Wingate Grange Colliery

Research Notes

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 411/1 — Wingate Grange Colliery, scrapbook re prices, awards, agreements, 1876-1923
• Ref: D/X 411/2 — Photograph showing Wingate Lodge banner at Durham Gala, c.1960
• Ref: D/X 411/3 — Postcard showing Wingate Colliery disaster funeral procession, 1907
• Ref: D/X 411/4 — Postcard showing Wingate disaster memorial, 1907
• Ref: D/X 411/9 — Copy of a photograph of Wingate Grange Colliery, 1898
• Ref: D/X 411/10 — Photograph of Wingate Grange Colliery, 1903
• Ref: D/X 411/11 — Wingate Grange Colliery, Agreements with miners from Cornwall re the advance of wages for conveying their families to Durham, 1866-76
• Ref: D/X 411/13 — Verses re the sinking of the Titanic, 1912; Wingate Colliery disaster, 1906; commemorative napkin re West Stanley pit disaster, 1909
• Ref: D/X 411/15/11 — Photograph of a brass band taken at Wingate on Gala day, 1962
• Ref: D/X 411/15/12 — Photograph of Wingate Lodge banner en route to Durham Miners' Gala, 1962
• Ref: D/X 411/15/13 — Photograph showing Wingate Lodge banner and a group of unidentified people at Durham Miners' Gala, 1962
• Ref: D/X 411/16/1(1) — Postcard showing the crowds at Wingate Colliery after the disaster, 1906
• Ref: D/X 411/16/1(2) — Postcard showing the crowds at Wingate Colliery after the disaster, 1906
• Ref: D/X 411/16/1(3) — Postcard showing the crowds at Wingate Colliery after the disaster, 1906
• Ref: D/X 411/16/2 — Photograph showing a crowd at Wingate Colliery after the disaster, 1906
• Ref: D/X 411/16/3 — Postcard showing the unveiling of Wingate disaster memorial, 21 December 1907
• Ref: D/X 411/19 — Photograph showing Mr. Wylam with part of a boiler from Wingate Colliery, which exploded in the 1880s, not dated
• Ref: D/X 411/28 — Postcard showing Wingate disaster memorial, c.1907
• Ref: D/X 411/29 — Postcard showing Wingate disaster memorial, 21 December 1907
• Ref: D/X 411/62 — Notebook of James Murrell of Wingate Colliery, including some lodge minutes, 1889
• Ref: D/X 411/70 — Plan of Wingate Grange (enlarged Ordnance Survey map), not dated
• Ref: D/X 411/71 — Plan of underground workings of Wingate Grange Colliery, not dated
• Ref: D/X 411/75 — Newspaper entries on the Wingate Colliery disaster, taken from the supplement to the Graphic, 20 October 1906 and Northern Daily Mail, 14 October 1966
• Ref: D/X 411/76 — Papers giving details of wages of Wingate Colliery mechanics and yard men, 1881
• Ref: D/X 411/94 — National Coal Board information sheets re Horden, Blackhall, Thornley, Wheatley Hill, Wingate, Deaf Hill, Sherburn Hill and Shotton collieries, post 1956
• Ref: D/X 411/114 — Pocket watch of victim of explosion at Wingate Colliery
• Ref: D/X 411/117 — Photograph of Wingate Colliery, not dated [1950s]
• Ref: D/X 411/139 — Photocopy of General and Special Rules of Wingate Grange Colliery, 1 January 1856, not dated [20th century]
• Ref: D/X 411/140 — Order sanctioning outlay for railway siding accommodation at the Wingate Grange Colliery after court case between John Gully and James Lynam Molloy and Mary Louisa Gully, 19 May 1898
• Ref: D/X 411/142 — Typewritten copy of 'Lines on the explosion at Wingate Grange Colliery' by William Thornton, 14 October 1906
• Ref: D/X 411/143 — Account by Ralph Lee of the explosion at Wingate, 14 October 1906
• Ref: D/X 411/144 — Poem 'The Wingate Colliery Disaster' by P. Leavy, 19 October 1906
• Ref: D/X 411/145 — Postcard of Wingate Colliery to [Miss/Mrs.] Smith of Great Ayton from her sister Sarah of Wingate, expressing sorrow at the Wingate mining explosion, 19 October 1906
• Ref: D/X 411/146 — Photograph of Durham Miners' Association Wingate Lodge, not dated [c.1950]
• Ref: D/X 411/210 — Photograph of Wingate Colliery, c.1900
• Ref: D/X 411/295 — 'A coalmining community for one and a quarter centuries', a chronology of events in Wingate and Station Town, 1837-1962, by Maurice C. B. Arthur, March 1964

• National Coal Board — 4th Deposit (Items under 30 years old not to be produced)
• Ref: NCB 4/211 — Wingate Colliery - Invoices book, 1931-1933
• Ref: NCB 4/212 — Wingate Colliery, details of coal raising, 1931-1937. Deaf Hill Colliery, details of coal disposal, 1923-1940
• Ref: NCB 4/212 — Wingate Colliery, details of coal raising, 1931-1937. Deaf Hill Colliery, details of coal disposal, 1923-1940

• National Coal Board — 13th Deposit
• Ref: NCB 13/346 — Wingate Coal Company - Pay book, Wingate Grange Colliery, 16 July 1898 - 12 September 1902
• Ref: NCB 13/347 — Wingate Coal Company - Letter book, William Armstrong and W. G. Wright at Wingate Grange Colliery, 26 September 1901 -11 November 1909
• Ref: NCB 13/348 — Wingate Coal Company - Diary, Wingate Grange Colliery, 1910

• National Coal Board — 31st Deposit
• Ref: NCB 31/Box 86/29 — Agreement between Cleveland and Durham Electric Power Limited and Wingate Coal Company Limited, covering the supply of energy to Wingate Grange Colliery, July 1911

• National Coal Board — 33rd Deposit
• Ref: NCB 33/Box 12/14 — Colliery specification, Wingate and Deaf Hill Collieries, 1954

• Miscellaneous documents
• Ref: D/X 727/2 — Drawing from The Illustrated London News showing the recovery of bodies after the explosion in Wingate Grange Colliery on 14 October 1906, 20 October 1906
• Ref: D/X 727/3 — Supplement to The Graphic containing photographs of the aftermath of the explosion in Wingate Grange Colliery on 14 October 1906, 20 October 1906. For enclosures see: D/X 727/21, D/X 727/23
• Ref: D/X 727/5 — Photograph of Wingate Colliery Silver Band with accompanying printed list identifying the musicians, c. 1910
• Ref: D/X 727/9 — Plan of Wingate Grange Colliery, 1953. Scale: 1 inch to 40 feet [1:480]
• Ref: D/X 727/10 — Plan of Wingate Grange Colliery as it appeared on its closure in 1962, 1964. Scale: 1 foot to 500 feet [1:500]
• Ref: D/X 727/15 — M. C. B. Arthur, 'A coal mining community for one and a quarter centuries; a chronology of events in Wingate and Station Town, 1837-1962, 1964
• Ref: D/X 727/16-20 — Photograph of machinery at Station Brickworks; photograph of differential steam pumps at Thorpe Pumping Station; photograph of a model winding engine; photograph of Ralph Lee, a retired miner and survivor of the explosion in Wingate Grange Colliery, 1906; photograph of Ralph Lee and an antique barrel organ, c.1965-1966
• Ref: D/X 727/24 — Miners' pit tokens for Wingate Grange Colliery, not dated
• Ref: D/X 727/32 — Photograph of unveiling of Wingate Grange Colliery disaster memorial, 21 December 1907
• Ref: D/X 727/54 — View of Wingate taken from Wingate Grange Colliery canteen, 10 July 1964
• Ref: D/X 727/66 — Photograph of three blacksmiths at work in the courtyard of Wingate Colliery, c.1906
• Ref: D/X 727/77 — Photograph of chief draughtsman and chief electrician in Wingate Colliery drawing office, 1919
• Ref: D/X 727/82 — Photograph of miner standing next to end of boiler which exploded at Wingate Colliery killing one man, 1964
• Ref: D/X 727/88 — General view of Wingate Grange Colliery, 1903
• Ref: D/X 727/89 — General view of Wingate Grange Colliery, c.1925
• Ref: D/X 727/91 — General view of Wingate Grange Colliery, 1958
• Ref: D/X 727/92 — Photograph of Wingate Grange Colliery from the rear of the Victoria Inn, 15 October 1959
• Ref: D/X 727/93 — Photograph of Wingate Grange Colliery from New Row, 22 October 1963
• Ref: D/X 727/94-95 — Photographs of headgear at Wingate Grange Colliery, 23 October 1963
• Ref: D/X 727/96-97 — Photographs of abandoned buildings at Wingate Grange Colliery, 23 October 1963
• Ref: D/X 727/98 — View of Wingate Grange Colliery from the former colliery offices, 10 July 1964
• Ref: D/X 727/99-102 — General view of Wingate Grange Colliery, 5 October 1966
• Ref: D/X 727/103 — Photograph of Wingate pit heap, September 1978
• Ref: D/X 727/104 — Photograph of 'Sirocco' mine fan installation at Wingate Colliery, not dated
• Ref: D/X 727/115-116 — Photographs of diesel locomotive leaving Wingate Grange Colliery, June 1956
• Ref: D/X 727/124 — Photograph of model of Wingate Grange Colliery's winding engine on display at the Grangetown Miniature Locomotive Club's exhibition at Middlesbrough, 3-8 March 1958, [March 1958]
• Ref: D/X 727/125 — Photograph of early twentieth century model of a twin cylinder steam engine, made by two workers at Wingate Grange Colliery, 11 May 1963
• Ref: D/X 727/126 — Photograph of early twentieth century model of a beam engine, made by worker at Wingate Grange Colliery, 11 May 1963
• Ref: D/X 832/79 — Notes about explosions at Wingate, 14 October 1906 and at Wheatley Hill, 19 January 1871, not dated [1950s]
• Ref: D/X 1420/3 — Letter from S. Tate, Trimdon Grange Colliery, to William Armstrong, Wingate Grange, concerning his inspection of a shaft at Trimdon, the condition of the tubbing, walling, brattice, and the general state of the workings, 21 November 1892

• User Guide 19B — Collieries
• Ref: DF/WF/28/3-4, 3015 — Viewers reports, 1828-1892