Kimblesworth Colliery

Research Notes

• Enginemen's, Boiler-Minders and Firemen's Association
• Ref: D/EBF 90 — Miscellaneous printed material including: Report on Kimblesworth Colliery underground hauling men's hours dispute

• National Coal Board — 2nd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 2/21 — Kimblesworth Colliery - List of Fatal Accidents, 1880-1937
• Ref: NCB 2/22 — Kimblesworth Colliery - Receipts for money received from the owners for compensation paid to miners' widows, 1885

• National Coal Board — 19th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 19/2/3/141 — Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Company Ltd. - 26 December 1873 - (1) The Earl of Durham ; (2) William Hunter and George Elliot, M.P. A draft lease whereby (2) may mine coal, fireclay and ironstone under the estate of (1) at Kimblesworth for a term of 42 years
• Ref: NCB 19/2/3/142 — Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Company Ltd. - 26 December 1873 - (1) The Earl of Durham ; (2) William Hunter and George Elliot, M.P. A summary of a lease whereby (2) may mine coal, fireclay and ironstone under the estate of (1) at Kimblesworth for a term of 42 years. Attached: a copy of a licence to work part of the barrier in the Hutton Seam, 17 August 1876; a copy of a rent reduction in Low Main Seam, 1 January 1881 and a copy of a rent reduction in Hutton Seam, 24 December 1882
• Ref: NCB 19/2/3/151 — Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Company Ltd. - Plan of Low Main Seam, Kimblesworth Colliery, also showing the royalties of Holmes and Jopling, F. Holmes and S. Holmes, at Findon Hill, 6 June 1902. Scale: 1:2500
• Ref: NCB 19/2/3/152 — Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Company Ltd. - A tracing of Kimblesworth Colliery, showing workings in Hutton Seam, 17 August 1918. Scale: 1:2500
• Ref: NCB 19/2/3/154 — Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Company Ltd. - A plan of a new barrier between Kimblesworth and Framwellgate Moor pits, not dated. No scale
• Ref: NCB 19/2/3/156 — Charlaw & Sacriston Collieries Company Ltd. - Notice of restrictions on the working of the Busty Seam at Kimblesworth Colliery by the Company, to protect the Team Valley branch of the North Eastern Railway, 11 May 1908

• National Coal Board — 24th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 24/49 — Public Relations Office Files - Kimblesworth colliery (press-cuttings), 21 April 1961 - 4 October 1974
• Ref: NCB 24/50 — Public Relations Office Files - Kimblesworth colliery, 10 February 1965 - 3 October 1975
• Ref: NCB 24/51 — Public Relations Office Files - Kimblesworth colliery (press-cuttings), 4 November 1967 - 1 December 1976
• 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 164/1 — Starters and leavers book, Kimblesworth and Harbour house mines, February 1957 - November 1967
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 164/3 — Starters and leavers, Kimblesworth Colliery, December 1922 - December 1948
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 175/2 — Engagement of workmen and boys, Kimblesworth Colliery, January 1921 - January 1927

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 37/11 — Colliery specification, working and projection of results, Kimblesworth Colliery, 1954

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 391/1 — Kimblesworth Colliery - Commemorative Poem composed after an accident at the colliery, 1885

• Durham Miner's Association — Archives
• Ref: NUMDA/3/2/38 — Kimblesworth lodge subscription register [1965-1968]
  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.