Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in and Around Durham

194 Pages·2003·8.87 MB·English

by  Maureen Anderson

‘FOUL DEEDS AND SUSPICIOUS DEATHS’ Series
Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths series explores in detail crimes of passion, brutal murders,
grisly deeds and foul misdemeanours. From Victorian street crime, to more modern murder
where passion, jealousy, or social depravation brought unexpected violence to those
involved. From mysterious death to murder and manslaughter, the books are a fascinating
insight into not only those whose lives are forever captured by the suffering they endured,
but also into the society that moulded and shaped their lives. Each book takes you on a
journey into the darker and unknown side of the area.
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Cover illustration: Front – ‘La Meurte’ (The Murder) by Paul Cezanne, 1868. Liverpool Walker Art
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Rear – The altar tomb of the Brass children, Kirk Merrington. The author
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Before 1800
1624: Blackwell
1631: Lumley
1683: Ferryhill
1745: Sunderland
1750:Whickham Common
1765: Gateshead Fell
1767: Harraton
1768: Houghton le Spring
1770: Gateshead Fell
Chapter 2 False Evidence, 1815
Chapter 3 Insanity in the Family, 1828
Chapter 4 Innocent or Guilty, 1831
Chapter 5 The Murder of a Magistrate, 1832
Chapter 6 Silence is Golden, 1845
Chapter 7 Raby Castle, 1848-49
Chapter 8 The Stolen Infant, 1854
Chapter 9 Highway Robbery, 1855
Chapter 10 Victims of Jealousy
1859:Jarrow
1860: Urpeth
1868: Sunderland
1873: Durham
1891: Hetton
Chapter 11 An Incestuous Relationship, 1860
Chapter 12 A Drunken Quarrel, 1860
Chapter 13 Love Thy Neighbour, 1862
Chapter 14 Gunpowder and Rum, 1866
Chapter 15 No Evidence, 1866
Chapter 16 A Mysterious Death, 1869
Chapter 17 The Long Arm of the Law
1868: Pittington
1876:Tow Law
1884: Butterknowle
Chapter 18 A Beating at Spennymoor, 1872
Chapter 19 Victims of Passion and Abuse
1865: Winlaton
1875: Brandon Colliery
1876: Edmondsley
1880: Evenwood
1883: Silksworth
1900: Seaham Harbour
1903: Sunderland
1904: Seaham Harbour
1908: Hamsterly
Chapter 20 The Suffering of the Innocents
1819: Durham
1866: Shildon
1900: Sunnybrow
1908: West Stanley
Chapter 21 Attacked with a Poker, 1874
Chapter 22 Manslaughter at South Church, 1878
Chapter 23 Murder Aboard the William Leckie, 1878
Chapter 24 Long Awaited Justice, 1882
Chapter 25 Sibling Rivalry, 1883
Chapter 26 The Blackleg, 1883
Chapter 27 Attack at Spennymoor, 1885
Chapter 28 Tragedy at Middlestone Moor, 1902
Chapter 29 By His Father’s Hand, 1903
Chapter 30 The Stonemason’s Workshop, 1904
Chapter 31 A Burglary at the Co-op, 1907
Chapter 32 A Double Murder at Darlington, 1907
Chapter 33 A Shooting at Chopwell, 1909
Chronology
Sources
Index