Fonds
Elswick Coal Co Ltd
Catalogue reference: DP.ELW
What’s it about?
This record is about the Elswick Coal Co Ltd dating from 1806-1952.
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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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DP.ELW
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Title (The name of the record)
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Elswick Coal Co Ltd
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Date (When the record was created)
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1806-1952
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Description (What the record is about)
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Company Records
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Tyne and Wear Archives
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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)
- <corpname>Elswick coal Co. Ltd., c1881-1940</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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26 SERIES
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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Accession 2877 (part)
These records were deposited with those of Stanton Croft and Co, solicitors (DT/SC)
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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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Operators of collieries in the Newcastle area including Elswick Colliery, Glue House Lane, Newcastle which was the Company headquarters.
Elswick Colliery was first owned by William Cochran Carr Ltd, but in 1874 William Cochran Carr formed a partnership with others to operate the colliery as The Owners of Elswick Colliery. This partnership was dissolved in 1880 and the colliery sold to the newly-incorporated Elswick Coal Co Ltd in 1881.
Elswick Coal Co Ltd converted to a private company in 1935. The company went into receivership in 1940.
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Record URL
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Elswick Coal Co Ltd