adoption ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Aldridge, Chas ref1
Alfred (adopted by Amelia) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Anderson, Annie ref1
Anderson, Detective Constable James ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Annie (adopted by Amelia) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
asphyxiation ref1
asylums
babies’ bodies found ref1
see also Dane, Ellen; Dyer, Amelia; Dyer, Mary Ann; Hall, Mary Ann; Ellis, Sarah; Waters, Margaret
baby farming ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
baby farms
Baker, Queenie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
ballad-monger ref1
Ballantine, Sergeant ref1
Barber, Mrs ref1
Barnett, PC ref1
Barton Regis Workhouse ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
infirmary ref1
Beattie, Mary Ann ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Bennett, Mrs ref1
Bennett, Charles Thomas ref1, ref2, ref3
Berkshire Chronicle ref1, ref2
Bernard, Dr David ref1
Bessie see Thomas, Elizabeth
Biggs, Mr, Somerset Coroner ref1, ref2
Billington, James ref1
Bogle, Mrs ref1
Bristol ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Bristol Children’s Hospital ref1, ref2
Bristol General Hospital ref1, ref2
Bristol Lunatic Asylum ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Bristol Register Office ref1, ref2
Bristol royal infirmary ref1
Bristol Times & Mirror
Canada ref1
cancrum oris ref1
Cardiff baby farm ref1
carpet-bag babies see Marmon, Doris; Simmons, Harry
Carter, Mrs Elizabeth ref1
Caversham ref1
Channings Hill baby farm ref1, ref2
Cheltenham ref1
child abuse ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
NSPCC figures for ref1
Christian World ref1
Clappers footbridge ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Clappers Temperance Hotel ref1
Clark, Mrs ref1
Clifton Chronicle ref1
Clifton Suspension Bridge ref1
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (De Quincey) ref1
confinement, houses of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Coningham Road, Shepherd’s Bush ref1
corset-making ref1
Cowen, John Walter ref1
Craddock, Dr F ref1
Culham, Albert Charles ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Culham, Charlotte ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Cumberland Basin ref1
Daily Telegraph ref1
Dane, Ellen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
De Quincey, Thomas ref1
Deane, Dr ref1
Dennis, Fred ref1
Dewey, Sergeant ref1, ref2, ref3
Dreadnought public house ref1
Dyer, Amelia
addictions; alcohol ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; laudanum ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
appearance ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
letters to parents ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
life: early life ref1; marries George Thomas ref1; becomes nurse ref1; meets Ellen Dane ref1; death of George ref1; starts baby farming ref1; nursing at Bristol Lunatic Asylum ref1; marries William Dyer ref1; Totterdown baby farm ref1; death of “Little May”, arrest and trial ref1; Shepton Mallet gaol ref1; corset-maker ref1; general store ref1; Fishponds baby farm ref1, ref2; pursued by the governess ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; nursing in Portishead ref1; referred to Gloucester County Asylum ref1; Wells Road baby farm ref1, ref2; Somerset County Asylum ref1, ref2; Grove House baby farm ref1; Gloucester County Asylum ref1; Barton regis workhouse and infirmary ref1; Channings Hill baby farm ref1; NSPCC visit ref1; Cardiff baby farm ref1, ref2; Elm Villas baby farm ref1; Piggotts Road baby farm ref1; Kensington Road baby farm ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; arrest ref1, ref2; on remand in Reading Gaol ref1; court appearances ref1, ref2, ref3 , ref4; confessions ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; identity parade ref1; Holloway Gaol ref1; trial ref1; execution ref1
mental instability ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; Gloucester County Asylum ref1, ref2; insanity plea ref1, ref2, ref3; Somerset County Asylum ref1, ref2; suicide attempts ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
personality ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
photograph ref1
relationships; with Ellen Dane ref1, ref2; with Polly ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13; with William Dyer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; with family ref1; with Arthur Palmer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; with Jane (Granny) Smith ref1, ref2; with Margaret Waters ref1, ref2
victims: Miss Brown’s baby ref1; Helena Fry ref1, ref2; Doris Marmon ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; Harry Simmons ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; May Walters ref1
Dyer, Mary Ann (Polly)
life: birth ref1; childhood memories ref1, ref2; mother’s arrest and imprisonment ref1, ref2, ref3; Fishponds baby farms ref1; memories of the governess ref1; keeps house for family ref1, ref2, ref3; engagement and marriage ref1, ref2, ref3; Wells Road, Totterdown ref1, ref2; starts baby farming ref1; visit to Plymouth ref1, ref2; Cardiff baby farm ref1; adopts Frances Jessica Goulding ref1, ref2; adopts Harold ref1, ref2; Willesden ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; house arrest ref1; court appearance ref1; arrest ref1; Amelia’s trial ref1; charges dropped ref1; statement in Weekly Dispatch ref1; later adoptions ref1
relationships: with Amelia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; abused by Amelia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; protected by Amelia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; with William ref1, ref2
role in murders: Helena Fry ref1; Doris Marmon ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; Harry Simmons ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Dyer, William (husband) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Dyer, William Samuel “Willie” (son) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Dyer family ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
“E W” ref1
East Lynne (Mrs Henry Wood) ref1
Eden, Dr William ref1
Elm Villas, Caversham ref1
Elton, Sir A H ref1
Evalina see Townsend, Evalina
factory girls ref1
Farbrother, John E ref1
fathers’ responsibilities ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Finzel’s sugar refinery ref1, ref2
Firth, Dr Lacey ref1
Fillwood Road, Fishponds ref1
Fishponds baby farms ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
fostering see baby farming
Frederick Terrace, Brixton ref1
Frome, River ref1
Gardiner, Dr ref1
George III ref1
Gibbs, Miss Ellen ref1, ref2, ref3
Gilbert, Emily, “Little Emily” ref1
Glenworth House, Fishponds ref1
Gloucester ref1
Gloucester County Asylum ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Goulding, Elizabeth ref1, ref2
Goulding, Frances Jessie ref1, ref2, ref3
governess’s story ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Grove House, Fishponds ref1
Greenwood, James ref1
Harding, Dr William ref1, ref2
Harverian Society ref1
Hawkins, Sir Henry ref1, ref2, ref3
Hemborough, Esther and William ref1
Hendon Union Workhouse ref1
Henley, Sarah Ann ref1
Highbury Avenue, London ref1
Hill, Jane ref1
Hobley, James ref1, ref2, ref3
Horsemonger Lane Gaol, Southwark ref1
Humphreys, Charles ref1
Hunt, Mr ref1
Huntley and Palmers biscuit factory ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Hutt, Mr Henry ref1
illiteracy ref1
Infant Life Protection Acts ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Infant Life Protection Society ref1
infant ortality ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
infanticide ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Isaacs, “Ikey” ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Isaacson, Colonel H B ref1
Jack the Ripper ref1
James, Police Sergeant Harry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Jeffrey, Charles ref1
Johnson, Dr Harold T ref1
Kensington Road baby farm ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Lily (adopted by Amelia) ref1, ref2, ref3
Linford, Mr Raymond ref1
“Little Emily” see Gilbert, Emily
“Little May” see Walters, May
Liverpool ref1
Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper ref1
Lock Island ref1
Logan, Dr Frederick Thomas Bishop ref1
London General Omnibus Company ref1
Lucy, Agnes ref1
Manchester Guardian ref1
Manning, Mr and Mrs ref1
Marmon family ref1
Marmon Doris ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Marmon, Evelina Edith (Mrs Scott) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Maurice, Dr William ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Mayo Road, Willesden ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Messrs Lindus and Bicknell ref1, ref2
Metropolitan Police Force ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Milne, Dr ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Morning Advertiser, report of body ref1
mothers, single ref1, ref2, ref3
Muller Orphanage, Bristol ref1
Neilson, Baby ref1
Neilson, Miss ref1
Newton Abbot railway station ref1
NSPCC ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
nurse registration ref1
nursing ref1
Offences Against Persons Act 1961 ref1
Old Bailey, Central Criminal Court ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Oliver, Nellie ref1, ref2, ref3
omnibuses, London ref1
opiates ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
orphanages ref1
Paddington Station ref1
Palmer, Arthur
background ref1
baby farming, involvement in ref1, ref2, ref3; Miss Brown’s baby ref1, ref2; Doris Marmon ref1, ref2, ref3; Queenie ref1, ref2, ref3; Harry Simmons ref1, ref2
life: courtship and marriage ref1, ref2, ref3; starts baby farming with Polly ref1; Plymouth ref1, ref2; Cardiff ref1; Caversham ref1, ref2; Willesden ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5; arrest and court appearances ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; protestation of innocence ref1, ref2, ref3; freed and re-arrested ref1; later adoptions ref1
relationship with Amelia ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Palmer, Bertie ref1, ref2, ref3
Palmer, Emma Clara ref1
Palmer, Harold ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Parfitt, Mr ref1
Parr, Dr ref1
Paull, Dr ref1
Pentonville Gaol ref1
pianos ref1
Piggotts Road baby farm ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Plough Hotel, Cheltenham ref1
Pockett, Martha ref1, ref2, ref3
Police Gazette ref1
Poole’s Crescent, Totterdown ref1
Poor law Amendment Act 1834 ref1
Pope, Mr and Mrs ref1
Portishead ref1
post bags ref1
prostitution ref1
Puckle, Dr george ref1
Purnell and Webb vinegar brewery ref1
Pyle marsh ref1
Raynes Court, Shadwell ref1
Reading ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Reading baby farm ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Reading Borough Police Court ref1, ref2
Reading Borough Police Station ref1
Reading Union Workhouse ref1, ref2
Reading Observer ref1
Reading Standard ref1
“Red Gum” ref1
Relph, Detective Sergeant ref1, ref2, ref3
Ridley, Sir Matthew ref1
Roadhouse, Millie and Joseph ref1
Robb, Miss ref1
Robertson, Inspector ref1, ref2, ref3
Ross, Fanny ref1
Royal County Theatre ref1
school attendance officers ref1
Scotland Yard see Metropolitan Police
Sharp, Mrs, Brentford ref1
Shepton Mallet Gaol ref1, ref2
Simmons, Harry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Simmons, Rozzy ref1
Singer Sewing Machine Company ref1
smallpox ref1
Smith, Jane (Granny)
evidence ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
life: background ref1, ref2; meeting with Amelia ref1; Channings Hill, Fishponds ref1; Cardiff ref1; Caversham ref1; Reading ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; re-enters workhouse ref1; evidence provided ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; returns to workhouse ref1
Smith, Mrs Martha ref1
Smithwaite, Henry ref1, ref2, ref3
Somerset Constabulary ref1
Somerset County Asylum, Wells ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Sonning ref1
St Giles Coffee House ref1
St James’s Gazette ref1
St Peter’s Asylum ref1
Stephens, Dr Henry Oxley ref1, ref2
Stoke Bishop ref1
Temple Meads Station ref1
Tewsley, Chief Superintendent George ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Tewson, Isabella ref1
Thames, bodies found ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Thames police ref1
Thames Valley Police Museum, Sulhamstead ref1
Thomas, Elizabeth (Bessie) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Thomas, Ellen ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Thompson, Elizabeth ref1
Thornton, Willie ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Times ref1
Tipney, George ref1
Totterdown baby farms ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Townsend, Evalina ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Treasure, Mr, solicitor ref1
Tucker, James ref1
typhus fever ref1
Vince, PC Frederic ref1
Walpole, Sir Spencer ref1
Walters, Dorcas ref1
Walters, May “Little May” ref1, ref2
Warminster baby farm ref1
Waters, Margaret ref1, ref2, ref3
Weedon, Mr William, Coroner ref1, ref2
Weekly Dispatch ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Wells Journal ref1
Wells Road, Totterdown ref1, ref2
Western Daily Press ref1, ref2
Wilde, Oscar, The Ballad of Reading Gaol ref1
Willesden baby farm ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
William, Dr ref1
Williams, Mrs Jane ref1, ref2, ref3
Wills, Thomas ref1
Windsor Terrace, Islington ref1, ref2
workhouses ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Wright, Mr C W ref1