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The 17 Children's Memorial in the Churchyard at Kirkheaton.
For more information about this fire, please see the Huddersfield Exposed article
To Commemorate
the dreadful fate of
Seventeen Children
who fell
Unhappy Victims to a raging fire
at
Mr Atkinson's factory
Colne Bridge Feb. 14th 1818
-
This Monument
was erected by
Voluntary Contribution
MDCCCXXI
The right hand and rear panels of the memorial (see also Photo)
| Name | Age |
| Martha Hey | 9 |
| Mary Hey | 9 |
| Elizabeth Drake | 9 |
| Abigail Bottom | 10 |
| Elizabeth Stafford | 11 |
| Frances Seller | 12 |
| Ellen Haytack | 12 |
| Elizabeth Ely | 13 |
| Mary Moody | 13 |
| Ellen Stocks | 13 |
| Mary Denton | 14 |
| Mary Dutton | 14 |
| Sarah Sheared | 14 |
| Mary Laycock | 14 |
| Nancy Carter | 16 |
| Elizabeth Moody | 17 |
| Sarah North | 18 |
Near This Place
Lie what remained of the Bodies
of Seventeen Children
a striking and awful instance
of the Uncertainty of Life
and the
Vanity of human Attainments
The left hand panel of the memorial (see also Photo)
Stranger! If e'er
A mother's tender fears,
Have watched thy steps
From dawn to riper years.
If e'er soft pity for
Another's woe
Has swelled thy breast
And caused a tear to flow.
Oh then! will Nature
Speak in accents mild,
A parent's anguish for a
Suffering child.
Then will a sigh
Escape the pensive head,
A passing tribute
To the untimely dead.
The small plaque at the bottom of the memorial (see also Photo)
This monument and the nearby grave
were renovated in 1969, by public subscription.
The restoration was sponsored by
The Huddersfield and District
Trades and Industrial Council,
to mark the Centenary of
the Trades Union Congress in 1968.
were renovated in 1969, by public subscription.
The restoration was sponsored by
The Huddersfield and District
Trades and Industrial Council,
to mark the Centenary of
the Trades Union Congress in 1968.
For more information about this fire, please see the Huddersfield Exposed article
Data transcribed by
Colin Hinson.
from photography by Colin Hinson