Arthur Hedley Maps

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Introduction

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	Related material - here
	Related material - elsewhere

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Catalogue

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Arthur Morton Hedley was born at the Manor House in Medomsley, Co. Durham in 1872, the third son of William Hedley and Victoria Hedley (née Morton). His first significant appointment was as certificated manager of Consett Iron Company's Derwent and Hunter collieries, 1897-1903. He married Jessie Beckingham in April 1900, and together they had four daughters. Hedley went on to become manager of the Priestman collieries in Blaydon Burn and Lilly Drift colliery from 1903; then Blaydon Main colliery in 1909. From 1912-1925 he acted as agent and mining engineer for the ironstone mines of Messrs Bolckow, Vaughan and Co. in Cleveland, the family living at Eston House in Eston, then transferring to the company's Durham mines from 1926-1928, the family moving to Howlish Hall, Bishop Auckland. Hedley was He was vice-president of the Institution of Mining Engineers, and from 1925 to 1927 president of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (elected a member in 1919), and a Durham and North Riding JP (1915). His residences included, according to stamps on the plans and local directories: Eston, North Riding, Yorkshire; Howlish Hall, Bishop Auckland and then The Deanery, Lanchester (occurs in local directories in 1934 and as late as 1953), both in Co. Durham; and finally The Manor House, Kempsey, Worcester. He died at Kempsey in 1957.

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Contents

6 inch Ordnance Survey maps, mostly for Co. Durham, and Northumberland, with others for Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Oxfordshire and Cornwall, which have been annotated by Hedley. Most annotations relate to mining, being geological information on depths, mineral rights etc, but can also give owners and tenants of the surface property. There is also a book compiled by Hedley, containing lists of Ordnance Survey publications and a map drawn by him showing fluorspar mines in Co. Durham, and a commemorative tray given to his wife Jessie in 1903 by the officials and workmen of Consett collieries (B1).

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Accession details

Given by the Worcester County Archivist, E. H. Sergeant, 21 January 1963. This gift has been renamed in 1999, formerly having been conflated with the unconnected Taylor Deeds under the joint title Worcester Solicitor’s Papers, on account of the shared source.
Tray given by his granddaughter Helen McPhail 13 April 2015, Acc No Misc.2014/15:69.

Conditions of access

Open for consultation.

Copyright and copying

Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Sub-Librarian, Special Collections (e-mail PG.Library@durham.ac.uk) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material

Arrangement

By Ordnance Survey sheet number, by county. All printed items are listed in the library catalogue; the remaining 11 items are described in this catalogue.

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Processing

The bulk of the plans are filed flat in a plan chest. Those items still folded or of a smaller size are filed in folders at the same location. The object is boxed.

Appraisal

AHM/163, a duplicate of AHM/164, and AHM/168, a duplicate of AHM/160, have been deaccessioned.

Finding aids

Typescript list of maps & plans. They are also entered in the general card index of O.S. plans.

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Related material - here

Grey Estate Papers (GRE/X) Mining records and plans, particularly of Broomhill, Northumberland.
Church Commission Durham Bishopric Estates: 1956 Deposit, Deeds etc. (CCB/D); Maps and Plans (CCB/MN, MP) The Bishop administered mining royalties throughout the County Palatine of Durham.
Shipperdson Papers (SHP) The Shipperdson family had mining interests in Murton and South Hetton.
Baker Baker Papers (BAK) The Baker family had mining interests at Elemore (coal) and Boulby (alum).
Shafto (Beamish) Papers (SHA) The Shafto family had extensive mining interests in County Durham.
Grindon Deeds (GRI) The collection includes plans of Grindon / Silksworth royalty, Backworth colliery, and Sheriff Hill or Gateshead Park Moor Colliery.

Related material - elsewhere

North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers The Institute holds extensive collections in its library and archives.
Ushaw College Library Estate Records (UC/AC): the College owned several royalties in the area surrounding Ushaw.
Durham County Record Office National Coal Board collection (NCB).

Catalogue

AHM   1903-[before 1963]
Manuscript maps and compilations of Ordnance Survey map sheets, often annotated; with Ordnance Survey 1912 résumé of publications. The collection also includes one tray presented to Jessie Hedley the wife of A. M. Hedley in 1903 by the officials and workmen of Consett collieries.
Paper   19 items in 2 folders; 1 tray