Allerton Bywater Colliery Explosion
On March 10th 1930, at about 09:30am, three men were killed instantly, and three injured, by an explosion caused by shotfiring igniting and exploding a pocket of gas that had…
ALLERTON BYWATER POTTERY
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Herbert Smith – “Ahr ‘Erbert”
Herbert Smith, a towering figure in British trade unionism, rose from abject poverty in the Yorkshire coalfields to lead the miners through some of the most tumultuous labour struggles of…
A GARDEN BY CHANCE – Father Gerald Hargreaves – 1976
Background to the Parish of St. John the Evangelist, Allerton Bywater Foreword to:- A GARDEN BY CHANCE I was delighted to read Father Hargreaves’ history of the Parish of St.…
Gt. & Little Preston C.E School Photo 01
Type the names, and numbers in the comments box at the bottom of the page Back row: 1. Michael Charlston – 2. Philip Cox – 3. Thomas Hopkinson – 4.…
Allerton Bywater War Memorial – Construction
Junction of Station Road and Main Street The monument was Erected in 1920 in memory of the men who fell in the 1914-18 war. It is a Hexagonal column of…
Allerton Bywater War Memorial
DEDICATEDTO THEHEROIC MENFROM THE PARISHOFALLERTONBYWATERWHO FELL IN THEGREAT WAR1914 – 1919 RESURGAM ERECTED BYPARISHONERS1920 ALSO IN MEMORY OF WORKINGMEN AT ALLERTON BYWATERCOLLIERIES WHO WERE RESIDING OUTSIDE THE PARISH C. O.…
Allerton Bywater Colliery – Miners Memorial
CARTER COLLIERYPeriod of mining1840 – 1875 DATE NAME AGE CAUSE OF DEATH 1 27 – 06 – 1856 GEORGE HEPWORTH boy CRUSHED BY CAGE AT BOTTOM OF SHAFT 2 20…