St John the Baptist, Kirkheaton - millworkers' memorial
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St John the Baptist, Kirkheaton - millworkers' memorial
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 14 Apr 2022
A particularly poignant memorial, to seventeen female workers aged nine to eighteen, all killed in a fire at a textile mill in the parish in 1818. Erected 1821, restored 1969 and again a few years ago. Listed grade II (list entry 1183655).
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Image Location
Latitude
53.651268
Longitude
-1.730665