Wheatley Hill and the Great War - Over the 2014-2018 commemoration period of The Great War, Wheatley Hill History Club was awarded two significant grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund – one to look at the life of local VC hero Thomas Kenny and the second to collect the responses of modern-day residents of the village to the atrocities of the war. […]
PEACE, PERFECT PEACE - Our event on Remembrance Sunday 2019 marked the end of our Heritage Lottery Funded project. Over the last two years, we have been working with Lonely Tower Film & Media on collecting the thoughts of today’s Wheatley Hill Community about the atrocities of the First World War. Lonely Tower have produced two wonderful multi-media presentations, […]Next Meeting – March - 25 March – Victorian Death in our Area – Frances Wilson All meetings are held in Wheatley House 11:00am – Noon, Entrance is £2 which includes raffle and refreshments, Membership not essential – everyone welcome
Next Meeting – April - 29 April – The Transformation of the High Street – Stockton High Street 1800-1900 – Martin Peagam All meetings are held in Wheatley House 11:00am – Noon, Entrance is £2 which includes raffle and refreshments, Membership not essential – everyone welcome
St Bartholomews Church Windows - These four windows were installed in St Bartholomew’s Church, Thornley in 1866 and 1868 respectively in memory of local landowners H J Spearman and George Wilkinson. When Thornley church was demolished several years ago, they came under the ownership of the demolition contractor responsible for pulling the church down. A member of Wheatley Hill Heritage […]
Closure of Wheatley Hill Pit 1968 - CLOSURE BEWILDERS THE PITMEN OF WHEATLEY HILL One of the many puzzled men at Wheatley Hill Colliery which closes down tonight, is Mr William Gibson of Burns Street, a chargehand fitter at the colliery and secretary of the Wheatley Hill Lodge of the Mechanics’ Association. He said, “Look around the pit. You will not see […]Next Meeting – October - 28 October – Local History Quiz All meetings are held in Wheatley House 11:00am – Noon, Entrance is £2 which includes raffle and refreshments, Membership not essential – everyone welcome
Next Meeting – September - 30 September – Mining Art Gallery – Angela Thomas All meetings are held in Wheatley House 11:00am – Noon, Entrance is £2 which includes raffle and refreshments, Membership not essential – everyone welcome
Next Meeting – August - 26 August – Re-making Beamish All meetings are held in Wheatley House 11:00am – Noon, Entrance is £2 which includes raffle and refreshments, Membership not essential – everyone welcome
Next Meeting – July - 29 July – Methodism and the Miners – Christine Seal All meetings are held in Wheatley House 11:00am – Noon, Entrance is £2 which includes raffle and refreshments, Membership not essential – everyone welcome
WHAT’S IN A NAME? Wolmerhausen Street, Wheatley Hill - When Wheatley Hill pit was sunk in 1867 it was the third colliery in the small empire of the Thornley Coal Company who were also responsible for the collieries at Thornley and Ludworth. It is not clear who the sinkers of Wheatley Hill colliery were but Thornley was sunk by the eminent engineer from Durham […]
The Martyrdom of the Mine – Part One - Edward (Neddy) Rymer was a coal miner who worked at pits in Durham, Yorkshire, North Wales, Nottingham and Lancashire. He was a union activist and blacklisted from many coal mines and coalfields as a result of this. The following extract is from the above publication and it should be remembered that it is the account […] The Martyrdom of the Mine – Part Two - Edward (Neddy) Rymer was a coal miner who worked at pits in Durham, Yorkshire, North Wales, Nottingham and Lancashire. He was a union activist and blacklisted from many coal mines and coalfields as a result of this. The following extract is from the above publication and it should be remembered that it is the account […]Next Meeting – June - 24 June – Charles William Vane Tempest Stewart 3rd Marquess of Londonderry 1778-1854 – Gordon Morris All meetings are held in Wheatley House 11:00am – Noon, Entrance is £2 which includes raffle and refreshments, Membership not essential – everyone welcome
THE MEMOIRS OF Thomas Russell 1847-1928 (during the short time he lived in Wheatley Hill) - 10 May 1879 Wheatley Hill Colliery Cheap emigration to Australia and America Fair from Durham to Pennsylvania £ 6. 6s.6d Fair from Durham to Ohio £ 7.12s.0d Fair from Durham to Illinois £ 8.11s.6d Fair from Durham to Texas £11. 8s.6d Assisted passage to Canada £ 4.15s.0d Stem Ship Lorents to Australia £15. 5s.0d Apply […]