Charlaw Colliery

Research Notes

• National Coal Board — 30th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 86/17 — Balance sheet audit, Charlaw Colliery, 1947
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 175/1 — Employees, Charlaw Colliery, February 1902 - January 1921
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 176/8 — Conditions of hiring, Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries, November 1939 - April 1967
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 176/9 — Conditions of hiring, Charlaw and Sacriston Collieries, December 1926 - November 1939

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 100/3 — Hire book, Charlaw Colliery, December 1926 - February 1965

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 1354/2 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for days, and measurements of coal in the Hutton seam, 22 December 1888
• Ref: D/X 1354/3 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for 20% advance in 7th west and cross cut flats in the Hutton seam, with attached plan of the underground workings, 7 February 1889
• Ref: D/X 1354/4 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for fixing Longwall prices in the Hutton seam, 12 September 1892
• Ref: D/X 1354/5 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing cross cut prices in named flats in the High Hutton seam, 13 October 1892
• Ref: D/X 1354/6 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for cavilling rules in the Low Hutton seam, 9 November 1894
• Ref: D/X 1354/7 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for the increase in hewing prices in the Hutton seam over various flats, 3 July 1896
• Ref: D/X 1354/8 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for the increase in hewing prices in various flats in the High and Low Hutton seams, 26 September 1896
• Ref: D/X 1354/9 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for penalties, prices and practices in the Hutton and Low Main seams, 23 December 1896
• Ref: D/X 1354/10 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for the increase in hewing prices at named flats in the High and Low Hutton seam, 22 May 1897
• Ref: D/X 1354/11 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for a 10% increase in lieu of percentage operating in their main cross cut, 6th west, Hutton seam, 14 August 1899. Includes: plan of the main cross cut 1st north and 6th west, 1899
• Ref: D/X 1354/12 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing prices in the Low Main seam, 26 February 1899
• Ref: D/X 1354/13 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing prices for double stall working in the Hutton seam, 26 June 1899
• Ref: D/X 1354/14 — Charlaw Pit - Adjudication by T. Lambert, solicitor, for gross whole score prices in the Low Hutton seam, 1 November 1899
• Ref: D/X 1354/15 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for strait south and Langley cross cut prices in the Hutton seam, 11 August 1900
• Ref: D/X 1354/16 — Charlaw Pit - Memorandum of agreement for stall workings in the Hutton seam, 3 November 1900
• Ref: D/X 1354/17 — Charlaw Pit - Memorandum agreement for prices of Langley cross cut stall workings in the Hutton seam, 20 January 1901
• Ref: D/X 1354/18 — Charlaw Pit - Memorandum of agreement for a reduction in hewing prices in the Fulforth cross cut district, 21 May 1901
• Ref: D/X 1354/19 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for temporary hewing prices for the purpose of winning out the Brass Thill seam, 9 December 1901
• Ref: D/X 1354/20 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for separate hewing prices for the bottom band in the Hutton seam, 13 February 1902
• Ref: D/X 1354/21 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing prices in the Hutton seam, for bottom cutting, 28 October 1902. Attached: plan of the Fulforth District, Hutton seam, 1902. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]
• Ref: D/X 1354/22 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for prices for kibbling coal along the face at the Brass Thill seam, before the introduction of Blackett conveyors, 21 October 1903
• Ref: D/X 1354/23 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for the reduction of filling cross cut prices in the Brass Thill seam, 23 January 1905
• Ref: D/X 1354/24 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing prices in the Hutton seams, 23 January 1905
• Ref: D/X 1354/25 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for the reduction of hewing prices in the Brass Thill seam, 22 May 1906
• Ref: D/X 1354/26 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for percentage reduction in the Hutton seam, 22 May 1906
• Ref: D/X 1354/27 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for filling score prices in the Brass Thill seam, 5 December 1906
• Ref: D/X 1354/28 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for prices for cropped coal in the Brass Thill seam, 5 September 1907
• Ref: D/X 1354/29 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for price reduction for fillers after mechanical coal cutters, 5 September 1907
• Ref: D/X 1354/30 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing prices in the Brass Thill seam where coal cutting is done by heading machines, 13 April 1908
• Ref: D/X 1354/31 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for a reduction in hewing prices in the Whole and Longwall workings, 24 April 1908
• Ref: D/X 1354/32 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for piece rates for stonework and putting in the Low Main seam, 7 December 1908
• Ref: D/X 1354/33 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing prices in the Fulforth area, Hutton seam, 7 December 1908. Attached: plan of the Fulforth workings, 1908. No scale
• Ref: D/X 1354/34 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for score prices in the Brass Thill seam, 9 May 1908
• Ref: D/X 1354/35 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing score prices in the Low Main seam, 4 June 1909
• Ref: D/X 1354/36 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing score prices in the Low Main seam, 29 October 1909
• Ref: D/X 1354/37 — Charlaw Pit - Agreements for hewing score prices in the sixth west district, Hutton seam, 29 October 1929
• Ref: D/X 1354/38 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing score prices in the Low Main seam, 29 April 1910
• Ref: D/X 1354/39 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing score prices in the Low Main seam, 26 September 1910
• Ref: D/X 1354/40 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing score prices in the Low Main seam, 13 June 1910
• Ref: D/X 1354/41 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing prices for skirting on Low Main conveyor faces, 19 November 1910
• Ref: D/X 1354/42 — Charlaw Pit - Memorandum that the west winning was not included in the Low Main agreement of 10 March 1911, and an agreement for whole hewing prices, 26 April 1911
• Ref: D/X 1354/43 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for onsetter's prices, 28 April 1911
• Ref: D/X 1354/44 — Charlaw Pit - Memorandum for fixed prices in the Low Main seam, 13 October 1912
• Ref: D/X 1354/45 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for fixed prices in the Low Main seam, 13 October 1912
• Ref: D/X 1354/46 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement to advance the score prices in the west flat of the Hutton seam, 10 October 1912
• Ref: D/X 1354/47 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for hewing prices in the Hutton seam, 20 December 1913
• Ref: D/X 1354/48 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for broken working in the west flat of the Hutton seam, 5 April 1913
• Ref: D/X 1354/49 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for local advances in the Hutton seam, 26 May 1914
• Ref: D/X 1354/50 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for stonemen prices in the Low Main seam, 16 June 1914
• Ref: D/X 1354/51 — Charlaw Pit - Memorandum of agreement for starting money paid to hewers putting their own coals, 5 March 1915
• Ref: D/X 1354/52 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for coal cutting prices in the Brass Thill seam by heading machines, 19 January 1923
• Ref: D/X 1354/53 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for stonemen prices for double stall and gateway work in the Low Main seam, 23 January 1923
• Ref: D/X 1354/54 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for coal cutting prices on longwall faces with Sullivan machines in the Brass Thill seam, 31 May 1923
• Ref: D/X 1354/55 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for coal cutting in bord and pillar with arc wall or radial machines in the Brass Thill seam, 31 May 1923
• Ref: D/X 1354/56 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for score prices in the Fulforth south flat and south side seam, in the Busty and Hutton seams, 31 October 1923
• Ref: D/X 1354/57 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for score price reductions in the Hutton seam, 5 September 1931
• Ref: D/X 1354/58 — Charlaw Pit - Agreement for prices in the Brass Thill seam using pneumatic picks, 22 December 1934

• User Guide 19B — Collieries
• Ref: DF/WF/28/1-4 — Viewers reports, 1800-1847