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Richard Oyes dodgy overseer

Posted on June 30, 2024June 30, 2024 by HarrietP

Richard Oyes, the dodgy overseer Richard Oyes, of Whitehaven, is the elephant in the room of an interesting court case, in 1796. For while he was the reason five magistrates strayed from the path of v... Read More

Inglewood Forest: Lowther land grab

Posted on December 5, 2019May 23, 2022 by HarrietP

Inglewood Forest – the area roughly between Penrith and Carlisle – lost most of its trees centuries ago. And in the 1760s, it was the scene of an unusual tussle of ownership. As a sheet of paper l... Read More

Wicked Jimmy and the Westmorland Militia

Posted on May 3, 2018May 23, 2022 by HarrietP

If the militia in the late 1700s were akin to Dad’s Army, the commander of the Westmorland Militia was… well, he was Wicked Jimmy. Most families have a black sheep somewhere down the centuries, bu... Read More

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Richard Oyes dodgy overseer

Inglewood Forest: Lowther land grab

Wicked Jimmy and the Westmorland Militia