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Castle Eden Colliery

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Durham Record Office, County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL

  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Ref: D/X 411/55 — Photograph of Castle Eden Colliery, 1878
    • Ref: D/X 411/161 — General pay cost sheet for Castle Eden Colliery, 1876
    • Ref: D/X 411/275 — 'Flooded Colliery, why Castle Eden Pitt closed in 1893, Disaster after Strike', (annotated by Ralph Lee as a copy of an undated cutting from the Northern Echo), not dated
    • Ref: D/X 411/276 — A page with a black and white photograph of Tippler House, Blackhall, and on the reverse a black and white photograph of the new Castle Eden Colliery, in course of development, not dated (20th century)
  • National Coal Board — 1st Deposit
    • Ref: NCB 01/X 6 — Castle Eden Colliery, report and valuation by Matthew Heckles for George Pyman, 1882; letter from Thomas Bell, H.M. Inspector of Mines, to E. R. Whitwell, re his knowledge of the colliery over 20 years and proposed new pits, 1898; letter from J. F. Lee to J. J. Prest re his knowledge of the colliery gained while manager, 1883-1893, in connection with new pits on Hardwick and Hesledon estates, 1908 [copies]
  • National Coal Board — 13th Deposit
    • Ref: NCB 13/132 — Horden Collieries Ltd. - Letter from Thomas Watson to R. Forster at Castle Eden Colliery concerning Wingate School Board providing school accommodation for their district, 12 October 1896
    • Ref: NCB 13/270 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from B. Forster, Castle Eden Colliery, clerk of Wingate School Board, to Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning lease of school buildings at Deaf Hill, 23 November 1896
    • Ref: NCB 13/365 — 1961 - (1) National Coal Board ; (2) Sunderland and South Shields Water Company. Draft agreement for (1) to supply to (2) water from limestone at Castle Eden Colliery, from pumping station at Hesleden Dene and from water main at Horden. Consideration: 9.425d. per thousand gallons by (2) to (1)
  • National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
    • Ref: NCB 33/Box 12/18 — Colliery specification, Ludworth and Castle Eden Collieries, not dated [1954]
  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Ref: D/X 912/1 — Castle Eden Colliery - Surface time book, 17 December 1938 - 7 December 1940
    • Ref: D/X 912/2 — Castle Eden Colliery - Surface time book, 11 January 1941 - 10 April 1943
    • Ref: D/X 912/3 — Castle Eden Colliery - Surface time book, 9 June 1945 - 13 May 1950
    • Ref: D/X 977/1 — List of measurements relating to Castle Eden Colliery signed by Edward Bousted, not dated
    • Ref: D/X 977/2 — Letter from Joseph Thompson of Penshaw to Edward Bousted of Castle Eden Colliery, concerning the cleaning of three boilers, 25 September 1882
    • Ref: D/X 999/11 — Henderson McGill Elliot, senior (1840-1899) - Testimonials by Vincent W. Corbett, Londonderry Offices; T. Laverick, Castle Eden Colliery; Robert Laverick, Rainton Collieries, and George Elliot, Houghton Hall, for Henderson McGill Elliot, 25 April 1876 - 15 July 1876
    • Ref: D/X 1217/1 — Surface time book for Castle Eden Colliery giving names, occupations, days worked and tasks undertaken, weeks ending 29 August 1925 - 27 November 1926
    • Ref: D/X 1217/2 — Surface time book for Castle Eden Colliery giving names, occupations, days worked and tasks undertaken, weeks ending 4 December 1926 - 20 August 1927
    • Ref: D/X 1217/3 — Surface time book for Castle Eden Colliery giving names, occupations, days worked and tasks undertaken, weeks ending 15 July 1950 - 15 February 1956
    • Ref: D/X 1217/4 — Accident report book for Castle Eden Colliery (Horden Collieries, Ltd.), 30 December 1926 - 27 November 1929

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