John Bowes and Partners Ltd.

Research Notes

• Ref: NCB 01/D 99 — Deeds - Jarrow Grange estate: land, buildings and wayleave, including re Pontop and Jarrow railway, 1839-1942 (Lord Ravensworth and Partners, John Bowes and Partners)
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/19 — John Daglish: Part of a report and valuation of the Springwell estate leased to John Bowes and Partners Ltd., n.d. [1885]
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/45 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies), statistics of output and profits, and related papers concerning the value of John Bowes and Partners Ltd. at the time of John Bowes' death in order that the amount of a legacy left by John Bowes to the trustees of the Bowes Museum may be ascertained; includes affidavits taken for Strathmore v Sir Henry Morgan Vane et al., High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, relating to the legacy, 1885 - 1901
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/13 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies), with summaries of saleable coal and coal consumption, relating to the preparation of a report and valuation of the working collieries of John Bowes and Partners Ltd. with copy of final report, 6 July 1885 - 20 February 1886
• Ref: NCB 19/2/2/1 — John Bowes & Partners Ltd. - Agreements made by the owners and workmen of Marley Hill Colliery concerning hewing prices, non-union men, house rent and repair of machines, 30 June 1891 - 6 October 1899
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/38 — John Daglish: Copy letter from George Auldjo Jamieson to John Daglish concerning whether John Bowes and Partners Ltd. should be allowed to sublet a portion of the Hylton royalty, 27 March 1891
• Ref: NCB 19/2/2/2 — John Bowes & Partners Ltd. - Agreements made by the owners and workmen of Marley Hill Colliery concerning prices, hours, non-union men and house rent, 23 August 1900 - 18 July 1949
• Ref: NCB 2/2 — John Bowes and Partners - Negatives or plans concerning agreement about Bowes Railway junction at Jarrow, not dated [post 1901]
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/27 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies), schedule of claims, and plan relating to claims made against John Bowes and Partners Ltd. for damages at Hedley Hall and Hedley West House Farms caused by colliery workings, 17 November 1904 - 10 March 1905
• Ref: NCB 19/2/2/3 — John Bowes & Partners Ltd. - Correspondence between Reginald Guthrie, esq., Secretary of Durham Coal Owners' Association, R. W. Berkley, esq., of Marley Hill Colliery and John W. Taylor, esq., of Durham Colliery Mechanics' Association, concerning alteration in the custom of joiners and other mechanics working only in daylight hours during the period 11 November - 2 February at Marley Hill Colliery, 1 November - 29 December 1905
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 48/2 — Disputes, South Derwent Coal Company vs John Bowes and Partners, June 1919 - February 1953
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 49/1 — Disputes, South Derwent Coal Company vs John Bowes and Partners, June 1919 - January 1953
• Ref: D/St/B1/8/30 — Papers relating to the estimation of the resources of Kibblesworth, Springwell and Vale collieries, including letter from John Bowes and Partners to Ernest Kirkup, calculations of value of coal reserves, valuations of colliery houses, and plan, July - 8 August 1923
• Ref: D/St/B1/8/32 — Draft and copies of valuation by Thomas Greener, Urpeth Lodge, Beamish, of the collieries of John Bowes and Partners Ltd., giving details of leases, resources, output etc., with covering letters from Greener to Henry Armstrong, 28 January - 6 February 1924
• Ref: NCB 7/5/90 — Correspondence between Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd and Henry Armstrong re information on coal seams next to John Bowes & Partners, boundaries, including covering plans, 25 May 1928 - 4 March 1929
• Ref: D/St/B1/8/46 — Copy reports by E. Lowther, late of the Great Western Railway Co., to the managing director of John Bowes and Partners Ltd. (with annotations by Ernest Kirkup) concerning the working of the Pontop and Jarrow railway, with plan, 17 April - 22 May 1929
• Ref: D/St/B1/8/34 — Notes on revision up to June 1931 of valuation made in 1923 by Thomas Greener of resources of the collieries of John Bowes and Partners, [1931]
• Ref: D/St/B1/8/47 — Report by Ernest Kirkup, addressed to Major Godrey M. Palmer, managing director of John Bowes and Partners Ltd., on an examination of Felling colliery, with recommendations as to its future, 27 October 1931
• Ref: NCB 7/6/15 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Plan showing royalties worked by John Bowes & Partners, Ltd., 17 March 1933. Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10,560]
• Ref: NCB 7/5/124 — James Joicey & Co. Ltd. - Correspondence between J. Joicey & Co. Ltd. and John Bowes & Partners Ltd. re boundary between Burnopfield and White-le-Head Collieries) including plans of Burnopfield Colliery, 11 August 1933 - 3 November 1944
• Ref: D/St/B1/3/161 — Park Head royalty accounts: rents due from the Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. and from John Bowes & Partners Ltd., with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen and Ernest Kirkup, 1934 - 1938
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 100/5 — Copy agreement between NESCO and John Bowes and partners Ltd. for supply of electrical energy to Marley Hill Colliery and Byer Moor Colliery, Monkton Ovens and Jarrow Staiths etc., January 1936. (includes: Copy supplemental agreement to above, October 1941; Copy members agreement Creosote Producers association Ltd., August 1948)
• Ref: NCB 19/2/2/4 — John Bowes & Partners Ltd. - Account of yard work and incidentals at [Marley Hill] Colliery, 2 May 1942 - 4 March 1944
• Ref: NCB 19/2/2/5 — John Bowes & Partners Ltd. - Screens time record book of Marley Hill Colliery, 29 August 1942 - 22 July 1944
• Ref: NCB 7/5/74 — Correspondence between John Bowes and Partners, Ltd and Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd. re the proposed straightening of boundary and barrier between royalties leased to Lambton Hetton and Joicey Collieries Ltd and John Bowes and Partners Ltd., including plans of the proposed areas, 1 December 1944 - 10 January 1946
• Ref: NCB 2/234 — John Bowes & Partners. Blackburn Fell Drift 1945-1946
• Ref: NCB 19/2/2/6 — John Bowes & Partners Ltd. - Reports, evidence and correspondence submitted to arbitration by the owners and workmen of Marley Hill Colliery, concerning "whether the prices paid for hewing coal in the Brockwell Seam with pneumatic picks are based on a standard thickness of 3 feet and vary as the seam height increases or decreases", 14 June - 29 September 1945
• Ref: D/DCOMPA 299 — Schedule of workmen in receipt of compensation for accidents and industrial diseases, at 31 December 1946, employed by John Bowes and Partners Limited, 1948
• Ref: D/DCOMPA 307 — Schedule of workmen in receipt of compensation for accidents and industrial diseases, at 31 December 1946, employed by John Bowes and Partners Limited, Hamsterley Colliery Limited and Heworth Coal Company Limited, 1948
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 86/31 — Agreement between North Eastern Electrical Supply Company and N.C.B., covering the supply of energy to collieries and works formerly belonging to John Bowes and Partners Limited, September 1947
• Ref: NCB 2/248 — 1. John Bowes & Partners: Byermoor and Kibblesworth Collieries