People & Stories

‘Thomas Harrison, Architect of Lancaster Castle‘ By Peter Norris BA
‘King John 1199-1216‘ By Peter Norris BA
‘Henry Hopwood: The Convict Who Made Good‘ By Peter Norris BA
‘Edward Gibbon Wakefield – Statesman or Scoundrel?‘ By Lynette Morrissey MA
Thomas Rawcliffe By Jenny Paull BA
Thomas Holden
George & Elizabeth Youngson
George Lyon
Stephen Cropper

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1812

Thomas Holden sentenced to 7 years Transportation to Australia for 'Administering An Illegal Oath' to Isaac Crompton.
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1584 - 1646

The Lancaster Martyrs: During this period of history fifteen Catholics were executed in Lancaster for their faith.
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1612

Ten people convicted of witchcraft at the Summer Assize in Lancaster Castle went to the gallows on the moors above the town.
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1787

George and Elizabeth Youngson were Lancaster's youngest convict transportees to Australia, for the crime of theft.
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1815

Self-procalimed 'King of the Robbers' George Lyon was not quite the romantic figure that local legend would have us believe.
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C19th

Lancaster Gaol housed one of the largest Debtor's prisons in England. This is the story of a tradesman incarcerated for insolvency.
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