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Tag Archives: hoy

Baldock’s smuggling legacy Part 3: What lies in dark cellars?

January 21, 2016

Small, almost insignificant details of a Last Will and Testament can often lead to hidden parts of a person’s life …

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The Faversham Hoy: Everything a smuggling vessel should be.

November 19, 2015

They were fast, elegant, reliable and a familiar sight around the North Kent coast, the Medway and Thames Estuary. The …

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The North Kent hoymen and their special cargoes

November 12, 2015

Hoys provided the perfect camouflage for Kent free-traders. These men were not a distinct group (although smuggling gangs did operate …

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The Land of Promise: Importance of London wharfs to smuggling

April 15, 2015

In 1799 Mr P. Boyle of Paternoster Row published his ‘View of London and its Environs’. Within this catalogue of London …

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Cruising with the wily Mr Baldock.

December 18, 2014

In 1776 William Baldock of Petham starts to take a special interest in local shipping around the Kent coast and …

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Smuggling guidelines for Ladies 3: Keep your head.

November 14, 2014

Fashion played a big part in smuggling – especially among women who could conjure up all sorts of imaginative ways …

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