Children's Mines Memorial Transcription
This is a transcription of the Children's Mines Memorial (this transcription can be supplied as a word file on request, which is easier to search by name) Base West Face: erected by the mayor of copeland/councillor peter bennett/30 march 1998 Base South Face: bottle bank pit duke pit croft pit hope pit countess pit henry pit Base East Face: john pit saltom pit lindow pit threapthwaite pit low wreay pit james pit Base North Face: walkmill pit william pit wellington pit wilson pit whinney hill pit Lowca pit Obelisk West Face: F green 9 yrs 19 june 1819 matthew blaylock 14 yrs 13 oct 1823 john herring 14 yrs 13 oct 1823 john mclellon 13 yrs 13 oct 1823 ann bainbridge 11 yrs 13 oct 1823 thomas flood 13 yrs 2 jan 1826 john Cragg 14 yrs 26 aug 1826 richard cousins 14 yrs 18 mar 1828 moses westmoreland 14 yrs 7 oct 1828 george thompson 12 years 6 dec 1828 thomas shields 12 years 6 feb 1830 james downie 14 yrs 6 feb 1830 robert garraway 17 yrs 12 nov 1831 abraham taylor 8 yrs 12 nov 1831 christopher fitzsimmons 14 yrs 12 nov 1831 arthur mcqueen 9 yrs 12 nov 1831 john mcgaubin 13 yrs 12 nov 1831 junior reeling 9 yrs 23 nov 1831 wiliam tubman 14 yrs 20 oct 1838 robert peel 10 yrs 24 oct 1838 Obelisk South Face: harrison peel 12 yrs 24 oct 1838 jonathan wilson 11 yrs 24 oct 1838 john fisher 10 yrs 18 feb 1839 william durham 14 yrs 18 feb 1839 michael wheatley 13 yrs 18 feb 1839 john dunn 11 yrs 18 feb 1839 wiliam atkinson 14 yrs 18 feb 1839 robert tear 12 yrs 18 feb 1839 christopher pearson 14 yrs 18 feb 1839 william mcmullen 11 yrs 18 feb 1839 joseph clark 14 yrs 18 feb 1839 thomas kennedy 13 yrs 29 may 1839 thomas gardiner 10 yrs 5 june 1839 william savage 8 yrs 2 aug 1839 william robinson 9 yrs 11 jan 1844 john bryden 12 yrs 13 jan 1844 isaac williamson 12 yrs 17 june 1847 michael young 13 yrs 29 nov 1847 john mcminn 10 yrs 17 mar 1848 john ward 13 yrs 28 oct 1848 Obelisk East Face: henry marsh 12 yrs 28 oct 1848 robert lawson 12 yrs 28 oct 1848 robert clark 13 yrs 28 oct 1848 robert henderson 11 yrs 10 sep 1849 william golding 12 yrs 9 sep 1849 john trotter 13 yrs 28 sep 1850 john boyle 13 yrs 7 feb 1853 george hindmoor 13 yrs 17 nov 1835 thomas adair 14 yrs 26 jan 1856 edward henderson 12 yrs 17 apr 1858 samuel wilson 14 yrs 6 june 1859 joseph hunter 11 yrs 30 jan 1860 joseph wilson 11 yrs 14 feb 1860 george mcallister 13 yrs 4 june 1861 robert smith 13 yrs 16 july 1861 daniel todd 12 yrs 2 apr 1863 william weir 10 yrs 24 may 1863 joseph burns 11 yrs 4 july 1865 peter gribbon 14 yrs 3 nov 1868 edward reay 14 yrs 10 aug 1871 Obelisk North Face: james ryan 11 yrs 13 dec 1871 john gridall 14 yrs 23 july 1873 william j marshall 13 yrs 28 apr 1882 thomas watson 13 yrs 15 aug 1884 john cowan 13 yrs 10 nov 1887 john graham 13 yrs 28 nov 1894 john wilkinson 14 yrs 21 nov 1895 james wreay 13 yrs 17 june 1896 patrick murphy 14 yrs 17 aug 1900 edward h bradly 14 yrs 18 dec 1900 john gill 11 yrs 18 apr 1821 james murray 13 yrs 3 sep 1824 peter andrew 9 yrs 12 sep 1824 charles bent 13 yrs 8 july 1824 william fraser 14 yrs 22 june 1915 jane mcgaa 13 yrs 12 jan 1819 Circular Top: erected to the children who lost their lives in the whitehaven coalfield/unveiled by ray proctor Managing Director of British Coal Opencast
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