking and boring wells

Letter from John Martin re the analysis of the mineral content of the water

Letter from John Martin re the analysis of water from the new well

Letter to Col Arnold re progress with the trials for water

Account of Thomas Maddison and others with the Hon Board of Ordnance for sinking

Estimate of the cost of sinking a draw well

Vouchers for pipes supplied by Mr Coulson to the executors of John White

Report by John Watson to Col Arnold re progress with the trials for water

Account of John Watson and others with the Hon Board of Ordnance for making borings

Boring accounts and accounts of charges

2 letters to Col Arnold re the analysis of the water and boring results

Agreement to sink the well

Account for sinking the well by J. Maddison and partners

Account for sinking the well by Jos. Mackay

Letter to Col Arnold re the successful sinking of a well

Memoranda book containing notes re borings and sinkings of the wells and sketch plan of the location of the wells

From John Reay, Coal Trade Office re Coal Trade Business

To Mr Croft, 4 King Street, Cheapside, London, re the accounts for the Ecton Copper Mine

From E.W. Lauder, 25 Eastcheap, London, re the purchase of George Hunter's share of South Moor Colliery

From John Tiplady, Durham, re affidavits as to the valuation of George Hunter's estate at Shield Row and South Moor

Valuation of George Hunter's estate at South Moor and Shield Row

34 Letters from William Lawson, Longhirst re coal workings in the Longhirst estate including the results of borings at Brocks Farm

Boring accounts for Longhirst

14 letters between William Watson and William Lawson re the loan of £900 by William Lawson to William Watson to help finance his interest in the Birchgrove Colliery, Neath, South Wales including agreements re security for the loan

Voucher for the repayment of the above loan

Letter from Edward Lawson, Redesdale Cottage, re mining work at Longhirst

23 letters from John Wilkinson and John Wharton of Welton Grange, Brough, Yorkshire re coal and fire clay under the Old Park Estate including the sale of the estate to Messrs Blackow and Vaughan

Account for whale fishing oil

Receipt from John Rennoldson for purchase of a keel by James King

Accounts for Charlaw Colliery

Account of coal produced by James Clerk, Nov 1773 - Jan 1774. On reverse churchwarden's accounts

Weekly pay bills for Kibblesworth [Kimblesworth] Colliery

Accounts of wayleave, rents payable to the Duke of Portland for Kenton, Coxlodge and Jesmond

Account for lodging and subsistence expenses for John Watson

Accounts for port dues payable on coal shipped to London

Account of rents due to Newcastle Corporation

Accounts for shipping coal from St. Lawrence Colliery

Untitled accounts

Account of payments to carriagemen at Bigges Main

Fragment of a note re the life of John Buddle

Papers re a dispute in Chancery between James Musgrave, Sir Wilfred Lawson and Robert Shaftoe Esq v The Bishop of Durham, Lord Ravensworth and others re the ownership of Washington Common

Memoranda book containing a journal and expenses for a visit to York, including a drawing of the Nunnery, Micklegate Bar, York, July - Aug 1824 and personal notes, by John Bell, Windmill Hills, Gateshead

Memoranda book containing notes re seams in Newbottle Colliery, working charges, seams and number of employees in Margaret, Success and Dorothea Pits, by John Watson and (in back) boring accounts for Pallion by Edward Smith

Memoranda book containing a list of Tyne Collieries and prices and a list of coal factors in London with the number of ships cleared

Section of strata from High Main Seam to the Hutton Seam at D. Pit, Urpeth Colliery

Memoranda book containing notes re Mold Town Colliery and (in back) notes re books, addresses and calculations re engine horse power [John Watson]

Report of borings at Witton Park

Memoranda book containing a journal of colliery visits including sections of seams, notes on current workings and working costs at Wallsend, Jarrow, St. Lawrence, Moorsley, North Hetton, Heaton, Lady Jane, Cramlington, Mount Moor, Elm Park and Springwell Collieries and various mathematical calculations

Memoranda book containing notes on various scientific matters including geology, gases, locomotive engines, cliff erosion and carbonated springs, by William Watson, Killingworth Colliery

Coroners inquest on the bodies of John Simpson, Andrew Simpson, John Difty, John Pratt, William Simpson and Charles Halliday killed in Seaton Pit, Seaham

List of names of greyhounds

Account of arrears due to John Watson for subscriptions to Newcastle Races

Note of arrears for

Notes re Milton's Comus relative to the naming of Watson's horses

Account of John Watson with John Smith for expenses in the keeping of Watson's horses

Account of stakes placed at the Newcastle meeting

Letters from John Watson to the Jockey Club re a dispute at the Blyth and Seaton Delaval Races, with opinion of William Lockwood

Memoranda book containing names and amounts subscribed to the Newcastle Races

4 volumes of the Turf Companion annotated by John Watson with notes of his own dealings

Letter from R. Christopher, Stockton, re the supply of books

Letter from W. Harrison, Land Revenue, Whitehall, to Mrs Fryer re mines at Whickham and Softley

Letter from John Grieve to John Surtees re a machine for kirving coal

Copy letter from John Watson to J. King re coal under the Tyne

Letter to Mr T. Dodds, 77 Side, Newcastle, re the printing of handbills with text of A Dialogue between Peter Fearless and Dick Trueman

Pages from a commonplace book of William Cramlington including copy letters to Mr John Brand, Author of the History of Newcastle re fossils in coal mines, 1790, 1798 and notes on various literary and scientific topics

Terms of a lease of Shiremoor Colliery from the Duke of Northumberland for 20 years from

Memoranda re wayleave and spout agreements at Walker, Heaton and Killingworth Collieries with covering letter from John Watson to Mr Turner

Recommendation of Nicholas Wood and William Armstrong of Willington of William Saint to be licenced to sell spirits

Draft advertisement for a school for children and working men at Dixon's Buildings, North Elswick, to be run by James Sinclair, with note of charges

Petition of the colliers of Northumberland and Durham to the House of Commons, note "found on shelf 13"

Note re the death of Thomas Patterson at Kenton, 4 Nov age 37

Notes re various Acts of Parliament re collieries and related matters

Lists of documents and cuttings

Prospectus of the Mexican Mining Association

Plan of mines belonging to the Mexican Mining Company in the State of Oxaca by Louis Niedman, engineer

Sections of the workings of the San Rafael Mine, San Antonio

Prospectus for the Grand Collier Docks, Rotherhide and Depford, including plan of proposed site

Prospectus for the Carmathan Consolidated Lead and Barytes Mine

Notice re the letting of Percy Main Colliery

Bundle of posters and handbills re various colliery and other matters

Bundle of newspaper cuttings on various subjects

Bundle of incomplete returns and receipts

Coal Owners of the Tyne, Wear, Hartley and Blyth re the binding of pitmen, The Rooms

Coal Owners of the Tyne and Wear re binding, The Rooms

Coal Owners of the Wear re the raising of coal prices, The Rooms

Coal Trade Committee, re the raising of prices, The Rooms

Coal Owners of the Tyne and Wear re binding, The Rooms

Coal Owners of the Tyne and Wear re binding

Select Committee re vend leases, The Rooms

Coal Trade Committee, The Rooms

Coal Owners, re binding

Sketch plan of Scremerston Colliery workings with key giving details of workings, no scale

Plan of Brusselton Colliery with key giving details of workings, scale 4ch: 1"

Plan of the workings at Morpeth Banks Colliery belonging to the Duke of Portland, no scale, pencil note "Working Bords Ap 1813"

Ground plan of fire engine (location unspecified) scale 8½': 1"

Plan of Stamfordham Colliery showing area of old workings, coal to be worked and water levels, scale 4ch: 1"

Plan of Cowpen giving field numbers, acreages and some owners, scale 8ch: 1", tracing

Monthly accounts of coal, culm and cinders imported into London, addressed to John Watson, Picton Place, printed

Annual accounts of coal, culm and cinders imported into London, printed

Bills of lading for coal shipped from Newcastle and South Shields from the following colliery companies, -

Backworth Colliery, Northumberland's Wallsend Coal.

Coronation Small Coals.

Garesfield Coal and Cinders.

Garesfield, Ramsay's.

Gateshead Park Colliery, Tyne Main Coal.

Heaton Colliery, Howard Main Coal.

Holywell Collieries, Clark & Co Wallsend Coal.

East Holywell, Bates' West Hartley Coal.

Kibblesworth Wallsend Coal.

Killingworth Wallsend Coal.

Marley Hill, Hutts Tanfield Moor Coal.

Marley Hill, Wood's Garesfield Coal.

Marley Hill Coke.

Pelton Main Coal.

Penshaw, Stewart's Wallsend Steam Coal.

Percy Main, Bewick and Craster's Wallsend Coal.

Rainton and Penshaw.

Tanfield Lea, Tanfield Moor Coal.

Tanfield Moor, South Pontop Coal.

Walker Wallsend Coal.

Willington, Forest Main and Willington Wallsend Coal.

Wylam Moor.

Printed with the coat of arms of the colliery company, manuscript details

Bill for coke delivered on board the O'Connell of Scarborough, printed with scenes of coal shipping on The Tyne and a steam engine, manuscript details

Poll book for the Durham Election, printed

List of freemen living in or near Newcastle taken from the Poll Book

Minutes of a meeting of the Freemen of Durham to support Michael Angelo Taylor as candidate in the Durham Election, printed

Address by Michael Angelo Taylor on his success in the Durham Election, printed

Address to the electors by A Free Burgess in the Newcastle Election, printed

Harrington Estate, Houghton le Spring, to be sold 9 Oct 1819

Nesham Main Colliery, including plan of the colliery, scale 15ch: 1" and plan showing the railway to Sunderland, no scale, to be sold 2 July 1822

Estates in the parishes of Redmarshall, Sedgefield, Easington and Dalton-le-Dale including schedules of field names and acreages, to be sold 26 Jan 1825

Herrington Mill Estate, Houghton le Spring to be sold 24 Nov 1825

Estates at and near Hinckley, Leicestershire and Riton, parish of Bulkington, Warwickshire to be sold 1 Nov 1828

Coal mines at East Benton and Elswick and colliery stock at Elswick, sold as part of a case in Chancery, Orde v Orde, to be sold 5 March 1831

Estates at Houghton Hall, Warden Law and various farms in the parish of Houghton le Spring including plan of the estates and schedules of field names and acreages to be sold 9 Oct

Patents and descriptions of Flat Ropes, by John Curr, 5 June 1804;

Improved Colliery Bow and Hook, n.d. [c.1830]

Weighing Engine, by Hutchinson's, Sheffield, 1831;

Iron Block Chairs. by Read, 10 Oct 1845

Comparative statement of the proceeds of the duty on pig iron

Prospectuses for the following Insurance Companies - Eagle Life, 1807; Guardian Fire and Life, 1821; Scottish Union Fire and Life, 20 Nov 1824; Alliance Life and Fire, 1830.

Pamphlet entitled Silly Billy to His Son Will, Coal Exchange London

Papers re the establishment of a Collier's Fund including articles of agreement, 24 Oct 1810, request for information re colliery accidents, 31 July 1815 and explanation of management terms, by John Buddle, 22 Dec 1815

Binding agreements (not completed)

Statement of coal imported into London and the number of ships entered by each factor

Lists of subscribers to social events including the Grand Ball and Supper of the Orange Boven, 22 Dec 1813, Northumberland Masonic Festival, 1 Aug 1814, Company at Harrogate, 1 Aug 1818, Exchange Subscription Rooms, 1821.

Resolutions and petitions re coal duties, 1816 - 1823 and printed statement of facts re the proposed export duty on coal including tables of prices for Newcastle and Sunderland coal in London, 1801 - 1841, coal exports, 1833 - 1841 and foreign coal produced 1814 - 1835, c.1842

Circular letters, resolutions and subscription lists re the making of presentations to Sir Humphrey Davy and George Stephenson in recognition of their work, with description of the working of Davy's lamp

Memorial to the lessees and lessors of collieries from the Colliery Viewers Association with covering letter from John Buddle

Particulars of contracts for supplying coal to troops in barracks

List of collieries on the Tyne, Wear and Blyth with details of the vend, 1820 - 1821, average weekly earnings, 1831, prices, 1 Jan 1832 and representatives, 1831 - 1832. printed with manuscript additions

Minutes, resolutions and notices of the Coal Trade Committee as follows -

Statement by J. Ryan F.S.A. of the effectiveness of his method of clearing coal seams from fire damp

Return of work for the Hetton Coal Company not completed

Prospectuses and share application certificates for the following Railway Companies -

East London Rail Road and Steam Navigation Dock Co, letter only, 22 Aug 1827

Great Western, London to Bristol including plan Aug 1833

Great Eastern Union, Newcastle to Dunbar, including plan, 7 July 1836

Newcastle and London, Midland Counties and South Yorkshire Coal Railways

Prospectus for a new volume of the Merchant Ship Owners and Masters Import and Export Guide, with list of subscribers

Circular letter to the creditors of Mr Wade of Silksworth from Matthias Dunn

Circular letter to Sir Francis Blake re a prospectus for the Morpeth to Newcastle Railway, from Matthias Dunn

Forms for the return of numbers employed and coal produced at Byers Green, not completed

Pamphlet entitled The Haswell Explosion and the Ventilation of Mines by James Mather

Minute of a Directors' Meeting of the Ecton Copper Mines

Regulations of the Cost Book Principle

Report of the establishment of a Mining College by the Council of the Institute of Mining Engineers, with covering letter from Thomas Doubleday

Return of the trade at Swansea Harbour for the year ending

Report on the use of steam coal from the Hartley District for Marine Boilers by W.G. Armstrong and others

Tables showing the Newcastle Statute Coal Measures, converted into weight and relative prices

Broadsheet offering a £50 reward for information re a robbery at Heaton Colliery

Broadsheet entitled Suspected Murder in Hanover Square, Newcastle giving a report from the Newcastle Guardian

Notice by the London Coal Factors re the procedure for the regulation of coal meters at the Port of London

Extracts reprinted from Newspapers re a meeting of the Willington and Wallsend Agricultural Society, 8 Nov 1813 and the Newcastle Volunteer Dinner, 10 Nov 1813, sent to John Watson

Broadsheet entitled Dreadful Explosion of the New Pit at Wallsend Colliery... describing the explosion and loss of 52 lives. Lists names of the victims

Broadsheet entitled A Full and Particular Account of a Murder Committed on the Body of Henry Curry, Pitman, Native of Fatfield, by Thomas Atkinson, who cruelly killed him with a rail, Sunday April 11, 1824 at Birtley

Broadsheet entitled To the Ship Owners of Newcastle and Shields, from A well Wisher in the Coal Trade, re the effects of a reduction of duties on coal from the Forest of Dean

Extracts reprinted from the Tyne Mercury re a House of Lords Committee to investigate colliery accidents

Letter from Hugh Taylor printed in the Newcastle Chronicle re the duration of the Northumberland and Durham Coalfields

Broadsheet entitled Table of Advice. How to Guard Against the Cholera. extracted from Dr White's pamphlet

Broadsheet entitled Dreadful Fire accompanied with the Loss of Life... Tyne Street, Newcastle describing the fire at the house of John Dixon, painter

Broadsheet giving an account of a storm at Sunderland including the wreck of the Bee

Broadsheet entitled Port of London, Coal Trade Bill, giving a copy of a letter from William Richmond to the Newcastle Journel

Broadsheet entitled The Coal Trade giving a copy of a letter from William Richmond to the Coal Trade Committee

Sale poster advertising the sale of colliery materials at Shield Field by Messrs Small and Brough

Broadsheet advertising a school for children and evening classes for working men at Dixon's Buildings, North Elswick, by James Sinclair

Broadsheet entitled Cruel and Daring Murder Committed on the Body of Thomas Robson, Engine-man of Betty Pit...near Birtley

Broadsheet entitled Strike of the Pitmen in Durham and Northumberland, reprinted extracts from the Newcastle Journal

Broadsheet entitled...Murder committed by Michael Kelly on the body of the Wife...in Pandon

Broadsheet entitled Another Outbreak in...Manchester...Alarming Destruction of Property by the mob

Broadsheet warning against reductions in wages being offered to hewers at Barrington Colliery

Poster advertising a Public Meeting re the Alarming State of the Coal Trade, to be held at the Lecture Room, Nelson Street, issued by the miner's society

Extract reprinted from the Daily Chronicle describing rescue work after the Hartley Pit disaster

Copy letter from W. Wood to the Newcastle Chronicle re his invention of a rescue apparatus for use in mining accidents, with drawing of the apparatus

Broadsheet entitled Trial of John Bambrough and Anthony Bateson for forging and Offering a Bond for £100

Broadsheet entitled Trial Sentance and Confession of Courvoisier for the Munder of Lord W. Russell

Broadsheet entitled Dreadful and Alarming Fire on Pandon Bank

Broadsheet entitled Barbarous Murder...of Mary Jackson...near Tynemouth...by William Clark

Broadsheet entitled To the Charitable Humane, satirical appeal for charity to "Hon Tom Shuffleton"

Broadsheet entitled Hint to Husbands and Wives, or an Entertaining Dialogue between a Man and his Wife in this Neighbourhood concerning House Keeping, includes details of food prices and song, entitled, on the theme of household expenditure

Song entitled The Miners Friend by W. Johnson, Framwellgate Moor

Song entitled Fish Betty's Account of Herself. A Parody on Billy Oliver

Pages from The Gentleman's Magazine re the great frosts, 1608 - 1709, 1740; life in the North of England. 16 May 1737; Whitehaven Mines, May 1755

Page from Select Poetry containing a sketch by "Lychnophorus" re Sir Humphrey's Davy Lamp