Ryhope Colliery

Research Notes

• Ref: D/X 999/72 — Extracts from diary of 'G. N. R.' relating to sinking pits at Seaton, Hetton, Ryhope [Hetton] Downs, 25 March 1848 - 28 February 1851
• Ref: NCB 01/RS 395 — Newspaper Cuttings: Ryhope colliery strike [complete copies of Newcastle Daily Chronicle and Newcastle Daily Journal, July], 1872
• Ref: NCB 28 Interim list/21 — Copy leases relating to Ryhope Colliery, 16 May 1881 - 23 April 1936
• Ref: D/X 830/18 — Certificate of competency issued to C.W. Martin of Ryhope Village confirming his competency as a Manager of a Mine, 19 September 1882
• Ref: D/X 692/1 — Specification of building work required in the erection of double cottages at Ryhope Colliery for Ryhope Colliery Coal Co., 1883
• Ref: D/X 692/2 — Costs of building 25 double houses at Ryhope Colliery, December 1883
• Ref: NCB 27Interim List/31 — Copies of leases: Ryhope Colliery, 12 April 1886 - 14 June 1940
• Ref: D/X 692/3 — Specification of building work required in the erection of two-roomed cottages at Ryhope Colliery, July 1889
• Ref: D/X 692/4 — Cost of labour for two and three-roomed cottages at Ryhope Colliery, September 1889
• Ref: D/X 1103/37 — Ordnance Survey plans, 25" to 1 mile, sheets, 21:3, 21:2, 14:14, 14:15, 14:10, 14:11, showing Seaham and southern part of Ryhope, 1895. [Annotations show parts to the east of Seaham outlined with description of crops and land use]
• Ref: D/X 830/11 — Copy report by C. W. Martin on the dispute at Ryhope [Pit] concerning coal cutting, 9 February 1900
• Ref: NCB 2/315 — Proposed reconstruction of lamp house at Ryhope Colliery, not dated [20th cent]
• Ref: NCB 2/306 — Plans of workings at Ryhope, Silksworth, Wearmouth, Eppleton, Dawdon, Vane Tempest & Seaham collieries, not dated [post 1920]
• Ref: D/Ph 177/4(1-2) — Copy of a printed pamphlet of, and a typescript copy of letter to, the Sunderland Echo putting the miners' case in the dispute with the Ryhope Coal Company, not dated [c.1925]
• Ref: NCB 2/307 — Plans of Ryhope Colliery, 1927
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 85/25 — Agreement between County of Durham Electric Power Supply Company and Ryhope Coal Company, covering supply of energy to Ryhope Colliery, July 1931
• Ref: NCB 19/2/10/1 — Ryhope Colliery Co. Ltd. - Details of piecework rates and a record of persons leaving the colliery, relating to the Five Quarter Seam of Ryhope Colliery, 17 September 1943 - 23 November 1959
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/3 — Transfer, Wearmouth to Ryhope, May 1948 - December 1948
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 32/17 — Urgency committee cases, Ryhope Colliery, November 1948
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 32/18 — Urgency committee case, Ryhope Colliery, April 1949 - May 1949
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 32/19 — Cubic yard price for fillers and claim on behalf of hewers for increased piece rates, Ryhope Colliery, July 1949 - November 1949
• Ref: NCB 19/2/10/2 — Ryhope Colliery Co. Ltd. - Details of piecework rates and a record of persons leaving Ryhope Colliery, relating to the Hutton Seam, 11 January 1951 - 14 October 1955
• Ref: NCB 19/2/10/3 — Ryhope Colliery Co. Ltd. - Details of piecework rates and a record of persons leaving Ryhope Colliery, 17 September 1951 - 19 January 1959. Attached: an agreement of wages and conditions concerning banksmen at the Five Quarter Shaft, Ryhope Colliery, 28 February 1953
• Ref: NCB 19/2/10/4 — Ryhope Colliery Co. Ltd. - Details of piecework rates and a record of persons leaving Ryhope Colliery, 18 August 1953 - 24 January 1959
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 11/9 — Colliery specification, Ryhope Colliery, 1954
• Ref: NCB 19/2/10/5 — Ryhope Colliery Co. Ltd. - Details of piecework rates and a record of persons leaving the colliery, relating to the Busty and Harvey Seams of Ryhope Colliery, 14 June 1954 - 4 September 1961
• Ref: NCB 19/2/10/7 — Ryhope Colliery Co. Ltd. - Forms of termination of employment from Ryhope Colliery, 21 May 1955 - 14 September 1957
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 99/12 — Construction of tower winding house, Ryhope Colliery - Harvey head gear, June 1955
• Ref: NCB 24/72 — Public Relations Office Files - Ryhope colliery (press-cuttings), 26 April 1956 - 28 April 1978
• Ref: NCB 19/2/10/8 — Ryhope Colliery Co. Ltd. - Form of notification of service in Her Majesty's Forces, by National Coal Board employee, William Mather, of Ryhope Colliery, 22 January 1957
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 110/2 — Colliery reconstruction, Ryhope Colliery, April 1958
• Ref: NCB 19/2/10/6 — Ryhope Colliery Co. Ltd. - Details of bargains concerning East Busty and Harvey Seams of Ryhope Colliery, 16 October 1958 - 17 October 1959
• Ref: D/Ph 177/38 — Photograph of pit pony, 'Dart', with Matthew Kays at Ryhope Colliery, not dated [c.1963]
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/10 — Transfer of coal, Wearmouth and Ryhope, March 1963 - October 1963
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 93/2 — Leavers, Ryhope Colliery, April 1965 - July 1974
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 128/2 — Closure of Ryhope Colliery, December 1966

• Ref: NUMDA/3/2/58 — Ryhope lodge subscription register [1965]
  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.

• Ref: PA1484 — Fatal accidents and significant dates, 1855-1966
• Ref: 3015 — Viewers reports, 1870-1892
• Ref: DX3/1 — Deputy's reports, 1896-7
• Ref: 707/19-21 — Horse fodder issues, 1954-1963