Unveiling of new blue plaque to Mary Frances Heaton from lunatic asylum wakefield Watch Video
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⏲ Duration: 27 min 11 sec ✓ Published: 09-Nov-2020
Description: On 7th November 2020 at a closed event (because of the Covid epidemic), Dream Time Creative, our partners in the Forgotten Women of Wakefield project, unveiled two new blue plaques in the series to commemorate the lives of women who have contributed to Wakefield's history.nnIn this first film, produced by Dream Time Creative, we learn the story of Mary Frances Heaton who was committed to the West Riding Pauper Lunatic Asylum in Wakefield over a dispute about money she was owed.nnThe film is intr
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