Henry Stobart and Co., Ltd.

Research Notes

• Ref: NCB 14/65 — Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. - 1856 - (1) Henry Stobart and others ; (2) Joshua Bates and Thomas Baring. Draft lease of coal at Constantine in the township of Hunwick, with miscellaneous papers in folded
• Ref: NCB 14/67 — Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. - Memorandum of special clauses in Stobart's draft lease of the Constantine Mine, 9 March 1864
• Ref: NCB 14/68 — Weardale Iron & Coal Co. Ltd. - 20 August 1866 - (1) Henry Stobart, John Mounsey and John Castell Hopkins ; (2) Charles Attwood ; (3) Thomas Baring M.P. Engrossment copy of the lease of the 5/4 Seam of coal at Constantine
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/54 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies), lease extracts, plans and other working papers relating to negotiations for a lease of Ramshaw Farm and Norwood colliery to Henry Stobart and Co. Ltd., and Lord Strathmore's claim against the previous tenants, Norwood Coal Co., for damages, 9 December 1873 - 17 February 1904
• Ref: D/St/C3/4/55 — John Daglish: Letters to John Daglish (and replies), plan and other working papers relating to an action for trespass bought by Henry Stobart and Co. Ltd. against the Norwood Coal Co., and its settlement by Lord Strathmore's agreement to grant Stobart and Co. the next lease of Norwood colliery, 12 May 1890 - 16 April 1901
• Ref: NCB 14/180 — 15 May 1901 - (1) North Eastern Railway Co. ; (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy agreement as to private sidings at Chilton with plan attached. Also copy of a revised agreement of 1 September 1902 and modified plans
• Ref: D/St/B1/3/220 — Ramshaw wayleave accounts: rents due from Henry Stobart and Co. Ltd. for leadings over Ramshaw farm, with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen and Ernest Kirkup, 1906 - 1938
• Ref: NCB 14/181 — 28 October 1909 - (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy Lease of coal and fireclay within part of Woodhouse Closes in the parish of St. Andrew, Auckland for 42 years from 1901
• Ref: NCB 14/182 — 31 July 1911 - (1) Viscount Boyne ; (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy agreement for a lease of a surface wayleave over a portion of the Hardwick Estate, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/183 — 26 November 1913 - (1) Thomas Manners ; (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Heads of Terms for a lease of coal near Etherley Lane, Bishop Auckland, with plans, schedule of New Cap, Royalties and miscellaneous correspondence (1921) attached
• Ref: NCB 15/357 — Henry Stobart and Company, Fishburn Colliery agreements book, 9 June 1914 - 22 June 1922
• Ref: NCB 14/184 — 16 December 1915 - (1) C. F. Dixon-Johnson ; (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy Lease of coal mines under lands at Etherley Grange, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/185 — 31 December 1915 - (1) Arthur Copeland ; (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy Lease of coal mines under the Woodhouse Estate (Etherley) near Bishop Auckland, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/187 — Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. - Amended terms and conditions for letting coal under the Woodhouses Royalty, St. Helens, Auckland belonging to Col. Napier Clavering, plan attached, 8 April 1917
• Ref: NCB 14/186 — 3 March 1917 - (1) Mrs. Mary Acheson-Gray and another ; (2) Henry Stobart & Co Ltd. Copy agreement for lease of coal mines etc. at Murton in case of preliminary tests proving successful, plan attached. Also instructions for agreement
• Ref: NCB 13/77 — Henry Stobart and Company - Correspondence between John Pallister & Son, Estate Offices, Crook; Thomas Jennings, solicitor, Bishop Auckland; Messrs. Stobart and Company, Colliery Offices, Etherley; and Mr. Watson Collingwood, Hesleden, concerning specifications of work to be done to Mr. Collingwood's damaged property at Newton Cap, 28 May 1917 - 16 March 1918
• Ref: NCB 14/189 — 15 October 1917 - (1) William Aldam Backhouse ; (2) Henry Stobart and Co. Ltd. Copy agreement to lease coal mines etc. at East Murton, Blue House Farm, with plan
• Ref: NCB 14/190 — 1 October 1919 ; (1) The West Durham Wallsend Coal Co. Ltd. (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy agreement for the lease of part of the Henknowle royalty, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/188 — 26 July 1917 - (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; (2) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. Copy lease of coal, bluestone and fire-clay within parts of the Woodhouse Close royalty and containing modifications of rents and lease of 28 October, 1909 - plan attached
• Ref: NCB 13/78 — Henry Stobart and Company - Register of those employed as coal hewers, Thrislington Colliery, 27 April 1931 - 15 September 1952
• Ref: NCB 13/86 — Henry Stobart and Company - Correspondence concerning sales of coal, Fishburn Colliery, 21 July 1932 - 8 June 1935
• Ref: NCB 13/87 — Henry Stobart and Company - Correspondence concerning machinery, cables etc., Fishburn Colliery, 2 February 1933 - 10 April 1943
• Ref: NCB 13/88 — Henry Stobart and Company - Correspondence concerning colliery houses, Fishburn Colliery, 29 March 1933 - 7 November 1944
• Ref: NCB 13/83 — Henry Stobart and Company - Correspondence concerning sale of scrap, Thrislington Colliery, 12 April 1933 - 23 April 1936
• Ref: NCB 13/89 — Henry Stobart and Company - Papers relating to administration of pithead baths, Fishburn Colliery, 6 June 1933 - 31 March 1940
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 85/9 — Agreement between North Eastern Electric Supply Company and Henry Stobart and Company Limited, covering the supply of energy to many collieries, October 1933
• Ref: NCB 14/199 — 10 August 1935 - (1) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. ; (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Agreement for lease of the Harvey Seam in the parish of St. Helen, Auckland, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/200 — 10 August 1935 - (1) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. ; (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Agreement for under lease of the Brockwell Seam in the parish of St. Andrew, Auckland, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 13/84 — Henry Stobart and Company - Papers concerning conveying and coal-cutting costs, hewing and filling prices, Thrislington Colliery, c.1936
• Ref: NCB 13/90 — Henry Stobart and Company - Accident report book, Fishburn Colliery, 15 June 1936 - 25 September 1940
• Ref: NCB 13/79 — Henry Stobart and Company - Insurance contributions book [Thrislington Colliery?], 1937-1941
• Ref: NCB 13/91 — Henry Stobart and Company - Work programmes, Fishburn Colliery, 6 February 1937 - 24 January 1941
• Ref: NCB 13/80 — Henry Stobart and Company - Papers concerning National Insurance payments, Thrislington Colliery, 1938-1945
• Ref: NCB 14/201 — 30 November 1938 - (1) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. ; (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Supplemental agreement to NCB 14/200 regarding the Brockwell Seam, West Auckland royalty, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 15/341 — 19 December 1939 - (1) Henry Stobart and Co. ; (2) Pease and Partners. Agreement for the sale and purchase of crude benzole
• Ref: NCB 13/82 — Henry Stobart and Company - Pay book, Thrislington Colliery, 1942-1947
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 46/1 — Claims under the coal industry nationalisation (subsidence) regulations, 1946, Henry Stobart and Company Limited, October 1946 - May 1947
• Ref: D/DCOMPA 333 — Schedule of workmen in receipt of compensation for accidents and industrial diseases, at 31 December 1946, employed by Henry Stobart and Company Limited, 1948
• Ref: D/DCOMPA 309 — Schedule of workmen in receipt of compensation for accidents and industrial diseases, at 31 December 1946, employed by East Hetton Collieries Limited, South Derwent Coal Company Limited and Henry Stobart and Company Limited, 1948
• Ref: NCB 13/81 — Henry Stobart and Company - Register of employees for National Insurance purposes, Thrislington colliery, 1948-1952
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 7/3 — Vesting of properties, Stobart and Company Limited, June 1948 - October 1950
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 48/3 — Rights to withdraw support, Henry Stobart and Company Limited, August 1948 - June 1952
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 10/23 — Vesting of properties, Henry Stobart and Company Limited, January 1951 - December 1952
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 10/22 — Vesting of properties, Henry Stobart and Company Limited, January 1953 - November 1953
• Ref: NCB 13/85 — Henry Stobart and Company - Plans of seams and surface arrangements, Thrislington Colliery, 1954-1961. Scales: 1:2500 and 1:5000
• Ref: NCB 28 Interim list/40 — Pease and Partners and Henry Stobart and Company, terrier of freehold land marked on 1 : 10560 O.S. sheets.