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GCSE History · key term
A customary holiday period, especially in northern English industrial communities, which developed from religious celebrations. Factories, mills and collieries closed for maintenance, giving workers an initially unpaid break.
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Component 2
Revise: Scarborough, 1626 to 1939Wakes weeks helped provide time away from work. Originally religious celebrations, they developed into secular holidays, particularly in northern England. Factories, mills and collieries closed for maintenance, giving workers an initially unpaid holiday.
Use Lancashire wakes weeks as national context, then support Scarborough’s growth with local evidence such as its railway opening and station enlargements.
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