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Whitworth Park Colliery

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Durham Record Office, County Record Office, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UL

  • National Coal Board — 13th Deposit
    • Ref: NCB 13/345 — Whitworth Park Coal Company - Royalty book, Whitworth Park Colliery, 2 March 1929 - 29 July 1950
  • National Coal Board — 14th Deposit
    • Ref: NCB 14/146 — 1890 - (1) Mrs. R. C. Duncombe Shafto ; (2) Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. Draft agremnent to lease coal and fireclay under the Whitworth Park royalty excepting the Martin Seam
    • Ref: NCB 14/147 — Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. - Correspondenoe relating to the Whitworth royalty including proposals for a lease and estimates of coal reserves, 1883-1890
    • Ref: NCB 14/148 — 19 June 1893 - (1) Mrs. R. C. Duncombe Shafto and others ; (2) Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. Copy of lease of coal and fire clay in the parish of Whitworth, plan attached
    • Ref: NCB 14/149 — Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. - Correspondence and a plan regarding the Whitworth royalty, reserved coal in the Busty Seam, 25 March 1893
    • Ref: NCB 14/150 — Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. - Correspondenoe and plans regarding alleged surface damage to the Whitworth Park Estate, 1898
    • Ref: NCB 14/151 — Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. - Report on the Whitworth royalty by W. R. Dakers, with related letter, 1903-1904
    • Ref: NCB 14/152 — Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. - Correspondence and notices relating to the surrender of the Whitworth Park Colliery lease and a copy of the surrender, June 1904
  • National Coal Board — 24th Deposit
    • Ref: NCB 24/101 — Public Relations Office Files - Whitworth Park colliery (press-cuttings), 1 November 1963 - 5 October 1974
    • Ref: NCB 24/102 — Public Relations Office Files - Whitworth Park colliery, 25 October 1973 - 29 April 1974
  • National Coal Board — 30th Deposit
    • Ref: NCB 30/Box 225/16 — Accidents and incidents at pits, Whitworth Park Colliery, May 1972 - July 1973
  • National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
    • Ref: NCB 33/Box 40/3 — Colliery specification, working and projection of results, Whitworth Colliery, 1954
  • Miscellaneous documents
    • Ref: D/X 1103/39 — Volume includes: Account of strata sunk through in the Whitworth Pit at Whitworth Colliery by William Coulson, 1839
    • Ref: D/X 1103/39 — Volume includes: Account of strata bored through on Whitworth Park Estate called the third long hole near the Black Plantation, north of the winning, 9 May 1848
    • Ref: D/X 1103/39 — Volume includes: Account of a boring in the Whitworth in the Gill about 4 yards north from the Pit, not dated
    • Ref: D/X 1103/39 — Volume includes: Account of the boring at the East deep hole Whitworth (think about Oxclose or a little North), not dated

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