List of Colliers Names with Details of the Pits they Mined, 1799
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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 ...
Details of Men Hired by Thomas Brundred, 1796
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Jan 30th 1796
Thomas Brundred informs me that he has hired Thomas Moss aged 26 John ...
Henry Hazlehurst Brick Making Agreement, Meirheath Colliery, 1796
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Mearheath colliery Dec 14th 1796
Henry Hazlehurst agrees with T Heath to make one hundred thousand bricks at Poole Dole for the Marquis ...
Instructions for Managing the Colliers
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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 ...
James Stokes Wage Agreement with Thomas Heath, 1797
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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
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Jan 12th 1798
Agreed to give James Stokes 3/6 per yard heading and ten shillings ...
Jonathan Shaw Tabbeners Mine Agreement, 1799
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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
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Mearheath colliery.
Thomas Heath agreed with Joseph Lockett and John Brown to get all the coals beyond the distance ...
Knowles Colliery Mining Agreement, 1796
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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 ...
Meirheath Colliery Coal Agreement, 1792
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Mearheath colliery
William Hickenbottam and Samuel Yates agree with Thomas ...
Mining Agreement
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April 4th 1791.
Meirheath colliery.
John German John Ball William Donkin and Richard Donkin agree with ...
Mr. Daniel's Time Book, Knowles Colliery, September 10th 1797
This document lists the names of the miners working in the pits (Pooldole). Most of the men were in the same group as their names appear all through the book, with some women’s names but not many.
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Shelton Cottages
This document provides an account of dwelling houses and a list of the names of people who built the houses upon the site of Granville Leveson-Gower (1721-1803), the Marquis of Stafford's colliery in ...
Thomas Brundred Ash Mine Agreement, 1792
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Mearheath colliery
Thomas Burndred agrees with Thomas Heath to finish ash mine sinking pit in the Mearhay ( colliery ...
Thomas Burndred Wage Agreement, Meirheath Colliery, 1799
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Meirheath colliery Dec. 3rd 1799
T, Burndred to have five shillings and sixpence per cart load for getting drawing and selling the coals ...
Thomas Colclough Receipt of Payment for Drawing Dirt from the Limestone Pit, 1798
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Mearheath Colliery
Recd June 2nd 1798 of the Marquis of Stafford by Thomas Heath five shillings being an allowance for drawing dirt out of the limestone ...