Foul Deeds And Suspicious Deaths In And Around Doncaster

Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher : Wharncliffe
ISBN 13 : 1783408669
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Doncaster written by Stephen Wade and published by Wharncliffe. This book was released on 2010-05-10 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doncaster has world-wide fame as a railway town. For many years the name was associated with engineering, transport and of course coal. But there is a darker aspect to its history. The sinister side is explored through the research and writing of an experienced crime historian. Sensational tales have been uncovered concerning a variety of dark deeds, including a cloak-and-dagger meeting in an Elizabethan tavern and the murder of a Civil War leader. Over the years Doncaster and district has been the scene of riots, Suffragette militancy, terrible domestic tragedies, sad suicides and brutal murders. The stories here range from the notorious Baccarat Scandal which shocked Victorian society to a betting-room robbery at the races. The author also reminds us about famous criminals associated with the town, as well as a Prince and a hangman, a notorious fraudster , even a London playboy. Shocking, surprising, at times chilling but true, a new layer of the towns social history is now available for the first time; but not for the feint hearted.

Author : Geoffrey Howse
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783408685
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in South Yorkshire written by Geoffrey Howse and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2010-02-24 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The A-Z of London Murders delves into the long and storied past of South Yorkshire to reveal infamous crimes and killings. Geoffrey Howse explores the darker and sinister side of South Yorkshire’s history in this diverse collection of true crime tales—from Victorian to modern times. Read about a shooting and “mob rule” in Doncaster; sensational murders in Darfield, Mexborough, and Attercliffe; trade outrages in Sheffield and Rotherham; highway robbery at Wentworth; embezzlement in Barnsley; and arson at Thorne. Unusual cases include a Doncaster elopement and robbery, burglaries by girls in Rotherham, the shocking killing of a police constable at Swinton, and “coal” riots and lawlessness in Wath-upon-Dearne and Hoyland. A dramatic event in Thurnscoe, a Wombwell stabbing, and a variety of long forgotten tragedies and crimes are also explored in some detail.

Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781845631109
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Doncaster written by Stephen Wade and published by . This book was released on 2010-05-30 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doncaster has world-wide fame as a railway town. For many years the name was associated with engineering, transport and of course coal. But there is a darker aspect to its history. The sinister side is explored through the research and writing of an experienced crime historian. Sensational tales have been uncovered concerning a variety of dark deeds, including a cloak-and-dagger meeting in an Elizabethan tavern and the murder of a Civil War leader. Over the years Doncaster and district has been the scene of riots, Suffragette militancy, terrible domestic tragedies, sad suicides and brutal murders. The stories here range from the notorious Baccarat Scandal which shocked Victorian society to a betting-room robbery at the races. The author also reminds us about famous criminals associated with the town, as well as a Prince and a hangman, a notorious fraudster, even a London playboy. Shocking, surprising, at times chilling but true, a new layer of the town's social history is now available for the first time; but not for the feint hearted.

Author : Kevin Turton
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783038012
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths In & Around Rotherham written by Kevin Turton and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 1970-01-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical true crime stories from a town in South Yorkshire, England, with photos included. Ranging from Victorian times to the World War II era, this is a collection of true crime stories from a coal town in England. Whether motivated by passion, greed, or something else, these cases come from a time before modern technology and advances in DNA evidence. They provide fascinating insight into not only the individuals affected by these tragedies, but also the society that shaped their lives.

Author : Vivien Teasdale
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783037687
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in the West Riding of Yorkshire written by Vivien Teasdale and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2009-11-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another trawl through the records of dastardly deeds, this time around Yorkshire, taking in the whole of the boundaries of the ancient West Riding, which stretched as far up as Sedbrough in the north-west, just beyond Todmorden in the west, north to Kirkby Malzeard and east to Selby and Goole. Join the Dyon, Stanton and Thornton families if you dare and find out who killed which other member of their family. When the course of true love fails to run smoothly, the result can often be tragic, as it was in the case of star crossed lovers in Leeds and Wakefield or between man and wife as in cases in Doncaster, Thurlstone and Heckmondwike. Nor were children ignored by the law, being both victims and, quite often, perpetrators of foul deeds. Whatever you find in todays newspapers, youll find a parallel here knife crimes, drink-related crimes, bank robberies and mail robberies, riots and terrorism. Theres nothing new under the sun and these tales prove it.

Author : Geoff Sadler
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1903425670
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Mansfield written by Geoff Sadler and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A young waylaid and battered with a hedge stake while returning home from Mansfield on a summer evening; four family members butchered in a blazing house just off Commercial Street; an old farmer speared with a hay fork in the mire of a rural farmyard. Such cases detailed here show how often violent death has visited Mansfield in the past.

Author : Maureen Anderson
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1903425263
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around the Tees written by Maureen Anderson and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around the Tees, contains over sixty terrible and gruesome tales, that are set in the locality including; Barnard Castle, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool and many of the surrounding villages. In the nineteenth-century, Victorian industrialists built their empires in the beautiful scenery and charming villages of the Tees area, using the river for transport of the commodities that were produced. Small, cramped houses were built to accommodate the rising population and often three or more families would live in one small dwelling. Many of the workers were illiterate and heavy drinkers. Domestic violence and drunken brawls were common amongst the poorer classes. Women and children were often a burden to the breadwinner and were held in low esteem. In a period spanning 100 years from 1799-1899 these well-researched events give an insight into the darker side of our region's history and heritage. Take a journey into the darker side of your area and let your spine tingle, as you read Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths Around the Tees. Key Selling Points * This new series by Wharncliffe Books, has been very successful in other local towns. * Readers always have a thirst for grisly tales of past misdemeanours in their local town. * Well illustrated using local sources and articles. Author Maureen Anderson was born in Scotland, as a child she was taken to Australia, and finally returned back to Britain in the early 1970's. Maureen now lives in the village of Seaton, where she carries out her research on ancient history. Maureen's parents were keen members of the National Trust, which gave Maureen her love of historical buildings and all things Victorian. Maureen also edited 'Aspects of Teesside', earlier this year for Wharncliffe Books.

Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher : Grub Street Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1783038047
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in & Around Scunthorpe written by Stephen Wade and published by Grub Street Publishers. This book was released on 2005-04-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revealing criminal history of the old industrial town in North Lincolnshire, England, that has been home to centuries of dark secrets and twisted crimes. As the iron and steel industries grew in the Victorian period, several villages merged into the town of Scunthorpe, an area with more than its fair share of sordid and bloody secrets. Although mainly rural, the region has been notorious in the annals of crime, from the sixteenth-century rebellion known as the Pilgrimage of Grace to the sensational murder cases of the twentieth century. Some of Scunthorpe’s killings were merely tragic domestic affairs, as industrial workers cracked with stress and alcohol. Other were more appalling, baffling, and the stuff of nightmares to this day. True crime historian Stephen Wade delves into Scunthorpe’s shadowy past: its bizarre murder-suicides, random slayings, cop-killers, pirates and bandits, cold-cases, night-stalkers and “The Black-Out Terror” of 1941. Centuries of dark scandal from the town’s deceptively tranquil fields to the violent mean streets.

Author : Mick Davies
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781526706058
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Frome written by Mick Davies and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stephen Wade
Publisher : Pen & Sword Books
ISBN 13 : 9781903425886
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in and Around Scunthorpe written by Stephen Wade and published by Pen & Sword Books. This book was released on 2005 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the stories of extreme crime in the social history of one of Britain's major steel towns. But the Lindsey and Isle of Axeholme areas have other sources of interest in the context of law and disorder. The 1536 Pilgrimage of Grace was prominent here; there were footpath gangs, and highwaymen active around the Humber, and in more recent times the town has seen several unsolved murder cases. 'The Industrial Garden Town' has seen communal conflict industrial turmoil and the extreme acts of violence are associated with a town with unsettled labour patterns and rapid social change. Author Details Stephen Paul Wade was born in Leeds, but has lived in Scunthorpe for thirty years. He is currently married with one son. He was educated at the University of Leeds and the University of Wales where he gained a BA, MA and phD. Stephen Wade has lectured in further and higher education and was formally Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Huddersfield. Previous titles written by him include, Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Halifax and Aspects of Huddersfield 2.