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Name   Date   Age  Information
Besant, Annie  1876 Speaker at the Durham Miners' Gala
  1884 Speaker at the Durham Miners' Gala
  12 Jul 1902 Newspaper article
Besant, G. H.  04 Dec 1884 17Accident at Gin
  04 Dec 1884 17Injured at Gin
Besford, J. E.  07 Aug 1942 Newspaper article
Besford, J. R.  07 Aug 1942 Newspaper article
Besford, J. W.  09 Jan 1942 Newspaper article
  1954 Guide to the Coalfields
Besford, John  1859-60 Pitmens' Bond
  1862-63 Pitmens' Bond
  1864-65 Pitmens' Bond
  12 Oct 1946 66Fatality at Hartford
  12 Oct 1946 66Personal Page
Besford, Joseph (Sr.)  1859-60 Pitmens' Bond
Besford, Joseph  1837-38 Pitmens' Bond
  1840-41 Pitmens' Bond
  1840-41 Miners' Condition Book
  1841-42 Pitmens' Bond
  1842-43 Pitmens' Bond
  1843-44 Pitmens' Bond
  1844 Pitmens' Bond
Besford, Thomas Robson  23 Dec 1941 37Fatality at Crofton, Mill Pit
  23 Dec 1941 37Personal Page
Besford, W.  1865-66 Pitmens' Bond
Besford, William  1859-60 Pitmens' Bond
Besfort, John  1856 Pitmens' Bond
Besley, Dr.  17 Mar 1860 Newspaper article
Besley, John  09 Oct 1852 Newspaper article
Besley, Rev. Dr.  1842 Children's Employment Commission
Besnett, John  19 Aug 1921 43Personal Page
  19 Aug 1921 43Fatality at Parkhead
Besom, Matthew  15 Aug 1848 16Fatality at Murton, Polka Pit
  15 Aug 1848 16Personal Page
  18 Aug 1848 16Newspaper article
  19 Aug 1848 16Newspaper article
  26 Aug 1848 16Newspaper article
  26 Aug 1848 16Newspaper article
Bessant, D. C.  17 May 1965 Official accident report (role: Witness)
Bessant, Kenneth I.  11 Sep 1954 23Personal Page
  11 Sep 1954 23Fatality at Cambrian
Bessant, William Henry  09 Aug 1929 42Personal Page
  09 Aug 1929 42Fatality at Cannop
Bessell, Cyril  08 Oct 1927 Personal Page
  08 Oct 1927 Fatality at Tirpentwys
Bessemer, -  31 Jul 1862 Newspaper article
  17 Aug 1869 Newspaper article
  17 Aug 1869 Newspaper article
  09 Oct 1873 Newspaper article
  05 Feb 1880 Newspaper article
  09 Aug 1941 Newspaper article
Bessemer, H.  17 Aug 1869 Newspaper article
Bessemer, Henry  21 Dec 1904 Newspaper article
Bessford, D.  11 Jul 1936 Newspaper article
Bessford, John  1847 Pitmens' Bond
  1863-64 Pitmens' Bond
  17 Jun 1868 33Fatality at Harraton
  17 Jun 1868 33Personal Page
Bessford, Joseph  1838-39 Pitmens' Bond
  1841-42 Miners' Condition Book
  1842-43 Miners' Condition Book
  1843-44 Miners' Condition Book
  1847 Pitmens' Bond
Bessford, Robert  1811 Pitmens' Bond
Bessford, William  24 Oct 1922 33Accident at Stargate
Besson, Thomas  01 May 1882 41Personal Page
  01 May 1882 41Fatality at Baddesley
Best, -   Borings & Sinkings (Entry No. 119)
  03 Sep 1858 Newspaper article
  15 Jun 1940 Newspaper article
Best, B.  13 Aug 1875 Personal Page
  13 Aug 1875 Fatality at Andrew Hill
Best, Charles  13 Jun 1925 35Fatality at South Skelton (Ironstone)
  13 Jun 1925 35Personal Page
  13 Jun 1925 35Tombstone - death recorded
Best, E.  13 Apr 1934 Newspaper article
  1947 NCB Staff: Area General Manager
  1948 Guide to the Coalfields
  1948 NCB Staff: Area General Manager
  1949 NCB Staff: General Manager
  1950 NCB Staff: General Manager
Best, Earle  03 Sep 1909 Managers Certificate (1st Class)
  1910 Manager at Elemore
  1915-1916 Membership of I.M.E.
  1915 Manager at Hetton
  1916-1917 Membership of N.E.I.M.M.E.
  1919-1920 Membership of N.E.I.M.M.E.
  1919-1920 Membership of I.M.E.
  1919 Manager at Hetton
  1921 Manager at Hetton
  1925 Manager at Hetton
  1930 Manager at Shotton
  13 Apr 1934 Newspaper article
  20 Jul 1934 Newspaper article
  30 Nov 1934 Newspaper article
  1935-1936 Membership of I.M.E.
  1935 Manager at Horden
  11 Jan 1935 Newspaper article
  07 Dec 1936 Newspaper article
  03 Aug 1937 Newspaper article
  06 Aug 1937 Newspaper article
  1940 Manager at Horden
  1947 Agent for Horden Collieries Ltd.
  30 Sep 1950 Newspaper article
   Who's Who entry
Best, Edward John   Order of Industrial Heroism
  22 Nov 1954 Award for Gallantry
  22 Feb 1955 Newspaper article
Best, Edward  27 Oct 1865 13Fatality at Wylam
  27 Oct 1865 13Personal Page
  03 Nov 1865 13Newspaper article
  04 Nov 1865 13Newspaper article
Best, George  25 Sep 1847 Newspaper article
  21 Mar 1890 24Accident at Furzyground (Metalliferous)
  21 Mar 1890 24Injured at Furzyground (Metalliferous)
  03 Dec 1936 60Personal Page
  03 Dec 1936 60Tombstone - death recorded
  30 Dec 1939 Newspaper article
  17 May 1955 Accident at Leasingthorne
Best, Isabella  03 Apr 1881 20Who's Who Census entry
Best, J. B.  01 Apr 1935 36Fatality at Lambton
  01 Apr 1935 36Personal Page
Best, J. R.  03 Jul 1952 Accident at Horden
Best, J.  17 Jan 1935 Newspaper article
Best, James (Jr.)  1839-40 Pitmens' Bond
Best, James  1839-40 Pitmens' Bond
  18 Feb 1864 Newspaper article
  25 Feb 1864 Newspaper article
  27 Feb 1864 Newspaper article
  08 Sep 1880 Compensation Settlement
  08 Sep 1880 51Fatality at Seaham
  08 Sep 1880 51Personal Page
  10 Sep 1880 Newspaper article
  27 Aug 1888 47Fatality at Hetton
  27 Aug 1888 47Personal Page
  30 Aug 1888 47Newspaper article
  07 Feb 1908 14Fatality at Elemore
  07 Feb 1908 14Personal Page
Best, Jane  08 Sep 1880 50Compensation Settlement
Best, John  1804-05 Pitmens' Bond
  1806-07 Pitmens' Bond
  05 Sep 1877 51Fatality at Normanby (Ironstone)
  05 Sep 1877 51Personal Page
  27 Dec 1897 54Fatality at Victoria Garesfield
  27 Dec 1897 54Personal Page
  17 Apr 1914 Accident at Dunston
  08 Sep 1955 Accident at Horden
Best, Joseph  1839-40 Pitmens' Bond
  11 Jul 1871 15Fatality at Pelton
  11 Jul 1871 15Personal Page
  28 Jul 1923 19Personal Page
  28 Jul 1923 19Fatality at Maltby Main
  28 Jul 1923 19Official accident report (role: Fatality)
Best, Martin  08 May 1888 21Fatality at Seaham
  08 May 1888 21Personal Page
Best, Matthew  28 Aug 1851 12Fatality at Murton
  28 Aug 1851 12Personal Page
  06 Sep 1851 12Newspaper article
  02 Jul 1906 28Fatality at West Pelton
  02 Jul 1906 28Personal Page
Best, P. T. H.  17 May 1965 Official accident report (role: Witness)
Best, Robert Pearson  24 Apr 1936 27Fatality at Kimblesworth
  24 Apr 1936 27Personal Page
Best, Robert  31 Oct 1860 17Fatality at Murton
  31 Oct 1860 17Personal Page
Best, Samuel  15 Dec 1909 51Fatality at Eston (Ironstone)
  15 Dec 1909 51Personal Page
Best, Sarah   Tombstone - name mentioned
Best, Stephen  08 Jun 1856 Fatality at Bigges Main
  08 Jun 1856 Personal Page
  14 Jun 1856 Newspaper article
  14 Jun 1856 Newspaper article
  21 Jun 1856 Newspaper article
Best, T.  21 Jul 1938 Newspaper article
Best, Thomas  05 Sep 1868 36Fatality at Murton
  05 Sep 1868 36Personal Page
  08 Jan 1874 15Fatality at Kirkleatham
  08 Jan 1874 15Personal Page
  26 Aug 1892 Managers Certificate (2nd Class)
  20 May 1915 Newspaper article
  20 May 1915 Newspaper article
Best, W. C.  1958 Guide to the Coalfields
  1961 Guide to the Coalfields
  1965 Guide to the Coalfields
Best, W.  2 Feb 1914 D.M.A. Election
  21 Jul 1938 Newspaper article
Best, Walter H.  06 Mar 1900 14Personal Page
  06 Mar 1900 14Fatality at Northfields (Chalk)
Best, William  1839-40 Pitmens' Bond
  03 Mar 1846 30Fatality at Moorsley
  03 Mar 1846 30Personal Page
  1893-1894 Membership of I.M.E.
  1894-1895 Membership of I.M.E.
  2 Feb 1914 D.M.A. Election
Bestall, Arthur  03 Nov 1910 17Personal Page
  03 Nov 1910 17Fatality at Darfield Main
Bestford, Adam Lee  03 Aug 1938 65Fatality at Bedlington, A Pit
  03 Aug 1938 65Personal Page
Bestford, Albert  03 Aug 1911 21Newspaper article
Bestford, Ann  03 Apr 1881 36Census extract
Bestford, Annie   10Compensation Settlement
  03 Apr 1881 24Census extract
Bestford, Edith Mildred   3Compensation Settlement
Bestford, Edward  1837-38 Pitmens' Bond
  03 Apr 1881 8Census extract
Bestford, Elizabeth  03 Apr 1881 10Census extract
Bestford, Hannah  03 Apr 1881 6Census extract
Bestford, John Robert  02 Mar 1914 15Accident at Tursdale
Bestford, John  1837-38 Pitmens' Bond
  1856-57 Pitmens' Bond
  1858-59 Pitmens' Bond
  1860-61 Pitmens' Bond
  1861-62 Pitmens' Bond
Bestford, Joseph  1839-40 Pitmens' Bond
  1856-57 Pitmens' Bond
  1856 Pitmens' Bond
  1857-58 Pitmens' Bond
  1858-59 Pitmens' Bond
  1860-61 Pitmens' Bond
  1861-62 Pitmens' Bond
  1862-63 Pitmens' Bond
  1863-64 Pitmens' Bond
  1864-65 Pitmens' Bond
  1865-66 Pitmens' Bond
  1866-67 Pitmens' Bond
Bestford, Mary Ann  03 Apr 1881 18Census extract
Bestford, Mary J.   Tombstone - name mentioned
Bestford, Mary Jane Swainston   15Compensation Settlement
Bestford, Mary Jane   40Compensation Settlement
  03 Apr 1881 12Census extract
Bestford, Nellie  26 Sep 1922 6Tombstone - death recorded
Bestford, Robert  03 Apr 1881 25Census extract
  09 Dec 1927 31Newspaper article
Bestford, Thomas  03 Apr 1881 38Census extract
  11 Feb 1882 40Fatality at North Brancepeth
  11 Feb 1882 40Personal Page
  28 Oct 1927 14Fatality at Lambton
  28 Oct 1927 14Personal Page
Bestford, W. C.  16 Feb 1938 Newspaper article
  25 Apr 1938 Newspaper article
Bestford, W.  1858-59 Pitmens' Bond
  21 Jul 1938 Newspaper article
Bestford, William  1856-57 Pitmens' Bond
  1856 Pitmens' Bond
  1857-58 Pitmens' Bond
  1860-61 Pitmens' Bond
  1861-62 Pitmens' Bond
  1862-63 Pitmens' Bond
  1863-64 Pitmens' Bond
  1864-65 Pitmens' Bond
  1866-67 Pitmens' Bond
  03 Apr 1881 1Census extract
  29 Oct 1924 45Fatality at Leasingthorne
  29 Oct 1924 45Personal Page
  29 Oct 1924 45Tombstone - death recorded
Bestnick, William  13 Aug 1866 10Personal Page
  13 Aug 1866 10Fatality at West Hallam (Ironstone)
Bestwick, Archibald  28 Jun 1943 52Personal Page
  28 Jun 1943 52Fatality at Coppice
Bestwick, Joseph  13 Jul 1902 55Personal Page
  13 Jul 1902 55Fatality at Wollaton
Bestwick, R.  08 Oct 1938 Newspaper article
Bestwick, Robert  10 May 1909 Managers Certificate (2nd Class)
Bestwick, Thomas  30 Aug 1873 14Personal Page
  30 Aug 1873 14Fatality at Langley
Bestwick, William  31 Jan 1888 Managers Certificate (2nd Class)
  06 May 1938 62Newspaper article
Bestwick, William, junr.  31 Jul 1896 Managers Certificate (2nd Class)
Beswich, William  17 Apr 1878 Managers Certificate (1st Class)
Beswick, A., Mrs.  1933 Director of Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd.
  1937 Director of Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd.
  1940 Director of Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd.
  1947 Director of Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd.
Beswick, Albert  13 May 1924 19Accident at Mains
  13 May 1924 19Injured at Mains
Beswick, Charles  04 Dec 1894 33Accident at Brown Hills
  04 Dec 1894 33Injured at Brown Hills
Beswick, Frank  15 Nov 1905 Managers Certificate (2nd Class)
Beswick, G.  13 Jan 1854 Personal Page
  13 Jan 1854 Fatality at Edge Lane and Dryclough
  23 Feb 1942 Newspaper article
Beswick, George  23 Nov 1894 60Accident at Mossfield
  23 Nov 1894 60Injured at Mossfield
Beswick, J.  02 Sep 1864 Personal Page
  02 Sep 1864 Fatality at Bucknall
  1961 Guide to the Coalfields
  1965 Guide to the Coalfields
  1968 Guide to the Coalfields
Beswick, James  09 Apr 1873 Managers Certificate (1st Class)
  05 Nov 1912 23Personal Page
  05 Nov 1912 23Fatality at Top o' th' Meadow
  12 May 1917 33Personal Page
  12 May 1917 33Fatality at Astley Green
Beswick, John  16 Jun 1857 Personal Page
  16 Jun 1857 Fatality at Agecroft
Beswick, Jonathan  12 May 1873 Personal Page
  12 May 1873 Fatality at Lee
Beswick, Joseph  25 Sep 1924 25Personal Page
  25 Sep 1924 25Fatality at Hickleton Main
Beswick, Michael  11 Dec 1858 13Personal Page
  11 Dec 1858 13Fatality at Tyldesley
Beswick, Robert  06 May 1862 Newspaper article
  1891-1892 Membership of I.M.E.
  1892-1893 Membership of I.M.E.
  1893-1894 Membership of I.M.E.
  1894-1895 Membership of I.M.E.
  1896-1897 Membership of I.M.E.
Beswick, Robert, junr.  04 Jun 1873 Managers Certificate (1st Class)
Beswick, T. M.  23 Sep 1938 Newspaper article
  31 Jul 1939 Newspaper article
Beswick, T.  01 Oct 1937 Newspaper article
  31 Jul 1939 Newspaper article
Beswick, Thomas  11 Dec 1858 Personal Page
  11 Dec 1858 Fatality at Tyldesley
  10 Nov 1887 55Accident at Scout Moor
  10 Nov 1887 55Injured at Scout Moor
  09 Feb 1893 16Personal Page
  09 Feb 1893 16Fatality at Yew Tree
  1933 Chairman of Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd.
  1933 Director of Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd.
  1937 Chairman of Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd.
  1937 Director of Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd.
  1940 Chairman of Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd.
  1940 Director of Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd.
  1947 Chairman of Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd.
  1947 Director of Chamber Colliery Co., Ltd.
   Who's Who entry
Beswick, W. R.  13 Jul 1934 Newspaper article
  13 Jul 1934 Newspaper article
Beswick, W.  16 Nov 1854 BoyPersonal Page
  16 Nov 1854 BoyFatality at Walmersley
Beswick, William  11 Dec 1858 11Personal Page
  11 Dec 1858 11Fatality at Tyldesley
  08 Jan 1866 37Personal Page
  08 Jan 1866 37Fatality at Bower
  18 Apr 1878 45Personal Page
  18 Apr 1878 45Fatality at New Langley
  13 Jan 1928 38Accident at Pendlebury
  13 Jan 1928 38Injured at Pendlebury
Beswicke, William  1875-1876 Membership of N.E.I.M.M.E.
  1876-1877 Membership of N.E.I.M.M.E.
  1877-1878 Membership of N.E.I.M.M.E.
  1878-1879 Membership of N.E.I.M.M.E.
  1879-1880 Membership of N.E.I.M.M.E.
  1880-1881 Membership of N.E.I.M.M.E.

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