Kirklees Cousins

The story of John Hemingway of Dewsbury, WR Yorkshire, who was Master Mason on the stonework of the world famous Britannia Bridge across the Menai Strait. John was a partner…

Account of a tragic mill fire in a cotton mill, that shook the nation and contributed to the first change in the law in the employment of children.

My ancestor George Archer, machine maker, born c1752 and his alleged involvement in industrial espionage during the early 19th century.

Memorial to Frank Bottom, a Lay Preacher, who died at the age of 30, in Thornhill, West Yorkshire.

History of the Sheards of the West Riding. Will of Thomas Sheard of Ovenden. Wool trade in 16th Century Halifax.