Deaf Hill Colliery

Research Notes

• Ref: NCB 13/251 — Trimdon Coal Company - Proposal and account by Coxon for sinking 12 ft. 6 in. pit, Trimdon Coal Company, July 1867 - May 1872
• Ref: NCB 13/250 — Trimdon Coal Company - Specifications for sinking a pit from surface to Harvey Seam, Deaf Hill Estate, and estimate for the work by James Coxon, 24 July 1867
• Ref: NCB 13/261 — Trimdon Coal Company - Extract from lease of coal granted by Rev. J. Wilkinson to Thomas Wood, Deaf Hill Colliery, 9 October 1867
• Ref: NCB 4/214 — Deaf Hill & Trimdon Collieries - Valuations of damage from pit falls on various farms, 1868-1947
• Ref: NCB 01/RS 60 — Woods Trimdon and Deaf Hill Colliery: Memorandum and Articles of Association, prospectus, allotment of shares, correspondence, circulars, balance sheets, auditor's reports, directors' reports, report by W. H. Wood on working costs, copies of resolutions of general meetings, calls on shares, debenture bonds, and papers and correspondence concerning liquidation, etc., 1873-1877
• Ref: NCB 13/291 — Trimdon Coal Company - Report by T. Watson on Trimdon Colliery and Deaf Hill Colliery, 30 August 1882
• Ref: NCB 13/267 — Trimdon Coal Company - Correspondence concerning wayleave of Wingate Limestone Company over Deaf Hill Colliery railway, 2 October 1882 - 24 October 1885
• Ref: NCB 13/268 — Trimdon Coal Company - Account for Wingate Limestone Company leading limestone etc. over Deaf Hill branch railway, 13 November 1884 - 23 November 1885
• Ref: NCB 4/180-187 — Deaf Hill Colliery - Abstracts of wages, 1887-1918
• Ref: NCB 4/213 — Deaf Hill & Trimdon Collieries - Abstracts of wages, 1887-1893
• Ref: D/X 411/60 — Abstract of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887, and special rules, for the use of employees at Deaf Hill Colliery, 1888
• Ref: NCB 13/252 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letters from John Ward Fisher at Sharlestone West New Pit, near Wakefield, Yorkshire, to Thomas Watson, Esquire, at Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning tenders to sink a shaft at Deaf Hill Colliery, September 1890
• Ref: NCB 13/253 — Trimdon Coal Company - Account of strata at Deaf Hill sinking, 1891
• Ref: NCB 13/254 — Trimdon Coal Company - Sinking statement, Deaf Hill colliery, 5 March 1892
• Ref: NCB 13/269 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letters to Thomas Watson at Deaf Hill Colliery concerning alterations needed at South Hetton cottages, with plans, 5 February - 24 December 1894. Scales: 1½ in to 100 ft. [1:800], 1 chain to 1 in. [1:792], 20 ft. to 1 in. [1:240]
• Ref: NCB 13/273 — Trimdon Coal Company - 17 October 1895 - (1) The lessees (43 persons named) ; (2) William Henry Wood of Coxhoe, Esquire, Thomas Wood of Westminster, Colonel in H.M. Army, and Benjamin James Bucknall of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, land agent, executors of the will of Thomas Wood, late of Barrow Hedges, Carshalton, Surrey, Esquire ; (3) Walter Scott Limited. Deed of arrangement and release concerning duties of (2) to Deaf Hill Colliery and (3) to Trimdon Grange Colliery to pump water and carry out maintenance etc.
• Ref: NCB 13/276 — Trimdon Coal Company - Correspondence between S. Tate, Trimdon Grange; Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, and W. H. Wood, Coxhoe Hall, concerning subletting coal standing in pillars in Tootles Way, Main Coal Seam, 25 March - 5 December 1896
• Ref: NCB 13/292 — Trimdon Coal Company - Correspondence between Wilson, Ornsby and Cadle of North Bailey, Durham, Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, W. H. Wood, Coxhoe Hall, Mrs. Greenwood, Trimdon Colliery, and F. Marshall, County Court Chambers, Durham, solicitor and town clerk, concerning sale of building land on North Moor Estate, by Wood to Greenwood, 21 July - 17 November 1896
• Ref: NCB 13/274 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from S. Tate, Trimdon Grange Colliery, to Thomas Watson, at Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning [water] feeders in Coxhoe Royalty, 17 September 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 4/188-194 — Deaf Hill Colliery - Copy letter books, 1898-1899, 1907-1910, 1913-1914, 1916-1917, 1918-1919, 1922-1923
• Ref: D/Ph 40/5 — Postcard with five views showing Deaf Hill Colliery, Trimdon Station and Trimdon Colliery [two views are unidentified], not dated c.1900-1910
• Ref: D/Ph 40/6/1 — Group of men at Trimdon or Deaf Hill Colliery (with fire fighting equipment), not dated c.1900-1910
• Ref: D/Ph 40/6/2 — Group of men at Trimdon or Deaf Hill Colliery (with fire lighting equipment), not dated c.1900-1910
• Ref: NCB 4/195-199 — Deaf Hill Colliery - Invoices books, 1905-1927 Include details of accidents and of tentale rents, landsales etc.
• Ref: NCB 4/200-203 — Deaf Hill Colliery - Tradesmen's invoices, 1908-15, 1925 - 30
• Ref: NCB 13/277 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from T. C. Squance and Sons, Sunderland, chartered accountants, to W. H. Wood, Coxhoe, concerning letter to S. W. Woolmer, Temple Chambers, London, re accounts for 4 years ending 3 December 1906, Deaf Hill Colliery, 10 June 1909
• Ref: NCB 13/255 — Trimdon Coal Company - Plan of White Hurworth and Black Hurworth winnings, Harvey Seam, Deaf Hill Colliery, 15 April 1910. Scale: 3 chains per inch [1.2376]
• Ref: NCB 13/279 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from Martin and Fenwick, Leeds to Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning approval of roads at Black Hurworth, 25 May 1910
• Ref: NCB 13/280 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letters from William Armstrong and Sons, Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning coal under land fenced by Hartlepool Gas and Water Company at White Hurworth, 28 January 1911
• Ref: NCB 13/262 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from William Armstrong and Sons, Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Thomas Watson, of Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning rent on coal brought to surface, 4 February 1911
• Ref: NCB 13/263 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letters concerning Pike Whin Royalty, Deaf Hill Colliery, 2 October 1914 - 17 December 1915
• Ref: NCB 13/281 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from William Armstrong and Sons, Collingwood Buildings, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning driving new drifts beneath reservoirs of Hartlepool Gas and Water Company, 14 March 1918
• Ref: NCB 13/256 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from E. O. Forster Brown<.B> of Salisbury House, Finsbury Circus, London, mining engineer, to Thomas Watson, of Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning an account of Cotefold Close and Sheraton Boreholes, 12 May 1919
• Ref: NCB 13/257 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from G. B. and T. E. Forster of 3 Eldon Square, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, to Thomas Watson, of Deaf Hill Colliery concerning making a holing at Milbank, 16 May 1919
• Ref: NCB 13/288 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from R. S. Tate, Trimdon Grange Colliery, to John Wood, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning proposed route for overhead cable between Trimdon Grange Colliery and Trimdon Colliery, with blueprint, June 1919. Scale: 1:2500
• Ref: NCB 13/293 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from H. L. French, Food Production Department of Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, London, to managing director of Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning proposal of Sedgefield R.D.C. to acquire 9a. of arable land from farm belonging to Trimdon Coal Company for building site, 10 July 1919
• Ref: NCB 13/275 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from R. Eldon, Gilesgate, Durham, to Mr. Wood concerning his inspection of dams and work required, Deaf Hill Colliery, 21 July 1919
• Ref: NCB 13/289 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from J. W. Lodge, solicitor for Sedgefield R.D.C., to Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, and letter from John Wood, Deaf Hill Colliery to J. W. Lodge, concerning proposed new road from Trimdon Grange to Trimdon Colliery, 9 and 13 October 1919
• Ref: NCB 13/271 — Trimdon Coal Company - Correspondence between Triffith Young, Bank Chambers, Durham, and Thomas Watson, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning a garden of which Thomas Marshall of Sunniside, Deaf Hill, claims to have been dispossessed, July 1920
• Ref: NCB 13/282 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from G. C. Carr, 1 Queen Street, Durham, to Joseph E. Barket, Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning income tax papers, payments to Sherburn Hospital and Vicar of Wingate and the area of Wingate House Farm, 15 December 1922
• Ref: NCB 4/204 — Deaf Hill Colliery - Landsale journal, 1923-1925. Infolded are tables for calculating rates for transporting coal etc. between places in England and Wales, 1922 and 1923
• Ref: NCB 13/284 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter concerning coal and coke rationing scheme, Deaf Hill Colliery, 193(5-9?)
• Ref: NCB 13/283 — Trimdon Coal Company - Coal sales journal, Deaf Hill Colliery, 2 January 1935 - 30 September 1939
• Ref: NCB 13/264 — Trimdon Coal Company - Draft royalty accounts, Deaf Hill Colliery, 1936-1943
• Ref: NCB 13/265 — Trimdon Coal Company - Royalty accounts, Deaf Hill Colliery, 3 May 1936 -November 1944
• Ref: NCB 13/278 — Trimdon Coal Company - Account book for landsale, Deaf Hill Colliery, 2 October 1939 - 31 May 1946
• Ref: NCB 2/237 — Deaf Hill Colliery, 1942 Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries: Annabella Colliery, 1943
• Ref: NCB 13/266 — Trimdon Coal Company - Royalty accounts, Deaf Hill Colliery, 17 June -30 December 1944
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 18/1 — Engagement book, Deaf Hill Colliery, June 1952 - October 1979
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 12/14 — Colliery specification, Wingate and Deaf Hill Collieries, 1954
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 12/21 — Colliery specification, Deaf Hill Colliery, 1954
• Ref: D/X 411/94 — National Coal Board information sheets re Horden, Blackhall, Thornley, Wheatley Hill, Wingate, Deaf Hill, Sherburn Hill and Shotton collieries, post 1956
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 18/2 — Engagement book, Deaf Hill Colliery, January 1958 - December 1966
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 82/11 — Closed collieries, Land use, Deaf Hill Colliery, February 1968 - January 1973
• Ref: D/X 1220/52 — Electrical plans of Deaf Hill Colliery, Hutton and Tilley Seams, not dated. Scale: 1:5000
• Ref: NCB 13/258 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from Thomas Mossom of Station Town, Wingate, to Thomas Watson, concerning tender for sinking shaft at Deaf Hill Colliery, not dated
• Ref: NCB 13/259 — Trimdon Coal Company - Sections of strata sunk through, Deaf Hill Colliery, not dated
• Ref: NCB 13/260 — Trimdon Coal Company - Account of wages and materials for sinking no. 2 shaft, Deaf Hill Colliery, not dated
• Ref: NCB 13/272 — Trimdon Coal Company - Plan of offices and houses, Deaf Hill Colliery, not dated. Scale: 4 ft. to 1 in. [1:48]