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National Coal Board: Housing Association: Records
Catalogue reference: COAL 66
What's it about?
COAL 66
This series contains National Coal Board records relating to and operational records of Bullcroft Housing Association Ltd, Markham Garden Village Association Ltd and Thurnscoe Housing Association Ltd.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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COAL 66
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Coal Board: Housing Association: Records
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Date (When the record was created)
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1907-1978
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains National Coal Board records relating to and operational records of Bullcroft Housing Association Ltd, Markham Garden Village Association Ltd and Thurnscoe Housing Association Ltd.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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The National Coal Board's finance files relating to these three associations can be found in:
Records relating to the activities of the Estates Branch of the National Coal Board can be found in COAL 45
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
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Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Bullcroft Housing Association Ltd, 1920-1977
- Markham Garden Village Association Ltd, 1915-1977
- National Coal Board, Coal Industry Housing Association, 1952-1978
- Thurnscoe Housing Association Ltd, 1920-1977
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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29 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Subject to 30 year closure
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Coal
- Mining and quarrying
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Bullcroft, Markham Garden Village and Thurnscoe housing schemes were registered in 1915 and 1920 under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts with the aim of providing working class housing. Funds were raised and used to build houses to let to the employees of Bullcroft Main Colliery Ltd., Markham Main Colliery Ltd. and Hickleton Main Colliery Co. Ltd. In 1937 the three companies were merged in Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries Ltd. In 1952 an agreement between the National Coal Board (NCB), the housing associations and Doncaster Amalgamated Collieries Ltd. transferred control of the associations to the NCB. In 1977 the houses held by the associations were sold to the NCB.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C5314/
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National Coal Board: Housing Association: Records
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