FRAGMENTS OF STAFFORD'S PAST
Written by Dudley Wilks
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FRAGMENTS OF STAFFORD'S PAST
Written by Dudley Wilks.
Stock no. 2127195
Hardback.
Very good condition.
Blue cloth spine, grey boards with dark titles. 101 pages. Spine is unevenly faded with a few grubby marks. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Foxing, mostly to endpapers and outer page edges.
Front cover
Contents
- A Midnight Adventure in Stafford.
- The Ghosts of Chetwynd House.
- Sheridan and his Friends.
- King Charles at Stafford.
- The Battle of Hopton Heath.
- The November Assizes at Stafford.
- The Law Courts and the Shire Hall.
- The High-Sherriff and Others of the Law.
- The Guild-Hall and Mayor's Sunday.
- The Lord High Steward and Lord of the Manor.
- The Staffordshire Yeomanry.
- Some of the Old Houses, Streets and Gates of the Borough.
- Old House of Correction the County Gail, and Workhouse.
- William Palmer, the Poisoner, heads the Rogue's Gallery.
- St. Thomas' Priory and Excavation.