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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Collapse A - Pre-Vesting Colliery Companies superseded by the National Coal Board - [1672]-1972A - Pre-Vesting Colliery Companies superseded by the National Coal Board - [1672]-1972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
Expand 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
Collapse 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
1 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the proposition for leasing of the Rufford coalfield by Lord Savile - Dec 1907-Dec 1912
2 - Typed draft of lease by the Duke of Portland, Earl Manvers and Sir Hugo Meynell Fitzherbert in preparation for lease of estate at Wellow to colliery company following tender - 1911
3 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the purchase of land and mineral rights in Major Ashworth's Kirton estate - Apr 1913-Sep 1933
4 - Butterley Company correspondence file with Mr E. J. Fox of the Stanton Ironworks Company Ltd on their sublease of land in Ollerton from Butterley Company - May 1917-Jan 1918
5 - Butterley Company correspondence file on leases of minerals at Ollerton involving the Stanton Ironworks Company - May 1917-Nov 1919
6 - File of notes of meetings between representatives of the Butterley Company and the Staveley Ironworks Company about the proposed development of coal mining in Ollerton - Aug 1917-Jun 1921
7 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the Ollerton lease from Major Ashworth - Sep 1917-May 1920
8 - Butterley Company correspondence file on freeholds in the Ollerton coal area owned by Miss Hopkinson, Thomas Dennis and Donald McCunn - Oct 1917-Sep 1930
9 - Butterley Company correspondence on Lord Saville's lease of glebe lands in the parishes of Wellow, Kirton, Walesby, Boulton and Ollerton - 1918-1921
10 - Copy of agreement between John, Lord Savile and the Stanton Iron Works Company Limited for a lease of coal under lands in the parishes of Rufford, Ollerton, Ompton, Wellow, Boughton, Kirton and Walesby, Nottinghamshire, with annotated copy - 1918-1922
11 - Butterley Company correspondence file on jointly working with the Staveley Coal and Iron Company to mine the coal in land owned by Lord Saville in Ollerton and Boughton - Jul 1918-Jun 1921
12 - Butterley Company correspondence file on leases at Wellow, Walesby and Kirton Glebes in Ollerton from Messers Moody and Woolley - Jul 1918-Oct 1921
13 - Butterley Company correspondence file on boring on the land leased from Lord Savile at Ollerton and the surrounding area - Sep 1918-Feb 1919
14 - Butterley Company correspondence file with Mr Fox, manager of the Stanton Ironworks Company Ltd relating to the sublease of land owned by Lord Savile and others in Ollerton - Apr 1919-Feb 1927
15 - Copy lease of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England to the Stanton Iron Works Company Limited of coal seams in the parish of Wellow, Nottinghamshire, part of Lincoln Chapter Estates - 3 Apr 1919
16 - Printed copy of agreement for lease of coal by Major John Ashworth to the Stanton Ironworks Company Limited from under lands in the parishes of Kirton, Boughton and Walesby, Nottinghamshire - 17 Nov 1919
17 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the purchase of land from Lord Savile in Ollerton for colliery with Lord Savile's representative John Baker and related implications - Jan 1920-Apr 1924
18 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the Stanton Ironworks lease of land in Ollerton from Major Ashworth which the Butterley Company wish to take over - Apr 1921-Dec 1921
19 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the main lease of coal in Ollerton from Lord Savile and a conveyance for exchange of 2 acres of land between Savile and the Butterley Company - Dec 1921-Jan 1931
20 - Butterley Company correspondence file with the mining engineers, valuers and surveyors, Hewitt & Co about inspections of Ollerton Colliery and land there belonging to Mr Bagley - Apr 1922-Jan 1927
21 - Butterley Company correspondence file between Messrs Thicknesse & Hull and Eustace Mitton about Ollerton conveyances and leases, with special mention of Walesby and Kirton Glebe - May 1922-Aug 1925
22 - Butterley Company correspondence file relating to Mr Holbrook of the Butterley Company's Survey Department and land, roads and properties in the Ollerton and Boughton area used for colliery and related village purposes - Nov 1922-Nov 1929
23 - Butterley Company correspondence file with John Baker of Rufford Estates Offices on royalty payments for minerals of Ollerton Church and Poor Esate under Ollerton Cemetery - Jan 1923-Aug 1942
24 - Butterley Company correspondence file on mineral rights at Kirton and Walesby near Ollerton leased from Ecclesiastical Commissioners - Sep 1924-Feb 1927
25 - Butterley Company correspondence file on conveyances and leases by "Small Owners" of Ollerton, Nottinghamshire, to the Butterley Company - Oct 1924-Sep 1927
26 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the lease of mineral rights in Egmanton, Tuxford and Walesby near Ollerton from Lord Saville, intermixed royalties there with Wigan Coal & Iron Company and a sublease of the Duke of Portland's coal to one of his farmers. - Nov 1925-Feb 1930
27 - Butterley Company correspondence file on proposal, terms and royalties associated with the lease of land owned by the Ecclesiastical Commissioners at Ollerton, Boughton, Wellow, Walesby and Kirton - May 1927-Aug 1929
28 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the extension of lease at Ollerton from the late Lord Savile to include Rufford Abbey, including copies of draft terms for variation or extension of existing leases, including lease from Major Ashworth and mention of the Welbeck estate in Egmanton area - Dec 1929-Apr 1933
29 - Butterley Company correspondence file on leases of Top Hard coal seam under Boughton Church, vicarage, schools and cottages, as well as in Walesby and Kirton, from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners and Pickin's Trust, with draft extracts of lease terms - Dec 1929-Jun 1935
30 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the purchase of the Kirton Estate from Major Ashworth - Dec 1933-Mar 1937
31 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the exchange of land at Ollerton with Mr and Mrs J. Otter - Oct 1936-Jul 1937
32 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the purchase of minerals under land at Boughton from Mrs Alice McGregor, trustee of the late Robert Metheringham - Feb 1938-Jun 1941
33 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the purchase from Kenneth Fitzgerald Baron Kinnaird and others of the Rufford Abbey Estate, including the site of Ollerton Colliery, several farms and lands in the parishes of Ollerton and Boughton. - Jun 1938-Dec 1939
34 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the purchase of additional lands and properties on the Rufford Abbey Estate - Dec 1938-Apr 1941
35 - Butterley Company correspondence file on to the consolidation of the leasing of coal in the Ollerton mining area, as proposed by the Coal Commission - Dec 1942-Nov 1946
36 - Butterley Company correspondence file on the deed of variation between the Butterley Company and the Bolsover Colliery Company to establish a proper boundary/barrier between the workings of the Ollerton and Thorseby Collieries, Nottinghamshire - Feb 1943-Nov 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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