People and Stories

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• Thomas Holden
• The Lancaster Martyrs
• The Lancashire Witch trials of 1612
• George and Elizabeth Youngson
• George Lyon - The Up Holland Highwayman
• Stephen Cropper: A Debtor's Story
• Murder Trials
• Guides' Histories

Stephen Cropper: A Debtor's Story

Lancaster Gaol housed one of the largest Debtor's prisons in England. This is the story of Stephen Cropper, one of the many tradesmen who found himself incarcerated in the Castle in the mid 19th century for insolvency.

• The Debtor