16 April 1844  New Leather Pit granted to Thomas Beddis of Littledean Hill for a pit situate about 400 yards northwards from the Cinderford Furnaces to get coal from the Starkey and all unalloted veins above it.

16 April 1844  Old Leather Pit granted to James Tingle, William Wood and Thomas Beddis, all of Littledean Hill for a pit, situate at Bilson Green, at the south side of John Williamsí patch, in Old Leather Pit, to get coal from the Twenty Inches and Lowrey veins.

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9 June 1853  Transferred from Cornelius and Thomas Brain to Cornelius Walding.  Brains acquisition of the gale never registered and there was no knowledge of how they came to possess it!

11 February 1856  Old Leather Pit leased by Cornelius Walding of Littledean Hill to William Racster Wagstaff of Clapham Park, Surrey who had Cinderford Bridge Colliery (supra) for the period of 50 years.

2 February 1857

1859  Using water from a stream without permission, damned to form a reservoir to feed engine.  New Leather Pit other side of road.

14 March 1860  Small branch tramway laid by Wagstaff ësome time sinceí but by now Walding back in possession.

Midsummer 1861  Arrears of rent stand against Thos. & Cornelius Brain.

1866  Peter Constance disclaiming being owner of Leather Pit.

25 February 1871  Paragon & Leather Pit:  Lately belonged to Walding, now Jacob Curtis.

18 February 1881 Dean Forest Mercury  Accident on Friday last Daniel Williams living at Bilson Green and working at the Leather Pit met with an accident by which both his hips were severely bruised.  It seems that having ascended the shaft he attempted to leave the ëcarriageí before he should have done so and his hips were cought under it but fortunately no bones were broken.

31 December 1881  Conveyed to Alfred J. Russell

30 August 1844  Proposed railway branch to connect Russellís present sidings with Leather Pit.

17 September 1884  Applying to burn coal for coke at Leather Pit also at Forest Vale

29 June 1885  About to start burning coke

24 July 1886  Old Leather Pit worked out, using it to reach other coal, no railway communication

March 1887  Leather Pit closed, had not burnt coke there since August to October 1886

24 July 1895  One W.H. Drew removing stack at Leather Pit together with the engine house.  Had taken away 12-14,000 bricks.  Drew lived at a house called Forest Vale.  Stack estimated at 50 feet high, Drew put height at 30 feet.
Drew pulling down Forest Vale works as well to get cash in order to repair the house.  Russell apparently in great financial difficulties.  Drew had worked for him for a while.

15 April 1898 Dean Forest Guardian The shaft had fallen in about 15 yards.  It was 100 yards deep.  Securly filled up by Russell.

22 October 1906  Old Machine House at Leather Pit could be adapted to house the ambulance carriage.

1 June 1922  Conveyance Alfred J. Russell to Alfred Harry Thomas ëEbenezerí Jerbourg, Guernsey, C.I.

24 August 1923  Dean Forest Mercury Shadrach Hughes applying for New Leather Pit No. 2

16 April 1937  Surrendered
827 applications for regrant.