What is recorded here
This black commemorative plaque records: Walkergate House. Built c.1780 in a period when Beverley was becoming a fashionable town of elegant houses and imposing public buildings. From 1855 it was the home of William Crosskill, 'the father of the mechanised farming in East Yorkshire' and founder of the iron works in Mill Lane which, in the 1850's, employed 800 men. Recorded plaque organisation: Beverley and District Civic Society.
From the Open Plaques record 52384
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