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South Hetton Coal Co., Ltd.

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

Durham Coal Owners' Mutual Protection Association Records

Ref: D/DCOMPA 329 — Schedule of workmen in receipt of compensation for accidents and industrial diseases, at 31 December 1946, employed by South Hetton Coal Company Limited, 1948

Miscellaneous documents

Ref: D/X 411/291 — An illustrated booklet about South Hetton, '1833 the best then, 1934 the best now', sponsored by South Hetton Coal Company, Ltd., 49-50 John Street, Sunderland, 1934

National Coal Board — 1st Deposit

Ref: NCB 01/D 58 — Deeds - Murton: farm and minerals, 1819-1965 (South Hetton Coal Company)
Ref: NCB 01/D 90 — Deeds - Murton, Eppleton Carr, Haswell (under Haswell Town, Haswell Moor, and Fallowfield farms): coal and mines; South Hetton: land and premises, 1831-1889 (South Hetton Coal Company. Including assignment by T. R. G. Braddyll to T. Rawsthorne of shares in the Company, and deed of covenants on his admission into it, 1833)
Ref: NCB 01/X 39 — South Hetton Colliery Company - South Hetton, plan of workings, "referred to in the report of Messrs. Wood and Johnson dated 5th February 1834, P. Forster", not dated (1834)
Ref: NCB 01/X 40 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Share transfer book, 1874-1885
Ref: NCB 01/X 41 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Fitter's bond (John Berkley of Seaham Harbour and his sureties), 1885
Ref: NCB 01/X 42 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Correspondence and other papers, re agency agreements, accounts, dividends and shares, powers of attorney, insurance policies, shipments, reports, receipts, agreements for telephone and electricity, etc., 1835-1946. Especially: 1835 Deed re shares, Matthew Forster to John Burrell [no. 565]; ; 1837 Assignment of shares, J. Burrell to Thomas Rawsthorne [no. 566] ; 1853-1875 Agreement with Lord and Lady Londonderry for leading and shipping coals [no. 581] ; 1859 Agreement with Haswell Coal Company for leading coal (copy) [no. 67] ; 1874-1882 Directors' remuneration [no. 50] ; 1879 Minutes of committee meeting [no. 29] ; 1882 Letter from J. R. Breckon re resignation [no. 71] ; 1887 Petition against North East Railway Bill [no. 58] ; 1887-1889 Notices to alter Articles of Association [no. 60] ; 1897 "The Story of a Negotiation" re negotiations for the Haswell Company's Easington and Under-sea royalties (printed) [no. 398] ; 1905 Presentation to W. Bailey Hawkins after 25 years as chairman [no. 233] ; 1905 Proposed amalgamation with Londonderry Collieries Ltd. [No. 608] ; 1907 Christmas bonuses [No. 260] ; 1908-1910 Port of London rates [no. 284] ; 1909 Dispute [no. 286] ; 1910 Murton strike [no. 285] ; 1912 Trimdon Coal Company, Memorandum and Articles of Association [no. 583] ; 1929-1936 Shareholders'statements of interest in other companies [no. 640]
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (1A) "List of documents in this parcel"
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (1) Ratifications of agreement
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (2) Returned allotment letters
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (3) List of ratifications of agreement for exchange of stock
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (4) Certificate (copy) of resolutions for reconstruction
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (5) Replies to request for allotment letters
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (6) Letter from Blyth Dutton Hartley and Blyth, solicitors, re powers of the Company to join the Coal Owners' Association, 1896
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (7) Receipts for payment of shares
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (8) Draft directors' report, draft chairman's circular, and suggested amendments, with letter
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (9) Agenda and minutes of Extraordinary General Meeting, 24 February
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (10) Minutes of Extraordinary General Meeting, 24 March
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (11) Minutes of General Meeting, 2 September
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (12) Agenda and minutes of General Meeting, with liquidators'statement (final meeting of the old company), 21 October
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (13) Agreement for adoption of exchange agreement
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (14) Circulars issued re reconstruction, 1897-1898
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (15) Chairman's circular re reconstruction (printed)
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (16) List of stockholders of old company
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (17) List of shareholders (exchange of stock for shares)
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (18) Correspondence re Clark and Pearson's assent to agreement for reconstruction, with counsel's opinion, etc.
Ref: NCB 01/X 43 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers concerning the reconstruction of the Company [due to liabilities attached to the Workmen's Compensation Act of 1897], 1898: (19) Draft notices, resolutions, etc.
Ref: NCB 01/X 44 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers from accountants' department re reconstruction of the Company, 1898
Ref: NCB 01/X 45 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Dividend authorities, 1876-1898
Ref: NCB 01/X 47 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Presentation to Thomas Jones, managing director, 1902
Ref: NCB 01/X 48 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Report on screening and cleaning of coal, 1887
Ref: NCB 01/X 49 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Plans of Murton and South Hetton colliery premises, 1904
Ref: NCB 01/X 50 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Correspondence and other papers re provisions of 1907 Companies Act, 1908
Ref: NCB 01/X 51 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Correspondence and other papers re dispute and arbitration with Durham Coal Owners' Association over tax on strike compensation, 1910-1913
Ref: NCB 01/X 52 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Correspondence re defalcations in shipping agent's accounts and re bank accounts, 1913-1914
Ref: NCB 01/X 53 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Papers re debentures, 1941-1948
Ref: NCB 01/X 54 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Cancelled debenture bonds, 20th century
Ref: NCB 01/X 55-60 — South Hetton Colliery Company - Testimonial account: cash-book, list of people circularised, and receipt counterfoils, etc., 1900-1902
Ref: NCB 01/X 60A — South Hetton Colliery Company - Bankers' references for tradesmen, etc., 1923-1954

National Coal Board — 2nd Deposit

Ref: NCB 2/35 — South Hetton Coal Co. - Notes of holdings of stock in various railway companies etc. and in Government Bonds, 1884-1915

National Coal Board — 4th Deposit (Items under 30 years old not to be produced)

Ref: NCB 4/137-138 — South Hetton Coal Company - Daily details of coal in heaps and hoppers, 1909-1940
Ref: NCB 4/139-143 — South Hetton Coal Company - Account of hours worked by Firemen, Enginemen and Guards, 1938-1944

National Coal Board — 13th Deposit

Ref: NCB 13/215 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning supply of privies to South Hetton Cottages, 23 November 1834 - 30 November 1886
Ref: NCB 13/216 — South Hetton Coal Company - Notice by Guardians of the Poor, Easington District, to Thomas Wood, to supply sufficient privy and ashpit accommodation for 22 cottages at South Hetton, 26 September 1891
Ref: NCB 13/217 — South Hetton Coal Company - Notice by Easington Union Rural Sanitary Authority to Thomas Wood, of London, to provide privy and ashpit accommodation for 522 houses at South Hetton, 2 December 1892
Ref: NCB 13/218 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters to T. Watson, Trimdon Coal Company, from R. Hogg, Murton Colliery, Mavin Ramshaw of Haswell, builder and George Phalp, Inspector of Nuisances with Easington Rural Sanitary Authority, concerning South Hetton cottages, 28 December 1892 - 18 December 1894
Ref: NCB 13/219 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letter from R. Hogg, Murton Colliery to Thomas Wood, concerning improvements to South Hetton cottages, with plan, 31 January 1894
Ref: NCB 13/220 — South Hetton Coal Company - Notice by Easington Union Rural Sanitary Authority to Thomas Wood, at Barrow Hedges, Carshalton, Surrey, to make 22 houses at Forster Street, South Hetton, fit for human habitation, 17 November 1894
Ref: NCB 13/221 — South Hetton Coal Company - Correspondence between W. O. Wood of South Hetton Coal Company and Thomas Watson, at Trimdon concerning privies at Forster Street, South Hetton, 19 November 1894 - 10 December 1896
Ref: NCB 13/222 — South Hetton Coal Company - Sketch plan of proposed conveniences at Forster Street, South Hetton, approved by Easington District Rural Sanitary Authority, 6 December 1894. Scale: 20 ft. to 1 in. [1:240]
Ref: NCB 13/223 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, from Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland, solicitors, and R. Hyslop, accountant for South Hetton Coal Company, concerning rent due on South Hetton cottages, 12 May 1908 - 3 November 1910
Ref: NCB 13/224 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters and notice from J. Morley Longden, clerk to Easington Rural District Council, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe and the executors of Thomas Wood, concerning South Hetton cottages being unfit for human habitation, 26 June 1908 - 7 June 1909
Ref: NCB 13/225 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letter from Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland, solicitors, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe concerning Mr. Griffith-Jones' opinion on the case against South Hetton Coal Company, with list of owners of South Hetton cottages and plans of the property, 14 July 1909 - 11 October 1910
Ref: NCB 13/226 — South Hetton Coal Company - Correspondence between: R. D. Cochrane of Hetton-le-Hole and W. H. Wood of Coxhoe and Messrs. D. Balfour and Son of Newcastle; Messrs. D. Balfour and Son and J. M. Longden, clerk to Easington Council; and a report by William Emery, Inspector of Nuisances, concerning South Hetton cottages, 16 July 1908 - 22 February 1909
Ref: NCB 13/227 — South Hetton Coal Company - Architect's report on cottages in James, Smith, Hall and Forster Streets, South Hetton, by D. Balfour, junior, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 25 November 1908
Ref: NCB 13/228 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters and reports concerning South Hetton Cottages: Messrs. D. Balfour and Son of Newcastle to R. D. Cochrane of Hetton-le-Hole; Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland to W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland and J. Morley Longden of Easington; W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, 25 November 1908 - 27 May 1909
Ref: NCB 13/229 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letter from D. Balfour and Son to J. Morley Longden, clerk to Easington R.D.C., concerning improvements to South Hetton Cottages, 19 December 1908
Ref: NCB 13/230 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters from W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W. H. Wood, of Coxhoe, and from Ranson, Nelson and Maling at Sunderland to W. J. Cochrane, concerning repairs to South Hetton Cottages and court case, 17 June - 2 October 1909
Ref: NCB 13/231 — South Hetton Coal Company - Accounts, invoices and receipts for work on South Hetton Cottages, 3 August 1909 - 27 January 1910
Ref: NCB 13/232 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letter from W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning list of magistrates on Castle Eden bench, 26 August 1909
Ref: NCB 13/233 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letter from W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W. H. Wood, of Coxhoe, concerning rents for South Hetton cottages, 7 October 1909
Ref: NCB 13/234 — South Hetton Coal Company - Correspondence between W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, and W. O. Wood of South Hetton, concerning South Hetton cottages: cost of repairs and rent due from South Hetton Coal Company, 25 October 1909 - 22 January 1910
Ref: NCB 13/235 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters from W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning appeal to Local Government Board against notices by Easington R.D.C. concerning South Hetton Cottages, 9 - 19 April 1910
Ref: NCB 13/236 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters from Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland, solicitors, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning action against South Hetton Coal Company re South Hetton cottages, 21 May -30 September 1910
Ref: NCB 13/237 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letter from Crossman, Pritchard and Company of Gray's Inn, London, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning lease of 46 cottages at South Hetton, 24 September 1910
Ref: NCB 13/238 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters from W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agents, chartered surveyor and valuer, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning completion of forms with reference to South Hetton cottages, 19 - 21 November 1910
Ref: NCB 13/239 — South Hetton Coal Company - Letters from Ranson, Nelson and Maling of Sunderland, solicitors, to W. H. Wood of Coxhoe, concerning action against South Hetton Coal Company re South Hetton cottages, 29 November -2 December 1910
Ref: NCB 13/240 — South Hetton Coal Company - Specifications of works required on South Hetton cottages by W. J. Cochrane of Sunderland, land agent, chartered surveyor and valuer, not dated
Ref: NCB 13/241 — South Hetton Coal Company - Paper concerning compensation payments to William Watson due to accident, South Hetton Colliery, 29 October 1931 - 2 January 1934
Ref: NCB 13/242 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning accidents, compensation, medical treatment etc., South Hetton Colliery, 24 May 1938 -2 December 1952
Ref: NCB 13/243 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning accident of John Neasham, South Hetton Colliery, 6 May 1940 - 21 September 1948
Ref: NCB 13/244 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning compensation payments to Joseph Stewart<.B> due to miners' nystagmus, South Hetton Colliery, 18 May 1942 - 29 May 1946

Ref: NCB 13/245 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning compensation payments to William W. Milburn due to miners' nystagmus, South Hetton Colliery, 10 April 1943 - 8 April 1953

Ref: NCB 13/246 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning compensation payments to John Edward Tilley due to miners' nystagmus, South Hetton Colliery, 3 October 1944 - 5 October 1945

Ref: NCB 13/247 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning accident of George Page Stewart, South Hetton Colliery, 23 September 1946 - 18 February 1949

Ref: NCB 13/248 — South Hetton Coal Company - Papers concerning compensation payments to W. M. Ledger due to accident, South Hetton Colliery, 16 April - 2 May 1947

National Coal Board — 19th Deposit

Ref: NCB 19/2/11/1 — South Hetton Coal Company Ltd. - South Hetton Colliery rent list, 16 July 1928 - 9 December 1932

Ref: NCB 19/2/11/2 — South Hetton Coal Company Ltd. - Account of coal production in Murton and South Hetton Collieries, 1 May 1931 - 30 September 1939. Attached: list of large day's works, 30 October 1929 - 12 July 1933; list of large month's works, July 1929 - January 1931; list relating to hewing of coal at South Hetton, 1926; and list of coal produced, January 1931 - December 1938

National Coal Board — 27th Deposit

Ref: NCB 27Interim List/101 — Estate plans of South Hetton Coal Company, Ltd.: nos. 1-14 lands owned; 15-25 land and wayleaves leased; 25-34 company's royalties; 35-36 royalties partly owned and partly leased; (37 not used); 38-52 royalties leased; 53-57 property owned; 58-60 property held under mortgage; 61-62 Haswell Joint Estate; 63-68 miscellaneous plans, c.1870 - 1940. Scales: 1 : 2500 and 1 : 10560. Enclosed: property plans, on the scale of 69 feet to 1 inch, c. 1870 and various other plans, c.1870

National Coal Board — 31st Deposit

Ref: NCB 31/Box 86/12 — Agreement between County of Durham Electric Power Supply Company and South Hetton Coal Company, relating to supply of energy to Easington District, April 1928. (includes: Agreement between Ministry of Fuel and Power and South Hetton Coal Company Limited, for a loan of £30,000 for plant and machinery, for Murton Colliery, March 1934; Correspondence relating to energy supplies at Dalton-le-Dale, Cold Hesledon and Murton Station)

Ref: NCB 31/Box 86/13 — Agreement between South Hetton Coal Company and Milburn Estates Limited, relating to the tenancy of offices on "D" floor, Milburn House, September 1938. (includes: Certificate of registration of Lambton, Hetton and Joicey Collieries Limited, as a member of the British Sulphate of Ammonia Federation Limited, June 1921; Agreement between N.C.B. and corps of commissionaires, relating to the employment of Ms. D.Boag, division marketing department, February 1957; Agreement between N.C.B. and Milburn Estates Limited, relating to tenancy of offices on Upper "A" floor, Milburn House, March 1957; Agreement between N.C.B. and Milburn Estates Limited, relating to tenancy of office and storeroom, "D" floor, Milburn House, March 1957)

Ref: NCB 31/Box 100/2 — Agreement between South Hetton Coal Company Ltd. and County of Durham Electrical Power Supply Company, January 1929 - September 1931. (includes Correspondence between South Hetton Coal Company Ltd. and Weardale Steel, Coal and Coke Company Ltd., July 1923 - November 1923)

National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit

Ref: NCB 33/Box 18/1 — Railway code matters, South Hetton Coal Company Limited, December 1942 - October 1948

Ref: NCB 33/Box 29/7 — Vesting of properties, South Hetton Coal Company Limited, November 1953 - March 1956

Ref: NCB 33/Box 29/8 — Vesting of properties, South Hetton Coal Company Limited, July 1948 - December 1951

Ref: NCB 33/Box 29/10 — Vesting of properties, South Hetton Coal Company Limited, January 1952 - September 1953

Ref: NCB 33/Box 45/4 — Inventories, stocks and stores, South Hetton Coal Company, December 1946 - January 1951

Ref: NCB 33/Box 45/20 — Claims under the coal industry nationalisation (subsidence) regulations, 1946, South Hetton Coal Company Limited, October 1946 - April 1947

Miscellaneous documents

Ref: D/X 830/21 — Copy letters between W. C. Mountain [Martin], Close Works, Newcastle, and W. O. Wood, Esq., South Hetton Coal Co. Ltd., concerning an estimate for an electric pumping plant and report on same, 11 October 1894

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