Durham Mining Museum - Ridley Taylor

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Ridley Taylor

Age:	38
Died:	2^nd Mar 1885
Accident:	2^nd Mar 1885 8:58 PM
Year Born:	abt. 1847
Colliery:	Usworth
Company:	John Bowes and Partners
Occupation:	Waggonwayman
Notes:	killed in the 1885 explosion (ignition caused by shot firing)
Buried:	Holy Trinity Churchyard, Donwell (Usworth Parish Church)
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Description

The text of the report from the Mines Inspector into this disaster is available in the Disaster Reports section of this website.


Census Data

1881 Census

Address: 188, Monk Hesleden, Co. Durham
(Ref: RG11 / 4971 / 35 / 62)

Name	Age	Rel	Mar	Occupation	Where Born	Born
TAYLOR, Ridley	34	Head	Mar	Miner	DUR: Trimdon	1847
TAYLOR, Isabella	29	Wife	Mar		DUR: Trimdon	1852
TAYLOR, John T.	9	Son		Scholar	DUR: Monkheseldon	1872
TAYLOR, Mathew	8	Son		Scholar	DUR: Monkheseldon	1873
TAYLOR, Mary A.	5	Dau			DUR: Wingate	1876
TAYLOR, Dorothy J.	4	Dau			DUR: Monkheseldon	1877
TAYLOR, Isabella	7m	Dau			DUR: Monkheseldon

Please note: the census extracts shown here are our 'best guess match' to the person shown on this page and is not intended to be definitive — only knowledge of the family would allow this.


Memorial: 1885 Usworth Colliery Disaster


Memorial

Donwell — Holy Trinity Churchyard

Location: OS Map 88, Grid Ref NZ297586

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Names in this memorial picture
Name	Died	Age	Born
John BALL	2^nd Mar 1885	68	1817
Samuel BROWN	2^nd Mar 1885	51	1834
Thomas CRAKE	2^nd Mar 1885	66	1819
Elijah DONNELLY	2^nd Mar 1885	44	1841
Joshua GREENER	2^nd Mar 1885	38	1847
Robert HARRISON	2^nd Mar 1885	61	1824
Robert SYZLAND	2^nd Mar 1885	31	1854
Ridley TAYLOR	2^nd Mar 1885	38	1847
James WALMSLEY	2^nd Mar 1885	25	1860


Related Articles

Pub. Date	Article (Newspaper)
04 Mar 1885	Terrible Colliery Explosion (The Times)
05 Mar 1885	The Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times)
06 Mar 1885	The Usworth Colliery Disaster (The Times)
07 Mar 1885	The Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times)
09 Mar 1885	Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times)
12 Mar 1885	Usworth Colliery Explosion (Sunderland Daily Echo)
14 Mar 1885	Letters to the Editor, Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times)
26 Mar 1885	The Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times)
03 Apr 1885	The Usworth Colliery Explosion (The Times)
10 Jun 1885	The Disaster At Usworth Colliery, Prosecution Of The Owners (Sunderland Daily Echo)


Further Reading

Mines Inspectors Report into the 1885 Disaster (C. 4549)
Durham Mining Disasters, c.1700 - 1950s by Maureen Anderson, Published by Wharncliffe Books, 2008, ISBN 1-845630-73-4
Explosions in Coal Mines by W. N. & J. B. Atkinson, published in 1886


Sources

1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
Headstone(s) and Memorial in Our Lady's Catholic Church (R.C.), Washington
Memorial in Our Lady's Catholic Church (R.C.), Washington


Researchers

Email	Researcher	Date	Interest
	Brian Clements	25 Aug 2010	Compiling family tree / history and Ridley was my maternal great grandfather. As I live in Australia visits to churches etc is not possible when trying to chase details of relatives.

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