Navvy mission hut at Hucknall
Rising above this long wooden fence is the navvy mission hut at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Established in 1877, the Navvy Mission Society was an organisation that sought to improve the navvies' moral and spiritual conduct. In purpose built structures such as this, or in existing barns or outbuildings converted for use as a mission room, lay preachers would hold readings, services and Sunday Schools for the navvies and their families.
Digital Reference: L2761
Creator: S. W. A Newton - circa 1897
Contributor: Leicestershire County Council
Type: black and white
Format: 116mm, 159mm
Copyright: Leicestershire County Council
Source: S. W. A. Newton Collection - Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester & Rutland (copy of glass plate negative, part of S. W. A. Newton Collection)
Identifier: Newton - Z 2/45
