Harraton Colliery

Research Notes

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 1050/16 — 'Plan shewing the workings in the Maudlin Seam Harraton Colliery', 19th c. Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]

• National Coal Board — 1st Deposit, Papers of Robert Simpson (1814-1894)
• Ref: NCB 01/RS 464 — Newspaper Cuttings: Various colliery explosions, etc.: An Elegy ... by Peter Dennison, on Harraton colliery explosion, 1817; Walker colliery, 1862; Coxlodge colliery, 1863; Pelton Fell colliery, 1866; Nitroglycerine explosion on Newcastle Town Moor, 1867; etc.

• National Coal Board — 2nd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 2/6-17 — Harraton Colliery - Deputation meetings minutes and agreements, 1898-1906, 1935-1961

• National Coal Board — 3rd Deposit (Items under 30 years old not to be produced)
• Ref: NCB 3/139 — Harraton Colliery - Account of coals wrought out of royalties, 1912-1937
• Ref: NCB 3/140-142 — Harraton Colliery - Agreements, 1873, 1893-1930

• National Coal Board — 6th Deposit (Items under 30 years old not to be produced)
• Ref: NCB 6/103 — Miners Welfare Committee, Harraton Colliery - Conveyances and Insurance Policies, 1926-1962

• National Coal Board — 24th Deposit
• 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)

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 12/27 — Colliery specification, Harraton Colliery, 1954

• User Guide 19B — Collieries
• Ref: DX861/1 — Pay book, 1910-1913
• Ref: DF/WF/28/1-2, 3015 — Viewers reports, 1800-1868