Alan Gordon Walker
Posted in Historical on Nov 25th, 2022
DESCRIPTION: In the lengthening sunny days of Spring 2020 the author, Denis Dunstone, crept out to visit churchyards and sketch in colour fifty churches that were within half an hour’s drive from his home near Saffron Walden in Essex. The result appeared in a little book which was presented to local churches for sale. As […]
Posted in Historical on Oct 13th, 2020
DESCRIPTION: William Stone died in 1958 at the age of 101, leaving a fortune to his Cambridge College, Peterhouse. How he made his fortune is a mystery – he never had a paid job, never married, and was one of seven children. But he lived a full life, travelling the world and in London where […]
Posted in Historical on Jun 3rd, 2018
DESCRIPTION: By 1815, only half the population of England belonged to the established Anglican Church. Faced with a rapidly growing population in the new industrial towns, the growth of Nonconformism and the fear of revolution, the Church of England set about building and enlarging churches. An astonishing number of churches were built and hundreds of […]
Posted in Historical on Mar 12th, 2013
The Mulbuie Murderer by John Adam On Friday 16 October 1835, the inhabitants of Inverness, the capital of the Scottish Highlands, witnessed their last public hanging. The man on the gallows was John Adam – The Mulbuie Murderer. But who was John Adam? Who did he murder and what was his motive? Contemporaneous reports claimed: … […]
Posted in Historical on Mar 11th, 2013
The Red Lion Brewery – Hoare & Co The Red Lion Brewery, established in the 16th century, was owned for over100 years by Hoare’s, the bankers. It was one of the oldest breweries and pioneered many changes and developments in brewing, as a prime producer of ‘porter beer’ and later owning or leasing many famous […]