Tag: Crime Records and researchThe Hampton Court RobberyMonday 5 June 2023One of our dedicated volunteers tells a true crime story he discovered in our...Records and researchThe amazing story behind ‘The Duke’Thursday 21 April 2022Some of you may have had the opportunity to see the recently released film,...Records and researchInvestigating the strange disappearance of Mrs Agatha ChristieFriday 11 February 2022On the evening of Friday 3 December 1926, Agatha Christie left her home in...Records and researchPeterloo: Whatever Happened to Henry Hunt?Thursday 29 August 2019On 16 August 1819, 60,000 people gathered on St Peter’s Field in Manchester to...Archives and archivistsPeel’s Police: Raw Lobsters and Blue Devils!Thursday 25 April 2019On 19 June 1829, Sir Robert Peel’s Act for Improving the Police in and...Records and research19th century crime at railway stationsTuesday 10 April 2018Wednesday 2 May 2018, 14:00 Britain on film: Railways Horatio Holland was only ten...Records and researchDeath, the doctor and the detective writerThursday 18 January 2018Recently, while researching documents to use as part of a document display, I chanced...Behind the scenesCrime in the archivesWednesday 25 October 2017Following the success of our ‘Behind the scenes’ repository tours we are currently running...Records and researchPetitions in picturesThursday 1 June 2017One of the best parts of my job is stumbling across unexpected items in...Behind the scenesWas the early 19th century ‘Taboo’?Wednesday 22 February 2017BBC One’s new period drama Taboo, set in 1814, is a far cry from...Records and researchHow to trace your criminal ancestorsTuesday 13 December 2016Criminal records are some of the richest sources available for family historians - here...Behind the scenesCrime in historyTuesday 11 October 2016As it is nearly Halloween, this month’s selection of books offers an overview of... 1 2 »