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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Collapse A - Pre-Vesting Colliery Companies superseded by the National Coal Board - [1672]-1972A - Pre-Vesting Colliery Companies superseded by the National Coal Board - [1672]-1972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
Collapse 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 1 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Alfreton, including Birchwood - 1907-19431 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Alfreton, including Birchwood - 1907-1943
Expand 2 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Codnor - 1902-19432 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Codnor - 1902-1943
Expand 3 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Denby - 1907-19463 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Denby - 1907-1946
Expand 4 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Hartshay - 1921-19464 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Hartshay - 1921-1946
Expand 5 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Heage - 1913-19285 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Heage - 1913-1928
Expand 6 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Heanor - 1900-19466 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Heanor - 1900-1946
Expand 7 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Langley - 1909-19427 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Langley - 1909-1942
Expand 8 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Loscoe - 1903-19468 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Loscoe - 1903-1946
Expand 9 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Marehay - 1904-19369 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Marehay - 1904-1936
Expand 10 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Ripley - 1905-194310 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Ripley - 1905-1943
Expand 11 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Shipley - 1921-192611 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Shipley - 1921-1926
Expand 12 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Smalley - 1916-193112 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Smalley - 1916-1931
Expand 13 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at South Normanton - 1916-194413 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at South Normanton - 1916-1944
Expand 14 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Swanwick - 1909-194314 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Swanwick - 1909-1943
Expand 15 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Waingroves - 1904-193515 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of mineral rights at Waingroves - 1904-1935
Expand 16 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of minerals at sites extending over several parishes in Derbyshire - 1885-194316 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of minerals at sites extending over several parishes in Derbyshire - 1885-1943
Expand 17 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of minerals in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire - 1900-194217 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of minerals in Eastwood, Nottinghamshire - 1900-1942
Collapse 18 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of minerals in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire - 1901-194718 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of minerals in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire - 1901-1947
1 - Copy correspondence of the Butterley Company relating to leases by the Duke of Portland for its Nottinghamshire collieries - Nov 1884-May 1905
2 - Butterley Company correspondence file on licence for the creation of a pillar of coal underneath Kirkby-in-Ashfield Church and Rectory, relating to a lease made by the Duke of Portland - May 1905-Jul 1906
3 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the Annesley Barrier at the Portland Colliery near Kirkby in Ashfield - Oct 1907-May 1908
4 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the agreements made about minerals leased from the Duke of Portland, to support the Great Central Railway Tunnel at Annesley, and on compensation given by the railway company - Feb 1914-Dec 1915
5 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the pillar support for Great Central Railway Tunnel at Annesley and its barriers with Kirkby Colliery - Nov 1912-Feb 1914
6 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the purchase and lease of lands owned by the Duke of Portland, including for Portland, Bentinck and Kirkby collieries - Sep 1908-Nov 1908
7 - Butterley Company file containing draft colliery lease for the Welbeck Coalfield jointly owned by the Duke of Portland, Earl Manners and Sir Hugo Meynell Fitzherbert - Jun 1911
8 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the extension of leases at the Kirkby and Lowmoor collieries on land of the Welbeck estate of the Duke of Portland - Mar 1912-Jul 1933
9 - Butterley Company correspondence file on negotiations for the reduction of mininum rent for Lowmoor Colliery's Deep Soft coal seam leased from the Duke of Portland with annual minimum rent list. - Jan 1929-May 1929
10 - Butterley Company correspondence file with the Welbeck Estates Company Limited on the extension of mining royalties for the Kirkby and Lowmoor Collieries - Dec 1929-Dec 1930
11 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the minimum rent for Lowmoor and Kirkby Collieries, and leases in Kirkby-in-Ashfield and Sutton-in-Ashfield from the Welbeck Estates - May 1934-Dec 1944
12 - Butterley Company correspondence file on its interest in and eventual purchase of the Waterloo coal seam under part of the Portland estate known as Kirkby Cliff by the Pinxton Colliery Company, adjacent to Butterley Company collieries - May 1909-May 1913
13 - Butterley Company correspondence file on its using land from the Duke of Portland as copyhold and working for coal without a licence - Apr 1915-May 1915
14 - Butterley Company correspondence file on mineral supports in the Deep Soft and Top Hard coal seams, leased from the Duke of Portland, under the Great Northern Railway Sidings at Kirkby Colliery - Jan 1917-Jan 1919
15 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the Welbeck Estates Limited, relating to agreements on exchanges of coal under lands at Harlow Wood and Kirkby, Nottinghamshire, involving the Butterley Company and other colliery companies - Jul 1936-Dec 1946
16 - Butterley Company file on drawing up of legal documents for exchanges of coal involving the Welbeck Estates Company, Butterley Company and Sherwood Colliery Company, regarding workings at Kirkby Colliery and Sherwood Colliery - Dec 1930-Sep 1931
17 - Butterley Company correspondence file on proposal by the Sherwood Colliery Company to exchange coal workings in the Mansfield area with the Butterley Company - Nov 1938-Dec 1939
18 - Butterley Company correspondence file on exchange of coal under lease at Sutton-in-Ashfield and Kirkby-in-Ashfield with Newstead Colliery Company Limited, relating to Kirkby and Sherwood Collieries - Nov 1941-Dec 1946
19 - Butterley Company correspondence file with the Sherwood Colliery Company on adjustment of boundary for working of coal at Kirkby, Nottinghamshire - Mar 1945-Jan 1947
20 - Butterley Company correspondence filey on the conveyance by the New Hucknall Colliery Company Limited of the minerals in the Top Hard seam under land at Church Street, Kirkby, formerly belonging to Mr Davidson - Jun 1909-Jan 1910
21 - Butterley Company correspondence file on its sub-lease of the Lower and Bleak Hall Mines in Kirkby in Ashfield to the New Hucknall Company - Jan 1910-Aug 1911
22 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the sublease of coal seams for the Kirkby Lower Mines in the area near Bentinck Colliery to the New Hucknall Colliery Company - Oct 1911-Jul 1913
23 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the sublease of the Top Hard coal seam and the Lower Mines at Kirkby-in-Ashfield to the New Hucknall Company - Apr 1912-Jan 1913
24 - Butterley Company correspondence file on freehold land leased by the New Hucknall Company adjoining Butterley Company land, but owned by the Duke of Portland, in Sutton-in-Ashfield and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, with plans - Jun 1915-Nov 1920
25 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the New Hucknall Company's proposal to work Waterloo coal seam in the barrier between the companies collieries at Kirkby - Sep 1922-Nov 1923
26 - Butterley Company correspondence file on request for a sublease from the New Hucknall Colliery Company so it can complete the Deep Hard workings out of Lowmoor Colliery - Feb 1923-Mar 1923
27 - Butterley Company correspondence file on barriers and land exchange between Newstead Colliery Company, Butterley Company and New Hucknall Colliery Company between Newstead and Kirkby-in-Ashfield, with mention of pumping stations at Noman's Wood. - Jul 1925-Mar 1929
28 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the New Hucknall Colliery Company's wish to work more of the Low Main coal seam located under small plots of land in East Kirkby and the Butterley Company's interests in the adjoining Top Hard coal seam - May 1931-May 1932
29 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the lease of coal under lands at East Kirkby to the New Hucknall Colliery Company - Apr 1936-Jan 1943
30 - Butterley Company correspondence file on a proposed exchange with Newstead Colliery Company of Kirkby Colliery with Newstead Colliery - Oct 1911-Apr 1913
31 - Butterley Company correspondence file on proposed exchange of coal under land at East Kirkby between the Butterley Company and the Newstead Colliery Company - Nov 1915-Sep 1916
32 - Butterley Company correspondence file on proposed exchange of coal under land at East Kirkby between the Butterley Company and the Newstead Colliery Company - Sep 1916-Feb 1921
33 - Butterley Company correspondence file on proposed exchange of coal under land at East Kirkby with the Newstead Colliery Company - Nov 1917-Apr 1920
34 - Butterley Company correspondence file with the Newstead Colliery Company on proposed agreement to set up a barrier between their workings at East Kirkby, Sutton and Blidworth in Nottinghamshire, involving coal of the Duke of Portland - Apr 1920-Apr 1922
35 - Butterley Company correspondence file on alterations to agreement with the Newstead Colliery to set up a barrier between workings by the two companies at East Kirkby, Sutton and Blidworth in Nottinghamshire, involving coal of the Duke of Portland - Jun 1921-Jul 1925
36 - Butterley Company correspondence file on extension of the sublease by the Newstead Colliery Company of coal under lands at Kirkby-in-Ashfield - Dec 1941-Apr 1942
37 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the mineral rights the lease of the Top Hard coal seam at Kirkby from Mr Hugh Browne - Jun 1901-Nov 1915
38 - Butterley Company correspondence file on licence to work Top Hard coal under land in Sutton-in-Ashfield, given by Abraham Wass - Jun 1907-Jul 1907
39 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the Sherwood Rise and Fisher's Field Deep mines in the Nuncargate area close to Kirkby-in-Ashfield, including plans - Oct 1909-Dec 1929
40 - Butterley Company correspondence file on purchase and ownership of Nuncargate minerals, Kirkby-in-Ashfield - Aug 1939-Apr 1941
41 - Butterley Company correspondence file on licence for the creation of a pillar of coal underneath Kirkby Woodhouse St John's Church - Oct 1905-Mar 1906
42 - Butterley Company correspondence file with Mr Fox of the Stanton Ironworks Company relating to barriers between Stanton's collieries at Teversal and Pleasley and Butterley Company's Kirkby Colliery - Mar 1920-Jan 1921
43 - Butterley Company correspondence file on working under No. 8 Bridge at Outram Street in Sutton-in-Ashfield owned by the London & North Eastern Railway to prove a main fault line of the Top Hard coal worked at Kirkby Colliery - Dec 1924-Nov 1925
44 - Butterley Company correspondence file on minerals under lands of Kirkby-in-Ashfield Urban District Council underneath Kirkby Reservoir - Aug 1938-May 1942
Expand 19 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of minerals in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire - 1907-194619 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of minerals in Ollerton, Nottinghamshire - 1907-1946
Expand 20 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of minerals in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire - 1900-194520 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of minerals in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire - 1900-1945
Expand 21 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of minerals of the the Clifton Colliery Company Limited at Lenton, Nottinghamshire - 1905-193621 - Butterley Company correspondence files on ownership and leasing of minerals of the the Clifton Colliery Company Limited at Lenton, Nottinghamshire - 1905-1936
Expand 22 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of minerals at Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, for a proposed colliery development which was not followed through - 1909-194222 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of minerals at Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, for a proposed colliery development which was not followed through - 1909-1942
Expand 23 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of minerals at Retford, Nottinghamshire, for a proposed colliery development which was not followed through - 1916-192123 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of minerals at Retford, Nottinghamshire, for a proposed colliery development which was not followed through - 1916-1921
Expand 24 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of minerals at Thoresby, Nottinghamshire, for a proposed colliery development which was not followed through - 1917-192024 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of minerals at Thoresby, Nottinghamshire, for a proposed colliery development which was not followed through - 1917-1920
Expand 25 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of minerals at assorted other sites at Basford, Gonalston, Lowdham, Mansfield and Thurgarton in Nottinghamshire - 1917-194225 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of minerals at assorted other sites at Basford, Gonalston, Lowdham, Mansfield and Thurgarton in Nottinghamshire - 1917-1942
Expand 26 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of minerals in the county of Kent - 1921-193126 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of minerals in the county of Kent - 1921-1931
Expand 27 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of minerals in both the counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire - 1926-194727 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the ownership and leasing of minerals in both the counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire - 1926-1947
Expand 28 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the conveyancing of surface properties in Derbyshire - 1910-194628 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the conveyancing of surface properties in Derbyshire - 1910-1946
Expand 29 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the conveyancing of surface properties in Nottinghamshire - 1920-194129 - Butterley Company correspondence files on the conveyancing of surface properties in Nottinghamshire - 1920-1941
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
Expand 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 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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