Harrow Hill Green

27 June 1843  to Henry Roberts of Hazel Hill for a level situate at Holly Bush Hill, in Manningís old abandoned level, to get coal from the Coleford High Delf.

24 June 1872  Surrendered

22 November 1872  Re-galed as New Harrow Hill Green to Joseph Meek of Drybrook.

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3 November 1884  Harrow Hill Green Colliery gale granted to Beriah Meek of The Morse.

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20 September 1889  Timothy Trigg applying for a re-grant. Dead rent to be £5, royalty 3d. but Trigg not happy ëDear Sir.  Your terms are excessive for the old thrice abandoned gale.í ëThere are if any  only a few small pillars.í
Outcrop coal, a series of downthrow faults as Trigg had proved in Prosper Colliery on Harrow Hill.  Had lost coal four times in driving eighty yards.

25 March 1890  Having begun the shaft the work was now standing for the want of stone to case the shaft.  Wanting a lease of a disused quarry.

9 June 1890  Gale granted to Timothy Trigg

13 December 1891  I have sunk a shaft on the top of the hill near Mannings Farm.  Small quantity of water, obliged to haul it out and tip it down the old Hollow Wagon road where water has run since time immemorial.  A person called Nichols put a stank across the road to stop the flooding of his garden.
Trigg wanted the use of the old pipes from Paragon Engine.
The pipes at Haywood Colliery remained in situ as left by the Littledean Coal Co., when the lease of land near Paragon Colliery, formerly held by Peter Constance for brick works, was surrendered on 10 October 1885.

18 November 1892  Applying to erect a turf cabin near his pit-head - viz over the windlass ans pit so that he could work in bad weather.  To take necessary turf as other freeminers allowed to do.
Although the Crown did not sanction the use of turf cabins they preferred them as they fell down rather than stone huts which could be used for other purposes.
The water problem was still hanging about and Trigg was to cut a trench to a main ditch.  Nichol said he would do half.  Work was done but Triggs half was very poor.
Trigg had also built a loading wharf alongside his pit to load coal into wagons on the side of the Forest road.  It was however built nearly halfway into the road at one side so wagons could hardly pass and one in passing tore down part of the projection which upset a ëcowlí, or pit bucket, of water which fell back into the pit, I was told, and was broken and damaged some of the timbering in the pit.
Trigg had given trouble on former occasions in paying his rent therefore the Crown was not too fond of him.
Crown agreed to let him have stone from a nearby quarry at 4d per yard which Trigg could collect after it had been measured.  However, he just removed it without paying.  When the Keeper went to see Trigg about it Trigg became insolent.  ëTrigg has always been a pest to the Crown Servents and has never paid anything; but a Mr. MacDougall of Ross paid for him for a time and has been a great loser accordinglyí.

30 April 1894  Threat of forfeiture for non-payment of rent.  Trigg - Lower House Cottage, Hilcote, Newent.
About two months ago had met with an accident here and got thrown down the shaft about 25 yards.

3 August 1894  Colliery forfeit.