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Thread #34403 Message #463953
Posted By: Ringer
16-May-01 - 01:25 PM
Thread Name: The Minstrel of the Peak
Subject: The Minstrel of the Peak
Delivered to all the homes in my area is a freebie magazine called Reflections. This month's had an article about Richard Arkwright (b1755), son of Sir Richard, of cotton-spinning fame. In 1787, so the article relates, he bought the site of Cressbrook Mill (after it had been destroyed by fire) and re-employed William Newton (the Minstrel of the Peak) to rebuild the Mill. Does anyone know of this William Newton, Minstrel of the Peak?