Catalogue

Memorandum and articles of association, July 1895

Prospectus, August 1895

Certificate of the lodging of the annual return of members and capital with the Registrar of Companies, 26 March 1910

Certificate of the lodging of the annual return of members and capital with the Registrar of Companies, 19 March 1924

Certificate of the lodging of the annual return of members and capital with the Registrar of Companies, 7 April 1936

Cancelled share certificate, 22 February 1901

Share transfer certificates, with related papers, 19 March 1920 - 20 July 1933

Annual accounts for 1903 with notice of Annual General Meeting, 8 February 1904

Annual accounts for 1906 with notice of Annual General Meeting, 13 March 1907

Annual accounts for 1907 with notice of Annual General Meeting, 8 February 1908

Annual accounts (for 1934), 22 February 1935

Annual accounts for 1952, with notice of Annual General Meeting, 2 March 1959

Circular letter to shareholders concerning acquisition by the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company, August 1958

Draft Order under the Water Act, 1945, authorising the acquisition of the company by the Sunderland and South Shields Water Company, 19 December 1958

Rough minutes of public and preliminary meetings concerning the formation of the Wingate and District Water Company., 25 March - 17 July 1895

Rough minute book of the Company, 2 October 1895 - 26 July 1908, 24 February 1926, 18 February 1930 - 22 January 1931

Notes on the background to the foundation of the Company and details of its plant, n.d.

Tenders, estimates etc. of C.B. Williamson and Company, Commercial Road Brick Works, Hendon, Sunderland, for the construction of the plant of the Wingate and District Water Company., details of costs of installations, pumping etc., 1896

Estimates for the construction of a caretaker's house, 2 - 3 March 1896

Details of properties to be connected to the Company's Supply, n.d.

Estimated cost of pipes etc. to convey drinking water to farms and cottages, n.d.

Lists of meters in use and in stock, n.d.

Scale of charges for fitting, n.d.

Scale of charges for meter supplies, n.d.

List of occupiers of colliery houses, 11 February 1931

Details of quantities of water supplied to various townships, 1931 - 1934

Ledger balances at 31 December 1896

Journal entries at 31 December 1896

Cash journal, 15 April 1921 - 30 June 1930

Miscellaneous vouchers, 1921

Miscellaneous vouchers, 1926

Miscellaneous vouchers, 1929

Miscellaneous vouchers, 1931

Miscellaneous vouchers, 1933

Meter readings for water supplied to Easington R.D.C., connection and fitting charges, 24 July 1896 - 27 March 1935

Authorities for payment of hourly wages, with receipt attached, 1934

Meter reader's book showing quarterly consumption by individual customers, 20 April 1948 - 20 April 1950

Quotations for the supply of pipes, May 1919

Quotations for the supply of creosoted fencing, June 1928

Out letter book, 7 October 1895 - 10 November 1910

Out letter book, 17 November 1910 - 16 December 1931

Out letter book, 31 December 1931 - 31 January 1935

Correspondence received by the Company concerning its incorporation, subscriptions for shares, construction of its plant etc. (arranged in alphabetical order of correspondent) Principal correspondents: Thomas Bower, Nibble House, West Hartlepool, engineer (D/WW 116-144) Easington Rural District Council (D/WW 150-166) Guest and Chrimes, Rotherham, brass founders (D/WW 177-181) National Provincial Bank of England Ltd. (D/WW 190-193) North Eastern Railway Company (D/WW 194-197) Turnbull and Tilly, West Hartlepool, solicitors (D/WW 207-257) W.T. Walton, Central Chambers, West Hartlepool, accountant (D/WW 259-263) C.B. Williamson and Company, Commercial Road Brick Works, Sunderland (D/WW 264-267) 25 March 1895 - 24 July 1898

Correspondence received from Easington R.D.C., Highway Surveyors Office, Castle Eden regarding pipe laying excavations etc., 22 March 1913 - 4 December 1929

Correspondence received from Easington R.D.C., Public Health Department concerning the problems with the Hutton Henry water supply, the Monk Hesledon water supply, privy conversions etc., 20 October 1915 - 16 October 1933

Correspondence received from J. Morley Longden, Clerk to Easington R.D.C. concerning the Hutton Henry water supply, shortages at Hesleden and Station Town, emergency supplies etc., 29 May 1914 - 30 January 1933

Correspondence received from the Accountant, Easington R.D.C., concerning charges for emergency water supply, 26 May - 3 June 1931

Correspondence received from Thomas F. Hedley and Son, John Street, Sunderland, and others concerning rating assessments, 28 September 1928 -25 June 1934

Correspondence received from Longden, Mann and Company, Somerford Buildings, Sunderland, concerning Wingate Coal Company, accounts overdue from customers etc., general legal business, 30 April 1913 - 5 April 1933

Correspondence received from W.T. Walton and Son, West Hartlepool, accountants, concerning the auditing of the Company's books, production of annual accounts etc., 9 May 1912 - 8 March 1935

Correspondence received from the Borough Treasurer, West Hartlepool, concerning money lent by the Water Company to West Hartlepool Corporation, 27 May 1910 - 27 August 1930

Miscellaneous correspondence received by the Company, with occasional quotations, invoices and accounts, regarding transfer of shares, payment of dividends, supplying water, supply of fixtures to the Company and related matters (arranged in alphabetical order of correspondent and client): Thomas Allan and Sons Ltd., Bonlea Foundry, Thornaby (D/WW 482-487) James Arthur, 17 Beechcroft Avenue, Golders Green, London, a director (D/WW 488-504) Harrison and Son, West Hartlepool solicitors (Bower, deceased) (D/WW 505-506) Eva A. Charles, 22 Feversham Terrace, Ferryhill (D/WW 507-520) The partners in G. and W.H. Carter, 36 Tower Street, West Hartlepool, brick manufacturers (D/WW 521-549) Annie B. Clark, 9 West Heath Avenue, Golders Green etc. (D/WW 550-557) Cochrane and Co . Ltd., Middlesbrough, iron founders (D/WW 558-570) G. Colwill, North Road, Wingate, builder (D/WW 571-574) Co-operative Wholesale Society (D/WW 575-579) S.T. Coulson, Church Street, West Hartlepool, stock broker (D/WW 580-595) Durham County Council Education Committee (D/WW 596-612) Ferrier and Company, Hartlepool, solicitors for John Gardner, deceased (D/WW 613-617) J.W. Gibbon, 19 Acacia Road, Skellow, Doncaster (D/WW 618-619) Glenfield and Kennedy Ltd., Kilmarnock, iron founders (D/WW 620-624) 482-828 Guest and Chrimes Ltd., Rotherham, manufacturers of water meters etc. (D/WW 625-634) Albert Hall, 54 East Street, Blackhall (D/WW 635-637) Harrison and Son, Church Street, West Hartlepool, solicitors (D/WW 638-641) Hartlepool Gas and Water Company (D/WW 642-644) James Henderson, Castle Eden (D/WW 645-646) Holdon and Brooke Ltd., Gorton, Manchester, engineers (D/WW 647-649) George Howe, Station Town, building contractor (D/WW 650-651) Hutton Henry Parish Council (D/WW 652-658) Jackson and Dunn Ltd., 97 York Road, West Hartlepool, electricians (D/WW 659-660) Lambert Brothers [Walsall] Ltd., engineers and tube makers (D/WW 661-663) The Lead Wool Company Ltd., Snodland, Kent (D/WW 664-665) Lloyds Bank Ltd., Sunderland (D/WW 666-667) John R. Madderson, Hillcrest Villa, Wingate, stock broker (D/WW 668-669) M.T. Martin, Upper Norwood, London, broker in gas and water shares etc. (D/WW 670-672) J. Nimmo and Son Ltd., Castle Eden, brewers (D/WW 673-689) H.E. Richardson and Elder, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitors (Thomas Noble, deceased) (D/WW 690-693) The District Engineer, North Eastern Railway, Bishop Auckland (D/WW 694-698) Wilkinson and Marshall, Newcastle upon Tyne, solicitors (John Oughton, deceased) (D/WW 699-705) Robert Owen of Hylton Colliery and his executors and solicitors (D/WW 706-712) J. Quinn, Granby Terrace, Wingate (D/WW 713) John Richardson's executors (D/WW 714-721) R.T. Robinson, Easington Colliery, builder and contractor (D/WW 722-725) John H. Spark and Son, Sunderland, solicitors (for Thomas and Ann Robson, deceased) (D/WW 726-737) Lord John Sanger and Sons Ltd., Brixton Hill, London, circus proprietors (D/WW 738-739) Reginald Stokoe, 95 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, stock and share brokers (D/WW 740-743) The Sunderland and South Shields Water Company (D/WW 744-748) J.W. Lodge, Sedgefield, solicitor (for Simon Tate, deceased) (D/WW 749-752) F.H. Nicholson, 48 Frederick Street, Sunderland, and M.A. Tone (Lancelot Tone, deceased) (D/WW 753-761) The Executors of John Michael Walker, deceased and their solicitor G.A. Carpenter, Durham (D/WW 762-776) Walkers, Parker and Co. Ltd., Elswick Lead Works, Newcastle upon Tyne (D/WW 777-783) Harrison and Son, Church Street, West Hartlepool, solicitors (for John 482-828 Watson, deceased) (D/WW 784-793) Brett and Company, Manchester, solicitors (for Mrs. Isabel Whitehead, deceased) (D/WW 794-797) Wingate Coal Company Ltd. (D/WW 798-816) Wingate Lodge, Durham Miners' Association (D/WW 817) Wingate Pictures Ltd. (D/WW 818) Robert Wylam, 'Lockerbie', Foggy Furze, West Hartlepool, and his executors (D/WW 819-828) 30 June 1910 - 29 October 1934

Plan of suggested main for Castle Eden, by Thomas Bower, engineer, 20 May 1895 Scale: 1:2500

Plan of proposed site for meter house, by Thomas Bower, engineer, n.d. [c. 1895] Scale: 1:2500

Plan of Wingate and environs showing the boundary of the Wingate and District Water Company's supply area, n.d. [1920s] Scale: 6 inches to 1 mile [1:10560]

Plan of Wingate Grange Colliery and environs, with courses of certain water mains added, n.d. [1940s] Scale: [1:25000]

Plan of Wingate showing the mains of the Wingate and District Water Company, n.d. [1950s] Scale: 1:2500

Plan of Wingate showing the main of the Wingate and District Water Company, n.d. [1950's] Scale: 1:2500

Letter from Monk Hesleden Parish Council to Durham County Council requesting the County to exercise powers under section 16 of the Local Government Act, 1894 to provide the parish with water, 15 August 1895

Notice of enquiry into the proposal of Easington R.D.C. to borrow £1600 for works of water supply for the township of Monk Hesleden, 11 August 1896

Supplemental valuation list for the parish of Castle Eden, 25 November 1896

Details of the amount expended by C.B. Williamson and Company, contractors in connection with the Wingate water works, 17 December 1896

Request of William Crossley, Miners' Secretary, Wingate Colliery, for reduced charges for water supplied to colliers on short time, 8 November 1914

Draft of reasons given to a deputation showing the impossibility of reducing the price of water, n.d. [early 20th century]

Draft report to the trustees of the late J. Gulley concerning gas lighting supply, likely rate increases due to the changing social composition of the Rural Sanitary Authority etc., n.d. [late 19th century]

R. Ede's course notebook for Plumbing Course A1, West Hartlepool Technical College, 1949 - 1950

Minute book of the Wingate Literary Institute, 7 February 1888 - 27 November 1891 and 2 April 1896

Letter from Edwin Rodwell, Railway Station, Trimdon, to Mr. Fleetham, Wingate, concerning capitalisation of water company, 12 August 1895 Formerly enclosed in D/WW 843 above