Kirkheaton, Beaumont Arms c.1950
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K79007
More about this scene
The village grew up around the fancy goods and woollen fabric trades, so widespread in West Yorkshire. The Beaumont Arms, named after the lord of the manor, was originally a gaol and courthouse in the 14th century. The original cells with stone beds are still in the basement. It was later converted to a coaching inn during the 1600s. To the right is the parish church of St John, which contains a poignant reminder of danger in the mills. During an apparently unsupervised night shift on 14 February 1818 at the local Colne Bridge Mills, a fallen candle caused a devastating fire in which seventeen girls perished - the youngest was aged just 9. Their graves and monument in the churchyard remind us of the perils of 19th-century working conditions.
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