Cleopatra Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Reading the letters segment on the other site, I came across a letter refering to what was supposed to be the first burial in the oldest part of the cemetry in Mancheter Road. Apparently a worker at the cemetry said it is an unmarked grave of a young girl killed while working at Armitage & Rigby cotton mill 150 yrs ago. Should be an interesting investigation, history wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey Bennett Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 I found a leaflet published by WBC http://www.warrington.gov.uk/info/200745/deaths/88/cemeteries/5 (click on download the information leaflet) which says "In the Roman Catholic section A of the Cemetery the grave number 298 lies the body of little Catherine Allen aged 2 years. Catherine, of Cockhedge Warrington has the rather tragic honour of being the first person laid to rest in Warrington Cemetery on the 26th March 1857." I'll carry on digging to see if I can come up with anything about the girl killed in the mill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey Bennett Posted May 4, 2013 Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 Can't find anything about a fatal accident at the Mill in 1857, though just because I can't find something doesn't mean it never happened! I've read the letter you refer to and now wonder whether the fact that the girl lived at Cockhedge led to a mix up in the mind of the cemetery worker? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted May 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2013 could be so Tracey. I can't see management allowing mothers to take babies into work with them even in that day and age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Tessla Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 I can't see management allowing mothers to take babies into work with them even in that day and age. I've found a number of references to a fire at another mill, Over Cotton Mill in Cheshire, in 1874, where amongst the dead were a 34 year old woman and her three month old baby. http://www.heritage-explorer.co.uk/web/he/searchdetail.aspx?id=6673&crit=fire&large=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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