Nottingham... the Sinister Side
Author | : Steve Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1996-05-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781870000062 |
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Author | : Steve Jones |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1996-05-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781870000062 |
Author | : Lucilla Andrews |
Publisher | : William Heinemann |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Detective and mystery stories |
ISBN | : 9780434002603 |
Author | : Lucille Andrews |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1996-08-12 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780749322403 |
Author | : Thoroton Society |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Inquisitiones post mortem |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 356 |
Release | : 1873 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kevin Turton |
Publisher | : The History Press |
Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 2009-10-30 |
Genre | : Reference |
ISBN | : 0750953152 |
In 1826 'resurrection men' stole thirty bodies from the graveyard of St Mary's Church in Nottingham to sell to unscrupulous medical establishments in London. It emerged they had been shipping their cargo to the capital in wicker baskets booked aboard stagecoaches, but they were never caught. In 1908 Mansfield tattooist Arthur Scott attacked a customer who refused to pay his bill. Scott tracked his quarry down after two days and attempted to shoot him. He failed, but it didn't take the police long to find Scott - the only tattooist in Mansfield. On 7 June 1865 Thomas Whittaker left the bar of a Newark pub to visit the toilet in the backyard. As he returned he slipped from the top of a flight of wooden stairs and fell head first into a water butt. He drowned. When Retford eccentric John Clifton died in 1816 he left a deadly legacy. He had a life-long fascination for fireworks and made them for his friends. While sorting through John's things his sister found a tin of black powder, which she thought was worthless, and threw it on the fire. The resulting explosion killed her and demolished the house. A Grim Almanac of Nottinghamshire is a collection of stories from the county's past, some bizarre, some fascinating, some macabre – all absorbing. Revealed here are the dark corners of Nottinghamshire, where witches, body snatchers, highwaymen and murderers have stalked. Within the Almanac's pages we plumb the depths of past despair and peer over the rim of that bottomless chasm where demons lurk. Author Kevin Turton has pored over the historic records of the county to bring together these extraordinary accounts of past events.
Author | : William Page |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 470 |
Release | : 1910 |
Genre | : Natural history |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 698 |
Release | : 1873 |
Genre | : Archaeology |
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Author | : Michael Brook |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Nottinghamshire (England) |
ISBN | : |
A catalogue of virtually everything published on Nottinghamshire history between the 17th century and 1998, whether in book, pamphlet or article form. It lists over 8700 publications, arranged in subject or place order under three major headings: Nottingham Subjects, Nottinghamshire Subjects, and Nottinghamshire Places. In addition there is an index of authors and a select index of places and subjects.
Author | : Stephen Wade |
Publisher | : Wharncliffe |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 2009-07-16 |
Genre | : True Crime |
ISBN | : 1844688402 |
A breathtaking history of Britain’s executioners—from the seventeenth court of King Charles II to the UK’s last official hangman of the twentieth century. In 1663, Jack Ketch delighted in his profession and gained notoriety not only because of those he executed—dukes and lords—but for how often he botched the job. Centuries later, in 1965, after nearly six hundred trips to the gallows, Albert Pierrepoint retired as Britain’s longest-running executioner. Between them are three hundred years in a fascinating history of crime, and the “turn-off men” who handled the penalties—many of them criminals themselves, doing the grim work to save their own necks. Britain’s Most Notorious Hangmen tells the stories of the men who plied their deadly trade at Tyburn tree or at the scaffolds in the prison yards across the country, including such notable “neck-stretchers” as Throttler Smith and the celebrated James Billington. But true-crime historian Stephen Wade explores the lives and crimes of many of the infamous killers that were hanged, as well. He also sheds light on the changing social norms of the country, and the moral dilemmas that arose for hangmen tasked with performing what was once considered the most crowd-pleasing free “entertainment” ever offered to the public.