Whitburn Colliery

Research Notes

• Ref: NCB 5/41 — Plans - Whitburn Colliery, Bensham Seam, not dated [1848f.] Scale: 2 chains to 1 inch [1:1584]
• Ref: NCB 3/113 — Harton Coal Company - Account of strata through Whitburn Winnings (No. 1 Pit, No. 2 Pit and St. Hilda), 1874-1887
• Ref: NCB 01/X 165 — W. C. Blackett - Reports on various collieries: (ii) Kind and Chaudron system of sinking pits at Whitburn, 1877
• Ref: NCB 3/110 — Harton Coal Company - Tentale workings and rent accounts (re Whitburn Colliery, Marsden Quarries, Boldon Quarries), 1878-1903
• Ref: NCB 3/117 — Harton Coal Company - Agreements at Harton, St. Hilda, Boldon and Whitburn Collieries in March 1929, fixing prices and conditions of working, also Durham County Agreements and Schedules of Basic Rates, 1895-1929
• Ref: NCB 01/X 160 — Railway tickets for the South Shields - Marsden Colliery railway, not dated (early 20th century)
• Ref: NCB 3/111 — Harton Coal Company - Tentale workings accounts, Harton, Boldon and Whitburn (coal worked out of royalties), 1903-1947
• Ref: D/DCOA 210 — Agreement with Durham Miners' Association re disputes over payments of compensation at Whitburn and St. Hilda collieries, 30 June 1903
• Ref: NCB 3/112 — Harton Coal Company - Tentale accounts, Whitburn Colliery, 1904-1942
• Ref: NCB 5 46 — Plans - Whitburn Colliery, Yard Seam, not dated [1913f.] Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 259/1 — Agreement made with workmen, Whitburn Colliery, July 1920 - December 1949
• Ref: D/X 1366/13 — Record of total train mileage, December 1920 – June 1948
• Ref: NCB 5/15 — Plans - Harton, St. Hilda, and Boldon, Yard Seam, not dated [1921f.]
• Ref: NCB 5/44 — Plans - Whitburn Colliery, Five Quarter Seam, not dated [1924f.] Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 259/2 — Agreements with workmen, Whitburn Colliery, November 1925
• Ref: NCB 5/14 — Plans - Harton and Whitburn colliery workings, Five Quarter Seam, not dated [1927f.] Scale: 4 chains to 1 inch [1:3168]
• Ref: NCB 5/47,48 — Plans - Whitburn Colliery, Yard Seam (Northern and Southern), not dated [1914f. & 1929f.]
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 259/3 — Agreements, Whitburn Colliery, October 1931 - October 1953
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 259/4 — Agreements, Whitburn Colliery, March 1943 - January 1965
• Ref: D/X 1366/5 — Record of traffic on the South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway, 8 April 1945 – 8 January 1947
• Ref: D/X 1366/4 — Record of traffic on the South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Railway, 6 April 1946 – 19 September 1946
• Ref: D/X 1366/6 — Record book of traffic on the South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Railway, 23 January 1947 – 9 June 1949
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 255/1 — Records of disputes and meetings, Whitburn Colliery, October 1947 - September 1953
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 3/34 — Amendments to folder regarding Whitburn Colliery dispute, December 1947 - March 1954
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 46/7 — Requisitions of coal for underground workings, Whitburn Colliery, August 1948 - November 1950
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 255/7 — Minutes of meetings, Whitburn Colliery, April 1949 - October 1954
• Ref: D/X 1366/7 — Record of traffic on the South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway, 19 June 1949 – 2 January 1951
• Ref: D/X 1366/8 — Record of traffic on the South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway, 30 December 1949 – 25 August 1950
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/5 — Proposed straightening of barrier, Whitburn and Wearmouth, April 1950
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/9 — Transfer of Harvey Seam from Whitburn to Wearmouth, June 1950 - June 1956
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 255/8 — Minutes of meetings, Whitburn Colliery, November 1950 - December 1954
• Ref: D/X 1366/9 — Record of traffic on the South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway, 29 November 1951 – 29 June 1952
• Ref: D/X 1366/10 — Record of traffic on the South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway, 2 July 1952 – 23 July 1953
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 3/38 — Conciliation, Whitburn Enquiry, 1953
• Ref: D/X 1366/12 — National Coal Board (Harton Unit) record of down and up trains (Marsden to Shields), 18 March 1953 – 6 November 1955
• Ref: D/X 1366/11 — Record of traffic on the South Shields, Marsden and Whitburn Colliery Railway, 1 September 1953 – 13 November 1954
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 249/4 — Personnel register, Whitburn central workshops, 1954 - 1970
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 11/7 — Colliery specification, Whitburn Colliery, 1954
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 255/5 — Dispute, Whitburn Colliery, February 1954 - April 1954
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 3/36 — Conciliation, Whitburn Enquiry, February 1954 - March 1955
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 3/39 — Conciliation, Whitburn Enquiry, February 1954 - July 1954
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 3/40 — Conciliation, Whitburn Enquiry, February 1954 - March 1954
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 31/9 — Report of the private committee of enquiry into unconstitutional stoppages of work, Whitburn, Harton and Westoe Collieries, February 1954 - March 1954
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 113/2 — Report on unconstitutional stoppages of work at Whitburn, Harton, and Westoe Collieries, March 1954
• Ref: NCB 25/48 Interim List — Press cuttings from Whitburn colliery, 1956-59
• Ref: NCB 25/49 Interim List — Press cuttings from Whitburn colliery, 1960-64
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 132/4 — Proposed transfer, main coal seam, Wearmouth to Whitburn, July 1960
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 255/4 — Deputations, Whitburn Colliery, February 1961 - December 1963
• Ref: NCB 24/100 — Public Relations Office Files - Whitburn colliery, 19 February 1962 - 4 April 1968
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 255/3 — Deputations, Whitburn Colliery, August 1964 - December 1967
• Ref: NCB 25/50 Interim List — Press cuttings from Whitburn Colliery 1968-72
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 249/5 — Wastage book, Whitburn central workshops, April 1968 - September 1969
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 249/6 — Recruitment register, Whitburn workshops, April 1968 - September 1969
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 249/3 — Contracts of employment, Whitburn workshops, September 1968 - September 1977
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 249/7 — Wastage, Whitburn central workshops, January 1972 - September 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 249/2 — Signing-on book, Whitburn Colliery, September 1972 - August 1973
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 114/2 — Personnel notes, Whitburn workshops closure, July 1985 - September 1985
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 168/1 — Daily production results, Whitburn section, December 1975 - December 1977
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 83/4 — A67 course, Tursdale and Whitburn, May 1977 - May 1982
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 249/1 — Whitburn central workshops, August 1977 - June 1981
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 249/9 — Addresses, Whitburn central workshops, December 1981
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 249/10 — Addresses, Whitburn central workshops, April 1983
• Ref: NCB 30/Box 249/8 — Manpower, Whitburn central workshops, October 1983
• Ref: NCB 25/51 Interim List — Press cutting from Whitburn Colliery, 1987
• Ref: NCB 5/42 — Plans - Whitburn, Nos. 1 & 2 Pits, Bensham Seam, not dated. Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
• Ref: NCB 5/43 — Plans - Whitburn Colliery, No. 2 Pit, Bensham Seam, not dated. Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
• Ref: NCB 5/45 — Plans - Whitburn Colliery, Hutton Seam, not dated. Scale: 25 inches to 1 mile [1:2500]
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 3/37 — Indexes to documents for Whitburn Colliery, not dated

• Ref: DX635/9 — Photograph, Marsden Colliery Welfare Junior F.C., c1936
• Ref: DX635/9 — Junior FC, c1936
• Ref: 707/19-21 — Horse fodder issues, 1954-1961