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==Memorials== [[File:ArkwrightBluePlaqueAdamSt2012DianeGriffiths.jpg|thumb|Blue plaque marking the occupancy by Arkwright in Adam Street, London]] * Richard Arkwright's barber shop in Churchgate, Bolton was demolished early in the 20th century. There is a small plaque above the door of the building that replaced it, recording Arkwright's occupancy. * A [[Greater London Council]] [[blue plaque]] unveiled in 1984 commemorates Arkwright at 8 Adam Street in [[Charing Cross]], London.<ref name='EngHet'>{{cite web|url=https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/blue-plaques/richard-arkwright/|title=ARKWRIGHT, SIR RICHARD (1732β1792)|publisher=English Heritage|access-date=2018-12-31}}</ref> * Arkwright lived at Rock House in Cromford, opposite his original mill. In 1788 he purchased an estate from [[William Nightingale]] (the father of [[Florence Nightingale]]), for Β£20,000 and set about building [[Willersley Castle]] for himself and his family. However just as the building was completed it was destroyed by fire, and Arkwright was forced to wait a further two years whilst it was rebuilt. He died aged 59 in 1792, never having lived in the castle, which was completed only after his death. After being a hotel owned by the Christian Guild company,<ref>{{cite web | title = Willersley Castle Hotel | url = http://www.christianguild.co.uk/willersley/index.php | publisher = Christian Guild | access-date = 2008-04-21}}</ref> Willersley Castle now belongs to outdoor adventure education company Manor Adventure.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Residential Activity Courses for Schools in the UK & France|url=https://www.manoradventure.com/|access-date=2021-09-17|website=manoradventure.com}}</ref> * [[The Arkwright Society]], set up after the bicentenary of [[Cromford Mill]], owns the mill complex and has worked to restore it.<ref>[https://www.cromfordmills.org.uk/about About Us]</ref> [[Derwent Valley Mills]], including this site, was declared by [[Historic England]] as "one of the country's 100 irreplaceable sites".<ref>[https://historicengland.org.uk/get-involved/angel-awards/best-major-regeneration-historic-building/cromford-mills/ The Cromford Mills Creative Cluster and World Heritage Site Gateway Project, Derbyshire]</ref> It is also the centrepiece of the [[Derwent Valley Mills]] [[World Heritage Site|UNESCO World Heritage Site]]. <!-- Following is an obituary for Richard Arkwright written a few days after his death. {{Citation needed|date=April 2010}} * The youngest of thirteen children, Sir Richard Arkwright was born in [[Preston, Lancashire|Preston]] on 23 December 1732. Arkwright will be remembered by most for his reformation of the way that people work. No one has had greater influence and indeed revolutionised industry than Sir Richard Arkwright. At 59 years of age, Arkwright died one of the richest men in Britain. It is estimated that his fortune amounted to something in the region of Β£500,000. In 1762 Arkwright started a wig-making business. This involved him travelling the country collecting people's discarded hair. While on his travels, Arkwright heard about the attempts being made to produce new machines for the textile industry. Arkwright also met John Kay, a clockmaker from [[Warrington]], who had been busy for some time trying to produce a new spinning-machine with another man, Thomas Highs of [[Leigh, Greater Manchester|Leigh]]. Kay and Highs had run out of money and had been forced to abandon the project. To Arkwright's amazement, John Kay invited him to help produce this remarkable new machine. Arkwright accepted Kay's offer and employed a local craftsman, and miraculously, it wasn't long until the four actually produced the brand new "Spinning Frame". Arkwright patented this and his "Water Frame" in 1769, which caused great rivalry between him and other cotton spinning entrepreneurs. In 1771 Arkwright invented the world's first water powered cotton mill at [[Cressbrook]] in Derbyshire. A series of court cases followed as Arkwright attempted to prosecute rivals who had infringed his patents, culminating in an action brought by the Crown in 1785. Surely, Arkwright's contribution to the cotton industry entitles him to be referred to the father of the Industrial Revolution and will always be remembered for his great, albeit stolen, inventions. REMOVED as doesn't read like what it says it is and it resembles word for word text on Spartacus site--> <!-- * In the USA, there is an elementary school named after Arkwright in [[Glendale, NY]]. Spurious, Non-notable link- a quick google will find many Arkwright Elementary Schools --> * The [[Arkwright Scholarships]] Trust was set up in the UK in 1991 in Arkwright's memory to give scholarships to aspiring future leaders in engineering and technical design. By 2014, the Trust was awarding approximately 400 scholarships annually to support students through their 'A' levels and Scottish Highers, and to assist young people undertaking higher-level apprenticeships and university engineering studies. It had awarded over 5,000 scholarships as of mid 2020.<ref>[https://www.arkwright.org.uk/ Step up and see where your talent could take you]</ref>
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