Inquest at Eccup

Leeds Intelligencer 19th  July 1856

Shocking Accident – Inquest on the body of Elizabeth Crossfield aged about 4…………….the deceased child was going out of the door followed by her younger brother, when part of the wall and a stone lintel fell upon her…………the verdict was accidental death.

At the time there was an ongoing dispute between the previous rector and the current rector as to the liability for repairs to tenant’s dwellings.

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