Wearmouth Colliery

Research Notes

• National Coal Board — 1st Deposit, Papers of Robert Simpson (1814-1894)
• Ref: NCB 01/RS 372 — Newspaper Cuttings: Monkwearmouth colliery strike, 1869

• National Coal Board — 2nd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 2/65-67 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Annual reports to Chairman and Managing Director of the operation of the Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries. Includes production and financial statistics etc., 1898-1945 (less 1906-13). N.B. In Report for 1926 summary of events in 1925-1926 leading to the Miners' strike
• Ref: NCB 2/160 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Officials' Pension Fund - Lease (1931), trust deeds and other papers relating to pithead baths at Wearmouth Colliery, 1931-1951
• Ref: NCB 2/306 — Plans of workings at Ryhope, Silksworth, Wearmouth, Eppleton, Dawdon, Vane Tempest & Seaham collieries, not dated [post 1920]

• National Coal Board — 5th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 5/49,50 — Wearmouth Colliery (aerial photographs, one an enlargement of the other), not dated

• National Coal Board — 13th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 13/335 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Accounts for certain, tentale and outstroke rents for High and Low Barnes and Ford Royalties, sublet to Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries, 28 December 1901 - 14 May 1922
• Ref: NCB 13/336 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Accounts for certain, tentale and outstroke rents for Scurfields Ford Royalty, Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries, 28 December 1901 - 1 January 1935
• Ref: NCB 13/337 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Accident report book, Wearmouth Colliery, 15 July 1920 - 2 June 1956
• Ref: NCB 13/338 — Wearmouth Coal Company - Correspondence between Miles Walton, secretary of Durham Miners' Association and George Williams, manager of Wearmouth Colliery, concerning deputation, 1 - 27 June 1945

• National Coal Board — 15th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 15/364 — Wearmouth Coal Company, "Amalgamation of farms C.W.G. 1 and 2", assets and depreciation at Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries, 1946
• Ref: NCB 15/365 — Wearmouth Coal Company, Valuation of Wearmouth and Hylton Colliery bonuses, not dated [c. 1946]
• Ref: NCB 15/365 — Wearmouth Coal Company, Valuation of Wearmouth and Hylton Colliery bonuses, not dated [c. 1946]

• National Coal Board — 24th Deposit
• 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 — 25th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 25/5 Interim List — Photographs of Wearmouth Colliery, not dated
• Ref: NCB 25/25 Interim List — Photographs, leaflets and papers from Wearmouth Colliery, not dated
• Ref: NCB 25/56 Interim List — Photograph of miners, thought to be Wearmouth shaft sinkers, not dated
• Ref: NCB 25/64 Interim List — Photograph of presentation at opening of Wearmouth pithead baths, 1982
• Ref: NCB 25/65 Interim List — Photographs of Wearmouth Colliery, 1955-71

• National Coal Board — 30th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 5/3 — Capital expenditure projects, Wearmouth Colliery, April 1987 - November 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 8/1 — Insurance inspection reports, Wearmouth Colliery, July 1978 - January 1982
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 8/2 — Pit head baths, Wearmouth Colliery, November 1975 - February 1982
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 8/3 — Winders and winding equipment, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1978 - February 1982
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 10/1 — Starters and leavers, Wearmouth Colliery, March 1986 - August 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 10/2 — New starters, Wearmouth Colliery, August 1986 - November 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 10/3 — Starters and leavers, Wearmouth Colliery, March 1987 - November 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 10/4 — New starters, Wearmouth Colliery, February 1984 - August 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 11/1 — New starters, Wearmouth Colliery, March 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 11/2 — Starters and leavers, Wearmouth Colliery, December 1985 - March 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 11/3 — New starters, Wearmouth Colliery, August 1985 - December 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 21/3 — Reconstruction, Wearmouth Staiths, March 1961 - November 1973
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 24/1 — New starters, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1987 - February 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 24/2 — New starters, Wearmouth Colliery, June 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 24/3 — New starters, Wearmouth Colliery, June 1987 - March 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 24/4 — New starters, Wearmouth Colliery, February 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 24/5 — New starters, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1987 - April 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 24/6 — New starters, Wearmouth Colliery, February 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 24/7 — New starters, Wearmouth Colliery, March 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 24/8 — Starters and transfers, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 24/9 — New starters, Wearmouth Colliery, April 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 24/10 — Starters and transfers, Wearmouth Colliery, June 1987 - August 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 24/11 — Leavers information, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1985 - December 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 32/3 — Starters and leavers, Wearmouth Colliery, November 1987 - March 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 32/4 — Starters and transfers, Wearmouth Colliery, December 1985 - January 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 34/1 — Drawings, Wearmouth sampler, March 1969 - October 1978
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 34/2 — Automatic sampler installation, Wearmouth Colliery, July 1977 - October 1980
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 34/3 — Dewatering screen underpan, Wearmouth Colliery, February 1979 - June 1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 37/4 — Repairs to underground bunker, Wearmouth Colliery, February 1970 - November 1974
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 40/2 — New access road and car park, Wearmouth Colliery, July 1967 - May 1972
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 40/3 — Reorganisation, Wearmouth Staiths, January 1968 - September 1972
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 40/4 — New bunkers, Wearmouth Colliery, September 1970 - March 1973
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 40/6 — Rail and stone handling scheme, Wearmouth Colliery, June 1969 - June 1972
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 46/1 — Starters and leavers, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1979 - March 1980
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 55/3 — Test reports of winding engines, Wearmouth Colliery, September 1984 - February 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 55/4 — Coal preparation plants, Wearmouth Colliery, March 1987 - December 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 55/6 — Powered roof supports, Wearmouth Colliery, August 1985 - December 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 56/1 — Planning permissions, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1964 - May 1969
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 58/1 — Reconstruction/reorganisation, Wearmouth Washery, November 1967 - April 1973
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 69/6 — Winders and winding equipment, Wearmouth Colliery, April 1974 - December 1978
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 71/1 — Froth flotation, Wearmouth Colliery, April 1978 - August 1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 75/1 — Production, planning and development, Wearmouth Colliery, May 1984 - August 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 83/12 — Installation of pipe ranges and pumps, Wearmouth Colliery, May 1976
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 86/10 — Five year development plans, Colliery meetings with production managers, Wearmouth Colliery, February 1984 - October 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 87/9 — Test reports - cage suspension gear, Wearmouth Colliery, July 1982 - July 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 94/3 — Installation, maintenance and repairs of pit head baths, Wearmouth Colliery, December 1985 - October 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 98/1 — Drawing off and sealing of disused workings, Wearmouth Colliery, April 1985 - November 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 122/8 — Visits to NCB Collieries, Wearmouth Colliery, March 1988 - December 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 123/4 — Supervisory visits and audit reports, Wearmouth Colliery, September 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 126/9 — Serious reportable accidents, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1988 - December 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 129/1 — Demolition, Wearmouth Staiths, May 1971 - July 1974
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 129/2 — Pit head baths, Wearmouth Colliery, February 1979 - July 1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 129/3 — Weigh bridges, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1977 - August 1978
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/2 — Alteration to barrier, Harvey Seam, Wearmouth and Hylton, September 1948
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/3 — Transfer, Wearmouth to Ryhope, May 1948 - December 1948
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/4 — Proposed transfer, main coal seam, Wearmouth to Whitburn, July 1960
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/5 — Proposed straightening of barrier, Whitburn and Wearmouth, April 1950
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/6 — Adjustment of barrier, Wearmouth and Hylton Collieries, April 1948 - May 1948
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/8 — Boundaries, Wearmouth and Silksworth Collieries, March 1948 - May 1951
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/9 — Transfer of Harvey Seam from Whitburn to Wearmouth, June 1950 - June 1956
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/10 — Transfer of coal, Wearmouth and Ryhope, March 1963 - October 1963
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/11 — Proposed transfer of coal in Harvey Seam, from Boldon to Wearmouth, October 1962 - April 1970
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/12 — Barrier adjustment, Harvey Seam, Wearmouth and Silksworth Collieries, August 1968
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/13 — Transfer of coal, Wearmouth and Silksworth Collieries, May 1964 - July 1968
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 133/4 — Collliery correspondence, Wearmouth Colliery, August 1982 - October 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 136/3 — Major drift drivages, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1972 - April 1973
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 136/4 — Major drift drivages, Wearmouth Colliery, November 1976 - April 1977
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 136/5 — Major drift drivages, Wearmouth Colliery, May 1973 - July 1974
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 136/6 — Development of high main seam, Wearmouth Colliery, May 1973 - April 1978
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 136/7 — Surface bunkers, Wearmouth Colliery, June 1976 - January 1977
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 136/8 — Installation of pipe ranges and pumps, Wearmouth Colliery, May 1976
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 136/9 — Proposed pit head baths, canteen, medical centre and boiler house, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1976 - February 1976
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 136/10 — Proposed extension to froth flotation and filtration unit, Wearmouth Colliery, February 1975 - January 1978
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 142/1 — Cross measure drifting, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1979 - March 1990
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 144/8 — Friction winders, Westoe and Wearmouth Collieries, April 1974 - October 1978
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 158/3 — Rope test reports, Wearmouth Colliery, September 1981 - June 1982
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 158/6 — Certificate of examination of cage suspension gear, Wearmouth Colliery, April 1974 - February 1984
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 173/1 — Surface bunkers project, Wearmouth Colliery, October 1977 - June 1978
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 173/2 — New pit head baths, canteen, medical centre and boiler house, Wearmouth Colliery, October 1976 - July 1977
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 173/3 — Development of high main seam, and provision of segregation facilities, Wearmouth Colliery, November 1978
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 173/4 — Proposed segregation arrangements, Wearmouth Colliery, April 1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 173/5 — Development of high main seam, Wearmouth Colliery, April 1978
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 173/6 — Major drift drivages project, Wearmouth Colliery, February 1978 - April 1978
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 173/7 — New pit head baths, canteen, medical centre and boiler house, Wearmouth Colliery, November 1977
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 173/8 — Major drift drivages, Wearmouth Colliery, September 1977
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 173/9 — Development of high main seam, Wearmouth Colliery, February 1979
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 173/10 — Reorganisation, Wearmouth Staiths, April 1964 - August 1964
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 174/2 — Colliery meetings, Wearmouth Colliery, August 1982 - November 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 174/3 — Rope test reports, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1977 - September 1981
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 175/4 — District wages agreements, Wearmouth Colliery, November 1928 - February 1970
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 175/5 — Wages agreements and Union disputes, Wearmouth Colliery, June 1973 - April 1974
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 175/7 — Industrial arbitration-conciliation meeting minutes, Wearmouth Colliery, December 1973 - March 1974
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 178/1 — Colliery reconstruction, Wearmouth Colliery, July 1956
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 178/2 — Colliery reconstruction, Wearmouth Colliery, November 1967
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 178/3 — Colliery reconstruction, Wearmouth Colliery, April 1963
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 178/4 — Post-reconstruction, Wearmouth Colliery, March 1970
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 178/5 — Proposed man-riding and material haulage, Wearmouth Colliery, October 1970
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 178/6 — Installation of new ship-loading arrangements, Wearmouth Colliery, July 1972 - March 1973
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 178/7 — Post-reconstruction project, Wearmouth Colliery, November 1971 - August 1972
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 178/8 — Installation of pipe ranges and pumps, Wearmouth Colliery, May 1971 - July 1971
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 178/9 — Notes on pumping capacity, Wearmouth Colliery, March 1971
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 178/10 — Post-reconstruction project, Wearmouth Colliery, November 1970 - January 1971
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 181/8 — Conciliation meetings, Wearmouth Colliery, June 1980 - September 1981
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 181/9 — Conciliation meetings, Wearmouth Colliery, November 1979 - May 1980
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 191/10 — Coal stocking, Wearmouth Colliery, October 1965 - October 1972
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 196/3 — Visitors to NCB collieries, Wearmouth Colliery, September 1985 - February 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 196/4 — Accidents and incidents involving railways, Wearmouth Colliery, August 1985 - May 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 196/6 — Dangerous occurences and incidents at pits, Wearmouth Colliery, February 1988 - November 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 220/4 — Dangerous occurences and incidents at pits, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1987 - January 1988
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 220/8 — Dangerous occurences and incidents at pits, Wearmouth Colliery, April 1985 - December 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 221/4 — Serious reportable accidents, Wearmouth Colliery, June 1986 - November 1986
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 221/6 — Serious reportable accidents, Wearmouth Colliery, December 1986 - December 1987
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 224/3 — Underground, Wearmouth, November 1958 - January 1959
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 254/9 — Profit and loss accounts, Wearmouth Colliery, April 1967 - March 1974

• National Coal Board — 31st Deposit
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 87/1 — Wearmouth Scheme, September 1959 - March 1960
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 88/1 — Wearmouth Scheme, November 1959 - May 1960
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 95/1 — Wearmouth Scheme, March 1960 - September 1960
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 99/2 — Construction of tower winding house, Wearmouth Colliery, August 1955
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 99/3 — Reconstruction, new roads, Wearmouth Colliery, May 1957
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 99/4 — Construction of tower winding house, Wearmouth Colliery, May 1955
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 99/5 — Contracts for deepening "A" pit, Wearmouth Colliery, November 1954
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 99/7 — New shaft sinking, Wearmouth Colliery, March 1956 - February 1959
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 99/9 — Reconstruction, Wearmouth Colliery, June 1953 - September 1954
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 99/10 — New shaft, Wearmouth Colliery, March 1955

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 11/10 — Colliery specification, Wearmouth Colliery, 1954
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 46/16 — Railway code matters, Wearmouth Colliery Unit, March 1947 - May 1947
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 72/3 — Shield support programme, 1983/1984; Heavy duty and A.T.M. programme, 1983/1984; Heavy duty face project - an initial proposal, 1983, Wearmouth Colliery, January 1982 - April 1985
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 72/4 — A.T.M./ Heavy duty/ Shield support programme, Wearmouth Colliery, May 1982 - January 1983
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 77/2 — Colliery meetings, Wearmouth Colliery, December 1978 - May 1980
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 81/5 — Reorganisation, tippler - crusher, conveyor, Wearmouth Colliery, February 1977 - May 1978
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 94/13 — Colliery spoil heaps, Wearmouth washery, slurry tank, December 1968 - October 1971
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 94/14 — Colliery spoil heaps, Wearmouth Colliery, pond, April 1970 - October 1971
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 94/16 — Effect of water spilling from washery and railway embankment, Wearmouth Colliery, October 1968

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 999/2 — John Elliot (1809-1849) - Calculation on quantity of air available at Monkwearmouth colliery, 11 September 1845
• Ref: D/X 999/73 — 18 May 1849. (1) John Elliot of Monkwearmouth Colliery ; (2) William Bell of Bishopwearmouth, colliery owner. Apprenticeship indenture of (1) to (2) for 3 years as enginewright

• Miscellaneous plans
• Ref: D/XP 135/1 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... Yard Seam (G2) ... Progress and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', 4 August 1970. Scale: 1 : 2500
• Ref: D/XP 135/2 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... Yard Seam (G2) ... Layout and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', 16 September 1975. Scale: 1 : 2500
• Ref: D/XP 135/3 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... Yard Seam (G2) ... Layout and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', August 1980. Scale: 1 : 2500
• Ref: D/XP 135/4 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... Maudlin Seam Top Section (H1), Layout and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', 1 February 1971. Scale: 1 : 2500
• Ref: D/XP 135/5 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... Maudlin Seam Top Section (H1) ... Layout and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', 1 December 1971. Scale: 1 : 2500
• Ref: D/XP 135/6 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... Maudlin Seam Top Section (H1), Layout and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', 3 July 1974. Scale: 1 : 2500
• Ref: D/XP 135/7 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... Maudlin Seam Top Section (H1), Layout and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', November 1985. Scale: 1 : 2500
• Ref: D/XP 135/8 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... Maudlin Seam Top Section (H1), Layout and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', April 1986. Scale: 1 : 2500
• Ref: D/XP 135/9 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... Bottom Maudlin Seam (H2), Progress and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', not dated [c.1975]. Scale: 1 : 2500
• Ref: D/XP 135/10 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... Maudlin Seam Bottom Section (H2), Progress and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', not dated [1983]. Scale: 1 : 2500
• Ref: D/XP 135/11 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... Low Main Seam J1, Progress and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', not dated [1985]. Scale: 1 : 2500
• Ref: D/XP 135/12 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... Low Main Seam J1, Layout and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', not dated [1987]. Scale: 1 : 2500
• Ref: D/XP 135/13 — 'Wearmouth Colliery ... 1850 Drift ... Layout and Projected Ventilation Development Plan', 23 July 1965. Scale: 1 : 2500

• User Guide 19B — Collieries
• Ref: 707/19-21 — Horse fodder issues, 1954-1963
• Ref: 1598/Box 5 — Miners Welfare Recreation Grounds Charity accounts, 1935-42
• Ref: 1598/Box 5 — Charity accounts, 1935-1942
• Ref: DF/WF/43/58 — Plan, 1880
• Ref: DX198/1, DF/WF/28/1-4 — Viewers reports, 1800-1847