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Wingate Coal Co. Ltd.

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of the company, but an indication of the changes of ownership and the links between companies and directors in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the company may own other properties etc. outside this area and there may have been other changes of ownership etc. for which we currently do not have details.

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1914

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Wingate Grange  Wingate  C. H. Leeds  1218  268  


1921

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Wingate Grange  Wingate  C. H. Leeds  1011  292  


1923

Company Details

Registered Office: Whitworth House, Spennymoor, Co. Durham
Annual Output:  250,000 tons
Class of Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Company Directors

Directors: Forster, J. H. B.
 Furness, Viscount
 Rogerson, J. E.
 Talbot, B.
General Manager: Forster, J. H. B.
Acting Secretary: Sanderson, B.
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Wingate Grange  Wingate  C. H. Leeds  980  265  


1925

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Wingate Grange  Wingate  C. H. Leeds  1033  295  


1930

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Wingate Grange  Wingate  C. H. Leeds  871  249  Temporarily closed 19/7/30


1933

Company Details

Registered Office: Whitworth House, Spennymoor, Co. Durham
Seams Worked: Main Coal, Low Main, Hutton, Harvey
Power Used: Electric
Annual Output:  250,000 tons
Class of Coal: Gas, Household, Manufacturing
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Company Directors

Directors: Forster, J. H. B., Whitworth House, Spennymoor
 Furness, Viscount, 60 St. James Street, S.W.1
 McQuistan, A. N., Grange Road, Darlington
 Talbot, B., Solberge Hall, Northallerton
General Manager: Forster, J. H. B.
Acting Secretary: Sanderson, B.
Source: 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.


1934

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Wingate Grange  Wingate  C. H. Leeds  320  138  


1939

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1940

Company Details

Registered Office: Whitworth House, Spennymoor, Co. Durham
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Company Directors

Directors: Forster, J. H. B., Whitworth House, Spennymoor
 Furness, Viscount, 60 St. James Street, S.W.1
 McQuistan, A. N., Grange Road, Darlington
 Talbot, B., Solberge Hall, Northallerton
General Manager: Forster, J. H. B.
Acting Secretary: Sanderson, B.
Source: 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Collieries/Mines Owned

Employees
Name of Mine  Locality  Manager  Under Above
 ground  ground
Wingate Grange  Wingate  G. H. Braithwaite  1159  253  


1947 - at the time of Nationalisation

Company Details

Registered Office: Whitworth House, Spennymoor, Co. Durham
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Company Directors

Directors: Forster, J. H. B., Whitworth House, Spennymoor
 McQuistan, A. N., Grange Road, Darlington
 Talbot, B., Solberge Hall, Northallerton
 Wilson, W. J., 60 St. James Street, London, S.W.1
General Manager: Forster, J. H. B.
Acting Secretary: Laws, J. R., F.S.C.
Source: 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.


Sources
  • 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1930 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1933 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1934 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.
  • 1940 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory published by Louis Cassier Co. Ltd.
  • 1947 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian.

Further Research

  Research Notes for Wingate Coal Co. Ltd.

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