On Wednesday 26th April, an unemployed framework-knitter called William Wakefield from Old Radford committed suicide by taking poison. He le...

On Tuesday 27th July 1813, the body of a framework-knitter from Nottingham called W Hall was found in a stable at Pentrich. He had hung hims...

On Sunday 19th April 1812, a private of the Queen's Bays stationed in Leeds shot himself, dying instantly. The soldier had recently been...

For reasons that remain obscure, but which may relate to the tasks they were being ordered to undertake in Nottinghamshire, on the morning o...

From the Derby Mercury , 28th March 1811: On the 22d inst. the body of a young man was found lifeless at Long Eaton , in this county, suspe...