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Beckworth's is Back

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Charles B. Howdill's finest surviving secular building, the long-derelict former Beckworth's Viaduct Tannery, has recently been converted into flats.  William Beckworth (1841-1911) was a pillar...

The Howdills and Lawnswood Cemetery

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The first child ever cremated at Lawnswood Cemetery in Leeds was Dorothy Howdill, who died of scarlet fever in 1905: she was the daughter of...

Kensal Green Chapel Restored

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News in from Nicky Howdill, great-granddaughter of Charles B. Howdill: an old Howdill chapel in Kensal Green, North London, is being restored to its former...

Kensal Green Chapel Restored

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News in from Nicky Howdill, great-granddaughter of Charles B. Howdill: an old Howdill chapel in Kensal Green, North London, is being restored to its former...

C.B. Howdill is on Wikipedia

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  One of the few benefits of the pandemic lockdown has been the chance to catch up on long-postponed tasks. We'd been meaning to create...

From the Archives: Howdill in Jutland, 1911

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Last August I spent a fascinating afternoon at the Leeds Museums and Galleries Discovery Centre, looking through Charles Barker Howdill's copious Jutland notes. The well-worn...