Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/49/1
Creation dates: 31 Dec 1831

Scope and Content
Proposal to Ralph Bates Esq for a lease of Holywell Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/49/2-5
Creation dates: 7 - 21 Nov 1829

Scope and Content
Correspondence between John Watson and Ralph Bates re the Holywell lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/49/6
Creation dates: 23 Nov 1829

Scope and Content
Detailed estimate for winning Holywell Colliery and calculations of probable profits

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/49/8-9
Creation dates: 1 Dec 1829
Extent and Form: 2 copies 

Scope and Content
Proposed terms of a lease to be granted by Ralph Bates Esq for Holywell Estate

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/49/10-13
Creation dates: 9 Dec 1829 - 15 Feb 1831

Scope and Content
Correspondence between John Watson and Ralph Bates re terms of the Holywell lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/49/14
Creation dates: 1 Jan 1831

Scope and Content
List of collieries on the River Tyne with their price of coal per chaldron, Printed

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/49/15-33, 35-43
Creation dates: 21 May 1831 - 27 Jan 1832

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson re the Holywell lease and the finding of partners to take on the lease including George Townsend Fox, Thomas Carr, John Forster, Ralph Todd and Messrs Watson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/49/34
Creation dates: 6 Jan 1832

Scope and Content
Proposed terms drawn up by John Watson and George Hill for a lease of Holywell Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/49/44
Creation dates: 1 Jan 1832

Scope and Content
Proposed terms of a lease to be granted by Ralph Bates for the Holywell Estate from

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/49/45-46
Creation dates: 30 Jan - 9 Feb 1832

Scope and Content
Letter from H. Taylor enclosing a letter from D.W. Smith and letter from John Watson to Ralph Bates re the Duke of Northumberland's refusal to grant a wayleave for the transport of Holywell coal

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Hunwick Colliery, 1839 - 1854


Scope and Content
Memorandum of an agreement between George Allison and Barnard Spindler re the sale of 2 shares in Hunwick Colliery with specifications for the colliery, 11 March 1839.
Report by Michael Forster on Hunwick Colliery for George Allison, 4 Oct 1841. 2 Copies.
Accounts of coal produced from Barrard and Bell Pits, Hunwick Colliery, 1841 - 1842.
Letter from George W. Todd & Co to William Watson re Hunwick accounts, 8 April 1842.
Note of coal worked at Hunwick to 31 Dec 1843.
2 letters from John Tiplady to William Watson re dispute over working barriers at Hunwick, 6, 8 Dec 1854.
2 sketch plans of workings at Hunwick Colliery, 1854.
10 documents, original numbers

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Newfield Byers Green Colliery 1832 - 1854.


Scope and Content
Terms of agreement between the trustees of Robert Wharton Myddleton and Thomas Brown and Partners re coal at Newfield, parish of St Andrew Auckland from 1 Jan 1838.
Draft lease of the coal under Newfield Farm from W.L.Wharton Esq to Messrs Botcherby and others, 1 Jan 1838.
Estimate for winning Newfield Colliery, Aug 1839.
Estimate for a 20h.p. engine for Newfield, by Thomas Bulcraig, 9 Sept 1839.
Elevations of Pitman's houses, Sept 1839.
Lists of prices set by Nicholas Kilburn and Messrs Redshaw and Ridley for nails and other iron work, Sept 1839.
Estimate for a 20h.p. engine for Newfield by John Coulthard, 9 Sept 1839.
Specifications, estimate and plan for masonary work on the new pitman's houses at Newfield, Sept 1839.
Correspondence of William Watson re masonary work, trespass and future working at Newfield, 26 Sept - 12 Nov 1839.
Specifications and plans, no scale, for pitmans' cottages at Byers Green Colliery, July 1840.
Plan and elevation of coal screen and engine, scale 8': 1", n.d.
Account for iron ware bought from Thomas Kilburn, n.d.
Agreements by William Botcherby and John Stewart to build miner's cottages at Byers Green and Newfield, Nov 1839.
Boring accounts for Newfield, 1840.
Correspondence of William Watson re Byers Green and Newfield, 16 May - 29 Aug 1840.
Accounts for the building of an engine house at Newfield, by Thomas Steel and Thomas Surtees, 10 Feb 1840.
Account of quarry work at Byers Green, 1 Sept 1840.
Memorandum of a wayleave agreement over land at Newfield from the Byers Green Coal Co to the owners of Newfield, 1841.
Account of coal produced and tentale accounts for Gray Pit, Newfield, 15 May - 27 Nov 1841.
Conditions for letting Newfield Farm with plan showing acreages, no scale, 1832
Accounts for steel for building an engine house, n.d.
Section of a fire clay seam at Newfield Quarry, 1847.
Agreement for a lease of Newfield Colliery between Mr Lloyd Wharton and Thomas C. Gibson, 1 May 1850. 3 Copies.
Correspondence of William Watson re the agreement for the lease of Newfield Colliery, 13 June - 8 Aug 1850.
Accounts of coal produced and sold, tentale accounts and wayleave accounts for Newfield Colliery, 1 July 1850 - 15 July 1854.
Correspondence of William Watson re Newfield, 2 Nov 1854 - 10 Aug 1865.
80 documents, original numbers

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Old Park Estate (Parish of Whitworth), Newfield, Byers Green and Hunwick Collieries, 1849 - 1865


Scope and Content
Plan of Old Park Estate giving acreages, n.d.
Correspondence of William Watson re the lease of the Old Park Estate, 11 July 1849 - 31 Jan 1853.
Terms of an agreement for a lease of the coal under the Old Park Estate from William Lloyd Wharton to John Robson from 15 Feb 1853. 6 copies, No 16 includes plan giving acreages.
Account of coal available under the Old Park Estate, 24 Sept 1836.
3 letters between William Watson and George Trotter re the sale of the Old Park Coal, 17 - 23 Jan 1857.
Valuation of the coal under Old Park, by William Watson, 1857. 2 copies.
Correspondence of William Watson re an outstroke into Old Park being worked from Byers Green, 15 Oct 1857 - 15 Oct 1859.
Accounts of coal produced and tentale accounts for coal worked from the Old Park Royalty and brought out of Byers Green Pits, 1859 - 1864.
Valuation of coal under Old Park, by William Watson, June 1864.
Account of coal produced and tentale accounts for Old Park, 1864 - 1865.
Correspondence of William Watson re Old Park Colliery lease, Newfield Wayleave lease and Black Boy Colliery accounts, 4 March - 21 June 1865.
Calculations re and valuation of the coal under the Old Park Estate, July 1865, 1849 - 1865.
Report, valuation and correspondence re the fireclay seam under Old Park, 19-20 July 1865.
Accounts of coal produced and tentale accounts for Old Park, 14 Jan 1865 - 31 Dec 1866.
Memoranda book containing notes re Newfield including sketch plan of Newfield Farm giving field names and acreages and boring accounts, 1839.
Plan of the Byers Green Colliery workings in the Old Park Royalty, 1861 with additions 1863, 1864 and note that the plan was filled in by William Watson when Messrs Balckrow and Vaughan, lessees of the colliery, became owners of the coal and minerals, scale 2ch: 1", Dec 1866.
Valuation and estimate of the costs of working Hunwick Colliery, by John Forster, 30 Jan 1837.
79 documents, re-numbered

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/1
Creation dates: 16 Feb 1742/3

Scope and Content
Report re Jarrow Colliery including plan, no scale, by Richard Peck, Amos Barnes and William Dryden

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/2
Creation dates: 27 April 1750

Scope and Content
Proposal for one eighth part of Jarrow and Gateshead Fell

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/3
Creation dates: nd c 1801

Scope and Content
Terms of a lease of Jarrow Colliery from William Hargreave Esq and others to Simon Temple from 12 May 1801

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/5-6
Creation dates: nd
Extent and Form: 2 copies 

Scope and Content
Estimate of the cost of producing coal from Jarrow Corporation and Glebe

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/7
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
Extract from Simon Temple's lease re working coal under Halfway House, Willington Quay

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/8-18
Creation dates: 21 Nov 1804 - 11 Dec 1808

Scope and Content
Accounts of coal produced and sold and tentale accounts between Simon Temple and the Corporation of Newcastle re Jarrow and Temple Main

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/19
Creation dates: 12 Oct 1803 - 31 Dec 1808

Scope and Content
Statement of working costs for Jarrow and Temple Main

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/20
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
List of contents of Jarrow Farm and Barnes Estate giving field names and acreages

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/21-22, 26
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
Minutes and account re a dispute between Mr Temple and Mr King

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/25
Creation dates: 1809

Scope and Content
List of rentals for houses at Temple Main not occupied by workmen

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/28-29
Creation dates: 8 April 1809

Scope and Content
Agreements between Simon Temple and William King to submit to arbitration re the dispute over the accounts of Temple Main, Temple Wallsend and Chapter Main Collieries

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/30
Creation dates: 20 April 1809

Scope and Content
Diagrams and calculations showing the amount of coal resting at Temple Main Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/31
Creation dates: April 1809

Scope and Content
Memoranda book containing notes, valuations and accounts re Temple Main

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/32-33
Creation dates: 1804 - 22 April 1809

Scope and Content
Account of coal produced from Temple Main

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/34
Creation dates: 22 April 1809

Scope and Content
Measurement of coal at Temple Main and Temple Wallsend

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/36-37
Creation dates: 22 April 1809
Extent and Form: 2 copies 

Scope and Content
Valuation of stock at Jarrow and Temple Main, by Messrs Fenwick and Watson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/38
Creation dates: 1804 - 1808

Scope and Content
Accounts of Simon Temple with William King

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/39
Creation dates: 16 Nov 1808. - 22 April 1809

Scope and Content
Account of coal produced and sold at Temple Main

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/40
Creation dates: 24 April 1809

Scope and Content
Valuation of Temple Main and Temple Wallsend Collieries

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/41
Creation dates: 1804 - 1809

Scope and Content
Rent accounts of the owners of Jarrow Colliery with Simon Temple

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/42
Creation dates: 7 June 1809

Scope and Content
Account of wages and payments for machinary and equipment at Jarrow Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/45-50
Creation dates: 1809

Scope and Content
Accounts for work involved in measures to check a creep in Temple Main Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/53
Creation dates: Dec 1809

Scope and Content
Estimate of the cost of sinking a new pit near the Slake at Jarrow Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/55-67, 71-85,87
Creation dates: 12 May 1813 - 14 Nov 1821

Scope and Content
Accounts of coal produced and sold and tentale accounts for Temple Main, between Simon Temple and the Corporation of Newcastle, 22 April 1809 - 12 May 1813., and Jarrow, between Messrs Brown and the Corporation of Newcastle and Messrs Hargreaves and Ibbitson and William Pawson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/68-70
Creation dates: 17-31 March 1817

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson re a request by John Buddle for leave to work part of Jarrow Royalty from Hebburn Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/51/86
Creation dates: 18 Aug 1821

Scope and Content
Letters from John Buddle to Messrs Watson and Fenwick re the reduction of Jarrow tentale rents

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/52/1
Creation dates: 28 Feb 1822

Scope and Content
Terms recommended to William Pawson Esq and Mr Ibbitson by Messrs Watson and Fenwick for a renewal of the Jarrow Colliery lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/52/2
Creation dates: 22 April 1822

Scope and Content
Letter from Matthias Dunn to John Watson re the effects of the creep and working the north barrier of Jarrow

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/52/3
Creation dates: 12 May 1822

Scope and Content
Terms proposed by the lessees of Jarrow Colliery to William Pawson for a renewal of their lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/52/4-96
Creation dates: 1813 - 23 Nov 1837

Scope and Content
(Except where specified below)
Tentale accounts and accounts of coal produced and sold at Jarrow Colliery, 14 Nov 1821 - 14 May 1836 and Wallsend

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/52/5-7
Creation dates: 5 June - s Sept 1822

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson re working the barrier between Jarrow Colliery and the Newcastle Corporation Collieries and the renewal of the Jarrow lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/52/15
Creation dates: 19 March 1823

Scope and Content
Letter from Thomas and Robert Brown to John Watson re the renewal of the Jarrow lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/52/19
Creation dates: 12 June 1823

Scope and Content
Letter from Ralph Fenwick re terms of the Jarrow lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/52/22-25
Creation dates: 23 - 24 Oct 1826

Scope and Content
Sections of the High Main and Bensham coal seams at Jarrow, 1824
Statement of the terms of the Jarrow Colliery Lease for 30 years from 12 May 1824
Letter from Mr Brown applying for a reduction of the vend

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/52/64-66
Creation dates: 1829 - 1830

Scope and Content
Sections of strata at the Low Main and High Main coal seams at Jarrow

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/52/76
Creation dates: 6 Jan 1823

Scope and Content
Statement by Mr Ellison of his case in a dispute re Jarrow, giving notes re the history of the ownership, refers to various plans and documents which are not included, with notes by John Watson, copied from Edward Welford

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/52/89
Creation dates: 24 Dec 1834

Scope and Content
Application from Thomas Brown re the winning of Jarrow Slake coal

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/52/97
Creation dates: 26 Sept 1846

Scope and Content
Sale particulars for the sale of Jarrow Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/1
Creation dates: copied 16 June 1823

Scope and Content
Memoranda book containing copies of a survey of the tenants of lands in Jesmond, 1631, and deeds relating to estates in the possession of Sir Matthew White Ridley, 1659 - 1745

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/2
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
Schedule of fields under which J. Hodgson Esq claims the coal, giving field names and acreages

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/3
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
Copy of notes re lands in Jesmond under which William Hodgson held the coal mines, 11 March 1651 and situation as to enclosure 1712, undated copy

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/4
Creation dates: 2 Dec 1737

Scope and Content
Report re Chance Pit, Jesmond Colliery, with recommendations as to future workings with regard to the creep, by William Hutchinson, William Dryden, Robert Sopwith, John Hutchinson, John Young and Andrew Nayler

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/5
Creation dates: 1741-1745

Scope and Content
Report re Jesmond Colliery including damage caused by Mr Coulson's workings, by Thomas Rawling, Amos Barnes and William Heppell, 21 Sept 1741
Report re Jesmond Colliery including damage to Mr Coulson's dwelling house, by John Ligge, William Newton, William Dryden, Michael Humble and George Humble, 26 June 1744
Report re Jesmond Colliery including recommendation re the financial benifits of laying up the engines, by William Leaton and Nicholas Walton, 23 Oct 1745

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/6-8
Creation dates: 6 Sept 1815
Extent and Form: 3 copies 

Scope and Content
Valuation of coal in the Jesmond estate belonging to Hodgson Esq

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/9
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
Notes re the extent and terms of rental of the coal belonging to St Mary Magdalen Hospital

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/10-11
Creation dates: 30 Jan 1816

Scope and Content
Valuation of William Hodgson's coal mines at Jesmond, by John Watson, 2 copies and letter re valuation

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/12-14
Creation dates: 30 May 1816 - 14 March 1820

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson including references to the Duke of Portland's claim to the coal at Jesmond

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/16
Creation dates: 29 April 1823

Scope and Content
Memoranda book containing notes re damage occurring to various dwelling houses at Jesmond

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/17-18
Creation dates: 18 June 1823
Extent and Form: 2 copies 

Scope and Content
Report on the enquiry into the damage caused to various houses in Jesmond by the colliery workings of Sir Thomas Burdon

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/21-22
Creation dates: 19 Feb 1824
Extent and Form: 2 copies 

Scope and Content
Report on Jesmond Colliery, by George Hill to consider the amount of coal available and value the coal under Dead Men's Graves at Jesmond

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/25
Creation dates: April 1824

Scope and Content
Sketch plan of workings at Jesmond showing the exploratory drift towards Reynoldson's Mill scale 4ch: 1"

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/26
Creation dates: 26 April 1824

Scope and Content
Report by John Watson re the possibility of a trespass having occurred from the workings of Sir Thomas Burdon at Jesmond on to the Town Moor with plan showing extent of the workings, no scale

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/27
Creation dates: 20 Aug 1823 - 6 May 1824

Scope and Content
Tentale account from Sir Thomas Burdon to Messrs Bewicke and Craster

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/28
Creation dates: 8 May 1824

Scope and Content
Valuation of the coal belonging to the hospital at Jesmond

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/30
Creation dates: 30 May 1824

Scope and Content
Report by John Watson on encroachments made by Sir Thomas Burdon's Collieries into ground owned by Messrs Bewicke and Craster

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/31
Creation dates: 2 Aug 1824

Scope and Content
Letter from John Watson re the letting of the coal at Jesmond belonging to St Mary Magdalen's Hospital

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/32
Creation dates: 10 May 1825

Scope and Content
Account of coal produced from Messrs Bewicke and Craster's property by Thomas Burdon

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/33
Creation dates: 6 July 1825

Scope and Content
Letter from John Watson to Robert Walters Esq re the previous workings in Benton Nook Close belonging to St Mary Magdalen's Hospital and the quantity of coal remaining

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/34-38
Creation dates: 10 May 1825 - 19 May 1829

Scope and Content
Accounts of coal produced from Messrs Bewicke and Craster's ground at Jesmond, by Sir Thomas Burdon

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/53/40
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
Terms for the lease of the coal mines at Jesmond from Messrs Bewicke and Craster to Sir Thomas Burdon

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/1
Creation dates: 19 March 1734

Scope and Content
Report re Longbenton Colliery with table of distances by George Claughton, Edward Smith and [Nicholas Walton]

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/2
Creation dates: 30 April 1737

Scope and Content
Sketch plan of the proposed winning at Longbenton, no scale

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/3
Creation dates: 1738

Scope and Content
Estimate for winning Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/4
Creation dates: 30 Jan 1739/40

Scope and Content
Minutes re proposals for a lease of Longbenton between the Earl of Carlisle and Sir Henry Liddel and others and of a meeting with Mr Peck re the lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/5,7-8
Creation dates: 1742-1743
Extent and Form: 2 copies 

Scope and Content
Estimates for winning Longbenton, 27 Sept 1742, and 14 Feb 1742/3

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/10
Creation dates: 18 Oct 1743

Scope and Content
Dimensions of the new engine at Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/12
Creation dates: 1743 - 1744

Scope and Content
Account by George Parker for winning Longbenton Colliery and laying the waggonway

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/13
Creation dates: 22 April 1745

Scope and Content
Estimate of the expense of building a stable at Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/14
Creation dates: 28 June 1745

Scope and Content
Plan of Longbenton workings, no scale

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/15
Creation dates: 1745 - 1747

Scope and Content
Estimate of working expences for Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/16
Creation dates: 29 April 1746

Scope and Content
Report re Longbenton Colliery, by Thomas Rawling, William Dryden, William Newton, John Leaton, Ralph Unthank, Amos Barnes and Nicholas Walton, agreed with Richard Peck and William Leaton re drainage and the erection of a new engine to cope with the water

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/9
Creation dates: April 1747

Scope and Content
Minute re a drift to be driven from Longbenton into Gosforth

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/20-21
Creation dates: 6 Nov 1747 - 16 Jan 1747/8

Scope and Content
Estimates for further winnings at Longbenton using a bob engine with plan of intended winnings

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/22
Creation dates: 25 March 1748

Scope and Content
Report on Longbenton including the pumping engines and the amount of available coal, by Nicholas Walton and William Leaton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/24-26
Creation dates: 23 Dec 1749
Extent and Form: 3 copies 

Scope and Content
Minutes of a meeting re Longbenton between Mr Featherstone, Nicholas Walton, William Leaton and Ralph Ellison

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/28
Creation dates: 20 March 1749/50

Scope and Content
Estimate of costs for winning and working Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/30
Creation dates: 22 June 1742

Scope and Content
Terms of the Longbenton Colliery lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/31
Creation dates: 1 Jan 1750

Scope and Content
Letter from Lord Carlisle to Lord Ravensworth and other lessees of the danger from flooding at Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/33
Creation dates: 29 May 1751

Scope and Content
Terms of an agreement re Longbenton between Lord Carlisle and Lord Ravensworth and others

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/35-40
Creation dates: 1736 - 1754

Scope and Content
Various accounts for Longbenton including account of shorts, working costs for the engine and pipes from Coalbrookdale

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/41
Creation dates: April 1761

Scope and Content
Plan of the north front of the proposed engine house at Killingworth, no scale

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/42
Creation dates: 25 June 1761

Scope and Content
List of workmen's names at Killingworth Moor

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/43
Creation dates: 14 Feb 1742/3

Scope and Content
Estimate of the cost of further winnings at Longbenton, by Amos Barnes

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/44
Creation dates: 1759 - 1762

Scope and Content
Account for pumps from Lord Ravensworth and Partners for Longbenton New Winning

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/45
Creation dates: 1761

Scope and Content
Account for driving the Upper Level Drift at Killingworth Moor

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/46
Creation dates: nd [1762]

Scope and Content
Draft proposal to the Corporation of Newcastle to lease a wayleave and staith at Willington

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/47
Creation dates: 25 June 1761

Scope and Content
Estimate of costs of winning, leading and walling in the water level drift at Killingworth Moor

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/48
Creation dates: 19 May 1762

Scope and Content
Note re borings at Killingworth Moor

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/49-51
Creation dates: 20 Aug 1762
Extent and Form: 3 copies 

Scope and Content
Report of the committee [of the Common Council, Newcastle] re Lord Ravensworth's proposal for a lease of a wayleave and staith at Willington

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/52
Creation dates: 16 Oct 1762

Scope and Content
List of men working at Longbenton Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/53-54
Creation dates: 27 Nov 1762

Scope and Content
Notes re the agreements re wayleaves through Sir Ralph Milbank's land at Willington

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/55
Creation dates: nd c 1762

Scope and Content
Section of the gill through Mrs Hymers and Mr Biggs ground, on the waggonway between Killingworth Moor and Willington
Scale 30': 1" with calculations re the costs of building

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/56
Creation dates: 24 Feb 1763

Scope and Content
Account of levellings at Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/57
Creation dates: 8 Sept 1763

Scope and Content
Ground plan of the Raff Yard at Killingworth Moor, scale 10yds: 1"

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/58
Creation dates: 23 Sept 1763

Scope and Content
Account of working costs for Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/59
Creation dates: 1756 - 1764

Scope and Content
Account of coal produced at Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/60
Creation dates: 30 Sept 1763

Scope and Content
Report re working the pillars at Longbenton Colliery, by William Unthank, George Grey, James Bell, Ralph Vaux and Ralph Unthank

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/61
Creation dates: 1 Dec 1764

Scope and Content
Proposal by Anthony Drummond for flagging at Willington Quay

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/62
Creation dates: nd c 1764

Scope and Content
Plan of workings at Longbenton, with measurements of depths, marking "Longbenton Town" and Unthank's House, scale 80yds: 1"

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/63
Creation dates: 21 Jan 1765

Scope and Content
Report re the best method of working Longbenton Colliery, by William Daglish, Anthony Waters, James Bell and George Grey

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/64-66
Creation dates: 27 March 1765

Scope and Content
Proposals from John Beaumont to purchase engine materials at Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/67
Creation dates: 1 June 1765

Scope and Content
Account of the cost of making 10 new waggons for Willington Quay, by Richard Dobson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/68
Creation dates: 1765

Scope and Content
Account for engine materials bought by William Cramlington, Thomas Laybourn and Matthew Ridley from Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/69
Creation dates: 30 June 1767

Scope and Content
Account for pumps bought by Edward Montague from Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/70-74
Creation dates: 1773 - 1774

Scope and Content
Sketch plans and specifications for square plates
No scale, offside boiler, scale 2': 1", engine house and shaft, scale 4': 1" and corf, no scale, at Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/75
Creation dates: 31 Dec - 17 June 1775

Scope and Content
List of ships loaded with coal from Longbenton and South Moor, by John Baker giving vessel and masters names and quantity in Newcastle and London chaldrons, sent to Nicholas Walton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/77-79
Creation dates: 1775 - 1776

Scope and Content
Account of depths and costs of sinking at Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/80
Creation dates: 16 Sept 1776

Scope and Content
Opinion by Nicholas Walton and William Brown re a request by the lessees of Walker to work the barrier and coal at Carville

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/81
Creation dates: 1776

Scope and Content
Plan of the workings at Walker Colliery, scale 1ch: 1" and ground plan and section of a frame dam to be installed, scale 4': 1"

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/82
Creation dates: 18 Feb 1781

Scope and Content
Drawing of a swivel for the fire engine chain at Longbenton giving dimensions

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/83-85
Creation dates: 7 March - 5 April 1781

Scope and Content
Orders by Nicholas Walton re the erection of the engine at Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/86
Creation dates: 1801

Scope and Content
Queries re the extent, amount of available coal, rents and selling prices of the Earl of Carlisle's Collieries at Longbenton with answers by John Watson and abstract of the lease of Killingworth Colliery from the Earl of Carlisle to Lord Ravensworth

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/88-89
Creation dates: April 1801
Extent and Form: 2 copies 

Scope and Content
Terms for a lease of Killingworth Colliery from the Earl of Carlisle to Sir Thomas Henry Liddell

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/90
Creation dates: 21 Sept 1802

Scope and Content
Petition of Sir Henry Liddell and Partners for a renewal of the lease of a wayleave at Willington from the Corporation of Newcastle

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/91-93
Creation dates: 2 April - 28 May 1803

Scope and Content
Terms proposed by Messrs Johnson, Row and Co to Sir Thomas Henry Liddell and Partners to take the coal at Longbenton held by them from the Earl of Carlisle with comments by John Watson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/94
Creation dates: 17 Jan 1806

Scope and Content
Report re the most profitable methods of working Killingworth Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/95
Creation dates: 23 Oct 1809

Scope and Content
Reference to a plan of Killingworth Colliery (not included)

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/96
Creation dates: 1 Aug 1810

Scope and Content
Report re the current state of Lord Carlisle's Collieries at Killingworth, Longbenton, Old Longbenton, Netherton, Choppington and Ulgham, by John Gray

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/97
Creation dates: 3 Oct 1805

Scope and Content
Plan of the staith and houses at Willington Quay belonging to Sir Thomas Henry Liddell
Scale 1ch: 1"

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/98
Creation dates: 26 Sept 1810

Scope and Content
Proposal by Sir Thomas Henry Liddell to the Corporation of Newcastle for a lease of Longbenton Staith

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/99
Creation dates: c1 Aug 1811

Scope and Content
Report re the current state of Lord Carlisle's Collieries at Killingworth, Longbenton, Old Longbenton and Ulgham, by John Grey

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/100
Creation dates: 1 Oct 1811

Scope and Content
Queries re Longbenton Colliery including the tubbing of the shafts to secure access to lower seams and the profitability of working the seams below the High Main, with recommendations by John Buddle and John Watson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/102-105, 119
Creation dates: 1811 - 1813

Scope and Content
Accounts of coal produced and tentale accounts of Sir Thomas Henry Liddle with Lord Carlisle for Longbenton and Killingworth

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/106-113
Creation dates: 29 Nov 1812 - 13 Jan 1814

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson with Edward Lawson, Ralph Dodds, Robert Fenwick and Frances Gregg re Killingworth and Longbenton and the illness of George Thompson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/54/118
Creation dates: 11 Oct 1813

Scope and Content
Letter from John Watson to John Bailey re the use of steam engines for conveying coal instead of horses, mentioning Trevithick and Blenkinsop and trials at Kenton with estimate of savings incurred

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/120-126
Creation dates: 23 Feb - 26 Nov 1814

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson re the extention of the lease of Netherton Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/127-131
Creation dates: 23 Nov 1813 - 1814

Scope and Content
Accounts of coal produced and tentale accounts for Killingworth and Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/134,138 - 139
Creation dates: 23 Aug 1815 - 20 July 1816

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson re the Netherton Colliery lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/135-137, 140
Creation dates: 23 Nov 1814 - 23 Nov 1816

Scope and Content
Accounts of coal produced and tentale accounts for Killingworth Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/141-142
Creation dates: 17 March 25 July 1817

Scope and Content
2 letters from Edward Lawson to John Watson re Killingworth and Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/143
Creation dates: 25 July 1817

Scope and Content
Section of the High Main Seam at Killingworth

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/145-148
Creation dates: 13 Nov 1816 - 23 Nov 1817

Scope and Content
Accounts of coal produced and tentale accounts for Heaton and Killingworth

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/149-151
Creation dates: 18 Jan 1818
Extent and Form: 3 copies 

Scope and Content
Minutes of an agreement for subletting the coal under Longbenton between Sir Thomas Liddell, Bart, and the Earl of Carlisle

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/152-171
Creation dates: 9 Feb - 12 Nov 1818

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson re the Netherton Colliery lease, Killingworth Waggonway and Longbenton rents

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/156
Creation dates: nd [1818]

Scope and Content
Plan of Killingworth Waggonway giving owners of sections and rents, scale 24ch: 1"

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/172-177
Creation dates: 23 Nov 1817 - 23 Nov 1818

Scope and Content
Accounts of coal produced and tentale accounts for Killingworth Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/178-181
Creation dates: 7 - 30 Dec 1818
Extent and Form: 2 copies of notice 

Scope and Content
Notices and correspondence re an instruction to Sir Henry Liddell and Co to desist from working outstrokes into the coal under Longbenton

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/182-192
Creation dates: 1 Jan - 23 Oct 1819

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson re the Netherton lease, Killingworth and Longbenton and Talkin (Cumberland) Collieries

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/193-195, 197-198, 203-206
Creation dates: 4 Nov 1818 - 23 Nov 1820

Scope and Content
Accounts of coal produced and tentale accounts for Killingworth and Heaton Collieries

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/55/200
Creation dates: 30 Jan 1820

Scope and Content
Draft letter from John Watson to Mr Thompson re valuation of the Plessey engine

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/56/207-213
Creation dates: 9 March - 23 Oct 1821

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson re the working of a piece of coal at Longbenton which was drowned, by Sir Thomas Liddell & Co

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/56/214-227
Creation dates: 23 Nov 1820 - 25 Nov 1823

Scope and Content
Accounts of coal produced and tentale accounts for Heaton and Killingworth Collieries

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/56/228-231
Creation dates: 2 May 1823 - 25 Jan 1824

Scope and Content
Queries by Mr Lock re locomotive engines at Killingworth and Hetton with answers by John Watson and report by Nicholas Wood re his experiment with engines at Killingworth

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/56/233-294
Creation dates: 12 Nov 1823 - 22 Nov 1831

Scope and Content
(Except where specified below)
Accounts of coal produced and tentale accounts for Heaton and Killingworth Collieries

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/56/248
Creation dates: 3 July 1828

Scope and Content
Estimate of the amount of coal available at Killingworth

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/56/249
Creation dates: 4 July 1828

Scope and Content
Proposed terms for the Killingworth Colliery lease from the Earl of Carlisle to Lord Ravensworth

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/56/250
Creation dates: 14 - 28 July 1828

Scope and Content
Papers re an appeal by the Walker Colliery owners against their poor rate and award by George Hill

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/56/254-255, 258-260, 264-268
Creation dates: 23 Jan 1819 - 17 April 1830

Scope and Content
Correspondence between Henry Brummell and John Watson re Killingworth, Longbenton and Netherton leases

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/56/269
Creation dates: 13 May 1830

Scope and Content
Report by Mr Lowndes on the draft lease of Killingworth between Lord Carlisle and Lord Ravensworth

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/56/271-274
Creation dates: 14 May - 14 Aug 1830

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson re the draft lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/56/277-288
Creation dates: Jan - April 1831

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson mainly re the Killingworth lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/56/289-299
Creation dates: 9 May 1831 - 1 Feb 1832

Scope and Content
Terms agreed by the owners of Heaton Colliery in consequence of a trespass into the barrier of Lord Carlisle's coal at Longbenton and correspondence re the terms and the improper working of the barriers

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Killingworth and Longbenton Collieries, 1750-1839

Extent and Form: 69 documents 

Scope and Content
Report re Longbenton Colliery, 20 March 1749/50.
Accounts for sinking the Lark Pit, Longbenton Colliery, 1751 - 1752.
Estimates of the amount of available coal and depths of boreholes at Longbenton, 1743 - 1749.
Survey of College Closes and various lands at Longbenton with sketch plan, no scale, Aug 1753.
Queries of Sir Thomas Liddell to John Buddle and John Watson re Killingworth, 19 Dec 1805. 2 Copies.
Account of explosions which took place at Killingworth Colliery, 28 March 1806.
Proposal for transporting coal from Longbenton and Killingworth Collieries to the staith, 12 May 1808.
Accounts for Killingworth Colliery including pay bills, engine accounts and working accounts, 1836 - 1839.
Binding agreements for Killingworth Colliery, 1837.
Plan showing the line of the Killingworth Waggonway, scale 16ch: 1". 1838.

Arrangement

Re-numbered

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Killingworth and Burradon Collieries, 1801 - 1831


Scope and Content
Papers re the royalty of J.R. Pugh and Partners at Killingworth and Burradon.
Agreements re the Killingworth Royalty, 19 Jan 1801. 3 Copies.
Recommendations by Thomas Fenwick and John Buddle re the lease of the coal mines at Killingworth, 27 Jan 1807.
Accounts of coal produced at Killingworth. 18 Nov 1828 - 24 Nov 1829.
Rent accounts for Killingworth Colliery, 1804.
Account of coal produced and sold at Killingworth and Burradon and tentale accounts for Pugh's Royalty, with letters from John Watson re the accounts, 24 Nov 1829 - 3 March 1831.
17 documents, original numbers.

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Burradon Colliery, 1806 - 1807


Scope and Content
Letter from John Watson to William Ogle Wallis Ogle Esq containing a report on Burradon Estate and the extent of the High Main Seam and recommendations as to terms of a lease, 22 Dec 1806.
Report and estimate of the cost of making a new winning at Burradon, 21 Feb 1807.
5 documents, original numbers.

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Burradon Colliery, 1836


Scope and Content
Accounts for Burradon Colliery including pay bills, working accounts, engine accounts, horse accounts and waggonway accounts, 1836.
18 documents, re-numbered

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Blyth, n.d.

Extent and Form: 1 document 

Scope and Content
Loose in back of volume, tracing of a plan of Blyth and district, no scale [c25": 1 mile] n.d. Very fragile.

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/1
Creation dates: 1 May 1795

Scope and Content
Counterpart of a lease of King's Pit Colliery from Henry Pulleine Esq to Edward Holliday and others

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/2
Creation dates: 1804 - 1829

Scope and Content
Memoranda book containing notes re wages, sales, working methods and accounts of coal produced

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/3
Creation dates: 19 Nov 1804

Scope and Content
Report re King's Pit Colliery with recommendations re working methods, quality of the coal and possible rents

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/4
Creation dates: 5 March 1810

Scope and Content
Memoranda book containing notes re workings
nd
Notes re renewal of the King's Pit Colliery Lease

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/5-6
Creation dates: 10 Aug 1815

Scope and Content
Estimate of working costs for King's Pit, With draft

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/7-8
Creation dates: 12 Aug 1815
Extent and Form: 3 copies of terms 

Scope and Content
Statement of terms proposed by Henry P. Pulleine Esq for a lease of King's Pit Colliery and letter from John Watson explaining the terms

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/9
Creation dates: 4 Sept 1815

Scope and Content
Letter from John Watson to Henry Pulleine re the above lease including dimensions of the tubs and measurement of the Newcastle coal peck

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/10
Creation dates: 12 Sept 1815

Scope and Content
Particulars of sale for King's Pit Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/11
Creation dates: Nov 1815

Scope and Content
Statement of annual income from King's Pit

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/12
Creation dates: 1 May 1816

Scope and Content
Terms of a lease of King's Pit Colliery from Henry Pulleine to John Longstaff and others

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/14-16
Creation dates: 8, 12 Nov 1816

Scope and Content
2 letters from John Watson to Sir Matthew White Ridley re proposals for a lease to work a landsale colliery in the manor of Newby, With draft

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/17
Creation dates: 1 May 1816 - 30 April 1823

Scope and Content
Statement of account for Heaton, 1823 and King's Pit Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/18
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
Draft queries to Joshua Simpson re King's Pit Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/19
Creation dates: 17 Dec 1823

Scope and Content
Report re the possibility of finding coal at Raywick Hill, Stainmore and prospects for future work at King's Pit, by John Watson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/20-21
Creation dates: 16, 24 April 1824

Scope and Content
Letter from Henry Pulleine re Mr Longstaff's request to work the barriers at King's Pit and reply by John Watson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/22-24
Creation dates: 1 May 1816 - 27 April 1827

Scope and Content
Accounts between Henry Pulleine and Messrs Longstaff for King's Pit

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/25
Creation dates: 20 Nov 1827

Scope and Content
Notice by the owners of Tanhill, King's Pit, Williamgill, Taylor's Rigg and Stainmore North-Side that they will sell no further coal on credit

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/27-29
Creation dates: 1 May 1816 - 30 April 1828

Scope and Content
Statement of account for King's Pit Colliery to show the overworkings due to Henry Pulleine

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/30-36
Creation dates: 15 April - 6 Sept 1829

Scope and Content
Correspondence between John Watson and Henry Pulleine re rent arrears

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/37
Creation dates: 15 Sept 1829

Scope and Content
Estimate of working costs for King's Pit Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/38
Creation dates: 15 Sept 1829

Scope and Content
Report re King's Pit including the quality of the coal and expected profits with account of coal produced

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/39
Creation dates: 17 Sept 1829

Scope and Content
Proposed terms for a lease of King's Pit from Henry Pulleine to Messrs Whitelock and Knowles

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/40
Creation dates: 6 Oct 1829

Scope and Content
Letter from John Watson to Henry Pulleine re Messrs Whitelock and Knowles' acceptance of the terms

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/43-50
Creation dates: 5 Nov 1829 - 20 Dec 1831

Scope and Content
Correspondence of John Watson re the new lease of King's Pit, the possibility of a creep appearing, the appointment of James Clark as agent and quantities of coal produced

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/51,53-54,57
Creation dates: 5 May 1832 - 25 April 1835

Scope and Content
Account of coal produced at King's Pit

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/52,55
Creation dates: 16 June 1833, 31 June 1834

Scope and Content
Survey and report on King's Pit including section of the seam, quality and quantity of coal and dimensions of corves, by Matthias Dunn

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/58/58-60
Creation dates: 1835 - 22 Aug 1837

Scope and Content
Reports re King's Pit, by William Watson including numbers of employees, wages, sections of the seams

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Lambton, Harraton, Bourne Moor and Lumley Collieries, 1789 - 1799

Extent and Form: 12 documents 

Scope and Content
Account of coal produced at Lumley by Sober Watkin and at Lambton, Harraton and Bourne Moor, by Thomas Smith, 22 April - 6 May 1789.
Reports re working methods at Lambton, Bourne Moor and Lumley Collieries, 12 March 1795 - 23 Nov 1796.
Accounts of the amounts of coal on the surface and measurements of the pit heaps at Lambton, Harraton, Bourne Moor and Lumley, 31 Dec 1795 - 31 Dec 1799.
Note of a bet between John Watson and J. Stoker re the sinking of C Pit, n.d.

Arrangement

Original numbers

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Newbottle Colliery, 1775 - 1822

Extent and Form: 31 documents 

Scope and Content
Report by William Brown and Edward Smith re borings at Newbottle New Winning, 25 Feb 1775.
Account of tradesmens' bills for Newbottle, 1820.
Boring report for Newbottle and estimate for transporting coal from Hetton to the River Wear, n.d.
Estimates for producing and transporting coal from Newbottle assuming various transport routes, n.d.
Valuation of stock at Newbottle, Nov 1815.
Calculations of the quantity of coal available at Newbottle, Oct 1815.
Valuation of Newbottle Colliery and stock and the estates of J.D. Nesham Esq & Co, 15 Nov 1815.
Statement of considerations re the state of the coal and estimate of the expense of making a new winning at Newbottle, by George Hill, 2 March 1820.
Extracts from a valuation of stock at Newbottle, 31 Dec 1821.
Accounts for various charges including housing, waggonways, tradesmen's bills, 1817 - 1821.
Account of work done to the engines at Newbottle, 18 Dec 1821, 1775 - 1822.
Correspondence of John Watson re the pricing of coals and smith work at Newbottle, 12 - 27 April 1822.
Statement of expenses re the Newbottle engine, 22 April 1822.
Sketch plan of the lands in the manor of Newbottle under which Nesham & Co hold a lease to mine coal, no scale, 1822.
Valuation of Newbottle Colliery and stock, 10 May 1822.
Memoranda book re Newbottle Colliery, including boring accounts, sections of strata, working expenses and engine accounts, n.d.

Arrangement

Original numbers

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Crow Trees and Thornley, 1829 - 1838


Scope and Content
Report, including estimate of the available coal and proposed method of working, and valuation of Crow Trees Colliery, by Thomas Forster, 31 Jan 1838.
Valuation of Thornley Estate, by Nicholas Wood, 12 Dec 1829
2 documents, re-numbered

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/1
Creation dates: 15 June 1801

Scope and Content
Opinion by John Donnison, John Watson, Thomas Brough, Thomas Ramsay and John Buddle re the best place for making a new winning at Jarrow

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/2
Creation dates: 1802

Scope and Content
Comparative proposals by Matthew Bell and Simon Temple for taking the coal under Halfway House Farm

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/3
Creation dates: 1803

Scope and Content
Measurements of coal under Halfway House Farm

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/4-5
Creation dates: 1804 - 18

Scope and Content
Account of materials for building Chapter Main Engine House

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/7
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
Statement showing the length of bords in the barriers at Temple Main Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/10
Creation dates: 28 Feb 1806

Scope and Content
Comparative examination of the plans of Temple Main Colliery held by the lessors and lessees

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/11
Creation dates: 21 July 1806

Scope and Content
Terms of a lease of mines in South Shields, Westoe and Harton with liberty of outstroke into Northumberland from the Dean and Chapter of Durham to Simon Temple

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/14
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
Boring accounts for Jarrow Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/15
Creation dates: 22 April 1809

Scope and Content
Valuation of Chapter Main Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/17-23
Creation dates: 1809 - 1810

Scope and Content
Various accounts for Chapter Main including costs for making the new winning, working costs and housing and tradesmens' expenses

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/25
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
Scale of costs for boring

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/26
Creation dates: 1811

Scope and Content
Account of Simon Temple for fees to viewers at Temple Main

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/27
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
Sections of the High Main Coal Seam at Manor Wallsend and Jarrow

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/28
Creation dates: 11 Jan 1811

Scope and Content
Queries re Jarrow Colliery and recommendations, including the prospects for working the pillars and walls, by William King, William Stobart, John Buddle, Thomas King, George Johnson and Edward Steel

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/29
Creation dates: 15, 18 Jan 1811

Scope and Content
Report re Jarrow and Manor Wallsend Collieries, including sections of strata, by William King, William Stobart, John Buddle, Thomas King, George Johnson and Edward Steel

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/30
Creation dates: 14 Jan 1811

Scope and Content
Queries re Manor Wallsend Colliery and recommendations, including comments re ventilation and the best methods of working, by William King, William Stobart, John Buddle, Thomas King, George Johnson and Edward Steel

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/31
Creation dates: 28 Jan 1811

Scope and Content
Estimate for working coal from the Metal Coal Seam at Jarrow Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/34-36
Creation dates: 21-30 March 1811

Scope and Content
Valuation of Manor Wallsend and estimate of the amount of coal which could be produced, by Thomas Fenwick, Thomas King and John Watson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/37
Creation dates: April 1811

Scope and Content
Valuation of Temple Main and Temple's Wallsend Collieries

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/38
Creation dates: nd

Scope and Content
Plan of the workings below the 15 fathom dip in Jarrow Colliery, no scale

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/39
Creation dates: 15 April 1811

Scope and Content
Valuation of Manor Wallsend Colliery, by John Buddle

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/43-45
Creation dates: 26 April, 6 May 1814

Scope and Content
Opinion as to the best situation for a new pit at Manor Wallsend and estimate of costs for its sinking, by John Buddle and John Watson at the request of George Hill

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/46-48
Creation dates: 30 April - 21 July 1816

Scope and Content
Valuation and estimated working costs for Mr Green's coal at Laygate, South Shields, by John Watson and Thomas King and correspondence re the valuation

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/50
Creation dates: 4 Sept 1818

Scope and Content
Report by John Buddle and John Watson on the procedure to be adopted to relieve the pressure on the pumping engine at Manor Wallsend caused by the breaking off of a feeder in the Bensham Seam workings and their endorsement of George Hill's proposed to close off the workings with a frame dam

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/51
Creation dates: 30 Dec 1819

Scope and Content
Proposed terms for the sale of the lease of Manor Wallsend Colliery from Joseph Bainbridge to Messrs Brandling and Grey

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/52-55
Creation dates: 6 Jan, 1 Aug 1820

Scope and Content
Valuations of iron work and horses and farm stock at Manor Wallsend Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/56-57
Creation dates: 20 Aug, 1 Sept 1820

Scope and Content
2 letters from Thomas King to John Watson re calculations of the amount of available coal and valuations for Manor Wallsend

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/58-59
Creation dates: 12 Sept 1820

Scope and Content
Queries and answers re the valuation of Manor Wallsend, by William Thomas and letter to John Watson re valuation

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/61
Creation dates: 9 Nov 1821

Scope and Content
Account of coal produced from Jarrow at reduced tentale rent and costs of stone drifting, 1815 - 1821
Report on the Jarrow Colliery workings, by John Watson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/64-65
Creation dates: 28 July, 27 Aug 1821

Scope and Content
Proposal for a lease by Thomas King and statement of terms on which Rev J. Ogle will lease his coal mines near South Shields

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/67
Creation dates: 30 Dec 1823

Scope and Content
Report by John Watson and R.B. Fenwick re the working of the barrier under the Tyne between the royalties of Messrs Pawson and Ibbitson and the Corporation of Newcastle

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/68-69
Creation dates: 10 Aug 1825

Scope and Content
Request to Messrs Fenwick, Watson and Hill to assess the amount of coal from the Bensham Seam under South Shields that can be worked without detriment to buildings and report

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/70-72
Creation dates: 25 April 1827
Extent and Form: 2 copies 

Scope and Content
Request by Thomas Fenwick to assess whether it would be benificial to preserve access to the frame dams put in to stop the water in the north east workings of Manor Wallsend and report by John Watson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/73-79
Creation dates: 1820 - 1828

Scope and Content
Valuations of coal, stock, materials, engines and workmen's houses at Manor Wallsend

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/81-82
Creation dates: 1820 - 1827
Extent and Form: 2 copies 

Scope and Content
Statements of accounts, Manor Wallsend Colliery

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/83-85
Creation dates: 1828

Scope and Content
Valuation of Ralph William Grey's interest in Manor Wallsend Colliery, 12 Aug 1828 and letter from Mr Pearson re valuation with reference to the absence of Messrs Clayton at Carlisle for the keelmen's trial, 16 Aug 1828

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/87
Creation dates: April 1838

Scope and Content
Queries re the winning of the coal under the copyhold land held by Messrs Brandling and the Dean and Chapter's coal at South Shields and recommendations by Nicholas Wood and George Johnson

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/60/88-89
Creation dates: Feb 1843

Scope and Content
Estimates of costs for sinking pits and winning to the Bensham at Harton and Whitburn Collieries

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Bellasis (Stannington), 1864

Extent and Form: 3 documents 

Scope and Content
Letter from William Watson to Mr Bacon reporting on the prospects for the Belasis estate, 13 Jan 1864.
Letter from William Bacon and reply by William Watson re the report, 29 Jan - 2 Feb 1864.

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Belsay Barnes, 1804 - 1805

Extent and Form: 4 documents 

Scope and Content
Memoranda re Sir William Middleton's and Mr Doubleday's estates and estimate of production costs for Belsay Barnes, 29 Aug 1804.
Report re Belsay Barns including boring report, plan showing situation of the workings and ventilation, by John Watson, no scale, 29 Aug 1804.
Boring accounts for the Belsay Estate, by Thomas and George Rawling, 11 April 1805.

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Brinkburn, 1752

Creation dates: 11 Dec 1752
Extent and Form: 1 document 

Scope and Content
Report on the past and present workings and drainage and ventilation problems, by William Brown

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Brownrigg, 1803

Creation dates: 4 May, 7 Nov 1803
Extent and Form: 2 documents 

Scope and Content
2 letters from John Davidson to John Watson re Brownrigg Colliery, Redesdale and a landsale colliery near Cambo

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Chevington, 1755 - 1757

Creation dates: 1755, 1757
Extent and Form: 2 documents 

Scope and Content
Extract from a report re the Chevington Estate, 24 Oct 1755, by William Brown with suggestions as to possible rents which could be obtained, 7 Oct 1757. 2 copies.

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Dukes Moor, 1753

Extent and Form: 1 document 

Scope and Content
Report re future prospects for the colliery, by John Watson, 14 Dec 1753.

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Eglingham, 1760

Creation dates: 22 Aug 1760
Extent and Form: 1 document 

Scope and Content
Memoranda re coal and limestone workings

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Fallowfield, 1829

Creation dates: 1 May 1829
Extent and Form: 1 document 

Scope and Content
Terms of a lease of Fallowfield Colliery belonging to Sir Edward Blackett

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Ford, 1753 - 1757

Creation dates: 1753 - 1757
Extent and Form: 4 documents 

Scope and Content
Report of the methods of working and estimate of working costs by J. Barnes, 6, 8 Jan 1753.
Report by William Taylor for John Delaval including sketch plan of the pits, no scale, 21 Nov 1757.
Report by Luke Curry particularly re possible methods of drainage with estimate of costs, 3 Oct 1757.
Statement of the Ford Colliery vend and estimate of working costs, 1757.

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Kirkheaton, 1800 - 1804

Creation dates: 1800 - 1804
Extent and Form: 10 documents 

Scope and Content
Various accounts including wages and materials and statements of account of John Cowley with William Dixon Esq, 1800 - 1801.
2 0letters from John Cowley to William Dixon re Kirkheaton, 1 April 1801, 2 Dec 1804.

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Risemoor, 1763

Extent and Form: 1 document 

Scope and Content
Report re Risemoor, by John Legg and John Watson including details of coal to be worked and recommendations re the lease, 28 March 1763.

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Saltwick, 1783

Extent and Form: 1 document 

Scope and Content
Agreement between Richard Brown on behalf of the Duke of Portland and Mr Soulsby of Hedley Fell for a lease of Saltwick Colliery, 16 Sept 1783.

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Shadfen, 1749 - 1824

Extent and Form: 4 documents 

Scope and Content
Reports and estimates of working costs 11 Jan, 29 Aug 1749 and 6 Oct 1773.
Correspondence of John Watson with James Losh and Matthias Dunn re the lease of Lord Carlisle's Collieries near Morpeth, 12 - 26 July 1824.

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Shilbottle, 1754 - 1802

Extent and Form: 2 documents 

Scope and Content
Memoranda re the dimensions of Mr Archibold's machine for drawing water at Shilbottle, March 1754.
Estimate of working costs, 30 Sept 1802.

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Stamfordham, 1784 - 1812

Extent and Form: 20 documents 

Scope and Content
Lease and release of a messuage in Stamfordham from William Watson the elder, carpenter to William Watson the younger, plumber of Newcastle, 20, 21 Aug 1784.
Accounts and receipts for building work at Stamfordham for William Watson, 1784 - 1812.
Copy of the baptism register for Wallsend giving the baptism of Henry Wardle, 24 Jan 1802.
Letter from John Watson to John Kirkley re the terms of the property at Stamfordham, 12 May 1812.

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Stanton, 1818

Extent and Form: 3 documents 

Scope and Content
Sketch plan of Mr Baker's estate at Stanton, showing present workings and area still to be worked, no scale, 10 Sept 1818.
Details re Stanton Colliery including section, working costs, production details and notes re lease, 10 Sept 1818.
Estimate of working costs, nd.

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Swindon, 1764

Creation dates: 1764
Extent and Form: 1 document 

Scope and Content
Account of work done for the Duke of Portland under the direction of William Brown

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Togston, 1784 -1832

Extent and Form: 4 documents 

Scope and Content
Details of Mr William Smith's estate at Togston giving field names and acreages, 1785.
Letter from [John Watson] to Isaac Cookson reporting on prospects for his Togston estate, 15 June 1807.
Conditions for a lease of the Togston Estate, by Isaac Cookson, 1 May 1829.
Valuation of Togston Estate, 1 March 1832.

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Ulgham, 1813 - 1827

Extent and Form: 7 documents 

Scope and Content
Account of workings, number of employees and section of the seam, 4 Dec 1813.
Account of coal sold by landsale, 1816 - 1817.
Memoranda book containing section of strata, production costs and notes re employees, 18 Feb 1822.
Report and estimate of working costs, 18 Feb 1822.
2 letters from John Watson to Robert Fenwick re rent and valuation of the Ulgham estates, 6 May 1822, 9 Aug 1827.
Information from Peter Lasley re a seam at Clifton Lonning, nd.

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Byker, Birds Nest, Heaton and Tyne Main, 1739 - 1825

Extent and Form: 9 documents 

Scope and Content
Lease for 31 years of the estates and collieries at Byker from Sir Matthew White Ridley to Sir Thomas Wrangham, 23 Dec 1739.
Extract of a clause and terms of a wayleave agreement between Sir Matthew White Ridley and Messrs Johnson, Buddle and Partners, owners of Heaton Colliery, 12 May 1820.
Account of outstroke rents payable to Mr Ellison and the Rector of Gateshead for coal from adjoining collieries, 29 May 1824.
Correspondence of John Watson and proposals re the lease of the collieries under Byker and Birds Nest to the owners of Tyne Main Colliery, 6 Aug - 12 Sept 1824.
Terms agreed by Sir Matthew White Ridley with the owners of Heaton Colliery for the lease of a wayleave from their new pit, 16 March 1825.

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Heaton Colliery, 1744 - 1831

Extent and Form: 12 documents 

Scope and Content
Plan of Heaton Colliery with reference giving production figures for individual pits, no scale, 12 Jan 1743/4.
Wayleave tentale accounts for coal transported from Heaton over St Anthony's ground, 13 Nov 1816 - 9 May 1821.
Letter from John Watson to Robert Pearson enclosing terms for a lease of Old Longbenton Colliery from the Earl of Carlisle to the lessees of Heaton, 22 April 1831.

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Lawson Main, 1793 - 1810

Extent and Form: 10 documents 

Scope and Content
Abstracts of Lawson Main leases and proposals for sub-letting part of the coal, 24 Sept 1793, 17 April 1795.
Crosespondence of John Watson and statement of terms re the lease of the coal under Sir John Lawson's Estates at Byker and Red Barnes (Lawson's Main) 19 Aug - 14 Sept 1810.
Report re the coal under Sir John Lawson's estate at Byker and Red Barnes (Lawson's Main) with reference to the barriers, with plan of the workings, by John Watson, John Buddle and Thomas Fenwick, 14 Sept 1810

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Downhill, 1816 - 1830

Extent and Form: 16 documents 

Scope and Content
Accounts of coal worked and estimates of working costs, 1816 - 1821.
Letter from John Watson to Sir Matthew Ridley re workmen's wages and working costs at Downhill Colliery, 12 Nov 1821.
Estimates for sinking a new pit at Downhill, 1821 - 1824.
Correspondence between John Watson and George Maddison re borings at Downhill, 19 May - 8 June 1824.

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Plessey and Bassington Collieries, 1769 - 1825

Extent and Form: 18 documents 

Scope and Content
Valuation of stock at Plessey belonging to Matthew Ridley Esq, 19 May 1769.
Proposals for a lease and articles of agreement for a lease of Plessey Colliery from Sir Matthew Ridley to Robert Smith, 5 Dec 1800. 2 Copies
Detailed valuations of stock and materials at Plessey Colliery, 1801 - 5.
Valuation of horses, hay and horsekeeping utensils at Bassington Colliery, 7 May 1806.
Calculations re the engines at Plessey Colliery, 1810.
Queries re the present state and future workings of Plessey including the possibility of erecting a frame dam and the dimensions of the engines required, and recommendations by John Watson, Edward Steel and George Johnson, March 1810.
Statement of account and profits for Plessey with observations by William Stobart, 10 Jan 1812.
Letter from George Maddison to John Watson re borings, 1 Feb 1825.

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Hauxley Colliery, 1753 - 1802

Extent and Form: 7 documents 

Scope and Content
Memoranda book containing detailed reports on the coal at Hauxley and the best methods of working, by David Ferguson, Isaac Cookson Esq, Newcastle written inside front cover, 1753.
Articles of agreement between John Leadbitter for the Earl of Newburgh and George Johnson for a lease of Hauxley Colliery, 1792. 2 Copies
Note of clauses from Mr Cook's lease of Hauxley, 1774.
Accounts of Thomas Rawlings to George Johnson for borings, 1798.

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Re-numbered

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Roddymoor Colliery, 1844 - 1846

Extent and Form: 64 documents 

Scope and Content
Letter from Theo. Brown to William Watson re prospects for working Roddymoor Colliery with reference to railway construction and recommendations re pumping engine, with sketch plan of proposed new winning
Rough estimates for sinking a new shaft, 1844.
Correspondence of William Watson, with Theo. Brown and others re the new winning at Roddymoor, 21 March - 11 June 1844.
Conditions for sinking a new shaft at Roddymoor, 23 April 184. 2 Copies.
Estimate of costs for building a branch railway to join the West Durham Railway from Roddymoor, June 1844.
Memoranda of an agreement for a lease of lands belonging to Mr Thompson at Roddymoor, nd.
Agreements, proposals, accounts and correspondence re the contruction of the branch railway and the sinking of the new shaft, including the construction of workmen's houses, 17 June 1844 - 8 May 1845.
Report on previous workings at Roddymoor and at adjoining workings at Lady Jane Pit, Elm Park, Cold Knot and Woodfield Collieries and estimate of working costs for Roddymoor, by William Watson, 14 July 1845.
Vouchers, accounts and correspondence re work at Roddymoor, 1845 - 6.
Sections of the railway from Roddymoor to the West Durham Railway, 1844.

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Crook or Jobs Hill Colliery, 1844

Extent and Form: 1 document 

Scope and Content
Conditions for letting the building of a winding engine house, 4 Jan 1844
Note - the document is headed Crook Colliery but endorsed Jobs Hill. The catalogue entry has it as Jobs Hill but the tenders, (section 3 below) which definitely refer to Crook Colliery, would appear to be follow on from these conditions and thus it would seem that this document does refer to Crook Colliery

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Crook Colliery, 1844 - 1845

Extent and Form: 7 documents 

Scope and Content
Tender by John Coulthard to erect a 40h.p. steam winding engine at Crook, 30 Dec 1844.
4 tenders for masonary work for the winding engine house at Crook, 7 - 16 Jan 1845.
Agreement between the owners of Crook Colliery and John Coulthard and Co for the completion of the new winning at Crook, 24 Jan 1845.

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Woodfield Colliery, 1842

Extent and Form: 7 documents 

Scope and Content
5 tenders for masonary and joinery work at Woodfield Colliery, Dec 1842.
Valuation of stock at Woodfield Landsale Pit, 19 Dec 1842.
Conditions for masonary and joinery work for shops and offices at Woodfield, Dec 1842.

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Bitchburn Royalty, 1817 - 1845

Extent and Form: 31 documents 

Scope and Content
Letter from William Stobbart and reply by John Watson re the valuation of a steam pumping engine at Bitchburn, May, 1817.
Letter from Henry Stobbart to William Watson re a post at Etherly, vacant on the death of Thomas Elliott, 12 Jan 1841.
Account of a survey as part of Bitchburn near Furnace Mill, 8 May 1840.
Correspondence between William Watson and Henry Stobbart re proposed wayleave at Helmington and the application for a viewership at Helmington, 12 May - 29 Sept 1840.
Estimate for building a wooden bridge across the Wear at Newfield, 1840.
Statement of charges for the West Durham Railway to Port Clarence and Hartlepool, May 1841.
Correspondence, accounts, boring accounts and estimates of costs for new winnings in the Bitchburn Royalty with reference to railway charges and adjoining collieries at Hunwick and Willington, 1842 - 1854.

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Fishburn, 1839

Extent and Form: 1 document 

Scope and Content
Valuation of Miss Chilton's estate at Fishburn, 23 April 1839.

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/65/1
Creation dates: April 1824

Scope and Content
Manor of Cliff, North Yorkshire including plan of the estate and particulars of field names and acreages

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/65/2
Creation dates: 5 May 1808

Scope and Content
Middleton Estate and Colliery, near Leeds, Yorkshire with particulars of field names, lessees of cottages and descriptions of available coal, colliery stock, engines and equipment

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/65/3
Creation dates: 19 March 1806

Scope and Content
Park - Gate Colliery, Cheshire

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Reference: NRO 3410/Wat/3/65/4
Creation dates: 24 June 1802

Scope and Content
Coal and Iron Mines at Billingsley and Kinlet, Shropshire and near