Sep 25, 20204 min readWitchcraft in 17th Century YorkshireOf all the witch trials in York, Isabella Billington in 1648 was the only state sanctioned witch to be burnt at the stake in Yorkshire...
Sep 22, 20202 min readOde to the Wool BroggerBrogging was outlawed and a penalty twice the cost of the wool was brought in as a deterent; however, many local justices were reluctant...
Sep 19, 20204 min readTo Hell, Hull or Halifax-The Halifax Gibbet was an early Guillotine The Halifax Gibbet plays a small part in my new novel 'Dream of Courage' but not the way you might imagine...
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