The only direct reference to Coronation Colliery,
Rainford that springs to mind is online - taken from
the 1938 Lists of Mines reproduced on Ian Winstanley's
Coal Mining History Resource Centre website
(www.cmhrc.co.uk/); it states that Coronation
Colliery, in Rainford was owned by John Gorner of 35
Victoria Rd, Garswood, Wigan; it lists it as being
abandoned by that time, however.
There are several Gorners involved in Coal mining and
trade, I can't find any registered limited company
references, only this slightly earlier entry from the
London Gazette which may suggest the owner's
provenance.
'In the Matter of a Deed of Assignment for the
benefit of creditors executed on the 14th day
of July, 1934, by JOHN GORNER, of 35, Victoria Road,
Ashton in Makerfield, and STANLEY GORNER, of 224,
Downall Green Road, Ashton in Makerfield, then trading
as J. & S. Gorner, at Landgate Colliery, Park
Lane, Ashton in Makerfield. THE creditors of the above
named John Gorner and Stanley Gorner, trading as J. &
S. Gorner,who have not already sent in their claims,
are required on or before the 13th day of July, 1936,
to send in their names, addresses and the particulars
of their debts or claims, to me, the undersigned,
Edward Whinray Johnson, of Arcade Chambers, Wigan,
Chartered Accountant, the Trustee under the said deed,
or in default thereof, they will be excluded from the
benefit of the first and final dividend proposed to be
declared. Dated this 13th day of June, 1936.
(107) E. W. JOHNSON, Trustee.
Gazette Issue 34294 published on the 16 June 1936
p.3889
In terms of mining in and around Rainford, just prior
to the above, in 1934, Bromilow, Foster and Company
Ltd were wound up; a large concern, they had at least
two working seams at Rainford (nos 1 and 2 - See
Winstanley's list of mines for 1908 and 1923);
Similarly, a Rainford Coal Company Limited was also
wound up in 1904. It ran Rainford Colliery as it was
called, having origins in August 1866 - this is
traceable from Company records and from the court case
in which they were involved in 1896 (Jackson v
Rainford Coal Co [1896]).
Of interest here is a 'Wigan and Rainford Coal Company
Ltd' which lasted from 1896-1901
Miscellaneous other Rainford references, some of which
mayor may not tie in with later developments, can be
seen in the 1880 list of mines.
Apart from the Wigan coalfield books mentioned, it may
be that there is some passing reference to the
Coronation/Rainford mineworkings in the 1938 edition
of the Memoirs of the Geological Survey, for Wigan
district (one-inch geological sheet 84, new series) by
Jones, Tonks and Wright.
SB wrote:
I've had a query about Coronation Coal Mine,
Rainsford. Any experts out there with knowledge of the
Wigan coalfield? Please! (Jack Nadin's books on East
Lancs and on the Blackburn area don't seem to cover
the Wigan area.) Sallie Bassham
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