Kirklees Cousins

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.

The origin of the Archer name and the the first known Archer family of Dewsbury.

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

A Dewsbury born mathematician and computer scientist, who was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance, including the first stored-memory computer, the “Baby”, over the course…

Searching for Martha Arnold, who married Mirfield-born Thomas Sheard, turned up echoes of the Luddite uprising in West Yorkshire and a possible family connection.