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List of Colliers Names with Details of the Pits they Mined, 1799

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A Man of Dubious Character

This letter from Mr. Farbeck refers to the conduct of an 'insolent man' involved with the Marquis of Stafford's Collieries. Farbeck remarks that the unnamed man was considered 'bad' by 'every person', ...

Agreement with Colliers for the Sale of Coals, c.1790s

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Boilers at the Coal Works

The letter above dated January 22nd 1797 refers to a man named Stephen Chesworth who was responsible for making boilers for the coal works. Chesworth's boilers were said to be 'worth double the sum of ...

Description of Meir Heath Collieries, April 1792

Using documents in the Sutherland Collection, North Staffordshire Mining History Group Volunteer Geoff Mould has produced a description of Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803) Marquis of Stafford's collieries ...

Details of Men Hired by Thomas Brundred, 1796

A transcription of this document features below: Jan 30th 1796 Thomas Brundred informs me that he has hired Thomas Moss aged 26 John ...

Different Views of Coal in Meir Heath Colliery, 13th December 1787

The Horizontal Distances of the Coal Mines in Mear Heath. 1. SILVER MINE on Grange coal. 2 foot thick, roof mingled with red. A bad sulphurous coal. 2. FENTON LOW, coal 27inches thick, black clod ...

Fishing Incident, 1794

This letter from Mr. Jervis complains to Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803)Marquis of Stafford that one of the Marquis's servants named 'Crump' had 'spoiled' his fishing of the River Trent at Tittensor. ...

Henry Hazlehurst Brick Making Agreement, Meirheath Colliery, 1796

A transcription of this document features below: Mearheath colliery Dec 14th 1796 Henry Hazlehurst agrees with T Heath to make one hundred thousand bricks at Poole Dole for the Marquis ...

Human Interest Stories in the Mining Papers

Joyce Wilson from the North Staffordshire Mining History Group has examined many of the letters surviving amongst mining documents in the Sutherland Papers. The letter featured above involves an old lady ...

Instructions for Managing the Colliers

A transcription of this document features below: Instructions Take care of the sale of coals, visit all the pits twice a day, examine the brick bank and see as none are stolen or disposed of without ...

Interesting Details in the Colliery Accounts, 1766

This document provides a list of trials of Lead Mines of Grindon including the cost of working. Richard Annables was paid for 19 days at one shilling a day for gun powder. Mr. Adams was paid Expenses ...

James Stokes Wage Agreement with Thomas Heath, 1797

A transcription of this document features below: Oct 10th 1797. T. Heath agreed to give James Stokes Three shillings and three pence a stack getting the coals so long as ...

James Stokes Wages Agreement, 1798

A transcription of this document features below: Jan 12th 1798 Agreed to give James Stokes 3/6 per yard heading and ten shillings ...

John Tomlinson by Len Ball

One weekend in April/May 2007 I was back home from my caravan, as myself and my wife had been invited to my wife’s nephew’s baby’s Christening on the Sunday at Stoke Minster. The North Staffordshire ...

Jonathan Shaw Tabbeners Mine Agreement, 1799

A transcription of this document features below: Meirheath colliery Dec. 3rd 1799. Jonathon Shaw agrees with Thomas Heath to get and draw and sell all the coals which ...

Joseph Lockett & John Brown Mining Agreement, 1791

A transcription of this document features below: Mearheath colliery. Thomas Heath agreed with Joseph Lockett and John Brown to get all the coals beyond the distance ...

Knowles Colliery Mining Agreement, 1796

A transcription of this document features below: We whose names are hereunto subscribed do agree with Thomas Heath to sink an engine pit and a bye pit at Knowles colliery for the proprietor thereof ...