Monument 10 Yards To East Of Church Of St John To Victims Of Mill Fire At Colne Bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 May 1984. Monument.
Monument 10 Yards To East Of Church Of St John To Victims Of Mill Fire At Colne Bridge
- WRENN ID
- dark-pier-woodpecker
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 May 1984
- Type
- Monument
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
SE 11 NE CHURCH LANE Kirkheaton 2/17 Monument 10 yards to east of Church of St. John to victims of mill fire at Colne Bridge
G.V. II
Memorial column. Dated 1821. Restored 1969. Ashlar. Very short column with dentilled capital surmounted by crest of foliage, on square ashlar plinth with frieze. Inscribed in capitals on one side: "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." On another side are the names and ages of those who died. All girls, aged from 9 to 18 years. A third side inscribed in capitals: "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." On the fourth side is a poem.
Listing NGR: SE1791317214
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