A01=Martin Wood
Author_Martin Wood
brank
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Category=WQH
criminals
ducking stool
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execution
guillotine
hanged
josiah mister
misdeeds
pillory
punishments
shrewsbury
squire smallman
stealing a turkey
stocks
thomas hughes
whipping post
Product details
- ISBN 9780752445465
- Weight: 240g
- Dimensions: 172 x 248mm
- Publication Date: 14 Jul 2008
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This light-hearted yet well-researched exploration of punishments given to criminals in Shrewsbury over the centuries features tales of criminals and their misdeeds from the Romans to the last execution to take place in Shrewsbury in 1960. The informative account also explains how different devices, such as the stocks, pillory, ducking stool, brank, guillotine and whipping post were used. Stories of Shrewsbury's criminals such as Thomas Hughes who was whipped for stealing a turkey, Squire Smallman who was hanged in 1829 and Josiah Mister who was executed for attacking the wrong man, are bound to captivate anyone interested in Shrewsbury's more shadowy history.
Martin lives in Shrewsbury and conducts ghost tours and the Terrible Tudor tour around the town. He is the author of Haunted Shrewsbury , published in 2007 by Tempus. He is the world's tallest town crier and toastmaster!
