Houghton Colliery

Research Notes

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 1050/17 — Plan of Brockwell Seam at Houghton Colliery, 20th c. Scale: 1:2500
• Ref: D/X 26/1 — An account of the charge of working coals etc. in Houghton Colliery from 14 September - 6 October 1771
• Ref: D/X 369/2 — Houghton Pit, pay bills for underground work and bank work, 1868
• Ref: D/X 369/3 — Houghton Pit, pay bill for labouring work; Margaret Pit, pay bill; Dorothy Pit, pay bill; Norton Colliery, Deit Bourn Moor and Lady Ann Pit, pay bill; Bunker Hill, pay bill for cartmen; Bowes House, pay bill for sundry labouring work; Newbottle Colliery, pay bill for leading workmen's and engine coal, 1868
• Ref: D/X 369/4 — Houghton Pit, shift and bargain work pay bill, 1899
• Ref: D/X 369/5 — Houghton Pit, braking and firing pay bill, 1899
• Ref: D/X 369/6 — Houghton Pit, waste (?) work pay bill, 1899
• Ref: D/X 369/7 — Houghton Pit, screening and wailing pay bill, 1899
• Ref: D/X 369/8 — Houghton Pit, rent allowance account, 1899
• Ref: D/X 369/9 — Houghton-le-Spring Union, printed notice of revision of colliery assessments, showing quantities worked 1890 - 1905, 1906
• Ref: D/X 411/160 — Written copy of an account of the charge of working coals etc. in Houghton Colliery from 20 July to 17 August 1771 (for use of Mr. J. Masham), not dated [c.1950]
• Ref: D/X 744/1 — Diary and notebook of Edward Smith, Viewer at Houghton Colliery, 6 November 1749 - April 1751. This diary was transcribed and printed as A Pitman's Notebook: The Diary of Edward Smith, Houghton Colliery Viewer, 1749, ed. T. Robertson, 1970
• Ref: D/X 744/2 — A Pitman's Notebook: The Diary of Edward Smith, Houghton Colliery Viewer, 1749, ed. T. Robertson, 1970

• National Coal Board — 1st Deposit
• Ref: NCB 01/X 69 — Houghton Colliery: working accounts (Hope, Success and Bounder pits), 1768; working and leading account (Hope, Success and Bounder 'pits), 1768; "account of the labouring men days", 1771

• National Coal Board — 2nd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 2/243-244 — Houghton Colliery, 1875-1911

• National Coal Board — 6th Deposit (Items under 30 years old not to be produced)
• Ref: NCB 6/105 — Miners Welfare Committee, Houghton Colliery - Welfare Scheme, 1952-1957
• Ref: NCB 6/106 — Miners Welfare Committee, Houghton Colliery - Provision of Car Park, 1960

• National Coal Board — 15th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 15/323 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery local agreements, 9 May 1864 - 2 July 1958
• Ref: NCB 15/324 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery, local agreements book, 29 June 1896 - 10 November 1960
• Ref: NCB 15/325 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Account book of stores and materials sent from Lambton Colliery Works to Houghton Pit, later re-used to record the engagement of the workforce, 4 May 1893 - 22 January 1902
• Ref: NCB 15/326 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Umpire's award concerning the distribution of colliery houses at Houghton Colliery, 23 September 1901
• Ref: NCB 15/327 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Umpire's award of scale of fines, for "laid out" in the High Low-Main and Maudlin Seams, Houghton Colliery, 29 August 1901
• Ref: NCB 15/328 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery, annual returns to the Mines Department, 1913-1932
• Ref: NCB 15/329 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery wages cost book, 27 March 1920 - 21 November 1920
• Ref: NCB 15/330 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery wages cost book, 25 December 1920 - 24 December 1921
• Ref: NCB 15/331 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Colliery wages cost book, 7 January 1922 - 31 August 1925
• Ref: NCB 15/332 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Pit, abstract of drawings and wages, 14 February 1922 - 2 November 1929
• Ref: NCB 15/333 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Pit, abstract of drawings and wages, 2 November 1929 - 2 November 1935
• Ref: NCB 15/334 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Pit, summary of pay abstracts, 25 June 1927 - 3 May 1930
• Ref: NCB 15/335 — Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries, Houghton Pit Production Committee (signed minutes), 28 June 1943 - 27 May 1944

• National Coal Board — 16th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 16/25 — Photograph of the Harvey Shaft, Houghton-le-Spring, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/26 — Photograph of Time and other Offices taken from the Harvey Shaft, Houghton-le-Spring, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/27 — Photograph of the Harvey Shaft from the lamp room, Houghton-le-Spring, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/28 — Photograph close-up of the Harvey Shaft, Houghton-le-Spring, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/29 — Photograph of the Maudlin Shaft, Houghton-le-Spring, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/30 — Photograph [of Harvey and Maudlin Shafts] from the north, Houghton-le-Spring, not dated [1975]

• National Coal Board — 24th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 24/45 — Public Relations Office Files - Houghton colliery (press-cuttings), 8 April 1958 - 14 April 1987
• Ref: NCB 24/46 — Public Relations Office Files - Houghton colliery, 4 October 1958 - 23 September 1981
• 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 — 30th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 117/1 — Starters and leavers, Houghton, January 1969 - March 1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 125/3 — Reorganisation of Houghton Colliery and Hylton Colliery, November 1978 - June 1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 176/6 — Leavers book, Houghton Colliery, September 1967 - September 1981

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 12/28 — Colliery specification, Houghton Colliery, 1954
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 104/2 — Engagement book, Houghton Colliery, April 1957 - March 1971
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 104/3 — Engagement book, Houghton Colliery, August 1936 - October 1956
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 104/4 — Employment register, Houghton Colliery, September 1977 - August 1981

• User Guide 19B — Collieries
• Ref: 2077 — Lecture poster in aid of disaster victims, 1850
• Ref: UD/HS/61/16 — Photograph, 1950's
• Ref: DF/WF/28/1-2 — Viewers reports, 1800-1838