Suicide, shocking depravity and more Continue reading
Thomas Turner, Labourer of Adforton, was charged by Mr. John Titley, Farmer of the same place, with having assaulted him on the night of Monday on the road near the complainant’s house. Continue reading
A selection of fascinating, sometimes funny, sometimes tragic news items from Ashperton’s past Continue reading
Tales of unseemliness; singing and funerals Continue reading
A Drowning, an assault and various tragedies Continue reading
A steamer is lost; triplets; child assault, and more Continue reading
This and that Continue reading
Pig runs amok, and some tragic deaths Continue reading
Flatulence and other news Continue reading
Odd Fellow’s funeral; massive turnip and other such news Continue reading
Tales of disgraceful behaviour; Christmas Cheer and suicide Continue reading
Tales of drink driving and chicken thieves Continue reading
A varied collection of news snippets Continue reading
Some rather horrible deaths Continue reading
Scuffles and Accidents at Breinton Continue reading
Guns; burglary and drownings Continue reading
Tragedies and disease Continue reading
Murder, alleged infanticide at Brilley and other excitements Continue reading
Tales of accidents; drownings and strange weather Continue reading
Snippets of news from Brinsop’s past Continue reading
Disease freee workhouse. suicide, drowning and more Continue reading
Separation of Lower Bullinghope and Grafton from St. Martin’s, Continue reading
Murder; swine fever, fire and much more Continue reading
tragic suicides and a new school opens at Burrington
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Byford Horse Races and attempted murder by deranged would be lover, (The Byford Mystery) amongst other things Continue reading
Earthquakes, reckless driving and tragedy Continue reading
Tales of depravity; plague and rain Continue reading
Fowl theft Continue reading
Tales of tributes and whipping Continue reading
Tales of storms, desertion and heavy drinking Continue reading
Practical Joke goes badly wrong
Tales of Trespass, fire and the perils of gin Continue reading
Tales of temperance; a bull and highway robbery Continue reading
Death of youth at Colwall
George Freeman, a sixteen year old lad was out with a friend, when they came across a large butt of a tree which had been sawn off and was left lying on a steep bank.
George decided to roll the butt down the bank and managed to get it started, but in doing so his “frock” caught onto the butt and he was drawn over it and rolled down the bank.
The butt crushed George as it rolled… Continue reading
Ploughing, drunks and storms Continue reading
Tales of earthquakes, assault and suicide Continue reading
Railways and and absconding husband Continue reading
June Fair revelry and horse theft Continue reading
Underweight butter, a load of bull and assault Continue reading
Races, water and fire Continue reading
Dinedore in verse, rabies and many horrible deaths Continue reading
Tales of assault and tragedy Continue reading
Landslips; train crash and floods Continue reading
Eardisland flanks the river Arrow, and in fact the houses are very close to the water indeed.
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Harvest Festival and tragedy Continue reading
Deaths and Post Mortems – WARNING – THIS PAGE CONTAINS GRAPHIC DETAILS Continue reading
Christmas Day and Fire Continue reading
Possible madness and other things Continue reading
Tales of Straying Pigs and Toll Evasion Continue reading
One death and little else
Tales of theft and accidents Continue reading
Murder, suicide and ever so many deaths Continue reading
Grisly goings on at Moreton Lodge Continue reading
Of drunkenness, drownings and tragedy Continue reading
Tales of the consequence of drink – again – and other things Continue reading
Tales of a beacon bet, and other things Continue reading
Spurned suitors; naughty vicars and bent policemen Continue reading
Early RSPCA case and many drownings Continue reading
Riverside tales Continue reading
Murder at Hamnish Continue reading
Deaths, accidents and a bit of swine fever Continue reading
Fire, Water, death and Masons Continue reading
Of Rabies, Bridges and broken stirrup leathers Continue reading
Dishonesty; exploding casks and love for landlord Continue reading
Murder – or was it? Death from alcohol, or was it?
Theft, death and hairless horses Continue reading
Tales of Fire, desertion, horrible deaths and law suits Continue reading
School news and aggressive sons Continue reading
Fire, plague, scandal and delinquents Continue reading
Roman Excavations and teetotallers Continue reading
Tales of a streaker, games of bandy, and drownings Continue reading
Tales of lucky pigeons and harsh sentences Continue reading
Tales of strict sentencing and accidents Continue reading
Tales of accidents, assault and other stuff Continue reading
Account of the Cuban War with Spain, and other things Continue reading
Benefactions, Festivals and letters from the War in India Continue reading
Toll Evasion, breach of promise, death and turnip thieves Continue reading
Eeels, cricket clubs, free shoes and more Continue reading
Accidents and a repulsive tramp Continue reading
Bolting horses and attempted murder Continue reading
The Lea Tunnel and Harvest Home Continue reading
The Civil War, railway tunnels, market hall, gas lighting and much more
Fire, guns and deadly lip balm – Leintwardine was accident prone
Fire, rotting meat and lots more Continue reading
Bits and pieces of news Continue reading
Gun accidents and marriage of the vicar Continue reading
Death by all manner of means Continue reading
Fire, concerts, assault on a pig and more Continue reading
Doggy devotion and horrible deaths Continue reading
Transportations and other things Continue reading
Harvest Festival, bull goring man to death and more Continue reading
Vandalism, nuptuals and accidents Continue reading
Fund raising for restoring church interior Continue reading
Thunderstorm and earthquake Continue reading
Of highway robbery and damaged bridges Continue reading
Elopement Continue reading
Accidents, more accidents and rape Continue reading
Christmas and rewards Continue reading
Christmas Church decorations. drownings and a suicide in the Lugg River Continue reading
Murder, suicide and Odd Fellows Continue reading