Kettleness

On 17th December, 1829, the village and alum works were destroyed by subsidence of the cliff after torrential rain.  The villagers were rescued and taken aboard an alum ship, ’Little Henry’, that was anchored in the bay.  The alum works resumed production two years later.

This view, dating from the early 1900s from a postcard by Tom Watson, is taken from the footpath at Scratch Alley and looks north east, over the old chapel (originally the mission church of St John the Baptist, built in 1872) and railway station.

Image courtesy of Beryl Morris for the image.