This monument was
erected by Public
Subscription in memory
of those whose Names are
here inscribed and who
lost their lives by the
Fire which occured at the
Over Cotton Mill on the
Twentyseventh day of October
in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and seventy four

"And what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch" St Mark XIII

Harriet WHITEHURST, aged 34 years.
Thomas WHITEHURST, aged 3 months.
Miriam WHITEHURST, aged 23 years.
John TIMPERLEY, aged 20 years
Ellen FLETCHER, aged 18 years.
Catherine MOUNTFIELD, aged 17 years.
Eliza HINDLEY, aged 16 years.
Martha Ann GOULDING, aged 15 years.