Baldock’s smuggling legacy Part 3: What lies in dark cellars?
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.
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 …
The Land of Promise: Importance of London wharfs to smuggling
In 1799 Mr P. Boyle of Paternoster Row published his ‘View of London and its Environs’. Within this catalogue of London …
Cruising with the wily Mr Baldock.
In 1776 William Baldock of Petham starts to take a special interest in local shipping around the Kent coast and …
Smuggling guidelines for Ladies 3: Keep your head.
Fashion played a big part in smuggling – especially among women who could conjure up all sorts of imaginative ways …
