Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd.

Research Notes

• Strathmore Estate (Estate and Family Records)
• Ref: D/St/B1/3/218 — Evenwood freehold royalty accounts: rents due from the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. and later from the Randolph Coal Co. Ltd., with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen and Ernest Kirkup, 1906 - 1938
• Ref: D/St/B1/3/219 — Cockfield freehold royalty and Gordon House freehold royalty accounts: rents due from the North Bitchburn Coal Co. Ltd. and later from the Randolph Coal Co. Ltd., with related correspondence to Thomas McQueen and Ernest Kirkup, 1906 - 1937

• National Coal Board — 13th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 13/213 — 4 June 1930 - (1) London and North Eastern Railway Company ; (2) Ramshaw Coal Company. Agreement concerning siding at West Auckland. Consideration: £5 p.a. by (2) to (1)
• Ref: NCB 13/310 — List of notices to the London and North Eastern Railway Company concerning coal extraction by Weardale Steel and Coal Company, Ramshaw Coal Company and Randolph Coal Company, 1877-1933

• National Coal Board — 14th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 14/195 — 9 December 1931 - (1) Sir Timothy Eden Bart. ; (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. ; (3) Messrs M. V. and W. Summerson. Agreement extending and varying terms of agreements for leases etc. of 16 July 1929 and 17 June 1931, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/197 — 17 April 1935 - (1) Sir Timothy Eden Bart. ; (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. ; (3) Messrs M. V. and W. Summerson. Supplemental agreement for lease relatinng to the Busty Seam, West Auckland, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/198 — 1 December 1932 - (1) Pease and Partners Ltd. ; (2) Sir Nigel Courtenay Musgrave Bart. ; (3) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Underlease of the Harvey and Busty Seams under part of the St. Helen, Auckland Estate, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/199 — 10 August 1935 - (1) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. ; (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Agreement for lease of the Harvey Seam in the parish of St. Helen, Auckland, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/200 — 10 August 1935 - (1) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. ; (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Agreement for under lease of the Brockwell Seam in the parish of St. Andrew, Auckland, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/201 — 30 November 1938 - (1) Henry Stobart & Co. Ltd. ; (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Supplemental agreement to NCB 14/200 regarding the Brockwell Seam, West Auckland royalty, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/202 — 21 August 1941 - (1) The Ecclesiastical Commissioners ; (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. ; (3) Evenwood and Barony Parish Council. Licence to permit the use of certain drifts in the Railey Fell Royalty as Public Shelters, plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/203 — 22 April 1943 - (1) The Coal Commission ; (2) The Ramshaw Colliery Co. Ltd. Deed of renewal of lease of 29 December 1697 and under lease of 1 December 1932
• Ref: NCB 14/204 — 13 July 1943 - (1) The Coal Commission ; (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co. Ltd. Lease of certain seams of coal under lands in the parishes of Evenwood and Barony, Lynesack and Softley, West Auckland and Bishop Auckland - plan attached
• Ref: NCB 14/205 — 23 August 1945 - (1) The Coal Commission ; (2) The Ramshaw Coal Co, Ltd. deed of variation of lease of 13 July 1943

• National Coal Board — 31st Deposit
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 85/11 — Agreement between North Eastern Electric Supply Company and Ramshaw Coal Company Limited, for energy supply to West Auckland Colliery, May 1934. (includes Supplemental agreement between North East Electricty Board and N.C.B., April 1950)

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 27/39 — Vesting of properties, Ramshaw Coal Company Limited, May 1949 - August 1953
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 45/3 — Inventories, stocks and stores, Ramshaw Coal Company, December 1946 - October 1950
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 45/13 — Claims under the coal industry nationalisation (subsidence) regulations, 1946, Ramshaw Coal Company Limited, January 1947 - May 1947