I wrote a history of the city of Walsall in the Midlands
Wednesday, 31 January 2024
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Bishop's Stortford
I wrote a brief history of the English town of Bishop's Stortford
Monday, 29 January 2024
Teacher killed a student
In 1860 a teacher named Thomas Hopley beat a boy to death. The boy was 14-year-old Reginald Chancellor and he had a learning disability. Among other things, the teacher hit him with a candlestick because he could not repeat the multiplication table.
The teacher was charged with manslaughter, not murder because the intent to kill could not be proved. He was sentenced to 4 years in prison. Discipline in the 19th century was brutal but even by their standards beating a child to death was going a bit too far.
Stamford
I wrote a history of the old English town of Stamford
Sunday, 28 January 2024
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