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Title
Wingate Colliery Disaster Memorial
Date
1907
Medium
sandstone
Measurements
H 400 x W (?) x D (?) cm (E)
Accession number
TS28_EV_S068
Acquisition method
erected by public subscription
Work type
Monument
Custodian
Wingate Parish Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
11/10/85
Access
at all times
Inscription description
THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED / BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / TO THE MEMORY OF THE / TWENTY SIX MEN WHO LOST THEIR LIVES / IN THE EXPLOSION AT / WINGATE GRANGE COLLIERY / OCTOBER 14TH 1906. LET THEM REST FROM THEIR LABOURS; BORROWDALE BROS. / SCULPTORS / SUNDERLAND. / DOUGLAS CRAWFORD / ARCHITECT