Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Photograph

Grave of Child Workers at the Mills of I. & I. Calvert



An image of Grave of Child Workers at the Mills of I. & I. Calvert

Epitaph


In memory of
ORPHANS EMPLOYED
BY I & I CALVERT,
WAINSTALLS.
   
MARY ELLEN CLARK, AGED 14 YEARS
ALICE DEVITT, AGED 12 YEARS
ELIZABETH EDWARDS, AGED 17 YEARS
JANE JOHNSON, AGED 12 YEARS
SARAH SHAW, DIED MAY 17TH 1892, AGED 15 YEARS
MARIE EMERY, DIED JANUARY 27TH 1895, AGED 15 YEARS
ANNIE LOCKHART, DIED MARCH 7TH 1895, AGED 16 YEARS

and the gravestone leaves plenty of space for further deaths.

[Taken in June 2016]

This image [HH1006.JPG] was kindly submitted by Derrick Habergham




© Malcolm Bull 2017 / [email protected]
Revised 14:27 on 21st November 2017 / ph4727 / 5