Newbiggin Hall Archives ~ Cumbrian Characters

Hubert Crackanthorpe and Leila Macdonald

Posted on December 13, 2020January 22, 2021 by Harriet

The last Crackanthorpe to be recorded on Cumbrian Characters was a tragic one. And the short version is that Hubert Crackanthorpe was an author who died young, likely as a result of suicide. With fact... Read More

Food control, and war service for women

Posted on October 25, 2020January 22, 2021 by Harriet

Food control was a matter of national concern in the UK in both the First World War and the Second World War. If the trade-off for the national prosperity of the Industrial Revolution was people leavi... Read More

Restitution of conjugal rights: the deserted spouse

Posted on September 13, 2020January 22, 2021 by Harriet

‘Restitution of conjugal rights’ sounds a strange thing for a deserted wife or husband to seek to obtain from the courts. But in 1913, when the wife of a Cumbrian war hero petitioned for restituti... Read More

Montague Crackanthorpe, a Cumbrian eugenicist

Posted on May 17, 2020January 22, 2021 by Harriet

Montague Crackanthorpe was born in Somerset, a sixth son (his birth surname was actually Cookson). Sixth sons usually don’t hope for much, inheritance-wise, but in his 60s, he inherited a Cumbrian e... Read More

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Hubert Crackanthorpe and Leila Macdonald

Restitution of conjugal rights: the deserted spouse

Montague Crackanthorpe, a Cumbrian eugenicist