I know this is opening up a closed subject (and I don't think anyone
mentioned it before) but I have discovered some documents in the PRO which
would appear to be relevant. Whilst searching for something totally
different in the website catalogue I came across RAIL 527/1071 "Mineral
Statistics (This includes origin and meaning of the words boll, keel,
fother, chaldron, etc)". This is a record of the pre-nationalisation
railways in this case the N. E. Railway Company from 1854 - 1925.
I hope this is of use to the coal miners out there!
Iain Wright
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