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Image shows the casket which contained the Scroll of Freedom presented to the Right Honourable Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of Great Britain. It was presented by the Mayor of the Borough of Morley, William Law Ingle. Mr. Asquith accepted the Freedom of the Borough, the Highest honour that Morley could bestow, on 24th July 1913. He was a son of Morley having been born at Croft House on Windmill Hill in Church Street in 1852. He was Prime Minister between 1908 and 1916. The casket which held the illuminated Freedom Manuscript was made of Silver and decorated with the Morley coat of arms and pictures of Morley scenes including one of the Town Hall.
Photograph from the David Atkinson Archive. | License: | http://www.leodis.net/article.aspx?id=12 | Rights holder: | Leeds Central Library | Subjects: | Windmill Hill Prime Minister Town Hall Church Street Croft House Asquith | Source: | Leodis - A photographic archive of Leeds | Identifier: | http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?id=20... | Go to resource |
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