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Life on Earth
My interest in cosmology started in 1974 when I was a young signalman in the Royal Navy. This resulted in me spending many long nights on the flag deck of ships with not much to look at but the […]

Grimsby, properly known as Great Grimsby, is a town, seaport and unitary authority, which along with Cleethorpes, forms the North Lincolnshire conurbation. The town is situated on the east coast of England, just […]

What was a Highwayman?
Highwaymen as they were dubbed in Britain, and elsewhere known as land-pirates, mail-coach robbers, stagecoach robbers, road agents, or bushrangers. They were outlaws who plied their trade […]

The real-life story of Juraj Jánošík
Juraj (also known as Juro or Jurko) Jánošík was a fabled Slovak highwayman who achieved great notoriety in Eastern Europe during the early part of the 18th century. Despi […]

 
A quick guide to Longtown
The small market town of Longtown is situated just south of the English/Scottish border, 3 miles (5 km) east of Gretna Green and 9 miles (14 km) north of Carlisle. This makes it […]

What was a highwayman?
Highwaymen as they were dubbed in Britain, were outlaws who plied their trade along the travelled highways of the world. In other parts of the world, they were known as land-pirates, […]

What is a highwayman?
Highwaymen as they were dubbed in Britain, were outlaws who plied their trade along the travelled highways of the world. In other parts of the world, they were known as land-pirates, […]

Who was Mary Bryant?
Thanks to popular literature many of us are familiar with the often heavily fictionalised accounts of the lives of the daring highwayman such as Dick Turpin. However, far fewer of us know […]

What is a Highwayman?
Highwaymen as they were dubbed in Britain, and elsewhere known as land-pirates, mail-coach robbers, stagecoach robbers, road agents, or bushrangers, and in Ireland, sometimes as Rapparees, […]

Scarborough!
Scarborough is a seaside resort and fishing port on the northeast coast of England. The town is said to have been founded around 966 AD as Skarðaborg by Thorgils Skarthi, a Viking chieftain, though […]

Notorious Whitby
Whitby is a seaside town and fishing port that lies on the northeast coast of England. It’s situated in the Borough of Scarborough in North Yorkshire at the mouth of the River Esk. The town has a […]

John Nevison in Brief
Gentleman John Nevison is perhaps not the best-remembered of British highwaymen. However, some of his deeds and daring feats have gone down in the annals of history. In the acclaimed book […]

 Dick Turpin in Brief
Dick Turpin is, undoubtedly the most celebrated and best remembered, of all the British highwayman and his has been romanticised in poems, books, television and films, down the years. […]

What is a Highwayman?
Highwaymen as they were dubbed in Britain, were known elsewhere as land-pirates, mail-coach robbers, stagecoach robbers, road agents, or bushrangers. In Ireland they were sometimes also […]

Barnard Castle is a market town and the main settlement in the Teesdale area of County Durham in the North East of England. The town stands on the north bank of the River Tees, about 21 miles (34 km) southwest of […]

Hexham is a small market town and civil parish in the southwest of Northumberland (aka Northumbria) in the North of England. The town is situated close to the world-renowned Hadrian’s Wall about 25 miles (40 km) […]

A Quick Guide to Kirkby Stephen
Kirkby Stephen is a small market town and civil parish in the Eden District of Cumbria, northwest England. The town is situated close to the west bank of the River Eden and on the […]

Skipton, sometimes known as Skipton-in-Craven, is a smallish market town located in North Yorkshire, just to the south of the Yorkshire Dales in the North of England. Situated on the River Aire and the Leeds and […]

Lancaster is an ancient cathedral city and the county town of Lancashire in northwest England. Situated on the banks of the River Lune, the town lies 7 miles (km) southeast of Morecambe and 14 miles (km) south of […]

Morecambe is a coastal town situated on Morecambe Bay, which is part of the Irish Sea. Located in Lancashire, northwest England, the town is about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Lancaster and 6 miles (10 km) […]