Scope and Content

  • Account book 1759-1762

Administrative / Biographical History

Gladsmuir Colliery was operating between 1759 and 1762  mining coal in Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland. The colliery was close to the village of Penston and employed 13 colliers. It produced about 3,400 loads of coal a month, amounting to 300 tons.

Arrangement

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Acquisition Information

Found in a skip in Woodlands Road, Glasgow

Other Finding Aids

Digital file level list available in searchroom.

Manual file level list available at the National Register of Archives in Edinburgh (NRA(S)1548)

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Custodial History

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Related Material

See source list on Mining

Material in other repositories: no material associated by provenance

Bibliography

WS Harvey, , 6.2'A Glossary of the Coal of Gladsmuir',Scottish Industrial History Journal(Business Archives Council of Scotland, 1984) Mis-referenced in the text as UGD 11/1/1

Additional Information

This material is original

Revised by David Powell, Hub Project Archivist, 25 April 2002

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