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Caught in Blackheath: The notorious burglar, Charles Peace
Charles Peace (1832 – 1879) (Monarch: Victoria) In the last three months of his career, Peace had a criminal love affair with Blackheath....
Blackheath and Greenwich History Blog
Oct 12, 202112 min read
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Dick Turpin | Notorious Local Highwaymen Series
Google Dick Turpin and there is always mention that he did some of his dastardly deeds around Shooter’s Hill and Blackheath. Is it all true?
Blackheath and Greenwich History Blog
Sep 28, 202111 min read
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Henry Simms | Notorious Local Highwaymen Series
Henry was destined to become a thug because by the age of ten, he had given 'a specimen of his dishonest disposition'
Blackheath and Greenwich History Blog
Sep 2, 20217 min read
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Blueskin and Honest Jack | Notorious Local Highwaymen Series
The story of Blueskin, Honest Jack, Edgworth Bess, and Jonathan Wild – the stuff of twists, turns, and corruption!
Blackheath and Greenwich History Blog
Aug 26, 202111 min read
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The Gibbeting of Pirates and Mutineers
Does Greenwich have a pirate history? The maritime axis of the world had to have some links to marauding filibusters, surely?
Blackheath and Greenwich History Blog
Aug 19, 20217 min read
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Claude Duval | Notorious Local Highwaymen Series
Claude arrives in England at seventeen, smack bang into the hedonistic "universal joy upon the return of the Royal family."
Blackheath and Greenwich History Blog
Aug 12, 20215 min read
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The Setting | Notorious Local Highwaymen Series
Blackheath, yet again, was in for more mischief and mayhem.
Blackheath and Greenwich History Blog
Aug 5, 20216 min read
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