Jan 21, 20213 minChildren of a WorkhouseAt the beginning of the eighteenth-century workhouses like the one in Bradford, Yorkshire were set up mainly to cater for the adult and...
Jan 10, 20213 min17th Century Almshouses Catered for the Crippled, Sick and InsaneLong before social housing became a responsibility of the state, it was almshouses that provided a home for the most vulnerable members...
Dec 29, 20203 minA Yorkshire Hanging- Execution Day was a Big, Rowdy EventIn 17th Century Yorkshire, there were over two hundred capital offences that could lead to the death sentence, many of them no more than...
Sep 25, 20204 minWitchcraft in 17th Century YorkshireOf all the witch trials in York, Isabella Billington in 1648 was the only state sanctioned witch to be burnt at the stake in Yorkshire...
Sep 19, 20204 minTo Hell, Hull or Halifax-The Halifax Gibbet was an early Guillotine The Halifax Gibbet plays a small part in my new novel 'Dream of Courage' but not the way you might imagine...
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