Durham Mining Museum - Archives (original) (raw)
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History
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Text | 1602 | Newcastle Hostmen. |
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Text | 1622 | Newcastle Hostmen. |
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Text | 1638 | Newcastle Hostmen. |
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Text | 1727 | Opening of Causey (or Tanfield) Arch |
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Text | 1766 | Sample Pitman's Bond from Bushblades Colliery |
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Text | 1770 | Sample Pitman's Bond from Hartley CollieryTranscribed by Stafford M. Linsley |
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Text | 1813 | The Committee for the Society to Prevent Accidents in Coal Mines. |
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Text | 1816 | **Practical Observations on Safety Lamps for Coal Mines by William Reid Clanny, M.D.**A selection of document extracts and a biography of Dr. Clanny can be found here |
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Text | 1817 | A description of the Safety Lamp invented by George Stephenson, and now in use in Killingworth Colliery. To which is added, an account of the lamp constructed by Sir Humphrey Davy. |
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Text | 1825 | Brief Observations in reply to "A Voice from the Coal-Mines" |
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Text | 1826 | An appeal from the Colliers of the United Association to the Viewers to renegotiate the Pitman's Bond, with a sample of the bond and a list of their grievances |
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Text | 1827 | Agreement between Nathaniel Clayton and his Keelmen |
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Text | 1831 | An appeal to the public from the Pitmen following the Delegates Meeting, Newcastle, May 6th, 1831. |
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Text | 1843 | Sample Pitman's Bond from Bedlington Colliery |
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Text | 1843 | Collier's Guide with a List of Misfortunes and a Petition to the House of Commons. |
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Text | 1844 | Fearful Colliery Explosion and Loss of Ninety-Five Lives. Transcript of an article from The Illustrated London News |
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Text | 1844 | Dreadful explosion at Haswell Colliery, in the County of Durham, a Miners Association poster produced a few days after the explosion. |
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Text | 1847 | Petition to the House of Commons from the Colliers for the appointment of inspectors and the better ventilation of mines. |
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Text | 1847 | Cautions and instructions respecting the proper use of Safety Lamps, and Rules to be observed in conducting the working of the Haswell and Shotton Collieries. |
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Text | 1853 | Mining References from The Illustrated London News for the Year 1853extracted by Alan Vickers. |
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Text | 1853 | Rules and Regulations for the safety of Coal Mines, and of the Workmen employed therein for the counties of Northumberland and Durhamextracted from the Annual Mines Inspectors Report. |
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Text | 1854 | Mining References from The Illustrated London News for the Year 1854extracted by Alan Vickers. |
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Text | 1854 | Poster dated October 4th, 1854 from the miners of Seaton Colliery asking other miners not to work at the colliery during a dispute. |
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Text | 1857 | Mining References from The Illustrated London News for the Year 1857extracted by Alan Vickers. |
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Text | 1858 | Fire at Page Bank Colliery. From The Illustrated London Newsextracted by Alan Vickers. |
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Text | 1858 | Mining References from The Illustrated London News for the Year 1858extracted by Alan Vickers. |
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Text | 1859 | Mining References from The Illustrated London News for the Year 1859extracted by Alan Vickers. |
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Text | 1861 | Rules and Regulations of the Seghill Colliery Schools. |
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Text | 1862 | New Hartley Disaster - Reminiscences of a SurvivorCompiled by Peter Atkinson. |
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Text | 1862 | Workings with Single Shaftsfor the South Durham District. |
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Text | 1862 | Workings with Single Shaftsfor the Northern District. |
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Text | 1872 | Fifty Score A Day - Poem about Kelloe Colliery. |
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Text | 1888 | Special Rules established under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887. |
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Text | 1893 | The method of working at Wearmouth and Silksworth Collieries |
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Text | 1926 | M.F.G.B. - Terms Submitted by The Owners in The Districts |
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Text | 1926-27 | M.F.G.B. - Terms of Settlement in the Districts. |
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Text | 1928-9 | Officials of the National Union of Cokemen and By-Product Workers. |
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Text | 1928-9 | Officials of the Cumberland Miners' Association. |
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Text | 1928-9 | Officials of the Northumberland Colliery Mechanics' Mutual Protection Association. |
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Text | 1928-9 | Officials of the Durham Colliery Mechanics� Association. |
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Text | 1928-9 | Officials of the Northumberland Mutual Confident Association. |
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Text | 1956 | Burnopfield Colliery Pit Head Baths Book |
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Text | 1959 | NCB Information booklet on the Reconstruction at Herrington Colliery |
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Text | 1966 | NCB Information booklet on Horden Colliery |
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Text | 1973 | NCB Information booklet on Easington Colliery |
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Text | 1976 | NCB Information booklet on Wearmouth Colliery |
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Text | 1983 | NCB Information booklet on Horden Colliery |
Biography
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| Text | William Reid Clanny. | |
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| Text | 1869 | George Stephenson.The Story of the Locomotive. This article includes an account of the early life of George Stephenson. |
| | Text | 1893 | Sir Michael Faraday.Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall. An early biography of the man who amongst many other accomplishments investigated the explosion at Haswell in 1844. |
Obituaries
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| | Text | 1739 | Richard Ridley. |
| | Text | 1836 | Sir Matthew White Ridley. |
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| Text | 1843 | John Buddle. |
| | Text | 1848 | Thomas Wentworth Beaumont. |
| | Text | 1848 | George Stephenson. |
| | Text | 1850 | William Reid Clanny. |
| | Text | 1858 | Edward Pease. |
| | Text | 1872 | Joseph Pease. |
| | Text | 1881 | John Joicey. |
| | Text | 1893 | Sir George Elliot. |
| | Text | 1896 | Henry Fell Pease. |
| | Text | 1898 | Arthur Pease, M.P. |
| | Text | 1900 | Joseph Cowen. |
| | Text | 1903 | Sir Joseph Pease, M.P. |
| | Text | 1903 | William Milburn. |
| | Text | 1904 | Sir Lowthian Bell. |
| | Text | 1904 | James Hall. |
| | Text | 1905 | William Stobart. |
| | Text | 1907 | Sir Charles Palmer, M.P. |
| | Text | 1912 | Sir Theodore Fry. |
| | Text | 1912 | Lord Furness. (Christopher Furness) |
| | Text | 1920 | Sir Lindsay Wood. |
| | Text | 1927 | Sir Arthur Francis Pease. |
| | Text | 1935 | Colonel William Cuthbert Blackett. |
| | Text | 1936 | Professor J. S. Haldane. |
| | Text | 1936 | Lord Joicey (James Joicey). |
| | Text | 1939 | Professor Henry Louis. |
| | Text | 1967 | Sam Watson. |