Marley Hill Colliery

Research Notes

• Ref: D/St/C3/3/12 — Letter from Nicholas Wood, Killingworth colliery, to Thomas Fenwick and Joseph Gray asking for information on the state of the Marley Hill and Gibside coal mines, with their report, 2 September - 18 December 1838
• Ref: D/St/B1/7/1 — 30 December 1840 - (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) William Hutt of Conduit St. Middlesex, esq. (3) Nicholas Wood of Killingworth, Northumberland, gent. Draft and copy deeds of co-partnership of the Marley Hill Coal Co. for 31 years from 23 November 1840
• Ref: D/St/B1/7/8 — 2 October 1843 - (1) Nicholas Wood of Killingworth, Northumberland, gent. (2) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (3) William Hutt of Gibside and (1) and (2). (4) Thomas Wheldon of Barnard Castle, gent. Mortgage of collieries and coalmines at Whickham by (3) (Marley Hill Coal Company) to (4) for securing £12000 with interest to discharge debts of (3). Consideration: £12,000
• Ref: D/St/B1/9/1 — 1844 - (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, William Hutt of Gibside, Nicholas Wood of Killingworth, owners of Marley Hill colliery. (2) Charles Mark Palmer of Newcastle, merchant. Draft articles of agreement for carrying on as partners the business of coke manufacturers for a term of 14 years, as the Marley Hill Coke Company
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/20 — John Daglish: Assistants' reports to John Daglish and the Earl of Strathmore on Marley Hill workings and accounts, with comparative statements of rents, 1853, 1868 - 1894
• Ref: D/St/B1/3/9 — 2 September 1854 - (1) John Bowes of Streatlam Castle, esq. (2) Mary, Countess Dowager of Strathmore, Claude Bowes Lyon of H.M. Second Regiment of Life Guards, William Hutt of Gibside, esq., and Edward Western of Great James Street, Bedford Row, Middlesex, esq. (3) Charles Mark Palmer of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, esq., and Nicholas Wood of Hetton Hall, esq. Attested copy (2 March 1869), with annotations, of lease for 60 years by (1) and (2) to (3) of Marley Hill colliery and all coal lying beneath Gibside, Hollingside, Marley Hill, Riding Barns and Bird Hill (1786a.) Consideration: £1000 per annum plus tentale, outstroke, shaft and wayleave rents. Recites will of John Bowes, Earl of Strathmore, 3 July 1817, and Bowes Estate Act, 1850
• Ref: NCB 01/RS 317 — Newspaper Cuttings: Burness v. Bowes: demurrage case against Marley Hill owners, 1863
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/2 — John Daglish: Copy rent accounts, accounts of coals wrought and accounts of leadings over Lord Strathmore's property for Marley Hill, Andrews House, Kibblesworth and Byermoor collieries, 1873 - 1905
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/3 — John Daglish: Copy wayleave rent accounts of the owners of Marley Hill colliery, with calculations and accounts of coal and coke led over property of John Bowes and the Earl of Strathmore from Burnopfiled, Andrews House, Crook Bank and Dipton collieries, 1876 - 1887
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/21 — John Daglish: Letters from William Ralston and others to John Daglish (and replies) concerning the proposed opening of a drift (emerging near the octagonal pond) to the Brockwell seam at Hollinside, for Marley Hill colliery, 6 September 1878 - 28 July 1896
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/11 — John Daglish: Reports, statistics, plans and other working papers relating to a valuation of Usworth colliery with comparative statistics for Wardley, Springwell, Marley Hill and other collieries, 1885
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/24 — John Daglish: Letters from William Ralston to John Daglish (and reply) concerning damage to the water supply of Hollinside Farm caused by Marley Hill colliery workings, with plan, 16 - 21 August 1895
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/22 — John Daglish: Letter from Cuthbert Berkley to John Daglish about the merging of the Hedley and Marley Hill rent lists, and about the amount of coal left in the Marley Hill pits, 22 August 1885
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/15 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies), valuations of coal reserves, plans and other working papers relating to a valuation of Marley Hill, Byermoor and Andrews House collieries, 10 September 1885 - 2 September 1886
• Ref: NCB 19/2/2/1 — John Bowes & Partners Ltd. - Agreements made by the owners and workmen of Marley Hill Colliery concerning hewing prices, non-union men, house rent and repair of machines, 30 June 1891 - 6 October 1899
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/23 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies), timber valuations and related papers concerning a claim for damage to timber in Gibside West Wood, caused by Marley Hill colliery workings, 1 November 1892 - 15 February 1905
• Ref: D/Ph 92/1 — Report on colliery housing in Marley Hill and District, 1896; correspondence (copy) between the Whickham Urban District Council, Durham County Council and the Local Government Board re colliery houses at Marley Hill, 1905; report of the Medical Inspector of the Local Government Board on housing in the Whickham Urban District, with special reference to the colliery houses at Marley Hill (with photographs), 1905
• Ref: NCB 3/15 — Marley Hill Colliery - Workmen's engagement book, c.1900-1946
• Ref: NCB 19/2/2/2 — John Bowes & Partners Ltd. - Agreements made by the owners and workmen of Marley Hill Colliery concerning prices, hours, non-union men and house rent, 23 August 1900 - 18 July 1949
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/25 — John Daglish: Copy correspondence between John Daglish and Western and Sons, London, concerning the power of the North Eastern Railway Co. to purchase minerals compulsorily, with reference to Marley Hill, 18 - 19 September 1903
• Ref: NCB 19/2/2/3 — John Bowes & Partners Ltd. - Correspondence between Reginald Guthrie, esq., Secretary of Durham Coal Owners' Association, R. W. Berkley, esq., of Marley Hill Colliery and John W. Taylor, esq., of Durham Colliery Mechanics' Association, concerning alteration in the custom of joiners and other mechanics working only in daylight hours during the period 11 November - 2 February at Marley Hill Colliery, 1 November - 29 December 1905
• Ref: D/St/B1/3/158 — Marley Hill freehold and Marley Hill royalty accounts: as D/St/B1/3/156 above, with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen and Ernest Kirkup, 1906 - 1938
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 151/16 — Workmen's agreements, Marley Hill Colliery, September 1927 - April 1946
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 100/5 — Copy agreement between NESCO and John Bowes and partners Ltd. for supply of electrical energy to Marley Hill Colliery and Byer Moor Colliery, Monkton Ovens and Jarrow Staiths etc., January 1936. (includes: Copy supplemental agreement to above, October 1941; Copy members agreement Creosote Producers association Ltd., August 1948)
• Ref: NCB 19/2/2/4 — John Bowes & Partners Ltd. - Account of yard work and incidentals at [Marley Hill] Colliery, 2 May 1942 - 4 March 1944
• Ref: NCB 19/2/2/5 — John Bowes & Partners Ltd. - Screens time record book of Marley Hill Colliery, 29 August 1942 - 22 July 1944
• Ref: NCB 19/2/2/6 — John Bowes & Partners Ltd. - Reports, evidence and correspondence submitted to arbitration by the owners and workmen of Marley Hill Colliery, concerning "whether the prices paid for hewing coal in the Brockwell Seam with pneumatic picks are based on a standard thickness of 3 feet and vary as the seam height increases or decreases", 14 June - 29 September 1945
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 25/22 — Colliery specification, working and projection of results, Marley Hill Colliery, 1947 - 1954
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 151/17 — Workmen's agreements, Marley Hill Colliery, March 1947 - July 1960
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 151/5 — Arbitration cases, Marley Hill Colliery, December 1952 - August 1957
• Ref: NCB 24/56 — Public Relations Office Files - Marley Hill colliery, 12 March 1956 - 2 March 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 103/5 — Pit meetings, Marley Hill, July 1957 - November 1958
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 103/1 — Costing, Marley Hill Colliery, July 1958
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 103/3 — Costing, Marley Hill Colliery, July 1958 - August 1958
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 103/4 — Costing, Marley Hill Colliery, July 1958
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 151/6 — Adjourned pit meetings, Marley Hill Colliery, February 1959
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 151/4 — Pony putting, Marley Hill Colliery, March 1959 - April 1959
• Ref: NCB 24/58 — Public Relations Office Files - Marley Hill colliery, (c. 1960)
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 151/9 — Meeting minutes, Marley Hill Colliery, May 1960 - December 1962
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 254/8 — Profit and loss accounts, Marley Hill Colliery, April 1967 - March 1974
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 80/6 — Face replacement meetings, Marley Hill Colliery, June 1967 - January 1969
• Ref: NCB 24/57 — Public Relations Office Files - Marley Hill colliery (press-cuttings) 12 September 1967 - March 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 44/4 — Workmens engagement forms, Marley Hill Colliery, April 1969 - June 1972
• Ref: NCB 16/37 — Photograph of general surface view, Marley Hill Colliery, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/38 — Photograph of the West Shaft, Marley Hill Colliery, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/39 — Photograph of the Lodge Shaft, Marley Hill Colliery, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/40 — Photograph of the Lodge Shaft from the entrance Marley Hill Colliery, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/41 — Photograph of the West Shaft, Marley Hill Colliery, not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 16/42 — Photograph [of offices, Marley Hill Colliery], not dated [1975]
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 44/1 — Signing-on book, Marley Hill Colliery, February 1975 - September 1977
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 44/3 — Employment register, Marley Hill Colliery, January 1977 - April 1982
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 135/3 — General correspondence, Marley Hill Colliery, December 1981 - October 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 223/12 — Colliery review procedure, Marley Hill Colliery, July 1982
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 23/8 — Colliery closure, salvage procedure, Marley Hill Colliery/Clockburn Drift, November 1982 - May 1984
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 135/5 — Closure, Marley Hill Colliery, December 1982 - March 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 135/4 — Salvage, Marley Hill Colliery, March 1983 - June 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 103/2 — Costing, Marley Hill Colliery, not dated
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 101/4 — Emergency rescue bore-holes, plans, Marley Hill and Blackburn Fell mines, not dated

• Ref: DF/WF/28/3-4 — Viewers reports, 1828-1847