Bearpark Colliery

Research Notes

• Ref: D/X 696 8/26 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photographs of sheet from pay book, no. 13 pay, ending 31 August 1872
• Ref: D/X 696 8/16 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of Fry Street showing central railway, c.1900
• Ref: D/X 696 8/19 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of engine for feeding beehive coke ovens, c.1900
• Ref: D/X 696 8/20 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Negative photograph of engine for feeding beehive coke ovens, c.1900
• Ref: D/X 696 8/30 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of children at school, c.1900
• Ref: D/X 696 8/31 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Negative photograph of children at school, c.1900
• Ref: D/X 696 8/33 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of school group, not dated [c.1900]
• Ref: NCB 19/2/3/135 — Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Company Ltd. - A plan of Bearpark Colliery, 12 December 1912. Scale: 1:2500
• Ref: NCB 19/2/3/136 — Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Company Ltd. - A plan of Bearpark Colliery, 24 February 1913. Scale: 1:2500
• Ref: D/X 696 8/1 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Negative photograph of newly-recruited pitmen, 1916
• Ref: D/X 696 8/1A — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of newly-recruited pitmen, 1916
• Ref: D/X 696 8/7 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of people in blacksmith shop, 1918
• Ref: D/X 696 8/22 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of pitmen, 1918
• Ref: D/X 696 8/9 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of colliery band during its first year, 1920
• Ref: D/X 696 8/32 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of Swan Street, Bearpark, showing evidence of flooding, not dated [c.1920]
• Ref: D/X 696 8/34 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of The Croft, Bearpark, not dated [c.1920]
• Ref: D/X 696 8/35 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of The Croft, Bearpark, not dated [c.1920]
• Ref: D/X 696 8/21 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of 'Free Breakfast Workers' in soup kitchen, 1921
• Ref: D/X 696 8/8 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of locomotive named 'Florence', 1924
• Ref: D/X 696 8/23 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Negative photograph of school gardens and mission room, 1924
• Ref: D/X 696 8/24 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of two men standing in front of lorry belonging to Bearpark Coal and Coke Company, 1925
• Ref: D/X 696 8/10 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Negative photograph of colliery St. John's Ambulance Team with Dr. Brown Cup, 1927
• Ref: D/X 696 8/12 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of bowls club, 1928
• Ref: D/X 696 8/18 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of Bearpark Welfare Bowling Club with Dr. Brown Cup and tradesmen's medals, 1928
• Ref: D/X 696 8/28 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of gathering of Women's Institute, mid-late 1930s
• Ref: D/X 696 8/36 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of Dixon family group, not dated [c.1930]
• Ref: D/X 696 8/37 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of participants in an historical pageant in the Town Hall, Durham, not dated [c.1930]
• Ref: D/X 696 8/4 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of view of colliery from Institute, 1935
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 106/11 — Agreement between North Eastern Electric Supply Company and The Bearpark Coal Company Ltd. covering the supply energy at Bearpark, Burnhope and East Hedley Hope Collieries, January 1936 - April 1946
• Ref: D/X 696 8/15 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of Bearpark Council School football team, 1945-1946
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 57/11 — Balance sheet audit, Bearpark Unit, 1947
• Ref: D/X 696 8/13 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Negative photograph of school garden and colliery tip heap, 1948
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 24/6 — Rights to withdraw support, Bearpark Unit, Northern Division, February 1948 - December 1951
• Ref: D/X 696 8/14 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of last gala parade of colliery banner depicting Billy Kingston, 1950
• Ref: NCB 24/117 — Public Relations Office Files - Historical and statistical information for specific collieries: Adventure, Bearpark, Blackhall, Boldon, Dawdon, Dean and Chapter, Easington, Eppleton, Garesfield, Harraton, Hawthorn Combined (Murton, Eppleton, Elemore), Herrington, Horden, Houghton, Hylton, Kibblesworth, Kimblesworth, Langley Park, Murton, Sacriston, Seaham, Sherburn, Silksworth, South Hetton, Tudhoe Park, Ushaw Moor, Vane Tempest, Wardley/Usworth, Washington 'F', Washington Glebe, Wearmouth, Wheatley Hill and for groups of collieries (including Northumberland), (c.1950 - c.1980)
• Ref: D/X 696 8/29 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of crowd at Miners' Gala, July 1952
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 37/2 — Colliery specification, working and projection of results, Bearpark Colliery, 1954
• Ref: NCB 24/3 — Public Relations Office Files - Bearpark colliery, 12 January 1960 - 5 April 1984
• Ref: NCB 24/3A — Public Relations Office Files - Bearpark colliery (press-cuttings) 10 October 1960 - 22 June 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 235/4 — Register of persons employed, Bearpark Colliery, 1965 - 1969
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 94/12 — Inspection reports, Bearpark Colliery, March 1968 - December 1975
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 94/9 — Monthly inspection reports, Bearpark Brickworks, April 1968 - April 1971
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 94/8 — Inspection reports, Bearpark Colliery, September 1968 - November 1975
• Ref: D/X 696 8/38 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of Bearpark Lodge banner, showing Bearpark Aged Miners' Home, not dated [c.1970]
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 92/10 — Pit meetings, Bearpark Colliery, November 1970 - May 1972
• Ref: D/X 696 8/27 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Negative photograph of sheet from pay book, no. 13 pay, ending 31 August 1972
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 91/1 — Conciliation meetings, Bearpark Colliery, April 1974 - December 1981
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 174/1 — Colliery meetings, Bearpark Colliery, May 1974 - October 1982
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 223/9 — Colliery review procedure, Bearpark Colliery, July 1974 - March 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 136/1 — Capital expenditure, Bearpark Colliery, February 1975 - January 1984
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 94/1 — Coal washing and disposal of waste, Bearpark Colliery, February 1975 - March 1985
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 94/15 — Meeting minutes and agreements, Bearpark Colliery, July 1975 - December 1976
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 212/3 — Starters, Bearpark Colliery, September 1977 - April 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 235/6 — Signing-on register, Bearpark Colliery, January 1978 - August 1980
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 212/4 — Leavers, Bearpark Colliery, April 1979 - July 1981
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 116/5 — Employee list, Bearpark Colliery, December 1982 - October 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 212/5 — Leavers, Bearpark Colliery, January 1983 - November 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 29/1 — Salvage, Bearpark Colliery, October 1983 - May 1985
• Ref: D/X 696 8/2 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of view from near Stotgate across the Browney Valley to Bearpark, 1984
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 60/9 — Colliery closure and salvage procedure, Bearpark Colliery, January 1984 - August 1985
• Ref: D/X 696 8/39 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Souvenir leaflet issued on the dedication of plaques in St. Edmund's Church, Bearpark, and Bearpark Methodist Church, to mark the closure of Bearpark Colliery on 7 April 1984, including a list of those killed at Bearpark Colliery, 1872-1984, July 1984
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 152/1 — Reclamation of derelict land, Bearpark Colliery, August 1984 - November 1984
• Ref: D/X 531/30 — File of the National Coal Board, Northumberland and Durham Division No. 4 Area 'C' group concerning Bearpark Mine - Harvey Seam (N) granting of Fore Drift Damsite
• Ref: D/X 696 8/3 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of Sir Theodore Fry, not dated
• Ref: D/X 696 8/5 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of The Institute, with Institute Terrace, not dated
• Ref: D/X 696 8/6 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of Aged Miners' Homes, not dated
• Ref: D/X 696 8/11 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of seal of Bearpark Coal and Coke Company, Ltd., not dated
• Ref: D/X 696 8/17 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of colliery 'Before chimneys demolished', not dated
• Ref: D/X 696 8/25 — Photographs collected for Douglas Pocock, A Mining World: The Story of Bearpark, County Durham, (1985), published by the City of Durham Trust - Photograph of marchers at Miners' Gala outside County Hotel, Durham, not dated
• Ref: NCB 19/2/3/134 — Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Company Ltd. - A blueprint of Bearpark Colliery, showing water level and the position of a hydraulic pump. Scale: horizontal 1 chain to 1 inch [1:792], vertical 10 feet to 1 inch [1:120]
• Ref: NCB 25/68 Interim List — Photographs from Bearpark Colliery, not dated
• Ref: NCB 01/X 195-206 — Photographs: Bearpark "old winding engine", interior and exterior views, including one showing engineman, not dated; Nettlesworth Drift, "old horse-driven gin pump", not dated; Edmondsley, Littletown, Sherburn, Sherburn Hill, and Sherburn House, general views of pit heads, not dated

• Ref: 3015 — Viewers reports, 1870-1892