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Collapse NCB - National Coal Board, later British Coal Corporation - 1574-1994NCB - National Coal Board, later British Coal Corporation - 1574-1994
Collapse A - Pre-Vesting Colliery Companies superseded by the National Coal Board - [1672]-1972A - Pre-Vesting Colliery Companies superseded by the National Coal Board - [1672]-1972
Expand BAB - Babbington Coal Company - 1898-1942BAB - Babbington Coal Company - 1898-1942
Expand BLA - Blackwell Colliery Company Limited - 1891-1948BLA - Blackwell Colliery Company Limited - 1891-1948
Expand BOL - Bolsover Colliery Company Limited - 1913-1961BOL - Bolsover Colliery Company Limited - 1913-1961
Collapse BUT - Butterley Company Colliery Offices - 1857-1960BUT - Butterley Company Colliery Offices - 1857-1960
Expand 1 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices accident records - 1906-19471 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices accident records - 1906-1947
Expand 2 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices Workmen's Compensation Acts compensation records - 1898-19472 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices Workmen's Compensation Acts compensation records - 1898-1947
Expand 3 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices employment and personnel records - 1917-19603 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices employment and personnel records - 1917-1960
Expand 4 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices industrial relations records - 1879-19474 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices industrial relations records - 1879-1947
Expand 5 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices management records - 1888-19475 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices management records - 1888-1947
Expand 6 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices estate records - 1880-19466 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices estate records - 1880-1946
Expand 7 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of mineral rights and on the conveyancing of surface properties - 1885-19477 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of mineral rights and on the conveyancing of surface properties - 1885-1947
Expand 8 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records and correspondence on legal cases - late 19th cent-19468 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records and correspondence on legal cases - late 19th cent-1946
Expand 9 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records and correspondence on damages or potential damage caused by mining subsidence - 1857-19479 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records and correspondence on damages or potential damage caused by mining subsidence - 1857-1947
Expand 10 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices surveying records and plans - 1888-193910 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices surveying records and plans - 1888-1939
Expand 11 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices financial records and related papers - 1924-194711 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices financial records and related papers - 1924-1947
Expand 12 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices production and output records - 1895-194712 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices production and output records - 1895-1947
Collapse 13 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records on the development of collieries - 1895-194713 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records on the development of collieries - 1895-1947
Expand 1 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records on the general development of the Company's collieries and buildings - 1919-19471 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records on the general development of the Company's collieries and buildings - 1919-1947
Expand 2 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the development of the Company's Derbyshire collieries - 1932-19462 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the development of the Company's Derbyshire collieries - 1932-1946
Expand 3 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the development of Kirkby Colliery, Nottinghamshire - 1911-19473 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the development of Kirkby Colliery, Nottinghamshire - 1911-1947
Collapse 4 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the building and development of Ollerton Colliery, Nottinghamshire - 1917-19464 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the building and development of Ollerton Colliery, Nottinghamshire - 1917-1946
1 - Ground plan of proposed colliery site for Ollerton - 14 Dec 1917
2 - Henry Eustace Mitton's report on boring operations at Ollerton - 18 Dec 1918
3 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the ordering and provision of boilers for Ollerton Colliery - Dec 1918-Aug 1925
4 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the attempts to obtaining workmen from Belgium belonging to the Trefor Belgian and Boring Company for boring at Ollerton - Feb 1919-Dec 1919
5 - Butterley Company correspondence file on leases at Ollerton and other matters - Feb 1919-Mar 1921
6 - Estimates and reports as to the costs and potential profits associated with the new colliery at Ollerton - Mar 1919-May 1922
7 - Handwritten details of strata found in Broughton borehole - May 1919-Jan 1920
8 - Butterley Company correspondence file on trouble with workmen of Trefor Belgian Boring and Sinking Company at Retford over demand for wage increase - 11-30 Jul 1919
9 - Plans (11) relating to the building of Ollerton Colliery - [c1919-1922]
10 - Schedules of documents, including list of lessors, and detailed statements of estimates for the sinking and development of Ollerton Colliery - [c1920]
11 - Blueprint showing headgear data and position of cages from various collieries, mostly non-Butterley Company collieries - [c1920]
12 - Butterley Company correspondence file on proposal to lease Red House Farm, Ollerton, with subsequent rents due from this and the sublease of house there to Mr W. Roland. - Feb 1920-Apr 1922
13 - Butterley Company file of estimates concerning building of Ollerton Colliery - Mar 1921-Dec 1923
14 - Copies of letters and notes summarising the position on the establishment of Ollerton Colliery - Nov 1921-May 1922
15 - Blueprint of section of shafts, plus statement of account of the Ollerton Colliery - 1921
16 - Typed section of strata in the Ollerton borehole - [1922]
17 - Typed copy of section of strata at Ollerton, with annotations - [1922]
18 - Copies of sections of strata for Ollerton and Boughton boreholes - [1922]
19 - Typed copy of section of strata at Boughton - [1922]
20 - Butterley Company correspondence file on boreholes in the Ollerton Coalfield - Apr 1922
21 - Copy letter of the Butterley Company Mining Agent to assorted parties on the borehole section of Ollerton strata and the early development of the Ollerton area - 29 May 1922
22 - Butterley Company correspondence file with Mr E. Hanlon, the chief accountant for the Butterley Company, regarding the finances and lease for the Ollerton Colliery - Mar 1922-Jul 1924
23 - Butterley Company correspondence file on Ollerton Colliery, copy of Mr J. Bircumshaw [Mining Agent] - May 1922-1931
24 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the sidings for Ollerton Colliery involving the Great Central Railway Company - May 1922-Jun 1924
25 - Butterley Company correspondence file relating to the purchase by the Butterley Company of White House Farm at Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, and of sale of land at Boughton to A.W. Ketton - Jul 1922-Feb 1928
26 - Plan showing existing floor plans of Ollerton House, with suggested alterations - [1922]
27 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence file with Mr S. Lander of the Engineering Department on the sinking of Ollerton Colliery - Jul 1922-Dec 1925
28 - Copy of correspondence of the Butterley Company in connection with the ownership of the White House Farm, Ollerton - Aug 1922-Sep 1922
29 - Butterley Company correspondence file on enquiries and quotations for headgear and plant at Ollerton Colliery - Sep 1922-Nov 1922
30 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the supply of electric lighting for Ollerton Colliery and the village in general - Dec 1922-Apr 1934
31 - Blue prints of plans (2) showing land required for colliery purposes at Ollerton - Dec 1922
32 - Specification and tender for alterations to White House Farm, Wellow, including plan - 1923
33 - Butterley Company correspondence file with the Francois Cementation Company Limited, relating to the sinking of shafts at Ollerton Colliery - Feb 1923-Mar 1934
34 - File of Ollerton Colliery sinking reports for No. 1 shaft - Feb 1923-Nov 1925
35 - File of Ollerton Colliery sinking reports for No. 2 shaft - Feb 1923-Nov 1925
36 - Blueprint plan of layout of the main sidings of Ollerton Colliery - June 1923
37 - Booklet made for the visit of the Midland Counties Institution of Engineers to Ollerton Colliery - 2 Jun 1923
38 - Printed pamphlet prepared by the Butterley Company for the visit to Ollerton Colliery by the Midland Counties Institution of Engineers on 2 June 1923 - 1923
39 - Correspondence file of H.Eustace Mitton of the Butterley Company Colliery Office with the Manager of Ollerton Colliery, Montagu F. M. Wright - Sep 1923-Aug 1924
40 - Butterley Company correspondence file on Ollerton sinking - Oct 1923-Mar 1924
41 - Reprint from The Colliery Engineer, of article 'Cementation Process in a Nottinghamshire Sinking' relating to Ollerton Colliery - Aug 1924
42 - Blueprint of plan of proposed layout of No. 1 Pit Top, Ollerton Colliery - Dec 1924
43 - Plans (9) for proposed lines and alternatives of the London Midland and Scottish and London and North Eastern Railway Companies in the Ollerton District - Jan 1925-Jan 1926
44 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the acquisition of railway material and equipment on the voluntary liquidation of Stonehall Colliery Limited, Kent - Feb 1925-Sep 1925
45 - Butterley Company file of correspondence to Montague F.M. Wright, manager at Ollerton Colliery, relating to the daily workings at the mine - Jul 1925-Apr 1934
46 - Plan showing pillars in the Top Hard Coal to support the existing London and North Eastern Railway and other proposed railways in the Ollerton Colliery area - [c1925]
47 - Plan showing shaft pillar and necessary roads for dealing with loaded and empty trams at Ollerton Colliery - [c1925]
48 - Plan of general arrangement of double deck pit cage at Ollerton Colliery - Dec 1925
49 - Photograph taken underground during the sinking of Butterley Company's Ollerton Colliery, showing miner behind metal pit prop - [c1925]
50 - Two copies pf photograph taken underground during the sinking of Butterley Company's Ollerton Colliery, showing three mine workers (one with back turned), in sou'westers and watertight coats to right of metal pit prop - [c1925]
51 - Plan of layout of sidings for Ollerton Colliery - Jan 1926
52 - Butterley Company correspondence file on Ollerton Colliery Offices - Oct 1926-Sep 1927
53 - File of charts and tables relating to the output and costs/proceeds at Ollerton Colliery, including comparisons with the other collieries owned by the Butterley Company and other Nottinghamshire colliery companies. - 1928-1936
54 - Printed pamphlet prepared for the Butterley Company entitled 'Ollerton Colliery: Description of system of Hot Water Supply to Colliery Village' - [1929]
55 - File of photographic copies of plans for Ollerton village layout, Ollerton Colliery Top Hard Coal workings, Ollerton Colliery village for hot water service and Ollerton Colliery section of No. 1 Shaft - 1929
56 - Butterley Company correspondence file on Ollerton Colliery No. 2 Shaft - Mar 1929-Oct 1930
57 - Butterley Company correspondence file on agreement with London Midland and Scottish Railway Company to construct railway and sidings at Ollerton - Feb 1931-Apr 1933
58 - Butterley Company correspondence file on Ollerton Colliery with regard to the Coal Mines Regulations Act 1908 - Apr 1933-Aug 1935
59 - Butterley Company correspondence file on proposed developments and alterations of Ollerton colliery - Nov 1933-Sep 1936
60 - Butterley Company correspondence file on pooling arrangements on the Mid Notts Joint Line for the colliery at Ollerton - Dec 1933-Jan 1934
61 - Butterley Company correspondence file on proposed developments and alterations of Ollerton colliery - Sep 1936-Sep 1942
62 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the proposed installation of a new haulage system and upgrading of haulage gear for Ollerton Colliery - Nov 1937-Feb 1946
63 - Butterley Company correspondence file on investigation into the development of Ollerton Colliery, including reports and statistics - Aug 1941-Mar 1942
64 - Butterley Company correspondence file on Ollerton Colliery Canteen - Dec 1941-May 1946
65 - Butterley Company correspondence file of the Company's Mining Agent with Mr. S. Thorneycroft, Manager of Ollerton Colliery - Dec 1944-Jun 1945
Expand 5 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the proposed development of coal mining in other parts of Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire (mostly not carried through) - 1895-19415 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the proposed development of coal mining in other parts of Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire (mostly not carried through) - 1895-1941
Expand 6 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices capital expenditure correspondence files - 1919-19476 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices capital expenditure correspondence files - 1919-1947
Expand 7 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the development of machinery in the Company's collieries - 1932-19477 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the development of machinery in the Company's collieries - 1932-1947
Expand 8 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the development of pit supports and other mining equipment - 1929-19478 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the development of pit supports and other mining equipment - 1929-1947
Expand 9 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on coal mining research - 1917-19459 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on coal mining research - 1917-1945
Expand 10 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on analysis of the quality of coal - 1910-194510 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on analysis of the quality of coal - 1910-1945
Expand 11 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files and records on the cleaning and washing of coal - 1920-194711 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files and records on the cleaning and washing of coal - 1920-1947
Expand 12 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files and volume on stonedusting - 1910-194612 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files and volume on stonedusting - 1910-1946
Expand 13 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on dirt disposal - 1937-194613 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on dirt disposal - 1937-1946
Expand 14 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on drift and opencast mining - 1942-194714 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on drift and opencast mining - 1942-1947
Expand 15 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the Company's brickworks - 1934-193915 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the Company's brickworks - 1934-1939
Expand 16 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on water problems at collieries and on water supply to and from collieries - 1906-194716 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on water problems at collieries and on water supply to and from collieries - 1906-1947
Expand 17 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on power supply for the Company's collieries - 1904-194717 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on power supply for the Company's collieries - 1904-1947
Expand 18 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on health and safety developments - 1897-194718 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on health and safety developments - 1897-1947
Expand 19 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the proposed closure of individual collieries - 1921-194619 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices correspondence files on the proposed closure of individual collieries - 1921-1946
Expand 14 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records and files on transport issues - 1880-194714 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records and files on transport issues - 1880-1947
Expand 15 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records and files on the provision of housing and the welfare of miners and mining communities - 1913-194715 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices records and files on the provision of housing and the welfare of miners and mining communities - 1913-1947
Expand 16 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices publicity records - 1891-194716 - Butterley Company Colliery Offices publicity records - 1891-1947
Expand BWC - Barber Walker and Company Limited, Nottinghamshire - 1838-1950BWC - Barber Walker and Company Limited, Nottinghamshire - 1838-1950
Expand CLX - Clay Cross Company Limited - [1860s-1950]CLX - Clay Cross Company Limited - [1860s-1950]
Expand COS - Cossall Colliery Company, Nottinghamshire - early 20th centCOS - Cossall Colliery Company, Nottinghamshire - early 20th cent
Expand CPK - Coton Park and Linton Park Colliery Company - 1894-1898CPK - Coton Park and Linton Park Colliery Company - 1894-1898
Expand DDL - Denby Drury-Lowe Colliery, part of the Drury-Lowe estate - 1828-1937DDL - Denby Drury-Lowe Colliery, part of the Drury-Lowe estate - 1828-1937
Expand FUR - Furnace Hill and Renishaw Park Collieries Limited - 1933-1946FUR - Furnace Hill and Renishaw Park Collieries Limited - 1933-1946
Expand GRS - Grassmoor Colliery Company Limited - 1908-1947GRS - Grassmoor Colliery Company Limited - 1908-1947
Expand GRV - Granville Colliery Company - 1851-1940GRV - Granville Colliery Company - 1851-1940
Expand HAL - Halls Collieries Limited - 1902-1960HAL - Halls Collieries Limited - 1902-1960
Expand HAR - Hardwick Colliery Company Limited - 1902-1960HAR - Hardwick Colliery Company Limited - 1902-1960
Expand ILK - Ilkeston Collieries Limited - 1933-1948ILK - Ilkeston Collieries Limited - 1933-1948
Expand JGW - J and G Wells Limited - 1876-1947JGW - J and G Wells Limited - 1876-1947
Expand JOC - James Oakes and Company Limited - 1938-1947JOC - James Oakes and Company Limited - 1938-1947
Expand MAN - Manners Colliery Company Limited - 1910-1931MAN - Manners Colliery Company Limited - 1910-1931
Expand MAP - Mapperley Colliery Company Limited - 1891-1962MAP - Mapperley Colliery Company Limited - 1891-1962
Expand MEA - Measham Collieries Limited - 1896-1948MEA - Measham Collieries Limited - 1896-1948
Expand MOI - Moira Collieries Limited - 1886-1947MOI - Moira Collieries Limited - 1886-1947
Expand NHC - New Hucknall Colliery Company Limited - 1908-1945NHC - New Hucknall Colliery Company Limited - 1908-1945
Expand PIL - Pilsley Colliery Company Limited - 1870-1958PIL - Pilsley Colliery Company Limited - 1870-1958
Expand PIN - Pinxton Collieries Limited - 1892-1950PIN - Pinxton Collieries Limited - 1892-1950
Expand SHE - Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Company Limited - 1876-1948SHE - Sheepbridge Coal and Iron Company Limited - 1876-1948
Expand SHK - Shirebrook Colliery Company Limited - 1895-1947SHK - Shirebrook Colliery Company Limited - 1895-1947
Expand SHY - Shipley Collieries Limited - 1824-1950SHY - Shipley Collieries Limited - 1824-1950
Expand SON - South Normanton Colliery Company Limited - 1892-1909SON - South Normanton Colliery Company Limited - 1892-1909
Expand STN - Stanton Ironworks Company Limited - 1925-1951STN - Stanton Ironworks Company Limited - 1925-1951
Expand STV - Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited - 1809-1960STV - Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited - 1809-1960
Expand WIM - Wingfield Manor Colliery Company Limited - 1919-1944WIM - Wingfield Manor Colliery Company Limited - 1919-1944
Expand X - Unidentified colliery and other pre-vesting records - 1834-1947X - Unidentified colliery and other pre-vesting records - 1834-1947
Expand Y - Printed material on wage agreements between colliery owners and mine workers - 1891-1950Y - Printed material on wage agreements between colliery owners and mine workers - 1891-1950
Expand Z - Printed copies of documents produced by Parliament or governmental departments on coal mining - 1793-1945Z - Printed copies of documents produced by Parliament or governmental departments on coal mining - 1793-1945
Expand B - National Coal Board East Midlands Division - 1948-1967B - National Coal Board East Midlands Division - 1948-1967
Expand C - National Coal Board North Derbyshire Area - 1956-1989C - National Coal Board North Derbyshire Area - 1956-1989
Expand D - National Coal Board South Derbyshire Area - [mid 20th cent]-1990D - National Coal Board South Derbyshire Area - [mid 20th cent]-1990
Expand E - Individual collieries post-vesting - [mid 19th cent]-1994E - Individual collieries post-vesting - [mid 19th cent]-1994
Expand F - Opencast Executive - 1948-1994F - Opencast Executive - 1948-1994
Expand G - Coal Products Division - 1930-1981G - Coal Products Division - 1930-1981
Expand H - Title deeds and agreements of the National Coal Board - 1574-1976H - Title deeds and agreements of the National Coal Board - 1574-1976
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