Early in the morning of Tuesday 27 May 1817, a labourer came across a pair of boots, a bonnet and bundle of clothes near a stagnant pit of water just north of the village of Erdington near Birmingham. He surmised that someone had gone into the pit and ran to raise the alarm at a […]
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Unvarnished truth? The unreliable autobiography of Mary Saxby
Mary Saxby’s memoirs of life as an itinerant in late Georgian England paint a vivid picture of harassment, vulnerability and near destitution, but they were written with a particular purpose in mind – as a story of conversion of a sinful woman to evangelical nonconformist Christianity. One half of the world does not know how […]
The Legend of Margaret Catchpole
Over two hundred years after her death, Margaret Catchpole (1762–1811) is remembered by many – for the things she was not and the things she did not do, largely because someone who never met her wrote her purported biography, which was largely a work of fiction. Ironically Margaret Catchpole’s life was extraordinary enough without this. […]
Historical image databases for your Georgian blog or book: a list of resources
Looking for an image? Browse my list of image databases.
Five breeds of dog in the Georgian era
Loads to ooh and aah over.
Captain Swing and the Blacksmith by Beatrice Parvin – Review
Inspired by a traditional folk song.