If it happened, it was in the news.
Berkshire Chronicle – Saturday 06 June 1835 HENLEY. On Sunday afternoon, during Service, a fire broke out in the thatch of a stable adjoining the Ferry Boat public-house at Medmenham, which was destroyed, with its contents—a stump of hay caught fire, but was speedily extinguished. The fire is supposed to have been caused by lightning. […]
Chelmsford Chronicle – Friday 31 August 1832 UTTERERS OF COUNTERFEIT COIN. James Revenhall, Richard Beven, and Robert Carter, were charged as common utterers of base coin, having been detected in passing counterfeit half-crowns at Ramsden and Downham. James Hitchin said he kept the Hare and Hounds, at Ramsden Heath. About twelve o’clock on Tuesday, the […]
Warrington Examiner – Saturday 03 August 1901 BEFORE THE MAGISTRATES Cruelty to Horses. At the Borough Police Court on Monday morning, several persons were charged before Mr. Monks (in the chair) and other magistrates with cruelty to animals. In the first case, the defendants were Ralph Hope, of 60 Bold Street, Leigh; and Thomas Pickles, […]
Sun (London) – Tuesday 02 January 1810 NAVAL NEWS. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 31.—Arrived his Majesty’s ship Shannon, of 36 guns, Capt. Broke, from Basque Roads; on the night of the 27th inst. a ship was discovered at some distance to be on fire, then about 8 leagues to the westward of Ushant; the Shannon immediately stood […]
Leamington Spa Courier – Saturday 17 September 1836 LOCAL INTELLIGENCE. Commitments to the County Gaol:—By F. Lloyd, Esq., Samuel Fantham, charged with stealing, at Birmingham, a double-barrel gun, the property of Edward Powell. —John Smith, charged with stealing, at Aston, a five-pound note, a sovereign, and three half sovereigns in gold, the property of Jabez […]
Reading Mercury – Monday 09 June 1834 LAW AND POLICE ARCHES COURT — FRIDAY, MAY 30. HADLEY v. REYNOLDS, FALSELY CALLED HADLEY. This was a suit promoted by the Rev. James Hadley, of Powick, in Worcestershire, against Emma, his wife, for a nullity of marriage, on the ground of undue publication of banns. The cause […]
In December 1705, Britain was involved in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–1714). This conflict arose from disputes over who should succeed to the Spanish throne after the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in 1700. The war pitted two major alliances against each other: The Grand Alliance, which included Britain, the […]
Norfolk Chronicle, Saturday, 3 August 1811 Singular Genealogy. — All the persons named in the following genealogy were living at Faversham, in Kent, 1760, excepting only the former wife of the elder Cashick. Old Harwood had two daughters by his first wife, of which the eldest was married to John Cashick, the son, and the youngest […]
Cheltenham Chronicle – Thursday 07 April 1836 Robberies on tracks and roads were commonplace as we well know. Indeed after dusk the highways were places to avoid where possible. Newspapers were full of stories of highway robberies and many generations later films and television dramas immortalised these violent criminals to almost heroic proportions. In 1836 […]
