RELEASE OF THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT – CW LEE’s Diary
The Tichborne Trial – BNA © Henley Advertiser – Saturday 14 February 1874 End of the Tichborne Trial BNA © Edinburgh Evening News – Monday 02 March 1874 RELEASE OF THE TICHBORNE CLAIMANT … Read More
SACK MURDER VERDICTS, BALL SENTENCED TO DEATH. – C W Lee’s Diary
In an excited court at Liverpool Assizes yesterday verdicts were returned and sentence passed in the case of the two youth’s charged with the murder of Miss Catherine Christina Bradfield at her brother’s warehouse in Old Salt Street, Liverpool, on … Read More
TERRIBLE DEATH OF A LADY PARACHUTIST. – C W Lee’s Diary
Miss Edith Brookes, a well-known parachutist, was killed at Sheffield on Tuesday evening. Miss Brookes made an ascent from the Wednesday football ground at Owlerton, in the presence of thousands of people, who were horrified to see that, after she … Read More
THE ECKINGTON AFFRAY. HOW MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS SHOT, WIFE’S STORY. HUSBAND REMANDED ON GRAVE CHARGE
SAD AFFAIR AT SHEFFIELD. Mother Shot While Protecting Daughter. At Sheffield. on Tuesday, Percy Clayton of Eckington Derbyshire, a traction engine owner was remanded charged with shooting Mrs Parson., his mother-in-law, with intent to kill. Accused, it is stated, … Read More
DEATH OF MARWOOD. Tuesday Sept 4th, 1883 – C W Lee’s Diary
William Marwood. the common hangman died his residence, Horncastle. on Tuesday afternoon, from inflammation of the lungs, aggravated jaundice. had been gradually sinking since the previous evening. The death of Marwood terminated a somewhat remarkable career. He held the … Read More
THE LATE MR. JAMES FIDLER – C W Lee’s Diary
Funeral at Eckington. AlI Eckington joined in the mark of sympathy and respect paid to the memory of Mr James Fidler at the funeral on Saturday and associated with the residents of the village and district were leading representatives of … Read More
The Stones of Mosborough Hall, Derbyshire By John Rotherham February, 2017
For anyone familiar with the village of Mosborough, the family name of Stones will be most readily associated with the Joseph Stone Village Centre, which opened in School Road, Mosborough in 2009[1]. The building, on the site of the former … Read More