When Moses Clayton’s body was laid to rest on Saturday, 1st March 1919, it would close the book on one […]
THE LADY WITH NO HANDS – THE HORRIFYING CASE OF AGNES RHODES WILDMAN (1923) | Accrington
Amid a deathly silence, the crowd that filled the gallery within the Crown Court at the Manchester Assizes all waited […]
THE MELANCHOLY OF ALICE ANN FARRAR (1894) | Accrington
Accrington during the mid-to-late 1800’s had managed to find itself immune from murder whilst all around them in places such […]
THE TRAGIC TALE OF EMILY HOLLAND (1876) | Blackburn
*This article has been updated and re-uploaded. It was originally added to our site on the 25th July 2020 and […]
ACCRINGTON FIRE OF 1867 | Accrington
When scrolling through endless newspapers and online articles dating back to the 1800s, I’m amazed at how many stories I […]