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Colliery Personnel Records

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Records containing personal names and, in some cases, other information relating to coal miners and other colliery workers are listed below. The list is arranged alphabetically by colliery, with the records which do not relate to individual collieries at the end of the sequence:

Entries contain:

the colliery name, with the pit, if different, in brackets, followed by the location
name of the colliery company or association which created the records, where applicable
covering dates and the catalogue reference numbers for the records.

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Colliery personnel records, arranged A-Z by colliery name

Addison colliery; Ryton, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1851 - 1886 NCB 1/SC/109-148,248-249,255
1940 - 1949 NCB 1/SC/592-599

Andrew's House colliery; Tanfield, Durham:
1777 NCB 1/X/1

Beamish colliery; Tanfield, Durham:
James Joicey & Co Ltd
1864, 1871 D/X 672/1-2
1925 NCB 7/3/26

Bearpark colliery; Bearpark, Durham:
1872 - 1984 D/X 696/8/39

Black Boy colliery; Coundon Grange, Durham:
1827 - 1833 NCB 1/TH/13

Black Prince colliery; Cornsay, Durham:
1889 D/X 498/189,190

Blackhall colliery; Monk Hesleden, Durham:
Horden Collieries Ltd
1914 - 1957 NCB 19/2/6/6-9
1927 - 1951 NCB 15/279-314 records relate to an accident

Boldon colliery; Whitburn, Durham:
Harton Coal Co Ltd
1923 - 1940 NCB 19/2/5/1-2,5

Bourn Moor colliery; Burnmoor, Durham:
1801 D/X 26/4

Bowburn colliery; Quarrington, Durham:
no date D/X 1566/1 records relate to an accident

Brancepeth colliery; Brancepeth, Durham:
1896 D/X 446/10 records relate to an accident

Brandon colliery; Brandon & Byshottles, Durham:
1966 - 1971 D/DMA 323/10-13

Burnhope colliery; Greencroft, Durham:
U.A. Ritson & Sons
1914 - 1918 D/X 619/2

Burnopfield colliery; Tanfield, Durham:
c1890 - 1965 NCB 3/3-4,7-8

Burradon colliery; Burradon, Northumberland:
1860 NCB 1/SC/621, NCB 1/RS/284-285 records relate to an accident

Busty Pit; Holmside, Durham:
Holmside & South Moor Collieries Ltd
1926 - 1947 NCB 3/97

Byermoor colliery; Whickham, Durham:
1897 - 1967 NCB 3/12/1-2
1955 - 1956 D/X 1049/3-4

Castle Eden colliery; Castle Eden, Durham:
1938 - 1950 D/X 912/1-3

Catherine colliery; Crawcrook, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1876 NCB 1/SC/250

Chopwell colliery; Chopwell, Durham:
1896 - 1966 NCB 3/20,23-52
1912 - 1916, n.d. D/X 1005/19-21,23,25-26,153,204

Clara Vale colliery; Crawcrook, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1896 NCB 1/SC/251

Cockfield Fell colliery; Cockfield, Durham:
1827 - 1833 NCB 1/TH/13

Comb Hill pit; Ryton, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1840 - 1844 NCB 1/SC/149-152

Coxlodge colliery; near Gosforth, Northumberland:
1863 NCB 1/RS/464 records relate to an accident

Crawcrook colliery; Crawcrook, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1896 NCB 1/SC/251

Crawcrook ? colliery; Crawcrook, Durham:
c1914, c1946 D/X 498/192-193

Crookgate colliery; Burnopfield, Durham:
1872 - 1906 D/MRP 115/2

Dawdon colliery; Dawdon, Durham:
Londonderry Collieries Ltd
1909 - 1957 NCB 4/20-25,27-41 records relate to an accident
1923 - 1935 NCB 4/26
1932 - 1948 D/X 989/1-2 records relate to an accident
no date D/X 1051/29 records relate to an accident

Deaf Hill colliery; Wingate, Durham:
Trimdon Coal Co Ltd
1905 - 1927 NCB 4/195-199 records relate to an accident

Dean & Chapter colliery; Ferryhill, Durham:
Dorman Long & Co Ltd
1931 - 1963 D/X 434/1-2

Easington colliery; Easington, Durham:
Easington Coal Co Ltd
1943 - 1949 NCB 13/74-75
1951 NCB 15/277-278 records relate to an accident

East Hetton colliery; Kelloe, Durham:
1897 D/MRP 50/1 records relate to an accident
East Hetton Coal Co Ltd
1929 - 1951 NCB 13/76 records relate to an accident
1937 - 1946 NCB 9/7

East Stanley colliery; Tanfield, Durham:
James Joicey & Co Ltd
1925 NCB 7/3/26

Eden colliery; Medomsley, Durham:
Consett Iron Company Ltd
1905 - 1955, n.d. D/DMA 334/33-43
1909 - 1911 NCB 15/264 records relate to an accident

Elemore colliery; Pittington, Durham:
1829 D/X 36/2
1864 - 1913 D/X 56/1
Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd
1917 - 1945 NCB 13/183 records relate to an accident
1932 - 1973 NCB 13/184,186

Emma pit; Ryton, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1848 - 1886 NCB 1/SC/153-213,252,255,584

Eppleton colliery; Great Eppleton, Durham:
1864 - 1913 D/X 56/1

Fellside colliery; Whickham, Durham:
John Bowes & Partners Ltd
1935 - 1937 D/St/B1/4/27

Fishburn colliery; Fishburn, Durham:
Henry Stobart & Co Ltd
1936 - 1940 NCB 13/90 records relate to an accident

Frankland colliery; Framwellgate, Durham:
Lambton Collieries
1865 D/X 248/2

Freehold colliery; Stella, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1852 - 1861 NCB 1/SC/214-221,253

Gibside colliery; Whickham, Durham:
Bowes-Lyon family, Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1782 D/St/E5/21/33

Greenside colliery; Ryton Woodside, Durham:
Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd
1936 - 1966 NCB 3/174-175

Hamsterley colliery; near Burnopfield, Lanchester, Durham:
1966 - 1968 D/DMA 17/42/3

Handen Hold colliery; Pelton, Durham:
James Joicey & Co Ltd
1925 NCB 7/3/26
Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd
1938 - 1968 NCB 3/137

Harraton colliery; Harraton, Durham:
1817 NCB 1/RS/464 records relate to an accident

Hartley colliery; New Hartley, Northumberland:
1862 NCB 1/RS/310-311 records relate to an accident

Haswell colliery; Haswell, Durham:
c1840 D/X 830/6

Hetton colliery; Hetton-le-Hole, Durham:
1829 D/X 36/2
1864 - 1913 D/X 56/1

Heworth colliery; Heworth, Durham:
1874 - 1917 NCB 1/X/63

Horden colliery; Horden, Durham:
Horden Collieries Ltd
1970 - 1987 NCB 20/1-2

Hutton colliery (East pit); Hutton Henry, Durham:
Hutton Henry Coal Co Ltd
1932 - 1948 NCB 13/169

Hylton colliery; Hylton, Durham:
Wearmouth Coal Co Ltd
1899 - 1958 NCB 15/366-367
1928 - 1958 D/MRP 160/1
1930 - 1946 NCB 13/340,342 records relate to an accident
1945 - 1949 NCB 2/179-181 records relate to an accident
1947 - 1950 NCB 2/182-183

Kimblesworth colliery; Kimblesworth, Durham:
1880 - 1937 NCB 2/21-22 records relate to an accident

Lambton colliery; Morton Grange, Durham:
Lambton family, Earls of Durham
1868 D/X 248/9

Lambton (Cocken pit); Cocken, Durham:
Lambton family, Earls of Durham
1863, 1868 D/X 248/1,5

Langley Park colliery; Langley, Durham:
Consett Iron Co Ltd
1899 - 1943, n.d. NCB 13/22,24-25
1911 - 1915 NCB 4/5 records relate to an accident
1915 - 1947 NCB 13/26-50 records relate to an accident

Littletown colliery; Pittington Hallgarth, Durham:
Lambton family, Earls of Durham
1866, 1868 D/X 248/3,6,8-9

Lumley colliery; Great Lumley, Durham:
1891 - 1897 NCB 2/30 records relate to an accident

Mainsforth colliery; Mainsforth, Durham:
Dorman, Long & Co Ltd
1928 - 1943 NCB 13/57-66 records relate to an accident
1940 - 1947 NCB 4/44

Marley Hill colliery; Whickham, Durham:
Bowes-Lyon family, Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1757 - 1813 D/St/B1/2/103-115
John Bowes & Partners Ltd
1900 - 1946 NCB 3/15
1935 - 1937 D/St/B1/4/27

Medomsley colliery; Medomsley, Durham:
1923 D/Ph 311/1 records relate to an accident

Montague colliery; Scotswood, Northumberland:
1925 D/X 936/1 records relate to an accident

New Brancepeth colliery; Brandon & Byshottles, Durham:
1933 - 1948 NCB 14/221 records relate to an accident

New Silksworth colliery; Silksworth, Durham:
Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry
1895 - 1905 NCB 19/2/8/3-19/2/8/8

Newbottle colliery; Newbottle, Durham:
1868 D/X 26/5
1868 D/X 369/11-14

Newbottle colliery (Houghton pit); Newbottle, Durham:
1868, 1899 D/X 369/2-8

North Banks colliery; Whickham, Durham:
Bowes-Lyon family, Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne
1724 - 1813, n.d. D/St/B1/2/42-58,63,67,103-115

Oakenshaw colliery; Stockley, Durham:
1948 - 1955 D/MRP 99/17

Old Durham colliery; Elvet, Durham:
Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry
c1860 D/Lo/F 477
1870 D/Lo/B 232

Oswald Pit; Holmside, Durham:
Holmside & South Moor Collieries Ltd
1926 - 1956 NCB 3/95-96

Pelton Fell colliery; Chester-le-Street, Durham:
1866 NCB 1/RS/464 records relate to an accident

Pittington colliery; Pittington Hallgarth, Durham:
Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry
c1860 D/Lo/F 477

Pontop colliery; Collierley (det), Durham:
Stanhope & Tyne Railroad Co
1818, 1824 D/X 115/2,6
c1832 - 1838 NCB 1/JB/2177

Preston colliery; North Shields, Northumberland:
U.A.Ritson & Sons
1914 - 1918 D/X 619/2

Rainton colliery; West Rainton, Durham:
Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry
c1860 D/Lo/F 477
c1884 D/Lo/B 263

Rainton (Nicholson pit); East Rainton, Durham:
1879 D/X 999/12
1961 - 1965 D/X 982/1

Randolph colliery; Evenwood, Durham:
1894-1962 D/X 1267

Ryhope colliery; Ryhope, Durham:
Ryhope Coal Co Ltd
1943 - 1961 NCB 19/2/10/1-5

Ryton ? colliery; Ryton, Durham:
c1914, c1946 D/X 498/192-193

Seaham colliery; Seaham, Durham:
Vane-Tempest-Stewart family, Marquesses of Londonderry
1868 D/X 1521/1
1872 D/EBF 96 records relate to an accident
1873 D/Lo/B 268
1878 - 1925, n.d. D/X 1051/8-14,16,18,29 records relate to an accident
1880 NCB 1/RS/449 records relate to an accident
1880 EP/NS 52 records relate to an accident
1900 - 1901 D/X 1521/2
1908 - 1967 D/X 1051/21-23,25
1912 D/MRP 96/1
1912 D/X 1521/3
1945 - 1954 D/DMA 304-305,307

Seaham ? colliery; Seaham, Durham:
1912 - 1951 D/X 735/1-2

Sherburn colliery; Pittington Hallgarth, Durham:
Lambton family, Earls of Durham
1868 D/X 248/9

Sherburn House colliery; Sherburn House, Durham:
Lambton family, Earls of Durham
1868 D/X 248/4

Shotton colliery; Shotton, Durham:
Horden Collieries Ltd
1877 - 1953 NCB 13/92,93-107
1924 - 1932 NCB 13/129 records relate to an accident

South Garesfield colliery; Tanfield, Durham:
South Garesfield Colliery Co Ltd
1922 - 1946 D/St/B1/16/31-38,85

South Hetton colliery; Haswell, Durham:
South Hetton Coal Co Ltd
1938 - 1952 NCB 13/242 records relate to an accident
1939 - 1944 NCB 4/144 records relate to an accident

South Moor colliery; Holmside, Durham:
South Moor Colliery Co
1910 NCB 3/70

South Pontop colliery; Greencroft, Durham:
U.A.Ritson & Sons
1914 - 1918 D/X 619/2

Staindrop, Field House colliery (drift); Etherley, Durham:
1965 D/X 1267/13

Stargate colliery; Ryton, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1873 - 1886 NCB 1/SC/222-246,254

Stella Grand Lease colliery; Stella, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1812 - 1824 NCB 1/SC/528-530,533

Tanfield Lea colliery; Tanfield, Durham:
James Joicey & Co Ltd
1921, 1925 NCB 7/3/24,26
Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd
1939 - 1949 NCB 3/159

Thomas pit; Holmside, Durham:
Holmside & South Moor Collieries Ltd
1926 - 1951 NCB 3/93-94

Thornley colliery: Shadforth, Durham:
Weardale Steel Coal and Coke Co Ltd
1917 D/X 498/186

Thrislington colliery; Thrislington, Durham:
Henry Stobart & Co Ltd
1931 - 1952 NCB 13/78,81-82
Dorman, Long & Co Ltd
1953 - 1957 NCB 13/67

Towneley Main colliery; Ryton, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1806 NCB 1/SC/247

Tudhoe colliery; Tudhoe, Durham:
1882 NCB 1/RS/458 records relate to an accident

Twizell Burn colliery (drift); Edmondsley, Durham:
James Joicey & Co Ltd
1925 NCB 7/3/26

Usworth colliery; Little Usworth, Durham:
Washington Coal Co Ltd
1898 - 1944 NCB 1/X/129
1899 - 1914 D/DMA 322/33-36 records relate to an accident
1926 - 1964 D/DMA 322/46,76

Waldridge colliery; Waldridge, Durham:
Waldridge Coal Co Ltd
1938 - 1940 NCB 15/358-359

Walker colliery; Walker, Northumberland:
1862 NCB 1/RS/464 records relate to an accident

Wallsend colliery (G pit); Wallsend, Northumberland:
1835 NCB 1/JB/2347 records relate to an accident

Wardley colliery; Heworth, Durham:
Washington Coal Co Ltd
1898 - 1944 NCB 1/X/129

Washington colliery; Washington, Durham:
Washington Coal Co Ltd
1898 - 1944 NCB 1/X/129

Washington Glebe colliery; Washington, Durham:
Washington Coal Co Ltd
1898 - 1944 NCB 1/X/129
1904 - 1926 D/X 1118/11-22
1908 D/Ph 177/37 records relate to an accident

Waterhouses colliery; Brandon & Byshottles, Durham:
1913 - 1960 NCB 4/109

Waterhouses ? colliery; Brandon & Byshottles, Durham:
Pease & Partners Ltd
no date NCB 13/209

Wearmouth colliery (A,B pits); Monkwearmouth, Durham:
Wearmouth Coal Co Ltd
1913 - 1918 NCB 2/197-198 records relate to an accident

Wearmouth colliery; Monkwearmouth, Durham:
Wearmouth Coal Co Ltd
1920 - 1956 NCB 13/337 records relate to an accident

West Stanley colliery; Tanfield, Durham:
1882 NCB 1/RS/458 records relate to an accident
1909 D/MRP 50/1 records relate to an accident
1909 D/X 95/1 records relate to an accident
1909 D/X 498/198 records relate to an accident

West Towneley colliery; Stella, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1842 - 1844 NCB 1/SC/260

Wheatley Hill colliery; Wingate, Durham:
Weardale Iron & Coal Co Ltd
c1890 - c1940 D/X 833/1
1903 - 1940 NCB 13/324-334 records relate to an accident

Whitfield [Whitefield] colliery (B pit); Ryton, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1806 NCB 1/SC/247

Whitfield [Whitefield] colliery; Ryton, Durham:
Stella Coal Co Ltd
1812 - 1824 NCB 1/SC/528-530,533

Whittonstall colliery; Shotley Low Quarter, Northumberland:
1896 - 1966 NCB 3/20,23-52
1912 - 1916, n.d. D/X 1005/19-20,23,26,204

Willington colliery; Willington, Durham:
Enginemen's, Boiler Minders' & Firemen's Association
1935 - 1963 D/EBF 91/5-15

Wingate Grange colliery; Wingate, Durham:
1906 D/X 587/303 records relate to an accident

Colliery personnel records not related to individual collieries or where the colliery is unspecified

not specified:
1937 - 1946 NCB 4/225

Durham Coal Owners' Association:
1903, 1912 NCB 1/CO/86/499,643
1939 - 1944 NCB 1/CO/86/1131-1139,1153,1247-1248,1275

Durham Coal Owners' Mutual Protection Association:
1931 - 1953 D/DCOMPA 76,78-79,81-82,111-113 records relate to an accident

Durham Deputies' Mutual Aid Association:
1911 - 1941 D/DDMA 16-17
1930 - 1937 D/DDMA 18 records relate to an accident

Durham Miners' Association:
1943 - 1944 D/DMA 293

Durham County Colliery Enginemen's, Boiler Minders' & Firemen's Association:
1917, no date D/EBF 32,96

Harton Coal Co Ltd:
1887 - 1954 NCB 1/X/12

James Joicey & Co Ltd:
1909 - 1919 NCB 7/3/22
1936 - 1943 NCB 7/7/10-11 records relate to an accident

Lambton Collieries Ltd:
1868 D/X 248/7

Lambton, Hetton & Joicey Collieries Ltd:
1936 - 1946 NCB 3/131

Londonderry Collieries Ltd:
1871 - 1873 D/Lo/B 448

Pease & Partners Ltd:
1914 - 1918 D/X 619/1

South Hetton Coal Co Ltd:
1900 - 1902 NCB 1/X/55-60

South Pelaw Coal Co Ltd:
1945 - 1950 NCB 2/36-39

Stella Coal Co Ltd:
1811 - 1855 NCB 1/SC/284-303,564
1851 - 1861 NCB 1/SC/628 records relate to an accident
1851 - 1883 NCB 1/SC/261-269,304-316,348,586,1009
1863 NCB 1/RS/20
1921 - 1939 NCB 1/SC/600-604
no date NCB 1/SC/562,583
no date NCB 1/SC/574-578 records relate to an accident

Trimdon Coal Co Ltd:
1932 - 1944 NCB 4/217

Wearmouth Coal Co Ltd:
1914 - 1950 NCB 2/142,143-151,278
1926 - 1940 NCB 13/361,370

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