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Turvin’s Golden Daughters: Women and Coining in the Calder Valley
On the 16th of August 1783, at midday, Thomas Spencer was hung by the neck on Beacon Hill, near Halifax. He had been found guilty of high...
Oct 16, 2020
Into the stocks you go! Crime and punishment in Calderdale
not for the faint hearted! This pamphlet box blog is about one of the least full, but most interesting (to this author anyway), boxes...
Jan 21, 2020
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