The Miners of Northumberland and Durham: A History of Their Social and Political ProgressT. Summerbell, 1923 - 302 páginas |
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... Tyne in boats to Newcastle on condition of their paying the usual customs of the port ; and after that to be sent to any part of the kingdom , either by land or sea , but to no place out of it except Calais . In the year 1330 the Priory ...
... Tyne in boats to Newcastle on condition of their paying the usual customs of the port ; and after that to be sent to any part of the kingdom , either by land or sea , but to no place out of it except Calais . In the year 1330 the Priory ...
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... Tyne , often in fleets of 50 sail at one time . In the year 1616 the quantity of coals shipped from the port was 13,675 tons , and in 1622 the vend had increased to 14,420 tons . So , the coal trade , which then began to increase with ...
... Tyne , often in fleets of 50 sail at one time . In the year 1616 the quantity of coals shipped from the port was 13,675 tons , and in 1622 the vend had increased to 14,420 tons . So , the coal trade , which then began to increase with ...
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... Tyne had increased by 20,000 chaldrons , and by 40,000 into foreign parts ; 3,727 vessels clearing from the Tyne with coals during the year for the coast , and 365 for foreign ports . The average annual clearance of coal for six years ...
... Tyne had increased by 20,000 chaldrons , and by 40,000 into foreign parts ; 3,727 vessels clearing from the Tyne with coals during the year for the coast , and 365 for foreign ports . The average annual clearance of coal for six years ...
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... Tyne near to Derwenthaugh . But towards the close of the eighteenth century the wooden rails were succeeded by iron ones , and the horses in all places where there was an inclined plane substituted by a large coiling drum , by means of ...
... Tyne near to Derwenthaugh . But towards the close of the eighteenth century the wooden rails were succeeded by iron ones , and the horses in all places where there was an inclined plane substituted by a large coiling drum , by means of ...
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... Tyne , which amounted to upwards of 3,000,000 of tons . Blyth was regarded as a branch of Newcastle , and as such has a burthen of 1s . duty a chaldron imposed upon all coal exported from that town ; but a petition representing Blyth ...
... Tyne , which amounted to upwards of 3,000,000 of tons . Blyth was regarded as a branch of Newcastle , and as such has a burthen of 1s . duty a chaldron imposed upon all coal exported from that town ; but a petition representing Blyth ...
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accidents agents agreed appointed Association attended Backworth Bebside bill Bishop Auckland Blyth body boys Burradon called carried cause chairman chaldron Choppington coal owners coal trade commenced committee coroner counties of Northumberland County of Durham Cowpen Cramlington dangerous Davy lamp delegate meeting district Durham Miners employed employers endeavour explosion favour fund Gateshead grievances Hartley Haswell Hebburn Hepburn Hetton hewers Honourable House inquest inspectors Jarrow John Joseph Cowen labour large number lives magistrates Martin Jude masters meeting was held Messrs miners of Northumberland never Newcastle Northumberland and Durham o'clock occurred opinion oppression paid Parliament parties peace persons petitioners pitmen poor present proceedings refused resolution Roberts Seaton Delaval secretary Seghill shaft Sheriff Hill society South Shields strike Sunderland taken Thomas Thomas Pratt Thornley Town Moor tubs turned Tyne union ventilation viewer wages Wallsend week West Moor whilst William workmen yearly bond
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Página 281 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Página ii - One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake.
Página 160 - ... good and lawful men of the said County, duly chosen, and who being then and there duly sworn, and charged to inquire for our said Lady the Queen, when, where, how, and by what means the said came to his death, do upon their oath, say that (here follows the verdict or finding of the jury.).
Página 6 - The manner of the carriage is by laying rails of timber from the colliery down to the river, exactly straight and parallel; and bulky carts are made with four rowlets fitting these rails ; whereby the carriage is so easy that one horse will draw down four or five chaldron of coals, and is an immense benefit to the coal merchants.
Página 98 - This world is the best that we live in, To lend, or to spend, or to give in ; But to beg, or to borrow, or get a man's own, 'Tis the very worst world, sir, that ever was known.
Página 145 - Whereas," says the preamble of the older act— that of 1775— "by the statute law of Scotland, as explained by the judges of the courts of law there, many colliers, and coal-bearers, and salters, are in a state of slavery or bondage, bound to the collieries or salt-works where they work for life, transferable with the collieries and salt-works ; and whereas the emancipating,
Página 284 - God, who counts by souls, not stations, Loves and prospers you and me ; For to him all vain distinctions, Are as pebbles in the sea. Toiling hands alone are builders Of a nation's wealth and fame ; Titled laziness is pensioned, Fed, and fattened on the same ; By the sweat of other's foreheads, "Living only to rejoice, While the poor man's outraged freedom Vainly lifteth up its voice".
Página 160 - Third, by the grace of God of the united kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland king, defender of the faith, and in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and five.
Página 10 - I have heard some say that they would sometimes lie in the midst of a shaft, and the bottom be clear. The flame of a candle will not kindle them so soon as the snuff; but they have been kindled by the striking fire with, a tool. The blast is mighty violent; but men have been saved by lying flat on their bellies.
Página 296 - ... that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to alter, prejudice, lessen, or otherwise affect the legal remedies and powers which by law belong to masters and servants in their respective relations to each other, or to magistrates having jurisdiction in case of dispute or difference...