A nation panics. Closure of the banks and the 1825 aftershock.
Following the French Wars, Britain’s future should have been full of confidence: “The half century from 1775 to 1825 saw the …
Monthly Archives: September 2016
Funeral of John Minet Fector. MP, banker, merchant and rumoured free trader.
One theory suggests that John Minet Fector was in effect, the godfather of smuggling in North Kent. He was certainly …
Welcome to Bluetown: Where every other house is a public house and every third house a brothel.
The fort and barracks we know today as Sheerness were key defences against overseas invaders. The first structure at …
The 19th century Godfather of North Kent.
(The following notes suggest a different theory regarding the structure and operations of smuggling networks around North Kent, especially Seasalter …
