Pirates, Highwaymen & Thieves

Oct 12, 202112 min read

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....

Sep 28, 202111 min read

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?

Sep 2, 20217 min read

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'

Aug 26, 202111 min read

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!

Aug 19, 20217 min read

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?

Aug 12, 20215 min read

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."

Aug 5, 20216 min read

The Setting | Notorious Local Highwaymen Series

Blackheath, yet again, was in for more mischief and mayhem.

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