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The Armstrong perjury case

Posted on December 8, 2024December 8, 2024 by HarrietP

The Armstrong perjury case – or Robert Bendle Moore and the naughty client An extraordinary letter was read out in court in April 1858, written by a solicitor to a client. But then the Armstrong per... Read More

Punishments in 1841 – in Cumberland

Posted on April 4, 2021 by HarrietP

Punishments in 1841 – in Cumberland This post illustrates a few of the punishments in 1841 for ‘minor offences’. As meted out by magistrates in Cumberland. The 1841 Easter Sessions The Easter Se... Read More

The Staffield Murder of 1856

Posted on July 19, 2020April 6, 2025 by HarrietP

The Staffield Murder of 1856 filled a lot of column inches in newspapers: likely the first and last time this little Cumbrian hamlet featured on the wider public consciousness. Whodunnit? While TV dra... Read More

They paved paradise… a cook’s tale

Posted on September 7, 2019 by HarrietP

They paved paradise and put up… well, not a parking lot, in this post about the origins of a place name, and the story of a cook who jumped through a window. Paradise on Earth It is one of those... Read More

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The Armstrong perjury case

Punishments in 1841 – in Cumberland

The Staffield Murder of 1856

They paved paradise… a cook’s tale