Title: The Skelton girl
Description: 1812: These are tempestuous times in the wool mills of the Pennine moors. Randolf Staines is introducing new machinery to Keld Mill, which will put many of the villagers out of work. Diana Skelton, whose father used to own Keld Mill, takes a strong dislike to Randolf, and when there is trouble amongst the dismissed croppers she becomes involved.
Subjects: Strikes and lockouts, Fiction, Textile industry, History, Social conditions, Fiction, romance, historical, general, England, fiction
Places: Northern England
Time periods: 19th century