Patience Kershaw

Hurrier at Booth Town Pit, Halifax, whose evidence to the Children's Employment Commission, taken in 1841 when she was seventeen, is among the best known in its 1842 report.

In the archive

• Witness · The Testimony of Patience Kershaw (1841) — Gave evidence to Samuel Scriven at Booth Town Pit on 15 May 1841; the song is built on it.

Sources

1. Children's Employment Commission 1842: Report by Samuel S. Scriven on the collieries of the West Riding of Yorkshire, Coal Mining History Resource Centre (transcription)
2. 15: The Testimony of Patience Kershaw, A Liverpool Folk Song a Week

Record created: 18 September 2026 · Last researched: 18 September 2026