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Staffordshire Murders
Staffordshire Murders brings together murderous tales that shocked not only the county but made headline news throughout the nation. They include the poisonous Dr Palmer, murder on the canal, a tale of infanticide, the body in the gasometer, the chauffeur's revenge, murder on Cannock Chase and much more. Alan Hayhurst has spent many hours visiting the scenes detailed in this book, as well as researching original documents and talking to people who have meories of the individual crimes. His well-illustrated and enthralling text will appeal to all who are interested in the shady side of Staffordshire's history.
Lancashire Murders
Contained within the pages of this book are the stories behind some of the most notorious murders in Lancashire's history. The cases covered here record the county's most fascinating but least known crimes, as well as famous murders that gripped not just Lancashire but the whole nation. From Liverpool's Florence Maybrick (was she really guilty of poisoning her hypochondriac husband with arsenic and was he indeed Jack the Ripper?) to late Victorian Bury's disturbing 'Body in the Wardrobe' case; from the infamous Drs Ruxton and Clements, who saw off five wives between them, to Blackpool's Louisa Merrifield, whose loose tongue was undoubtedly her downfall, this is a collection of the county's most dramatic and interesting criminal cases Alan Hayhurst has been uncovering evidence about the county's historic murders for more than forty years. In writing this book he has visited all of the murder sites, consulted original documents and contemporary reports, and spoken to those who has personal memories of the cases concerned. Lancashire Murders is a unique re-examination of the darker side of the county's past.
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Journal of the Police History Society No. 18 2003
Contents: Editorial The Palestine Police - Jim Godsave The RAF Mounted Unit - Peter Cavadino The Great Upheaval - Terry Stanford A Police Murder in Hertfordshire - Fred Feather The Artist - W. H. Johnson Murders With a Touch of Class - Roger Hamilton The Race Track Gangs - Dick Kirby Arundel Park's Unsolved Murder - Clifford Williams The Vanishing Citizens of London - Peter Rowe The Irish Revenue Police - Simon Smith A Hendon Graduate Book Reviews: Blood & Ink - An International Guide to Fact-Based Crime Literature, by Albert Borowitz Policing Kent 1800-2000- Guarding the Garden of England, by Roy Ingleton The Mounted Squad - An Illustrated History of the Toronto Mounted Police 1886-2000, by Bill Wardle
Lancaster
Lancaster, the county town of Lancashire, stands at the lowest bridging point of the River Lune. A chartered borough since 1193 and a city since 1937, it has had a long and turbulent history. Since the Roman army first saw the strategic possibilities of a low hill by the river it has housed garrisons and acted as a fortress. Its position on the main west-coast road to and from Scotland has on numerous occasions led to the passage of hostile armies. As county town and seat of the Assizes it has seen all the principal criminal cases for Lancashire tried in its magnificent Castle over the last eight centuries. Next to the Castle in a typical juxtaposition of Church and State stands the Priory church with its own history running back some twelve or thirteen centuries. In this book, based wherever possible on original sources, such as the rich resources of the borough records or the local newspapers, the author takes a thematic approach. In ten chapters he examines themes such as 'House and Home', 'Working for a Living' and 'Where do you come from?', the last of which is a study of all the people who over the centuries have come from other countries to live in Lancaster.
Journal of the Police History Society No. 17 2002
Editorial 2 Jack the Ripper - the Search for a Suspect 2 Peter Rowe A Will to Die For 7 Mike Wade The Strange Case of Eliza Price 9 David Cox Murders with a Touch of Class 12 Roger Hamilton Doctor William Palmer, Serial Killer 15 Arthur R. Davenport Nothing New Under the Sun 16 H. Stanford The Crowborough Chicken Farm Murder 18 G. S. Edwards Forgotten Philanthropists, Frederick Rainer 20 Shani Cassady Another First for Brighton Police 22 Terry Munroe Kent Mounted Constabulary 23 Book Reviews: 24 Those Entrusted with Arms, by Frederick Wilkinson The Police in a Federal State, by Kemi Rotimi
Journal of the Police History Society No. 16 2001
The Murder of the 'Town Sergeant' - Len Woodley The Ash Vale Murder Case - Richard Ford Bow Street in the Black Country - David Cox The Murder of Mr Solomon - David Spector Kent Mounted Constabulary, 1912 The Enigma of Richard Gorges - Brian Taylor The Cardboard Van - Malcolm Commander The Forgotten Laws of History - Keith Webb The Death of a Policeman - W. H. Johnson The "Petrol Derby" - Chris Forester
Cambridge College Gardens
For students and alumni, their families, Cambridge locals and for lovers of private gardens, Tim Richardson's book on the most exquisite gardens in and around the university of Cambridge's colleges combines brilliant research and elegant prose with stunning photography by Clive Boursnell. Following on the heels of Oxford College Gardens, this book invites an armchair appreciation of the history, horticulture and atmosphere that these hallowed gardens provide. The gardens are as rich and varied as the colleges themselves, often set within stunning architecture, and include formal quadrangles, naturalistic planting, walled gardens, rooftop oases, productive plots and watermeadows as well as the private spaces enjoyed exclusively by the college masters, porters and fellows.
The Little History of Lancashire
The Historic County of Lancashire once stretched from Coniston Water in the Lake District in the north to the River Mersey in the south. It was the scene of Georgian triumph and tragedy in the first Industrial Revolution, and philanthropy and civil rights struggles in the Victorian era, followed by decline, renewal and hope for the future. From the formation of the county's terrain in the Ice Age and its earliest occupation by the Celts, through Roman occupation, the arrival of the Normans and the turbulence of civil war, Hugh Hollinghurst guides us through the ups and downs of Lancastrian history. Complete with illustrations and photographs, The Little History of Lancashire is the story of those who suffered – and those that benefited.
Haunted Huddersfield
From heart-stopping accounts of apparitions, manifestations and related supernatural phenomena to first-hand encounters with ghouls and spirits, this collection contains both new and well-known spooky tales and eyewitness accounts from around the West Yorkshire town of Huddersfield. Featuring a terrifying range of apparitions, from poltergeists and ghosts to ancient spirits, haunted buildings and historical horrors, Haunted Huddersfield is sure to fascinate everyone with an interest in the town's haunted history and is guaranteed to make your blood run cold.
