People and Stories

Select a story from the list below:

• 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

Thomas Holden

Sentenced to 7 years Transportation to Australia in May 1812 at Lancaster Assize for ’Administering An Illegal Oath’ to Isaac Crompton in Bolton.

• The riots at Westhoughton and Manchester
• The birth of Trades Unions
• The trial
• The sentence
• The journey to Australia