Olde London Punishments

Author : David Brandon,Alan Brooke
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780750952705

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Olde London Punishments by David Brandon,Alan Brooke Pdf

The authors of London: City of the Dead and London: The Executioners City expand their history of grim, ancient punishments into the realm of the "social" punishments used in workhouses, churches, and schools All manner of vile punishments from London's long and bloody history are collected here. Over the centuries, many hundreds have expired inside dank, rat-infested cells, or while "dancing the Tyburn jig" at the end of a swinging rope, and many of the sites have become bywords for infamy. From the Tower and Newgate prison to the Clink and the Fleet, this book explores London’s criminal heritage; including the stocks and pillories that lie, almost forgotten, in churchyards and squares across the city, it is a heartbreaking survey of the nation’s penal history. Richly illustrated and filled with victims and villains, nobles, executioners, and torturers, it will delight historians, travelers, and armchair travelers alike.

Author : Neil Arnold
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752471358

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Paranormal London by Neil Arnold Pdf

With almost 2000 years of continuous habitation, it is no surprise that the city of London can boast a fascinating array of strange events and paranormal occurrences. From sightings of big cats such as the Southwark Puma and the Cricklewood Lynx to the terrifying tales of the Highgate Vampire and Spring-Heeled Jack, along with stories of mermaids, dragons, fairies and alien encounters, this enthralling volume draws together a bizarre and intriguing collection of first-hand accounts and long-forgotten archive reports from the capital's history. Richly illustrated with over sixty photographs, Paranormal London will invite the reader to view the city in a whole new light and will delight all those interested in the mysteries of the paranormal.

Author : Caroline Jowett
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473876422

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The History of Newgate Prison by Caroline Jowett Pdf

A history of the iconic London prison, featuring insights on daily life, the evolution of prison systems, and famous inmates. As the place where prisoners, male and female, awaited trial, execution, or transportation Newgate was Britain’s most feared gaol for over 700 years. It probably best known today from the novels of Charles Dickens including Barnaby Rudge and Great Expectations. But there is much is more to Newgate than nineteenth century notoriety. In the seventeenth century it saw the exploits of legendary escaper and thief Jack Sheppard. Among its most famous inmates were author Daniel Defoe who was imprisoned there for seditious libel, playwright Ben Jonson for murder, and the Captain Kidd for piracy. This book takes you from the gaol’s 12th century beginnings to its final closure in 1904 and looks at daily life, developments in the treatment of prisoners from the use of torture to penal reform as well as major events in its history. Praise for The History of Newgate Prison “An amazing, entertaining and informative book!” —Books Monthly “This is a highly readable and accessible account, not only of the iconic institution, but also of the history of crime and punishment. It is packed full of evocative detail and is essential reading for all those interested in crime history.” —Who Do You Think You Are? magazine

Author : David Brandon,Alan Brooke
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781803991634

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London: City of the Dead by David Brandon,Alan Brooke Pdf

London: City of the Dead is a groundbreaking account of London's dealing with death, covering the afterlife, execution, bodysnatching, murder, fatal disease, spiritualism, bizarre deaths and cemeteries. Taking the reader from Roman London to the 'glorious dead' of the First World War, this is the first systematic look at London's culture of death, with analysis of its customs and superstitions, rituals and representations. The authors of the celebrated London: The Executioner's City (Sutton, 2006) weave their way through the streets of London once again, this time combining some of the capital's most curious features, such as London's Necropolis Railway and Brookwood Cemetery, with the culture of death exposed in the works of great writers such as Dickens. The book captures for the first time a side of the city that has always been every bit as fascinating and colourful as other better known aspects of the metropolis. It shows London in all its moods - serious, comic, tragic and heroic-and celebrates its robust acceptance of the only certainty in life.

Author : Nell Darby
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780750952798

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Olde Cotswold Punishments by Nell Darby Pdf

Look beyond the pretty cottages and gentle landscapes of the Cotswolds, and you will find a dark history of crime and punishment. From child thieves, poachers, conmen, prostitutes and would-be suicides to bigamists, highwaymen and murderers, the Cotswolds has had its fair share of criminals – treated in what appears to us today to be an arbitrary and often unduly harsh manner by judges and juries. What crimes were committed in this rural society in the past, and how were they punished? This book looks at the variety of punishments bestowed to miscreants – from being hanged from a portable gallows at the scene of a crime to transportation or hard labour – and why some were punished more than others. Evidence is taken from contemporary sources: prison records, newspaper accounts and broadsides that celebrated the lives and deaths of local characters. It is a fascinating and shocking read.

Author : Joseph William Lewis Jr. M.D.
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781546261094

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Did They Rest in Peace? by Joseph William Lewis Jr. M.D. Pdf

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. By what miracle can an assortment of seemingly unrelated particles come together and correctly assemble to form a human being? Amazingly, once aggregated, these atoms, molecules, and compounds manage to interact reasonably coherently during our lives but seek to return to their dusty state when death occurs. Of the billions of our species who have existed on earth over the millennia, most have quietly and inexorably returned to ashes and dust when their term of life expired. This book tracks some of the misadventures of selected corpses, including burials that went awry to body snatching, exhumations, human-relic collection, and assorted desecrations. Over the years, it seems that a remarkable number of bodies have failed to enjoy the admonition to “Rest in Peace.” Whether these aberrations in the burial process have disturbed the afterlife of the departed, everyone is dying to discover the answer.

Author : Katherine Pym
Publisher : BWL Publishing Inc.
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-05-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780228602880

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Highwayman by Katherine Pym Pdf

It is London 1666 and the plague is waning. The 2nd Anglo/Dutch war rages at sea. Lord Pilcher, a staunch Cromwell man, hates his grandson who followed King Charles II into exile. When Geoffrey returns to England, bereft and weary, he hopes for succor and support from his grandfather but Pilcher does everything he can to deny Geoffrey his inheritance. As a result, Geoffrey resorts to deceit. He steals goods and money from his grandfather that, by right, should be his. After the death of their parents, Erasmus and Desiderius find Gentleman Jack and are welcomed into his gang of fellows. They learn sleight of hand, transfer stolen goods to cunning hidey-holes. They learn how to be nefarious and follow their leader’s skullduggery. Dodging the constables and the sheriff, will they be caught and hanged for highway robbery?

Author : Henry C. Shelley
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781387701537

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Inns and Taverns of Old London (Esprios Classics) by Henry C. Shelley Pdf

Author : George Herbert B. Rodwell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590849531

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Old London bridge. Illustr. by A. Ashley by George Herbert B. Rodwell Pdf

Author : Richard Byrne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Crime
ISBN : OCLC:1256499869

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Prisons and Punishments of London by Richard Byrne Pdf

Author : London. - IV. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.],Author of Fuel for our fires
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1872
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V000626487

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Scenes in Old London by London. - IV. [Appendix. - Miscellaneous.],Author of Fuel for our fires Pdf

Author : John Timbs
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1868
Category : Electronic
ISBN : GENT:900000180206

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Historic sketches, remarkable duels, notorious highwaymen, rogueries, crimes, and punishments, and love and marriage by John Timbs Pdf

Author : J. M. Beattie
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191543326

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Policing and Punishment in London 1660-1750 by J. M. Beattie Pdf

This study examines the considerable changes that took place in the criminal justice system in the City of London in the century after the Restoration, well before the inauguration of the so-called 'age of reform'. The policing institutions of the City were transformed in response to the problems created by the rapid expansion of the metropolis during the early modern period, and as a consequence of the emergence of a polite urban culture. At the same time, the City authorities were instrumental in the establishment of new forms of punishment - particularly transportation to the American colonies and confinement at hard labour - that for the first time made secondary sanctions available to the English courts for convicted felons and diminished the reliance on the terror created by capital punishment. The book investigates why in the century after 1660 the elements of an alternative means of dealing with crime in urban society were emerging in policing, in the practices and procedures of prosecution, and in the establishment of new forms of punishment.

Author : Jerry White
Publisher : Random House
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781446477113

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London In The Nineteenth Century by Jerry White Pdf

Jerry White's London in the Nineteenth Century is the richest and most absorbing account of the city's greatest century by its leading expert. London in the nineteenth century was the greatest city mankind had ever seen. Its growth was stupendous. Its wealth was dazzling. Its horrors shocked the world. This was the London of Blake, Thackeray and Mayhew, of Nash, Faraday and Disraeli. Most of all it was the London of Dickens. As William Blake put it, London was 'a Human awful wonder of God'. In Jerry White's dazzling history we witness the city's unparalleled metamorphosis over the course of the century through the daily lives of its inhabitants. We see how Londoners worked, played, and adapted to the demands of the metropolis during this century of dizzying change. The result is a panorama teeming with life.

Author : Tim Hitchcock,Robert Shoemaker,Robert Brink Shoemaker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107025271

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London Lives by Tim Hitchcock,Robert Shoemaker,Robert Brink Shoemaker Pdf

This book surveys the lives and experiences of hundreds of thousands of eighteenth-century non-elite Londoners in the evolution of the modern world.