Hylton Colliery

Research Notes

• Strathmore Estate (Estate and Family Records)
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/37 — John Daglish: Reports addressed to John Daglish on the workings of Usworth and Hylton collieries, 3 February 1876 - 16 January 1894
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/38 — John Daglish: Copy letter from George Auldjo Jamieson to John Daglish concerning whether John Bowes and Partners Ltd. should be allowed to sublet a portion of the Hylton royalty, 27 March 1891
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/39 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies), draft accounts and related papers, concerning rents owed by the lessees of Hylton and West Hylton royalties, 1 February 1894 - 21 August 1900
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/40 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies), draft leases, plans and related papers concerning the preparation of a lease of East Hylton royalty to the Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd., and a subsequent disagreement over the sliding scale of payments, December 1896 - 25 May 1901
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/41 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies), memoranda, plan and related papers concerning the East Hylton lease to Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd. and the alteration of barriers between East Hylton and Usworth collieries, August 1896 - September 1903
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/42 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies) with related accounts, concerning the method of dealing with lessees' shortworkings when calculating royalties to the lessors, in relation to the Wearmouth Coal Co. Ltd.'s lease of East Hylton colliery, 3 February 1898 - 3 April 1902
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/43 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies) concerning a strike at East Hylton colliery, with abstract lease of 1897, 28 December 1905 - 8 January 1906
• Ref: D/St/C3/5/15 — William Armstrong & Sons: Letter from M. A. Parrington, Wearmouth colliery, to G. B. Forster, George May and William Armstrong concerning methods of ventilating the new pits at Hylton colliery, with estimates of cost, 29 April 1897

• National Coal Board — 2nd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 2/65-67 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Annual reports to Chairman and Managing Director of the operation of the Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries. Includes production and financial statistics etc., 1898-1945 (less 1906-13). N.B. In Report for 1926 summary of events in 1925-1926 leading to the Miners' strike
• Ref: NCB 2 161-165 — Hylton Colliery - Hewers' output, 1921-1945
• Ref: NCB 2/166-170 — Hylton Colliery - Cost books, 1928-1945 (less 1936-1940)
• Ref: NCB 2/171 — Hylton Colliery - Royalty accounts, 1928-1942
• Ref: NCB 2/172 — Hylton Colliery - Landsale journal, 1939-1947
• Ref: NCB 2/173 — Hylton Colliery - Ledger, 1941-1946
• Ref: NCB 2/174 — Hylton Colliery - Purchase journal, 1945-1946
• Ref: NCB 2/175-176 — Hylton Colliery - Abstract books, 1941-1949
• Ref: NCB 2/177-178 — Hylton Colliery - Abstract of invoices, 1940-1948
• Ref: NCB 2/179-181 — Hylton Colliery - Compensation books, 1945-1949
• Ref: NCB 2/182-183 — Hylton Colliery - Pension Fund books, 1947-1950
• Ref: NCB 2/184 — Hylton Colliery - Returns of stores to the National Coal Board, 30 June, 1947
• Ref: NCB 2/185 — Hylton Colliery - Interest account book, debenture stock, 1945-1951
• Ref: NCB 2/186 — Hylton Colliery - Register of transfer and repayment of preference shares, 1938-1950
• Ref: NCB 2/187-188 — Hylton Colliery - Register of transfers of ordinary stock, 1945-1952
• Ref: NCB 2/189 — Hylton Colliery - Liquidators first distribution Correspondence files including completed forms and declarations
• Ref: NCB 2/190 — Hylton Colliery - Reduction or ordinary share capital. Correspondence files with declarations 1951-1952

• National Coal Board — 6th Deposit (Items under 30 years old not to be produced)
• Ref: NCB 6/107 — Miners Welfare Committee, Hylton Colliery - Institute, 1929-1945
• Ref: NCB 6/108 — Miners Welfare Committee, Hylton Colliery - Nursing Home, 1924-1929

• National Coal Board — 13th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 13/335 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Accounts for certain, tentale and outstroke rents for High and Low Barnes and Ford Royalties, sublet to Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries, 28 December 1901 - 14 May 1922
• Ref: NCB 13/336 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Accounts for certain, tentale and outstroke rents for Scurfields Ford Royalty, Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries, 28 December 1901 - 1 January 1935
• Ref: NCB 13/339 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Certificates of analysis of samples of mine air, Hylton Colliery, 27 July 1922 - 28 November 1946
• Ref: NCB 13/340 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Returns of compensation paid in respect of non-fatal accidents at Hylton Colliery, 1930-1946
• Ref: NCB 13/341 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Papers concerning compensation and guaranteed wages for non-fatal accident cases, Hylton Colliery, 7 January 1938 - 28 January 1948
• Ref: NCB 13/342 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Compensation book, Hylton Colliery, 14 July 1945 - 22 June 1946
• Ref: NCB 13/343 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Account of production of tons per shift, Hylton Colliery, 1944-1956
• Ref: NCB 13/344 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Wages sheets, Hylton Colliery, 1948

• National Coal Board — 15th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 15/364 — Wearmouth Coal Company, "Amalgamation of farms C.W.G. 1 and 2", assets and depreciation at Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries, 1946
• Ref: NCB 15/365 — Wearmouth Coal Company, Valuation of Wearmouth and Hylton Colliery bonuses, not dated [c. 1946]
• Ref: NCB 15/365 — Wearmouth Coal Company, Valuation of Wearmouth and Hylton Colliery bonuses, not dated [c. 1946]
• Ref: NCB 15/366 — Wearmouth Coal Company, Hylton Colliery engagement book, 29 April 1899 - 8 January 1923
• Ref: NCB 15/367 — Wearmouth Coal Company, Hylton Colliery engagements book, 1 January 1954 - 22 February 1958
• Ref: NCB 15/368 — Wearmouth Coal Company, Hylton Colliery, notes on local deputations from the miners' lodge, 24 January 1913 - 14 May 1913
• Ref: NCB 15/369 — Wearmouth Coal Company, Hylton Colliery, notes on local deputations from the miners' lodge, 4 January 1926 - 19 July 1928
• Ref: NCB 15/370 — Wearmouth Coal Company, Hylton Colliery notes on local deputations from the miners' lodge, 28 August 1928 - 3 September 1931
• Ref: NCB 15/371 — Wearmouth Coal Company, Hylton Colliery notes on local deputations from the miners' lodge, 23 March 1934 - 26 September 1940

• National Coal Board — 22nd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 22/1 — Hylton Colliery drawings book, 6 March 1899 - January 1960 [details of amount of coal drawn from each seam]
• Ref: NCB 22/2 — A prйcis of The History of Hylton Colliery, Castletown, June 1979

• National Coal Board — 24th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 24/47 — Public Relations Office Files - Hylton colliery (press-cuttings), 15 April 1957 - 8 July 1988
• Ref: NCB 24/48 — Public Relations Office Files - Hylton colliery, 23 June 1972 - 2 February 1987
• 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 — 25th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 25/7 Interim List — Photographs of Hylton Colliery, not dated

• National Coal Board — 30th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 125/3 — Reorganisation of Houghton Colliery and Hylton Colliery, November 1978 - June 1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/2 — Alteration to barrier, Harvey Seam, Wearmouth and Hylton, September 1948
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/6 — Adjustment of barrier, Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries, April 1948 - May 1948
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 193/1 — Engagement book, Hylton Colliery, February 1927 - June 1947
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 193/2 — Engagement book, Hylton Colliery, January 1947 - October 1959
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 193/3 — Engagement book, Hylton Colliery, February 1923 - December 1926
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 208/2 — Signing-on forms, Hylton Colliery, June 1977 - April 1978
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 208/5 — Signing-on book, Hylton Colliery, January 1975 - March 1976
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 208/6 — Signing-on book, Hylton Colliery, April 1976 - March 1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 208/7 — Workmen's engagement book, Hylton Colliery, September 1971 - January 1975
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 211/1 — Signing-on book, Hylton Colliery, November 1961 - September 1971
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 211/2 — Signing-on book, Hylton Colliery, December 1958 - March 1959
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 211/3 — Signing-on book, Hylton Colliery, July 1958 - December 1958
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 211/4 — Signing-on book, Hylton Colliery, January 1962 - April 1964
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 211/5 — Signing-on book, Hylton Colliery, May 1969 - May 1970
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 211/6 — Signing-on book, Hylton Colliery, April 1964 - May 1966
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 211/7 — Signing-on book, Hylton Colliery, May 1966 - November 1968
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 211/8 — Signing-on book, Hylton Colliery, March 1958 - June 1958
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 211/9 — Signing-on book, Hylton Colliery, November 1957 - March 1958
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 211/10 — Signing-on book, Hylton Colliery, October 1959
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 223/21 — Colliery review procedure, Hylton Colliery, April 1973 - June 1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 223/22 — Colliery review procedure, Hylton Colliery, May 1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 223/23 — Reconvened review meetings, Hylton Colliery, November 1976 - February 1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 223/24 — Colliery review procedure, Hylton Colliery, May 1979

• National Coal Board — 31st Deposit
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 85/37 — Agreement between North Eastern Electric Supply Company and Wearmouth Coal Company covering the supply of energy to Hylton Colliery, November 1933 - March 1946. (includes agreement between mayor, aldermen and burgesses of the county borough of Sunderland, and Wearmouth Coal Company, regarding the connection of Wearmouth Colliery to corporation names, June 1929)

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 11/8 — Colliery specification, Hylton Colliery, 1954

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 1354/117 — Precis of the history of Hylton Colliery, Castletown, June 1979

• User Guide 19B — Collieries
• Ref: 707/19-21 — Horse fodder issues, 1954-1963
• Ref: 3415/CK/5/190 — Proposals for working the colliery, 1719
• Ref: DX902 — Trades union papers, 1884-1976
• Ref: DF/WF/28/1-2 — Viewers reports, 1800-1838