Index

Abley, George 83, 84
Abley, Mrs 83
Addison, Mr 32
All Saints’ Church, Ranton 33
Allen, George 24–7
Allen, Mrs (George’s mother) 26
Anson, Captain the Honourable George 155, 159, 160
Arkenstall, Constable 32
Arthur & George 161
Ash Flats 75–9
Ash, Mr (Waggoner) 32
Ashbourne 25
Aston Lock 47
Audlem 37
Bagguley, Mrs (Thomas’s wife) 38, 40
Bagguley, Thomas 38–42
Bala 102
Ball Inn, Burntwood 64
Bamford, Dr 90
Barker, Mr E (Surgeon) 37
Barnes, Julian 9, 161
Barnett, Mr (Surgeon) 49
Bates, George 89
Bathwell, William 21
Bentley, George 111–17
Bentley, Joseph 88
Benton, Francis Greensill 105
Betley 36
Betteley, Mr (Farmer) 32
Biddulph 69–74, 135
Birmingham 7, 101, 150, 156, 157
Bishop & Williams (Body snatchers) 61
Black Horse, The, Newcastle-under-Lyme 126
Blackburn, Henry 76–9
Blackburn, Jane 75–9
Blackburn, John 75–9
Blackpool Times 154
Bladen, Leonard 86–8
Bladen, Mrs 87
Bloor, Thomas 47
Bloxwich 29
Booker, Rev. 22
Botteslow Green 139–40
Bowen, Superintendent 120–1
Bowers, Ralph 139–40
Bradshaw, Matilda 87
Bramwell, Mr Baron 103–5
Breese, Sarah 56
Brides-in-the-bath murders 167
Brindley Bank 43, 50, 95
Brindley Heath 163
Brindley, Mr (Solicitor) 132–3, 135
Brookes, Colonel 85
Brookes, William 46
Brooks, Isaac 132–40
Brough, Charles 74
Brough, Hannah 71, 72
Brough, James 71
Brough, John 69–74
Brough, Judith 69
Brough, Mary 72
Brough, Thomas 69–74
Brutton, Mr (Governor, Stafford Gaol) 60
Buckeridge, Rev. R. (or Buckridge) 55, 60
Buckler, John 82, 151
Burke, William & Hare, William 47, 61
Burntwood 63, 64
Burslem 19–23
Burslem Association for the Prosecution of Felons 8
Burton Ales 7
Burton-on-Trent 7, 120
Byatt (female) 144
Caddell, George 13–18
Calcraft, William 51, 53, 107, 118
Campbell, Inspector 153–4
Campbell, Lord Chief Justice 94
Cannock & Rugeley Colliery 163
Cannock Police Court 153–4
Cannock Police Station 164
Castle Church 75
Chatham Prison Ship 139.
Chavasac, Charles (Surgeon) 66
Cheadle 106
Cheshire, ‘Old Cheese’ (Hangman’s Assistant) 53
Cheshire, Samuel 89, 91
Chester 83
Church Street, Silverdale 126, 127
Clough, Captain 97
Clowes, Samuel 132–40
Clutton, Constable 115
Cockburn, Sir Alexander 93–4
Collier, William 106–10
Collins, Christina 9, 43–54, 92, 95
Collins, Robert 44
Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur 150, 151, 157–62
Cook, John Parsons 44, 52, 80, 81, 89–93
Cooper, John 99
Copmere 113
Corbett, Mr (Solicitor) 63
Corbishley, John 136–7
Corbishley, William 136–7
Cordwell, Hugh 46
Costello, Peter 160
Craig, Mr Y W, MP 139
Crippen, Dr Hawley Harvey 167
Croxton 112, 113
Currency values 11
Daily Telegraph, The 158, 161
Dale, Mr (Timber Merchant) 135
Davis, Simeon 36, 39
Davison, Mr 38, 39, 41
Davison, Mrs 39, 41
Dawson, Charles 166
Dawson, Mary 65
Dawson, William 64
De Rutzen, Sir Albert 159
Dean, Miss 14, 15
Dean, Mr 14
Defoe, Daniel 100
Devonshire, Charles 91
Dexter, Colin 9, 53
Dickinson, Rev. 23
Dobson, Richard 41
Dodd, Mr 127
Doddington Farm 36
Dolgellau (Dolgelly) 97, 98, 99
Draper, Police Sergeant 142–3
Drewry, Mr J 22, 25
Dreyfus, Alfred 9, 160
Dyche, Ann 100–3
Eccleshall 56, 57, 111, 112, 113
Edalji, Charlotte (née Stoneham) 151, 156–157
Edalji, George 9, 10, 150–62
Edalji, Miss Maud 153
Edalji, Rev. Shapurji 151, 153–55,
Edinburgh 61
Edwards, Christopher 123
Edwards, James 128
Elgar, Edward 147
Ellis, John 167
Ellis, William 45, 50–4
Evans, Dr (Solicitor) 129–30
Evans, Joseph 30
Evans, Mary 29–35
Falcon Inn, Stone 141–7
Fazeley 43
Field, Mr (Insurance inspector) 89, 93
Finney Green 124
Flanders 166
Flower, James 148
Flowers, Charles 141
Foster, Elizabeth 154
Foster, William 135
Fowke, Mr (Apothecary) 23
Fox Inn, Rushton 133
France 166
Gaskin, Elizabeth 163–7
Gaskin, Thomas 163–7
Gazetteer & Directory of Staffordshire 36
George Inn, Eccleshall 113
George, Mr (Farmer) 36
Gledelow Sand Pit 71
Gnosall Lock-up 32, 34
Gnosall 34
Godson, Mr (Solicitor) 48
Grant, Thomas 43, 50
Graves, Robert 80–81
Great Haywood 83
Great Wyrley 152–62
Greatorex, Wilfred 152
Greatrex, Frederick 135–7
Greatrex, Mr (Surgeon) 57
Greaves, Mr C H (Surgeon) 123
Green, Harry (Father) 155
Green, Harry (Son) 156
Griffin, George Francis 97–105
Griffin, John 100
Grindley, Joseph 126, 127
Hand, Mr (Coroner) 27
Hands, John 158–9
Hanley Association for the Prosecution of Felons 8
Hanley 139
Harland, Dr 81
Harris, Thomas 58
Harrison, Mr (Wesleyan preacher) 138
Hartley, Horace 144
Hatherton 37
Hednesford 163–7
Hertfordshire 161
Hickman, Dr 19
Higginson, Charles 55–62
Higginson, Maria 57
High Bent Farm 70, 71
High Ercall 32
Hines, Annie 148
Hoar Cross (Hoarcross) 120
Hocknell, Thomas 111, 112
Hogg, Colonel 117
Holdcroft, John 29
Hollington 109
Hollis, Sarah 120
Holmes, John 146
Holmes, Sherlock 150, 160
Horncastle 119, 122
Horns, The, Public House 32
Horton 136
Howard, John 16
Hughes, Mr Robert (Surgeon) 23, 31, 58
Hunsterston 36
Illustrated Mail, The 155
Ingleby, Thomas 43
James, Philip 126, 127
Jenkins, Mr (Chemist) 145
Jenkinson, Mr, (Carpenter) 144–5, 146
Jenkinson, Thomas 58
Johnson, Henry 132–40
Johnson, John 43
Johnson, Ralph 20
Johnson, Rev. 147
Jones, Dr 90, 91
Kent, John 128–9
Keyse, Emma 108
Kidd, Mary 118–23
King & Ludlow, Solicitors, Birmingham 150
Kingsley, Parish of 108
Kirwan, Peter 78, 79
Knight, William 133
Knightley 30, 32
Knowles, Enoch 161–2
Lamb and Flag, Little Haywood 85
Lancaster, Ishmael 135
Latham, Ralph 36, 37
Law Society, The 151
Lawton, Cain 124–31
Leckie, Jean 161
Lee, John ‘Babbacombe’ 108
Leek 136
Lichfield Cathedral 17
Lichfield 7, 14, 63
Littleborough 128
Liverpool 44, 81, 83, 89, 144
Lloyd, James 126
Lloyd, Mr (Vicar of Ranton) 32
Lloyd, Sarah 126
Lomax, Dr 101, 103
London 9, 44, 61, 156, 164
Long, Mr A J (Lawyer) 161
Luke, Mrs (William’s mother) 128
Luke, William 125–31
Lutterworth 91
Mackenzie, Compton 161
Madeley 127
Malpas, Ann 39
Malpas, Mary 36–42
Manchester 99
Marsh Green 72
Marwood, William 118, 122, 123
Mason College (Birmingham University) 150
Mason, Hannah 66
Mawddach Estuary 97, 98, 99
McNight, Major 117
Mellor, Mr (Gunsmith) 109–10
Memones and Adventures 150
Merrey, Superintendent 164
Meynell-lngram Arms, Hoar Cross 121
Midland Insurance Company 89
Mills, Anne 48
Milward, Mr (Lawyer) 165
Moll Flanders 100
Moorcroft, Eliza 110
Moorcroft, Thomas 110
Moore, Charles 77, 78
Morgan (Printers) 35
Moss Pit 75
Moss, John 133
Mottram, Mr (Solicitor) 99, 115
Mountford, Ephraim 126
Musson, William 45
Nag’s Head, Lichfield 15
Nance, Mr 112
Newcastle Road, Stone 148, 149
Newcastle-under-Lyme 126
Newgate Calendar, The 13–18, 25, 27, 61
Newgate Gaol 61, 94
Newton, Charles 91
Noah’s Ark, Stafford (now, The Surgery) 85, 86
Nottingham 43
O’Sullivan, Rev. Canon 108
Offley Brook 111–16
Old Bailey, London 93
Oliver, Thomas Milward 19–23
Orgill, James 45, 49
Oswell, Benjamin Thomas 100–1
Oulton Road, Stone 148
Owen, James 44, 45, 46, 49, 50–4
Palmer, Annie (née Brookes) 84, 88, 90, 93
Palmer, George 81, 105
Palmer, Joseph 81
Palmer, Mary 81
Palmer, Sarah (1, sister of William) 81
Palmer, Sarah (2, sister of William) 81
Palmer, Sarah (Mother of William) 83
Palmer, Thomas 81
Palmer, Walter 88–9, 93
Palmer, William 9, 10, 52, 53, 80–96, 105, 107, 117, 151
Parr, Rev. Dr 22
Passman, Mr (Solicitor) 69
Pattison, Mr Justice 29
Payne, Mr W 139
Peak District, The 7
Phillips, Samuel 63, 64, 68
Pickford & Co. 44, 45, 48, 53
Platt, Mr Baron (Judge) 69
Pollock, Baron 125
Poole, John 111–17
Preston Brook 46
Price, Elizabeth 13–18
Pyatt’s Barn 133–4
Railway Law for the Man in the Train 157
Randall, Mr 13
Ramon Hall 33
Ranton 29–35
Ratcliffe, John 125–31
Rathbone, Rev. 23
Raymond, Inspector John 66
Real World of Sherlock Holmes, The 160
Richards, Mr (Superintendent of Police) 78
Robinson, Frederick 114–15
Rompin Pit, Silverdale 124–5, 127, 128, 129
Rowley, Mrs (Philip’s Mother) 128
Rowley, Philip 126, 127, 128
Royal Engineers 166
Royal Oak, Eccleshall 114
Rugeley Grammar School 81, 82, 150–1
Rugeley Town Hall 91
Rugeley 43–54, 81–96
Rushton 132–140
Saunders, Tom 163
Scarratt, Samuel 124, 126
Scarratt, Sarah 124, 126
Selfe, Mr (Solicitor) 135–6
Shardlow, Joseph 141–2
Sharp, Royden 160
Shaw, Charles 29
Shee, Mr Justice 106
Shelton 139
Shenstone 66
Sherratt, Enoch 132–5
Shingler, Henry 148
Ship Hotel, Dolgellau 97, 98
Shire Hall, Stafford 162
Shirleywich 48
Shrewsbury 89
Shropshire 144
Shuker, John 38
Silverdale 124–31
Simpson, Mr (Insurance inspector) 89, 93
Sleigh, Anne 48
Sleigh, Jonathan 48
Smith, George (‘The Dudley Higgler’) 53, 84, 107, 117, 118
Smith, George Joseph 167
Smith, Mary 29, 35
Smith, Thomas 106–10
St Augustine’s Church, Rugeley 52, 87, 90
St Bartholomew’s Hospital, London 83
St Guy’s Hospital, London 91
St Margaret’s Church, Betley 40, 42
St Mark’s Church, Great Wyrley 152, 154, 157
St Mary’s Church, Stafford 105
St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Colwich 84
St Michael’s Church, Stone 147
Stafford Gaol 9, 16, 35, 45, 60, 62, 68, 72, 74, 79, 92, 94, 101, 106, 110, 119, 123
Stafford Infirmary 23, 83
Stafford Railway 98
Stafford 7, 16, 75, 80, 85, 97–105, 106, 164
Staffordshire Advertiser 22, 25, 30, 32, 39, 41, 48, 67, 69, 73, 74, 79, 102, 106, 108–9, 110, 112, 119, 120, 122–3, 125–6, 132–3, 138–9, 141–3
Staffordshire Assizes 29, 48, 111, 117, 125, 161
Staffordshire Moorlands 7, 106–7
Staffordshire Sentinel 8, 132
Stegall, Dr 83
Stevens, William 91
Stoke-on-Trent 7, 9, 46, 140
Stone 46, 141–9
Stourbridge 22
Strefford, Jane 141, 143–4, 146
Strefford, Mary 141–7
Strefford, William 141–7
Sushions Manor Farm 100
Swift, Dr 111
Talbot Arms, Rugeley (now, The Shrew) 43, 44, 90, 91, 92
Talbot Inn, Biddulph 71
Talbot, Mrs (Mother of Elizabeth Gaskin) 163, 164
Talbott, George 113
Tansley, John 47
Taylor, Dr 91
Taylor, Robert 118–23
Tharme, Eliza 88
Thomas, George 45, 50–4
Thornton, Mary 85, 86
Tildesley, Ann 114
Tildesley, Thomas 30, 35
Times, The 55, 56, 59, 68, 73, 75, 77, 94, 97, 99, 100, 106–7, 117, 161
Tomlinson, Richard 28–35
Trent & Mersey Canal 43–54, 95
Tunstall, Thirza 99–105
Turk’s Head, Burslem 20
Turner, Eugene 142, 146
Twemlow, John (Surgeon) 37
Tylecote, Dr Edward 83
Umpire, The 150
Underhill, Mr (Solicitor) 121–2, 126
Upper Mayfield 25
Uttoxeter 27
Vachell, Mr (Lawyer) 164–5, 167
Victoria Street, Hednesford 164–5
Vincent, Rev. W P 117, 122
Walkenden, Tom 89
Walker, George 74
Walker, Robert 47
Walsall Grammar School 152, 154, 160
Walsall 66
Walsh, Catherine 78
Walsh, Edward 78, 79
Warrington, Dr 137
Watchman’s Cry, The 28
Wedgwood Pottery 7
Wednesbury 57
Wellington 144
Wench is Dead, The 53
West Cannock Colliery 163
Westwood, Charles 64, 65
Westwood, Eliza 65
Westwood, John 63–8
Westwood, Mary 63
Westwood, Robert 63
Westwood, Sarah 9, 63–8
Whisky Galore 161
Whiston Eaves 106, 108
Whitefield Farm 70, 71, 72
Whitley Heath 56
Whittles, Thomas 128
Widnall, Jane 83
Willenhall 123
Williams, Harriet 165–6
Williams, Henry 165–6
Williams, Mr Justice 45
Winson Green Prison 167
Wolverhampton 7
Wood, Enoch 140
Wood, John 19–23
Wood, Maria 19–23
Wood, Mrs 19, 20
Woodend Lock (near King’s Bromley) 48
Woodhall, Ernest 166
Woollaston, Superintendent 109
Worcester 13
Young, Mr (Solicitor) 130