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In both 1715 and 1745 there was a major military challenge in
Britain to the thrones of George I and George II, posed by Jacobite
supporters of the exiled Stuart claimant. This book examines the
responses of those loyal to the Hanoverian dynasty, whose efforts
have been ignored or disparaged compared to the military
perspective or that of the Jacobites. These efforts included those
of the clergy who gave loyalist sermons, accompanied the volunteer
forces against the Jacobites and even stood up to the Jacobite
forces in person. The lords lieutenant organized militia and
volunteer forces to support the status quo. Official bodies, such
as the corporations, parishes, quarter sessions and sheriffs,
organized events to celebrate loyalist occasions and dealt with
local Jacobite sympathisers. The press, both national and regional,
was uniformly loyal. Finally, both the middling and common people
acted, often violently, against those thought to be hostile towards
the status quo. The effectiveness of these bodies had limits, but
was at times decisive, and showed that the dynasty was not without
popular support in its hours of crisis. This volume is essential
reading for all those interested in the Jacobite rebellions and the
early English Georgian state, church and society.
The trail that an ancestor leaves through the Victorian period and
the twentieth century is relatively easy to follow - the records
are plentiful, accessible and commonly used. But how do you go back
further, into the centuries before the central registration of
births, marriages and deaths was introduced in 1837, before the
first detailed census records of 1841? How can you trace a family
line back through the early modern period and perhaps into the
Middle Ages? Jonathan Oates's clearly written new handbook gives
you all the background knowledge you need in order to go into this
engrossing area of family history research. He starts by describing
the administrative, religious and social structures in the medieval
and early modern period and shows how these relate to the family
historian. Then in a sequence of accessible chapters he describes
the variety of sources the researcher can turn to. Church and
parish records, the records of the professions and the courts,
manorial and property records, tax records, early censuses, lists
of loyalty, militia lists, charity records - all these can be
consulted. He even includes a short guide to the best methods of
reading medieval and early modern script. Jonathan Oates's handbook
is an essential introduction for anyone who is keen to take their
family history research back into the more distant past.
Contrasting a selection of 45 archive images alongside full-colour
modern photographs, this book traces some of the changes and
developments that have taken place in Ealing during the last
century. Accompanied by detailed and informative captions, these
intriguing photographs reveal changing modes of fashion and
transportation, shops and businesses, houses and public buildings,
and, of course, some of the local people who once lived and worked
in the area. "Ealing Then & Now" will delight all local
historians and will awaken nostalgic memories for all who know this
London borough.
Murders and murderers fascinate us - and perhaps serial killers
fascinate us most of all. In the twentieth century the term came to
be used to describe murders committed by the same person, often
with similar methods. But, as Jonathan Oates demonstrates in this
selection of cases from London, this category of crime has existed
for centuries, though it may have become more common in modern
times. Using police and pathologists' reports, Home Office and
prison files, trial transcripts and lurid accounts in contemporary
newspapers, he reconstructs these cases in order to explain how
they took place, who the killers were, what motivated them, and how
for a while they got away with their crimes. He does not neglect
the victims and provides a revealing analysis of the killers, their
circumstances and their actions. Among the nineteenth-century cases
are the infamous killings of Jack the Ripper and the
less-well-known but terrifying crimes of the only female killer,
the Deptford Poisoner. Twentieth-century cases covered in forensic
detail include the Black-out Ripper of 1942, the Thames Nude
Murders of the 1960s and the multiple killings of Joseph Smith,
John Christie and John George Haigh. There is also one especially
troubling unsolved case - the notorious Soho prostitute killings of
the 1930s and 1940s, which may be the work of one man. Jonathan
Oates's gripping accounts of this wide range of serial killings
gives us a powerful insight into the nature of these crimes, the
characters of the killers and the police methods of the period.
Unsolved crimes have a special fascination, none more so than
unsolved murders. The shock of the crime itself and the mystery
surrounding it, the fear generated by the awareness a killer on the
loose, the insight the cases give into outdated police methods, and
the chance to speculate about the identity of the killer after so
many years have passed - all these aspects of unsolved murder cases
make them compelling reading.
In this companion volume to his bestselling Unsolved Murders of
Victorian and Edwardian London, Jonathan Oates has selected over 20
haunting, sometimes shocking cases from the period between the two
world wars. Included are the shooting of PC James Kelly in
Gunnersbury, violent deaths associated with Fenian Conspiracies,
the stabbing of the French acrobat Martial Lechevalier in
Piccadilly, the strychnine poisoning of egg-seller Kusel Behr, the
killing by arsenic of three members of a Croydon family, and,
perhaps most gruesome of all, the case of the unidentified body
parts found at Waterloo Station.
Jonathan Oates describes each of these crimes in precise,
forensic detail. His case studies shed light on the lives of the
victims and summon up the ruthless, sometimes lethal character of
London itself.
Whilst much has been written about the Jacobites, most works have
tended to look at the Rebellion of 1745, rather than the earlier
attempt to reinstate the Stuart dynasty. As such this book provides
a welcome focus on events in 1715, when Jacobites in both England
and Scotland tried to oust George I and to replace him with James
Stuart. In particular it provides a detailed narrative and analysis
of the campaign in the Lowlands of Scotland and in the north of
England that led to the decisive battle at Preston and ended the
immediate prospects of the Jacobite cause. Drawing upon a wealth of
under-utilised sources, the work builds on existing research into
the period to give weight to the community and individual
dimensions of the crisis as well as to the military ones. Contrary
to popular myth, the Jacobite army contained both English and
Scots, and because it surrendered almost intact, an analysis of the
surviving list of Jacobite prisoners captured in the North West
England reveals much information about their origins, occupations,
unit structure and, sometimes, religion, as well as the quality of
the soldiers' arms and equipment, their experience and that of
their leaders. Through this study of the last major battle to be
fought on English soil, a clearer picture emerges of the
individuals and groups who sought to mould the direction of the
freshly created British state and the dynasty that should rule it.
Why does the notorious highwayman Dick Turpin have such an
extraordinary reputation today? How come his criminal career has
inspired a profusion of often misleading literature and film? This
eighteenth-century villain is often portrayed as a hero - dashing,
sinister, romantic, daring, a Robin Hood of his times. The reality,
as Jonathan Oates reveals in this perceptive, carefully researched
study, was radically different. He was a robber, torturer and
killer, a gangster whose posthumous reputation has eclipsed the
truth about his life. In the early 1700s Turpin progressed from
butcher's apprentice and poacher to become a member of the Gregory
gang which terrorized householders around London by robbery and
violence. Then came his two-year career as a highwayman robbing
travellers, his partnership with Matthew King whom he may have
killed in Whitechapel, his murder Thomas Morris in Epping Forest,
and his eventual capture and execution. Jonathan Oates recounts the
episodes in Turpin's short, brutal life in dramatic detail, basing
his narrative on contemporary sources - trial records and
newspapers in particular - and he traces the development of the
Turpin legend over 250 years through novels, ballads, plays,
television and film. The Dick Turpin who emerges from this rigorous
and scholarly biography is in many ways a more interesting man than
the legend suggests.
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Secret Ealing (Paperback)
Paul Howard Lang, Jonathan Oates
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Originally a county town in Middlesex, Ealing became known as the
‘Queen of the Suburbs’ at the beginning of the last century.
Famous for the Ealing Studios, the oldest film studios in the
world, in this book authors Paul Lang and Dr Jonathan Oates delve
into the fascinating but often lesser-known history of this
district. Characters associated with Ealing include Olga Grey,
hockey player and MI5 agent, and Ealing’s pro-Hitler MP, and
other links with espionage and political extremism include
suspected Soviet spies and a Communist cell in nineteenth-century
Hanwell. Crime has stalked the streets of Ealing with the tale of
the disappearance of Peregrine Henniker-Heaton and dissent when the
borough was home to anti-German riots in 1915 and the Sunday
Opening controversy in the 1930s. Alongside these tales the authors
uncover stories of sports stars, film studios, wartime and ancient
Ealing. Secret Ealing explores the lesser-known episodes and
characters in the history of the borough through the years. With
tales of remarkable characters, unusual events and tucked-away or
disappeared historical buildings and locations, it will appeal to
all those with an interest in the history of this West London
district.
Family history should reveal more than facts and dates, lists of
names and places - it should bring ancestors alive in the context
of their times and the surroundings they knew - and research into
local history records is one of the most rewarding ways of gaining
this kind of insight into their world. That is why Jonathan Oates's
detailed introduction to these records is such a useful tool for
anyone who is trying to piece together a portrait of family members
from the past. In a series of concise and informative chapters he
looks at the origins and importance of local history from the
sixteenth century onwards and at the principal archives - national
and local, those kept by government, councils, boroughs, museums,
parishes, schools and clubs. He also explains how books,
photographs and other illustrations, newspapers, maps, directories,
and a range of other resources can be accessed and interpreted and
how they can help to fill a gap in your knowledge.As well as
describing how these records were compiled, he highlights their
limitations and the possible pitfalls of using them, and he
suggests how they can be combined to build up a picture of an
individual, a family and the place and time in which they lived.
Just over three centuries ago, there was a major battle in Scotland
that was to decide the fate of the newly established - and bitterly
contested - union of England and Scotland. On one hand there was a
numerically superior army, trained and armed but officered by men
of varying experience. Facing them was a small, but better
experienced and officered British Army. Both armies; one entirely
Scottish and the other a mixture of Scots, English and Irish were
led by Scottish noblemen. Victory to either side meant control of
the gateway from the Highlands to the Lowlands and then England,
where the political prize awaited. The battle's importance can only
be appreciated by an examination of its context, in what happened
in the campaign before the crucial clash of arms and in the months
that followed it. Furthermore, an examination of the officers and
men who made up the two armies is made in order to evaluate the
human material without which there would have been no battle.
Although the book covers the campaigning in the decisive theatre of
central Scotland, it does not neglect the wider strategic concerns
of both the Jacobite court and the British government, nor the
international aspects of the rising.
Many books have been written about the Jacobite rebellions - the
armed attempts made by the Stuarts to regain the British throne
between 1689 and 1746 - and in particular about the risings of
1689, 1715, 1719 and 1745. The key battles have been described in
graphic detail. Yet no previous book has given a comprehensive
military account of the campaigns in their entirety - and that is
the purpose of Jonathan Oates's new history. For over fifty years
the Jacobites posed a serious threat to the governments of William
and Mary, Queen Anne and George I and II. But they were unable to
follow up their victories at Killiecrankie, Prestonpans and
Falkirk, and the overwhelming defeat suffered by Bonnie Prince
Charlie's army when it confronted the Duke of Cumberland's forces
at Culloden in 1746 was decisive. The author uses vivid eyewitness
testimony and contemporary sources, as well as the latest
archaeological evidence, to trace the course of the conflict, and
offers an absorbing insight into the makeup of the opposing sides,
their leadership, their troops and the strategy and tactics they
employed. His distinctive approach gives the reader a long
perspective on a conflict which is often viewed more narrowly in
terms of famous episodes and the careers of the leading men.
Unsolved crimes have a special fascination, none more so than
unsolved murders. The shock of the crime itself and the mystery
surrounding it, the fear generated by the awareness a killer on the
loose, the insight the cases give into outdated police methods, and
the chance to speculate about the identity of the killer after so
many years have passed - all these aspects of unsolved murder cases
make them compelling reading. In this companion volume to his
bestselling Unsolved Murders of Victorian and Edwardian London,
Jonathan Oates has selected over 20 haunting, sometimes shocking
cases from the period between the two world wars. Included are the
shooting of PC James Kelly in Gunnersbury, violent deaths
associated with Fenian Conspiracies, the stabbing of the French
acrobat Martial Lechevalier in Piccadilly, the strychnine poisoning
of egg-seller Kusel Behr, the killing by arsenic of three members
of a Croydon family, and, perhaps most gruesome of all, the case of
the unidentified body parts found at Waterloo Station. Jonathan
Oates describes each of these crimes in precise, forensic detail.
His case studies shed light on the lives of the victims and summon
up the ruthless, sometimes lethal character of London itself.
The East End is one of the most famous parts of London and it has
had its own distinctive identity since the district was first
settled in medieval times. It is best known for extremes of poverty
and deprivation, for strong political and social movements, and for
the extraordinary mix of immigrants who have shaped its history.
Jonathan Oates's handbook is the ideal guide to its complex, rich
and varied story and it is an essential source for anyone who wants
to find out about an East End ancestor or carry out their own
research into the area. He outlines in vivid detail the development
of the neighbourhoods that constitute the East End. In a series of
information-filled chapters, he explores East End industries and
employment-the docks, warehouses, factories, markets and shops. He
looks at its historic poverty and describes how it gained a
reputation for criminality, partly because of notorious criminals
like Jack the Ripper and the Krays. This dark side to the history
contrasts with the liveliness of the East End entertainments and
the strong social bonds of the immigrants who made their home
there-Huguenots, Jews, Bangladeshis and many others. Throughout the
book details are given of the records that researchers can consult
in order to delve into the history for themselves-online sites,
archives, libraries, books and museums.
What motivated John George Haigh to murder at least six people,
then dissolve their corpses in concentrated sulphuric acid? How did
this intelligent, well-educated man from a loving, strongly
religious family of Plymouth Brethren become a fraudster, a thief,
then a serial killer? In the latest of his best-selling studies of
criminal history, Jonathan Oates reinvestigates this sensational
case of the late 1940s. He delves into Haigh's Yorkshire
background, his reputation as a loner, a bully and a forger during
his years at Wakefield Grammar School, and his growing appetite for
the good life which his modest employment in insurance and
advertising could not sustain. Then came his move to London and a
rapid, apparently remorseless descent into the depths of crime,
from deceit and theft to cold-blooded killing. As he follows the
course of Haigh's crimes in graphic, forensic detail, Jonathan
Oates gives a fascinating inside view of Haigh's attempt to carry
through a series of perfect murders. For Haigh intended not only
cut off his victims' lives but, by destroying their bodies with
acid, literally to remove all traces that they had ever existed.
Known as the 'Queen of the Suburbs', Ealing is best known as being
home to the world-famous Ealing Studios, the oldest film studios
still in operation. However, there's much more to Ealing's
historical and architectural heritage than this. Ealing in 50
Buildings explores the history of this West London borough through
a selection of its greatest architectural treasures, from the Grade
I listed medieval St Mary's Church in Perivale to the
twenty-first-century gurdwara in Havelock Road, the biggest Sikh
temple outside India. There are buildings associated with famous
people, such as the Poor Law school, which was attended by Charlie
Chaplin; public buildings such as St Bernard's Hospital, where
reforming surgeon Dr John Conolly worked; as well as mansions
designed by John Soane. Local authors and historians Paul Howard
Lang and Dr Jonathan Oates celebrate Ealing's architectural
heritage in a new and accessible way as they guide the reader
around the borough's historic and modern buildings.
The trial of the year in 1950 was of Donald Hume, a North London
petty thief accused of stabbing car dealer Stanley Setty to death,
of cutting up his corpse and dropping his body parts from an
aeroplane. The press and public were horrified and fascinated by
the details. But Hume was convicted and gaoled as an accessory - he
later claimed his wife was guilty of the crime. He then fled
Switzerland, taking up with a Swiss woman in Zurich, but he needed
money to finance his lavish lifestyle and he returned to robbery.
He carried out two armed robberies, shooting a member of the bank
staff, but getting clean away. Then in 1959 his attempt to rob a
bank failed and he shot dead a bystander. Arrested, he stood trial
and was sentenced to life, but was later deemed criminally insane
and was returned to Britain and to Broadmoor. Jonathan Oates's
compelling account of Hume's notorious life of crime is based on
extensive primary research. It sheds new light on Hume and his
crimes, especially the murder of Setty, and gives the reader a rare
insight into the criminal underworld of the time.
Ealing was once known as the 'Queen of the Suburbs', though this
phrase is more commonly used now by estate agents. Ealing Through
Time enables the reader to judge for themselves whether the
viewpoints of Ealing justify the title in question, both in the
past and in contemporary times. Ealing was a 'country town near
London' when these postcards were commissioned. It was blessed by
many fine open spaces and was near to the countryside too. Yet it
also had good transport links by train and tram to the capital and
the West of England. It had a number of prestigious private schools
and other establishments that made it attractive to middle-class
residents. Much the same can be said now, despite the many changes
that have taken place in the last century.
This chilling volume brings together more murderous tales that
shocked not only the county but made headline news throughout the
nation. Covering the length and breadth of Buckinghamshire, the
featured cases include the brutal slaying of a family of seven in
Denham in 1870, the killing of a butcher's wife in Victorian Slough
for which no one was ever found guilty, a double shooting at Little
Kimble and a killing near Haddenham in 1828, in which a letter
written a year later sealed the killers' fate, and the doctor who
disappeared in 1933 and whose decomposed corpse was found in
Buckinghamshire woods the following year. This well-illustrated and
enthralling text will appeal to everyone interested in true-crime
history and the shadier side of Buckinghamshire's past.
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Southall (Paperback)
Jonathan Oates
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This book is part of the Images of England series, which uses old
photographs and archived images to show the history of various
local areas in England, through their streets, shops, pubs, and
people.
Part of the Tempus History & Guide series, this book offers an
in-depth look at the suburbs of Southall and Hanwell, in the west
London borough of Ealing.
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