Cornsay Colliery

Research Notes

• National Coal Board — 9th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 9/2 — Weardale Iron and Coal Co. - Accounts of coal wrought at Hedley Hill and Cornsay Collieries, 1890-1909
• Ref: NCB 9/3 — Weardale Iron and Coal Co. - Wages accounts for Black Prince and West Thornley Collieries, 1889

• Photocopies and photographs
• Ref: D/Ph 46/1 — Copy photograph showing a view of Black Horse Inn, Old Cornsay, with group of people outside including the landlady, Annie Suddes, and two men in a horse and trap (one other person named), not dated c.1890-1910
• Ref: D/Ph 46/2 — Photograph of a Cornsay Colliery road accident; the crash between Grady's Lorry and Iveson's Bus, not dated c.1920-1930, with a copy of a newspaper cutting re prosecutions for driving without lights at Cornsay Colliery, September 1927
• Ref: D/Ph 46/3 — Photograph of the Co-operative Store cart in Commercial Street, Cornsay Colliery with driver, not dated c.1920
• Ref: D/Ph 46/4 — Photograph of the three Ritchie Brothers and Frankie Grayson with horse and cart, Cornsay Colliery, not dated c.1920
• Ref: D/Ph 46/5-6 — Photograph, and copy, of Cornsay Colliery Boys Football Team (only one person identified), not dated c.1910-1920
• Ref: D/Ph 46/7-8 — Photograph, and copy, of Cornsay Colliery Adult Football Team (most players identified), not dated c.1910-1920
• Ref: D/Ph 46/9 — Copy photograph showing a view of the pit head and wagons at South Garesfield Colliery, not dated c.1920
• Ref: D/Ph 78/1 — Colliery notes concerning Cornsay Colliery kept by Mr. Philip Kirkup (including details of bargains to let, accounts of deputations, and matters concerning housing, health and conditions of miners), 1897-1898
• Ref: D/Ph 244/1 — Transfer copy of photograph of village of Cornsay Colliery, taken from publication on Ferens and Love Ltd., 1937
• Ref: D/Ph 244/2 — Transfer copy of photograph of part of exterior brickworks at Cornsay Colliery, 1937
• Ref: D/Ph 244/3 — Transfer copy of photograph of exterior of brickworks at Cornsay Colliery, 1937
• Ref: D/Ph 244/4 — Transfer copy of photograph of interior of drying shed and kiln loading in brickworks at Cornsay Colliery, 1937
• Ref: D/Ph 244/5 — Transfer copy of photograph of exterior of kilns at brickworks at Cornsay Colliery, 1937
• Ref: D/Ph 244/6 — Transfer copy of photograph of diesel shunters on private sidings at brickworks at Cornsay Colliery, 1937

• Miscellaneous plans
• Ref: D/XP 104/1 — Plans and sections of boreholes put down near Old Cornsay: sections of levellings to prove Harvey, Ballarat and 5/4 seams north of Old Cornsay, June 1895. Scales: Horizontal: ½ chain to 1 inch[1:396], Vertical: 20 feet to 1 inch[1:240]
• Ref: D/XP 104/2 — Section of levelling to prove Harvey seam near Old Cornsay, August 1897. Scales: Horizontal: ½ chain to 1 inch[1:396], Vertical: 10 feet to 1 inch[1:120]
• Ref: D/XP 104/3 — Plan of Cornsay Colliery showing area to be mined and dates of working, c.1898
• Ref: D/XP 104/4 — Plan of pit heap at Cornsay Colliery, 12 July 1905. Scale: 16 feet to 1 inch[1:192]
• Ref: D/XP 104/5 — Plan showing the surface and workings in the Ballarat Seam, Cornsay Colliery, 1914. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch[1:1584]
• Ref: D/XP 104/6 — Plan showing the workings in the Ballarat Seam at Cornsay Colliery, 1915. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch[1:1584]
• Ref: D/XP 104/7 — Plan of workings at the Three Quarter Seam at Cornsay Colliery, c.1915. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch[1:1584]
• Ref: D/XP 104/8 — Plan of the workings in the Harvey Seam, Cornsay Colliery, c.1915. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch[1:1584]
• Ref: D/XP 104/9 — Plan of the Quarter Seam, Capel Flat at Cornsay Colliery, c.1915. Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch[1:1584]

• Durham Miner's Association — Archives
• Ref: NUMDA/3/2/16 — Cornsay lodge subscription register [1946-1953]
  The subscription registers record payments by members to national, district and local funds, with space to record exemptions from national and DMA political levy. Many registers list members alphabetically by surname with some indication of status (full member, half-member, widow etc), but this was not always possible because of changes in the workforce. Some registers include brief information on death, transfer, leaving mining.