Entries for the tag ‘Thorp, William (1803-60)’
Son of Samuel Thorp of Gawber Hall (glassworks) and Banks Hall (colliery), curate at Womersley (Pontefract) and Doncaster and vicar of Misson (Bawtry, Notts) 1848-60, geologian of the coal measures, writer on mining safety technology and the causes of varying mortality rates in West Yorkshire towns. 
- 20 March 1847: Following 73 deaths at Oaks Colliery, the Rev William Thorp tells pit owners how to avoid explosions in the Barnsley Seam
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