Christopher Richardson

14/06/1741 — 25/02/1836
A brief biography

Ancestors


Christopher Richardson — 1734 —
Christopher Richardson 1741 — 1836
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William Richardson of Gainford 1738-1799
Richardson v Commercial Railway Company


Christopher Richardson


Son of Christopher Richardson and Jane Potter. .

Born in Limehouse, London, England in 1741, the fourteenth year of the reign of King George II, and died aged ninety-four in the sixth year of the reign of King William IV  He has 9 direct descendants in the family.

THREE BARGES


Christopher Richardson owned three barges in 1795:
The barge 'Trial', 32 53/94 tons, registered by Christopher Richardson, of Saint Ann, mastered by George Barlow, master lighterman, and crewed by Barlow and Charles Gouth, his apprentice, usually navigated from Brentford to Gravesend, Kent The barge 'Three Sisters', 20 91/94 tons, registered by Christopher Richardson, of Saint Ann, mastered by George Barlow, master lighterman, and crewed by Barlow and Charles Gouth,  

Mr Dingley's Saw Mill

Principal clerk at Mr Dingley's sawmill, when he witnessed a mob of some 500 people invading the premises and destroying the mill, putting it out of action for six months. A copy of the government report on the riot at the sawmill is in the Library. The mill was the first commercially successful mechanised sawmill in England, capable of harnessing 36 saws simultaneously. It revolutionised the timber industry since until  



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