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Cuthbert Berkley

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.


1853

Membership

1853-1854, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Marley Hill Colliery, Gateshead.


1864

Membership

1864-1865, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Marley Hill Colliery, Gateshead, County of Durham.

1864-1865, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Council Member; Address: Marley Hill Colliery, Gateshead.


1870

Membership

1870-1871, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Council Member; Address: Marley Hill Colliery, Gateshead.

1870-1871, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Marley Hill Colliery, Gateshead (Member of Council); Elected: 21 Aug 1852


1873

Managers Certificate

13 March 1873, Certificate Number: 496 (1st), Inspector: Mr. Southern, Mine: Marley Hill

First Class Certificate of Service as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1872 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 31), including the name of the mine (if any) in which acting as Manager at the time of grant of certificate.


1880

Membership

1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Marley Hill Colliery, Gateshead (Vice-President); Elected: 21 Aug 1852

1880-1881, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Vice President; Address: Marley Colliery, Gateshead.


1881

Census

Address: The Riding Hollin Cottage, Riding

(Ref: RG11/5100/69/15)

Name  Age  Rel  Mar OccupationWhere Born
BERKLEY, Cuthbert  54 Head Mar Mining Engineer  Newcastle On Tyne
BERKLEY, Barbara  49 Wife Mar   DUR: Lanchester
BERKLEY, John Henry  22 Son Unn Clerk Export Merchant Coal  DUR: Whickham
BERKLEY, Isabella  18 Dau Unn   DUR: Whickham
BERKLEY, Evelyn H.  9 Dau Scholar  DUR: Whickham
BERKLEY, Cuthbert  7 Son Scholar  DUR: Whickham
BERKLEY, Kathleen M.  5 Dau   DUR: Whickham


1888

Membership

1888-1889, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Marley Hill, Whickham, R.S.O., Co. Durham (Retiring Vice-President, Member of Council); Elected: 21 Aug 1852

1888-1889, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Council; Address: Marley Hill, Whickham, R.S.O., Co. Durham.


1889

Membership

1889-1890, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Marley Hill, Whickham, R.S.O., Co. Durham.


1890

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page 525: Whickham - Berkley, Cuthbert, Colliery Viewers, Marley Hill House, Marley Hill
Source: Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890


1894

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page 1263: Marley Hill - Berkley, C., Chief Agent to John Bowes & Partners
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.

Page 1263: Marley Hill - Berkley, Cuthbert, Chief Agent to John Bowes & Partners, Marley Hill House
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.


1896

Membership

1896-1897, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Marley Hill, Swalwell, R.S.O., Co. Durham.


1901

Membership

1901-1902, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Vice-President


1902

Membership

1902-1903, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Vice-President


1909

Membership

1909-1910, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Highfield House, Durham.


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
  • Kelly's Directory of Durham, 1890
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume I published in 1890
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXII published in 1903
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXIV published in 1904
  • Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XXXIX published in 1910
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume II published in 1854
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XIV published in 1865
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XX published in 1871
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXX published in 1881
  • Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXXVIII published in 1889

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