Trimdon Grange Colliery

Research Notes

• Ref: D/X 1103/39 — Volume includes: Section of strata sunk through the Trimdon Grange Pit begun May 1845 and got to the 5/4 seam in April 1846
• Ref: D/X 1140/1 — 'Particulars for sale by tender of the important leasehold seasale Collieries called East Hetton Colliery and Trimdon Grange Colliery in the County of Durham ... also the adjacent well-known (principally Leasehold but partly Freehold) Raisby Hill Limestone Quarries and Lime Works ... a Freehold Estate Containing 140 Acres... A Plot of Freehold Land Containing about 6 Acres ... A Freehold Property, called The Foundry Comprising One Acre, or thereabouts, on which 33 Workmen's Cottages are now standing', to be sold in one lot by order of the Master of the Rolls in the case of Forster v. Forster, September 1878. At end: plan of East Hetton Colliery, 1878. Scale: 32 chains to 1 inch [1 : 25344]. plan of Raisby Hill Quarries, 1878. Scale: 1 chain to 1 inch [1 : 792] .plan of Emmerson's freehold estate, 1878. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1 : 10560]. plan of Trimdon Grange Colliery, 1878. Scale: 16 chains to 1 inch [1 : 12672
• Ref: D/X 498/4 — Statement and epitome of leases of East Hetton and Trimdon Grange Collieries, 13 March 1878
• Ref: D/X 498/5 — Epitome of several leases of Trimdon Grange and East Hetton Collieries, not dated, c.1880
• Ref: NCB 01/D 39 — Deeds - Trimdon Grange Colliery and East Hetton Colliery, 1880
• Ref: D/X 1420/2 — List of men and boys killed in the explosion at Trimdon Grange Colliery, 16 February 1882, giving name, occupation, age, place, and cause of death, not dated
• Ref: D/X 865/1 — Correspondence and copy correspondence of Simon Tate, Trimdon Grange Colliery, with V. W. Corbett and J. P. Brydon (Londonderry Agents), W. Armstrong, T. Davison and George Linklater (Walter Scott Ltd.); relating to Trimdon Grange Colliery and its operations, 24 December 1885 - 4 March 1913
• Ref: D/X 1420/1 — List of persons killed at Trimdon Grange Colliery from 1848 to 1885, giving name, age, occupation, place and nature of accident, and date, not dated, 1886
• Ref: D/X 498/25 — Calculations of rents paid under the several leases of Trimdon Grange and East Hetton Collieries ending 25 October 1886, not dated, c.1887
• Ref: D/X 498/33 — Table of rents paid under the several leases of the East Hetton and Trimdon Grange royalties, not dated, c.1891
• Ref: D/X 498/38 — East Hetton and Trimdon Grange Collieries, royalty plan for the New Main Seam., not dated, c.1892. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile
• Ref: D/X 1420/3 — Letter from S. Tate, Trimdon Grange Colliery, to William Armstrong, Wingate Grange, concerning his inspection of a shaft at Trimdon, the condition of the tubbing, walling, brattice, and the general state of the workings, 21 November 1892
• Ref: D/X 865/6 — Copy correspondence between W. Lisle, Thomas Davison, Thomas Thubron and S. Tate relating to water in Trimdon Colliery, 13 February - 20 February 1894
• Ref: NCB 13/273 — Trimdon Coal Company - 17 October 1895 - (1) The lessees (43 persons named) ; (2) William Henry Wood of Coxhoe, Esquire, Thomas Wood of Westminster, Colonel in H.M. Army, and Benjamin James Bucknall of Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, land agent, executors of the will of Thomas Wood, late of Barrow Hedges, Carshalton, Surrey, Esquire ; (3) Walter Scott Limited. Deed of arrangement and release concerning duties of (2) to Deaf Hill Colliery and (3) to Trimdon Grange Colliery to pump water and carry out maintenance etc.
• Ref: NCB 13/274 — Trimdon Coal Company - Letter from S. Tate, Trimdon Grange Colliery, to Thomas Watson, at Deaf Hill Colliery, concerning [water] feeders in Coxhoe Royalty, 17 September 1896
• Ref: D/Ph 40/1 — Copy photograph showing a view of Front Street, Trimdon Grange, not dated c.1900-1910
• Ref: D/Ph 40/2 — Copy photograph showing a view of Rose Street, Trimdon Grange, not dated c.1900-1910
• Ref: D/Ph 40/5 — Postcard with five views showing Deaf Hill Colliery, Trimdon Station and Trimdon Colliery [two views are unidentified], not dated c.1900-1910
• Ref: D/Ph 40/6/1 — Group of men at Trimdon or Deaf Hill Colliery (with fire fighting equipment), not dated c.1900-1910
• Ref: D/Ph 40/6/2 — Group of men at Trimdon or Deaf Hill Colliery (with fire lighting equipment), not dated c.1900-1910
• Ref: D/X 498/148 — 23 December 1910. (1) Henry John Beckwith of Millichope Park, Shropshire ; (2) Hannah Brown of the Red Lion Inn, Trimdon ; (3) Jane Dalkin of Darlington ; (4) Walter Scott Ltd., of Newcastle. Memorandum of agreement between parties concerning a lease for 11 years, 245 days from 1 March 1910, of all seams of coal and fireclay under 3.42 acres of land at Trimdon Grange. Rent £10 p.a. plus royalties. Includes tracing of area concerned. Scale: 1:2500
• Ref: D/X 1420/6 — Report by John Pattison, manager, concerning his inspection on 21 May [n.y.], of 1st left hand place in the cross-cut flat, Syphon Way, Harvey Seam, not dated, 1913
• Ref: D/X 1420/5 — Statement by George Fishburn, Deputy, Harvey Seam, Syphon Way, Trimdon Grange, giving his account of the rescue of 5 men and a putter boy from the right hand flat, Trimdon Colliery, 21 May 1913
• Ref: D/X 1420/7 — Report by T. Owens, concerning his inspection, with John Pattison, of the hitch place, 1st left hand place and cross cut flat, Syphon Way, and the events that led up to the escape of gas when the blower came off, 21 May [n.y.] 1913
• Ref: D/X 1420/8 — Statement by George Tempest, Deputy, fore shift, concerning his inspection of the 1st left at cross cut flat, 21 May 1913
• Ref: D/X 1420/10 — Report by William Ford, Deputy in the Harvey seam, Syphon Way, concerning the events leading up to the gas blower coming off, and the safe evacuation of the men, 21 May 1913
• Ref: D/X 1420/11 — Plan of a section of Trimdon Grange Colliery, showing a drift from the Harvey to the Busty seam, in Syphon flat, where a blower of gas came off, 21 May 1913. No scale
• Ref: D/X 1420/9 — Report by William Willis, master shifter, on 21 May 1913, concerning his inspection of the hitch place and 1st left, 27 May 1913
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 258/4 — Engagement book, Trimdon Grange Colliery, March 1939 - December 1951
• Ref: NCB 6/173 — Miners Welfare Committee, Trimdon Grange (Divisional Architects Correspondence re Pithead Baths), 1944-1950
• Ref: NCB 2/311 — Lines of demarcation of plant and railways at Trimdon Grange colliery and coke works, 1946
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 40/9 — Colliery specification, working and projection of results, Trimdon Grange Colliery, 1954
• Ref: NCB 24/84 — Public Relations Office Files - Trimdon Grange colliery (press-cuttings), 27 April 1959 - July 1982
• Ref: NCB 24/85 — Public Relations Office Files - Trimdon Grange colliery, 15 June 1959 - 13 December 1967
• Ref: D/X 498/6 — Plan of the East Hetton and Trimdon Grange Collieries, Durham, by Farebrother, Ellis and Clark, The Strand, London.Scale: 40 chains to 1 inch