West Thornley Colliery

Research Notes

• National Coal Board — 1st Deposit
• Ref: NCB 01/X 120 — West Thornley Colliery, pay bill, 1889

• National Coal Board — 2nd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 2/281 — Pay bill for Black Prince and West Thornley Colliery for pay ending 6 October, 1888
• Ref: NCB 2/282 — Pay bill for West Thornley Coke Ovens for pay ending 6 October, 1888

• National Coal Board — 4th Deposit (Items under 30 years old not to be produced)
• Ref: NCB 4/215 — Black Prince Colliery (Tow Law), invoices, 1923-1925, and West Thornley Colliery (Wingate Coal Co.), summaries of wages, 1937-1947
• Ref: NCB 4/216 — Black Prince Colliery (Tow Law). Agreements re workings, 1874-1914; West Thornley Colliery, Agreements etc., 1880-1929

• National Coal Board — 13th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 13/319 — Papers concerning notice by Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Company to North Eastern Railway Company of intention to work coal in Ballarat Seam, West Thornley Colliery, Tow Law, 21 July 1902 -19 November 1903

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 37/3 — Colliery specification, working and projection of results, West Thornley Colliery, 1954

• Photocopies and photographs
• Ref: D/Ph 154/5 — Photograph of West Thornley Colliery, Tow Law, not dated [c.1910]
• Ref: D/Ph 154/6 — Photograph of West Thornley Colliery, Tow Law, not dated [c.1910]

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 403/1 — Hedley Hill Colliery (Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Co.) Agreement as to Fines Book (under Truck Act, 1896) in which fines incurred by employees against the Coal Mines Regulation Acts were recorded, 1900-1924. (Also contains one page of entries for West Thornley Colliery, 1952-1963)