Murton Colliery

Research Notes

• Ref: NCB 01/X 74 — Murton Colliery: agreement or bond for working the colliery, 1864
• Ref: NCB 01/JS 29 — Correspondence - M-R: A. M. Potter (Cardiff and Newcastle) re visits to collieries in Lancashire, South Wales, and Forest of Dean, and sending certificate of service at Murton colliery, 1874, 1875 [56-57]
• Ref: NCB 27Interim List/107 — Book of labouring bills (filling and casting waggons, etc.) for Murton Colliery, 18 February 1893 - 19 April 1902
• Ref: D/X 411/163 — Pit Bill costs for two consecutive pays at Murton Colliery, 1895
• Ref: NCB 01/X 49 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Plans of Murton and South Hetton colliery premises, 1904
• Ref: NCB 4/145-147 — South Hetton & Murton Collieries - Vend of coal for shipment and landsales, 1913-1920, 1928-1936, 1943-1950
• Ref: NCB 8/32 — Murton Colliery, Ministry report on explosion, 1942
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 185/9 — Redundancies, Murton Colliery, June 1948 - August 1950
• 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)
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 11/4 — Colliery specification, Murton Colliery, 1954
• Ref: D/X 970/3 — British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company (Mining) Records - Plan of the site layout of the (N.C.B. Durham Division no.2 area) Hawthorn project for Murton, Eppleton combined mine drawn by British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Company Ltd., drawing no. D 3589-136c, 12 July 1956. Scale: 1:2500
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 185/10 — Redundancies arriving from reorganisation, Eppleton, Murton and Elemore Collieries, August 1959 - December 1960
• Ref: NCB 24/66 — Public Relations Office Files - Murton colliery, 4 March 1964 - 14 November 1991
• Ref: NCB 24/67 — Public Relations Office Files - Murton colliery, 1965 - 1991
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 2/3 — Starters and leavers book, Murton Colliery, April 1965 - January 1971
• Ref: D/X 411/305 — Table of information about Vane Tempest, Seaham, Dawdon, Murton, South Hetton, Eppleton, Elemore, Hawthorn (combined mine) collieries and a list of collieries abandoned, with the reasons for abandonment, 22 February 1966
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 114/5 — Personnel notes, Murton Colliery, September 1969 - December 1982
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 2/1 — Personnel register, Murton Colliery, 1970s - 1980s
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 216/12 — Retirements, Murton Colliery, July 1970 - June 1971
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 35/4 — Accommodation, Murton Colliery office extension, July 1970 - October 1972
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 38/1 — Deductions records, Murton Colliery, November 1970 - March 1980
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 2/2 — Starters and leavers book, Murton Colliery, January 1971 - October 1982
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 225/8 — Accidents and incidents at pits, Murton Colliery, June 1972 - February 1974
• Ref: NCB 25/2 Interim List — Photographs and negatives of Murton Colliery, 1974-1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 55/11 — Construction maintenance and demolition work, Murton, Hawthorn and South Hetton Collieries, June 1974 - November 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 218/4 — Plans and information, Murton and Eppleton Collieries, October 1971 - September 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Volume 2 — Employment register, Murton Colliery, November 1977 - August 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 38/2 — Starters forms, Murton Colliery, March 1979 - March 1980
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 8/9 — Colliery progress meetings, Murton Colliery, October 1979 - February 1981
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 252/13 — Starters, Murton mine, April 1980 - March 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 37/2 — Starters and leavers, Murton Colliery, April 1982 - November 1990
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 23/5 — Conferences and meetings, planning meetings, Murton/South Hetton Collieries, August 1982 - April 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 216/1 — Starters and leavers, Murton Colliery, October 1982 - November 1991
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 252/12 — Leavers, Murton mine, March 1983 - March 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 2/9 — Starters book, Murton Colliery, April 1983 - August 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 3/5 — Colliery meetings, Murton and Hawthorn Collieries, May 1983 - August 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 60/10 — Production, planning and development, Murton Colliery, January 1984 - September 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 86/1 — Five year development plans, Colliery meetings with production managers, Murton Colliery, January 1984 - September 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 21/13 — Colliery progress meetings, Murton and Hawthorn, September 1985 - November 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 128/5 — Redundancies, Murton mine, March 1986 - June 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 38/3 — Long-term sickness or accident cases, Murton Colliery, June 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 221/3 — Serious reportable accidents, Murton Colliery, June 1986 - November 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 50/1 — Production, planning and development, Murton Colliery, November 1987 - October 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 233/4 — Serious reportable accidents, Murton Colliery, December 1987 - November 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 27/1 — Conferences, meetings and working parties, planning meetings, Murton Colliery, August 1988 - December 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 43/1 — Action programme review meetings, Easington, Dawdon, Murton and Vane Tempest Collieries, March 1991 - April 1991
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 2/6 — Address file, Murton Colliery, not dated

• Ref: DX198/1, DF/WF/28/1-2 — Viewers reports, 1800-1838