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Ralph Richardson
(Born: 1865)
Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.
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Census
Address: Field House, West Rainton
(Ref: RG11/4977/57/23)
| Name | Age | Rel | Mar | Occupation | Where Born |
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| RICHARDSON, Ralph | 41 | Head | Mar | Farmer Of 220 Acres Emplg 3 Men & 3 Women | DUR: West Rainton |
| RICHARDSON, Dorothy | 39 | Wife | Mar | DUR: Houghton Le Spring | |
| RICHARDSON, Ralph | 16 | Son | Unn | Apprentice To Mining Engineer | DUR: West Rainton |
| RICHARDSON, Robert M. | 14 | Son | Scholar | DUR: West Rainton | |
| RICHARDSON, Frederick W. | 12 | Son | Scholar | DUR: West Rainton | |
| RICHARDSON, Frank | 8 | Son | Scholar | DUR: West Rainton | |
| RICHARDSON, Edwin | 6 | Son | Scholar | DUR: West Rainton | |
| RICHARDSON, Ella M. | 4 | Dau | DUR: West Rainton | ||
| RICHARDSON, Norman | 8m | Son | DUR: West Rainton | ||
| RUTTER, Margaret A. | 21 | Serv | Unn | Cook | DUR: Houghton Le Spring |
| SELKIRK, Isabella | 20 | Serv | Unn | Nurse | DUR: West Rainton |
| WOOD, Mary | 19 | Serv | Unn | Housemaid | YKS: Barton |
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Managers Certificate
13 October 1886, Certificate Number: 2,162 (1st), District: Durham
First Class Certificate of Competency as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Acts, 1872 and 1887 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 30 ; 50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec 23.)
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Manager: | Eppleton | Hetton Coal Co. Ltd. |
Membership
1888-1889, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers. Position: Student; Address: Eppleton Colliery, Fence Houses, Co. Durham; Elected: 09 Jun 1883
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| 1889 | |
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Membership
1889-1890, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Marsden Colliery, South Shields.
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| 1890 | |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Manager: | Eppleton | Hetton Coal Co. Ltd. |
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Commercial/Trade Directory
Page 1178: Cleadon - Richardson, R., Colliery Manager, (Harton Coal Co. Ltd.)
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Page 1178: Cleadon - Richardson, Ralph, Colliery Manager, Hope House, Whitburn Colliery
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
Page 1177: Whitburn - Richardson, Ralph, Colliery Manager, Hope House, Whitburn Colliery
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
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| 1896 | |
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Colliery Staff Positions held
| Position | Colliery | Company |
| Manager: | Whitburn | Harton Coal Co. Ltd. |
Membership
1896-1897, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Whitburn Colliery, South Shields.
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Managers Certificate
18 June 1912, Certificate Number: 2,162, Inspector: W. H. Pickering
First Class Certificate of Competency as Manager of a Mine has been endorsed by H.M. Inspectors of Mines with the Qualification of Surveyor of Mines, during the year 1912
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Membership
1919-1920, Institute of Mining Engineers. Position: Member; Address: Barrow Collieries, Barnsley.
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Biographical Notes
Richardson, Ralph General Manager and Mining Agent at the collieries of Barrow Hematite Steel Co. Ltd., mining engineer with thirty years' experience in the management of collieries in Durham and South Yorkshire, and Vice-Chairman of South Yorkshire Coalowners' Association and the South Yorkshire Coal Trade Association.
Source: 1923 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
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- 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
- 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1890 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
- 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
- History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume I published in 1890
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume LIX published in 1920
- Transactions of the Institute of Mining Engineers, Volume XIII published in 1897
- Transactions of the North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers, Volume XXXVIII published in 1889
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