Victoria Garesfield Colliery

Research Notes

• Strathmore Estate (Estate and Family Records)
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/6 — John Daglish: Copy rent accounts and calculations for Blaydon Burn, Blaydon Main, Victoria Garesfield and Crawcrook royalties, with letters from William Ralston to John Daglish (and replies), 1890 - 1904
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/9 — John Daglish: Copy rent accounts and accounts of coal and fireclay worked for Victoria Garesfield colliery, with letters to John Daglish, 1899 - 1904
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/31 — John Daglish: Letters from Priestman and Co., etc., to John Daglish (and replies), with related papers, concerning the lease of Victoria Garesfield colliery, 16 January 1890 - 2 June 1904

• National Coal Board — 2nd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 2/248 — 6. Victoria Garesfield Colliery

• National Coal Board — 15th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 15/355 — Priestman Collieries, Victoria Garesfield Colliery, cokemen's agreements book, 28 October 1889 - 10 June 1927

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 25/13 — Colliery specification, working and projection of results, Victoria Garesfield Colliery, 1947 - 1954

• Durham Miner's Association — Archives
• Ref: NUMDA/3/2/72 — Victoria Garesfield lodge subscription registers [1961-1962]
  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.