Recently, I have been working with our unlisted collections by trying to calculate how much space in cubic metres these collections take up. All very technical really but it helps we have a pre-programmed calculator to help us to do this. Whilst undertaking this task, my curiosity about what some of these unlisted items are … Continue reading Some Interesting Items in Our Unlisted Collections
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More online events from the record office
We are pleased to announce another three free online talks for the new year. Our first talk is our ever popular ‘Introduction to the Record Office’ – find out who we are and the services we offer, the collections we hold and how you can access them, whether in person or remotely. Talk: ‘Introduction to … Continue reading More online events from the record office
Mini Miners’ Biographies: John James Bull
One of the tasks I've been working on recently for the Mining the Seams Project is figuring out how to complement our compensation collections used by the Butterley Company owned collieries and the National Coal Board. These include compensation forms used by the Butterley Company to register accident claims from 1939 until the nationalisation of … Continue reading Mini Miners’ Biographies: John James Bull
Coal mining records
A guide to records of the Derbyshire coal mining industry (written March 1993, updated June 2020).Development of coal mining in DerbyshireThere has been coal mining in Derbyshire since the medieval period. Mining initially took place along the eastern edge of the county, around Dronfield, Chesterfield, Alfreton, Ripley and Heanor, where the coal seams occur close to … Continue reading Coal mining records
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