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South Hetton Colliery

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Durham Record Office, County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL

Miscellaneous documents

Ref: D/X 411/51 — Photograph of the Miners' Welfare area of South Hetton, not dated
Ref: D/X 411/291 — An illustrated booklet about South Hetton, '1833 the best then, 1934 the best now', sponsored by South Hetton Coal Company, Ltd., 49-50 John Street, Sunderland, 1934
Ref: D/X 411/292 — Photograph of South Hetton, showing the rear of a terrace of houses with the colliery in the background, not dated
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

National Coal Board — 1st Deposit

Ref: NCB 01/P 28 — Plans - South Hetton, 1833. Plan of South Hetton Colliery
Ref: NCB 01/P 29 — Plans - South Hetton Colliery. Section of strata ... from Surface to the Hutton seam
Ref: NCB 01/TH 14 — South Hetton colliery - Monthly reports by T. Y. Hall, correspondence, report by Hunter and Buddle, etc., 1830-1836
Ref: NCB 01/TH 15 — South Hetton colliery - Memorandum book (correspondence, reports, accounts, etc.), 1833-1834
Ref: NCB 01/TH 69 — Plans, including: (5) End view of engines at South Hetton Colliery, not dated
Ref: NCB 01/TH 69 — Plans, including: (16) South Hetton pit shafts (Adelaide, Edward, and Blossom Pits), not dated
Ref: NCB 01/X 39 — South Hetton Colliery Company - South Hetton, plan of workings, "referred to in the report of Messrs. Wood and Johnson dated 5th February 1834, P. Forster", not dated (1834)
Ref: NCB 01/X 49 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Plans of Murton and South Hetton colliery premises, 1904
Ref: NCB 01/X 256 — South Hetton Workman's Institute and Club, committee minutes, 1896-1914

National Coal Board — 4th Deposit (Items under 30 years old not to be produced)

Ref: NCB 4/144 — South Hetton Colliery - Details of smart money and compensation, 1939-1944
Ref: NCB 4/145-147 — South Hetton & Murton Collieries - Vend of coal for shipment and landsales, 1913-1920, 1928-1936, 1943-1950

National Coal Board — 6th Deposit (Items under 30 years old not to be produced)

Ref: NCB 6/171 — Miners Welfare Committee, South Hetton (Divisional Architects Correspondence re Pithead Baths), 1947-1949

National Coal Board — 13th Deposit

Ref: NCB 13/215 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning supply of privies to South Hetton Cottages, 23 November 1834 - 30 November 1886
Ref: NCB 13/216 — South Hetton Coal Company - Notice by Guardians of the Poor, Easington District, to Thomas Wood, to supply sufficient privy and ashpit accommodation for 22 cottages at South Hetton, 26 September 1891
Ref: NCB 13/217 — South Hetton Coal Company - Notice by Easington Union Rural Sanitary Authority to Thomas Wood, of London, to provide privy and ashpit accommodation for 522 houses at South Hetton, 2 December 1892
Ref: NCB 13/218 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters to T. Watson, Trimdon Coal Company, from R. Hogg, Murton Colliery, Mavin Ramshaw of Haswell, builder and George Phalp, Inspector of Nuisances with Easington Rural Sanitary Authority, concerning South Hetton cottages, 28 December 1892 - 18 December 1894
Ref: NCB 13/219 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letter from R. Hogg, Murton Colliery to Thomas Wood, concerning improvements to South Hetton cottages, with plan, 31 January 1894
Ref: NCB 13/220 — South Hetton Coal Company - Notice by Easington Union Rural Sanitary Authority to Thomas Wood, at Barrow Hedges, Carshalton, Surrey, to make 22 houses at Forster Street, South Hetton, fit for human habitation, 17 November 1894
Ref: NCB 13/221 — South Hetton Coal Company - Correspondence between W. O. Wood of South Hetton Coal Company and Thomas Watson, at Trimdon concerning privies at Forster Street, South Hetton, 19 November 1894 - 10 December 1896
Ref: NCB 13/222 — South Hetton Coal Company - Sketch plan of proposed conveniences at Forster Street, South Hetton, approved by Easington District Rural Sanitary Authority, 6 December 1894. Scale: 20 ft. to 1 in. [1:240]
Ref: NCB 13/223 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, from Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland, solicitors, and R. Hyslop, accountant for South Hetton Coal Company, concerning rent due on South Hetton cottages, 12 May 1908 - 3 November 1910
Ref: NCB 13/224 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters and notice from J. Morley Longden, clerk to Easington Rural District Council, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe and the executors of Thomas Wood, concerning South Hetton cottages being unfit for human habitation, 26 June 1908 - 7 June 1909
Ref: NCB 13/225 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letter from Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland, solicitors, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe concerning Mr. Griffith-Jones' opinion on the case against South Hetton Coal Company, with list of owners of South Hetton cottages and plans of the property, 14 July 1909 - 11 October 1910
Ref: NCB 13/226 — South Hetton Coal Company - Correspondence between: R. D. Cochrane of Hetton-le-Hole and W. H. Wood of Coxhoe and Messrs. D. Balfour and Son of Newcastle; Messrs. D. Balfour and Son and J. M. Longden, clerk to Easington Council; and a report by William Emery, Inspector of Nuisances, concerning South Hetton cottages, 16 July 1908 - 22 February 1909
Ref: NCB 13/227 — South Hetton Coal Company - Architect's report on cottages in James, Smith, Hall and Forster Streets, South Hetton, by D. Balfour, junior, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 25 November 1908
Ref: NCB 13/228 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters and reports concerning South Hetton Cottages: Messrs. D. Balfour and Son of Newcastle to R. D. Cochrane of Hetton-le-Hole; Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland to W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland and J. Morley Longden of Easington; W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, 25 November 1908 - 27 May 1909
Ref: NCB 13/229 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letter from D. Balfour and Son to J. Morley Longden, clerk to Easington R.D.C., concerning improvements to South Hetton Cottages, 19 December 1908
Ref: NCB 13/230 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters from W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W. H. Wood, of Coxhoe, and from Ranson, Nelson and Maling at Sunderland to W. J. Cochrane, concerning repairs to South Hetton Cottages and court case, 17 June - 2 October 1909
Ref: NCB 13/233 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letter from W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W. H. Wood, of Coxhoe, concerning rents for South Hetton cottages, 7 October 1909
Ref: NCB 13/234 — South Hetton Coal Company - Correspondence between W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, and W. O. Wood of South Hetton, concerning South Hetton cottages: cost of repairs and rent due from South Hetton Coal Company, 25 October 1909 - 22 January 1910
Ref: NCB 13/235 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters from W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning appeal to Local Government Board against notices by Easington R.D.C. concerning South Hetton Cottages, 9 - 19 April 1910
Ref: NCB 13/236 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters from Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland, solicitors, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning action against South Hetton Coal Company re South Hetton cottages, 21 May -30 September 1910
Ref: NCB 13/237 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letter from Crossman, Pritchard and Company of Gray's Inn, London, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning lease of 46 cottages at South Hetton, 24 September 1910
Ref: NCB 13/238 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters from W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agents, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning completion of forms with reference to South Hetton cottages, 19 - 21 November 1910
Ref: NCB 13/239 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters from Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland, solicitors, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning action against South Hetton Coal Company re South Hetton cottages, 29 November -2 December 1910
Ref: NCB 13/240 — South Hetton Coal Company - Specifications of works required on South Hetton cottages by W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, not dated
Ref: NCB 13/241 — South Hetton Coal Company - Paper concerning compensation payments to William Watson due to accident, South Hetton Colliery, 29 October 1931 - 2 January 1934
Ref: NCB 13/242 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning accidents, compensation, medical treatment etc., South Hetton Colliery, 24 May 1938 -2 December 1952
Ref: NCB 13/243 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning accident of John Neasham, South Hetton Colliery, 6 May 1940 - 21 September 1948
Ref: NCB 13/244 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning compensation payments to Joseph Stewart<.B> due to miners' nystagmus, South Hetton Colliery, 18 May 1942 - 29 May 1946

Ref: NCB 13/245 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning compensation payments to William W. Milburn due to miners' nystagmus, South Hetton Colliery, 10 April 1943 - 8 April 1953

Ref: NCB 13/246 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning compensation payments to John Edward Tilley due to miners' nystagmus, South Hetton Colliery, 3 October 1944 - 5 October 1945

Ref: NCB 13/247 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning accident of George Page Stewart, South Hetton Colliery, 23 September 1946 - 18 February 1949

Ref: NCB 13/248 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning compensation payments to W. M. Ledger due to accident, South Hetton Colliery, 16 April - 2 May 1947

National Coal Board — 16th Deposit

Ref: NCB 16/43 — Photograph of two shafts, South Hetton Colliery, not dated [1975]

Ref: NCB 16/44 — Photograph of two shafts, South Hetton Colliery, not dated [1975]

Ref: NCB 16/45 — Photograph of two shafts and railway, South Hetton Colliery, not dated [1975]

Ref: NCB 16/46 — Photograph of the main shaft, South Hetton Colliery, not dated [1975]

National Coal Board — 24th Deposit

Ref: NCB 24/80 — Public Relations Office Files - South Hetton colliery (press-cuttings), 13 February 1956 - 29 August 1988

Ref: NCB 24/80A — Public Relations Office Files - South Hetton colliery, 29 August 1955 - 30 April 1982

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 — 27th Deposit

Ref: NCB 27Interim List/23 — Signing on book at South Hetton Colliery, 31 May 1922 - 15 October 1956

National Coal Board — 30th Deposit

Ref: NCB 30/Box 23/5 — Conferences and meetings, planning meetings, Murton/South Hetton Collieries, August 1982 - April 1983

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 114/1 — Personnel notes and correspondence, South Hetton Colliery, September 1979 - February 1980

Ref: NCB 30/Box 114/3 — Personnel notes, South Hetton Colliery, April 1982 - March 1983

Ref: NCB 30/Box 185/17 — Redundancy, South Hetton Colliery, August 1953 - October 1953

Ref: NCB 30/Box 185/19 — Redundancy at South Hetton Wagon Shops, March 1957 - April 1958

Ref: NCB 30/Box 213/4 — Starters forms, South Hetton Colliery, March 1976 - February 1982

Ref: NCB 30/Box 213/5 — Termination of employment, South Hetton Colliery, March 1982 - February 1983

Ref: NCB 30/Box 213/6 — Statement of earnings, South Hetton Colliery, January 1980 - April 1983

Ref: NCB 30/Box 225/7 — Accidents, South Hetton Colliery, September 1972 - January 1974

Ref: NCB 30/Box 252/10 — Starters and leavers, Hawthorn and South Hetton, March 1970 - April 1983

Ref: NCB 30/Volume 3 — Employment register, South Hetton Colliery, October 1977 - February 1982

Ref: NCB 30/Volume 6 — Engagement book, South Hetton Colliery, October 1956 - September 1977

National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit

Ref: NCB 33/Box 12/26 — Colliery specification, South Hetton Colliery, 1954

Ref: NCB 33/Box 83/8 — Personnel, South Hetton Colliery, not dated

Tyne and Wear Archives Service, Blandford House, Blandford Square, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4JA

User Guide 19B — Collieries

Ref: DF/PEM1/3 — Colliery railway plan, 1834

Ref: DF/WF/28/1-4 — Viewers reports, 1800-1847

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