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NCB - National Coal Board, later British Coal Corporation - 1574-1994

A - Pre-Vesting Colliery Companies superseded by the National Coal Board - [1672]-1972

B - National Coal Board East Midlands Division - 1948-1967

C - National Coal Board North Derbyshire Area - 1956-1989

D - National Coal Board South Derbyshire Area - [mid 20th cent]-1990

E - Individual collieries post-vesting - [mid 19th cent]-1994

F - Opencast Executive - 1948-1994

G - Coal Products Division - 1930-1981

H - Title deeds and agreements of the National Coal Board - 1574-1976

AGR - Agreements inherited from predecessor companies or initiated by the National Coal Board - 1875-1976

BAB - Title deeds and related documents of the Babbington Coal Company - 1867-1942

BLA - Copy deed books, title deeds and related documents of the Blackwell Colliery Company - 1867-1942

BOL - Title deeds and related documents of the Bolsover Colliery Company - 1894-1976

BUT - Title deeds and related documents of the Butterley Company - 1703-1945

CLX - Title deeds and related documents of the Clay Cross Company - 1828-1950

DDL - Title deed of the Denby Colliery (Drury-Lowe) Ltd - 1946

GRS - Title deeds and related documents of the Grassmoor Colliery Company Limited - 1690-1942

GRV - Title deeds and related documents of the Granville Colliery Company Limited - 1731-1949

HAL - Title deeds of Hall's Collieries Limited for mining rights and properties in the Swadlincote area - 1884-1956

HAR - Title deeds and related documents of the Hardwick Colliery Company Limited - 1784-1953

ILK - Title deed of the Ilkeston Colliery Company Limited - 1908

JGW - Title deeds and related documents of J. and G. Wells Limited - 1720-1950

1 - Lease by Sir George Sitwell, bart, to J and G Wells Limited, of the Eckington, Parkgate and Silkstone Coal Seams under lands in the parishes of Eckington, Staveley and Killamarsh - 25 Mar 1886

2 - Title deeds of J and G Wells Limited, for a meadow called Salter's Ford at Killamarsh - 1764-1907

3 - Title deeds of J and G Wells Limited, for a close of land called Brealey Flatt or Brier Field at Killamarsh - 1790-1910

4 - Title deeds of J and G Wells Limited, for coal seams and freehold lands at Killamarsh - 1864-1921

5 - Leases of coal seams to J and G Wells Limited, for coal seams under lands at Killamarsh, Staveley, Beighton and Mosbrough - 1882-1905

1 - Lease by Henry Hall to J and G Wells Limited, of the Parkgate Coal Seam under land in the parish of Killamarsh - 21 Nov 1882

2 - Lease by John Burton to J and G Wells Limited, of the Parkgate and Silkstone Coal Seams under land in the parish of Killamarsh - 22 Sep 1882

3 - Lease by Thomas George Whitaker Gascoigne and others to J and G Wells Limited, of the Parkgate and Silkstone Coal Seams under land in the parish of Killamarsh - 5 Jan 1885

4 - Lease by John Arther Palliser Clarke to J and G Wells Limited, of the Silkstone Coal Seam under lands at the Hague in the parish of Staveley - 21 May 1885

5 - Lease by WH Simpson and others to J and G Wells Limited, of the Parkgate Coal Seam under land in the parish of Killamarsh - 6 Sep 1892

6 - Lease by Charles Wright to J and G Wells Limited, of the Parkgate Coal Seam under land in the parish of Beighton - 12 Dec 1895

7 - Lease by the Governors of Dronfield Grammar School to J and G Wells Limited, of the Parkgate Coal Seam under a close of land at Mosbrough - 12 Nov 1900

8 - Lease by the Birmingham District and Counties Banking Company and Miss Mary Wainwright Clarke and Robert Onely Cooper Clarke to J and G Wells Limited, of the Silkstone Coal Seam under lands at the Hague in the parish of Staveley, with letter - 1905

6 - Title deeds of J and G Wells Limited, for freehold and copyhold premises at Mosbrough in the manor and parish of Eckington - 1844-1876

7 - Grants of wayleaves and title deeds of J and G Wells Limited, copyhold land at Holbrook in the manor of Eckington - 1879-1914

Expand 8 - Title deeds of J and G Wells Limited, arranged in chronological order, mainly consisting of leases of coal seam to the company in the Eckington area - 1720-1938

8 - Title deeds of J and G Wells Limited, arranged in chronological order, mainly consisting of leases of coal seam to the company in the Eckington area - 1720-1938

9 - Memoranda of agreements relating to the acquisition by J and G Wells Limited of small plots of coal under lands at Eckington - 1884-1892

10 - Leases and agreements relating to the Mickley Thick and Thin and Ashgate coal seams under lands at Dronfield acquired by the Hirst Hollow Colliery Company - 1913-1920

11 - Title deeds for lands at Norwood in the parish of Killamarsh, conveyed by Colonel RW Chandos Pole to Jand G Wells Limited on 25 Oct 1920 - 1920-1950

JOC - Title deed of Messrs James Oakes and Co (Riddings Collieries) Ltd - 1938

MAP - Copy title deeds of the Mapperley Colliery Company - 1921-1944

NAD - Title deeds of Messrs J and N Nadin and Company for mining rights and properties in the Swadlincote area - 1770-1963

NOW - Title deeds of properties in the Heath and North Wingfield area (colliery company unknown) - 1574-1850

OXC - Title deeds and related documents of the Oxcroft Colliery Company - 1805-1959

PEN - Title deeds and related documents of the Pentrich Colliery Company - 1915-1945

PIL - Title deeds and related documents of the Pilsley Colliery Company - 1865-1940

PIN - Title deeds and related documents of Pinxton Collieries - 1748-1901

SHE - Title deeds and related documents of the Sheepridge Coal and Iron Company Limited - 1877-1943

SHO - Title deeds and related documents of the Shireoaks Colliery Company - 1801-1946

SHY - Title deeds and related documents of Shipley Collieries Limited - 1927-1937

STN - Title deed of Stanton Ironworks Company - [1919]

STV - Title deeds and related documents of the Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited - 1810-1936

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George M. Woodward (1767-1809), cartoonist

Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

Horace John Rylands (1886-1961) of Bakewell, First World War soldier

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