Baldock’s smuggling legacy Part 1: Rewarding family loyalty
The considerable wealth that William Baldock builds up during his lifetime involved some complex trust management at the time of …
Monthly Archives: November 2015
The Faversham Hoy: Everything a smuggling vessel should be.
They were fast, elegant, reliable and a familiar sight around the North Kent coast, the Medway and Thames Estuary. The …
The North Kent hoymen and their special cargoes
Hoys provided the perfect camouflage for Kent free-traders. These men were not a distinct group (although smuggling gangs did operate …
Mr Baldock and Mr Delmar fall fowl of the Gaming Act
Charles Delmar married very well. He wed Harriot Baldock much loved daughter of William Baldock who supported the couple financially …
Blue Anchor Corner 