The Scotforth Murder in 1866 – Lancaster, Lancashire, England, UK – local history book – PDF download – Galgate – University – Guardian

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The Scotforth Murder in 1866 – Researched by Linda Moorhouse – Illustrated by Ben & David Moorhouse 33 pages of A4 – 19,850 words – download size 2473KB”I remember the night of Thursday the 11th January, 1866. The night the snow fell….”Contents:Introduction, The Murder, Elizabeth Nelson’s headstone, The Witnesses, Miscellaneous Events, Images, Plan of the Locality, Scotforth Murder walk starting at the Ruskin Library, Lancaster UniversityThis is not a story. The articles in this book are an exact copy of what was reported in the Lancaster Newspapers about the Scotforth Murder.The Scotforth Murder portrays a vivid account of the murder of Elizabeth Nelson, in Scotforth, during the winter of 1866. The events recorded yield a fascinating insight into the daily lives of the people living in and around Scotforth during that period. There is both sadness and humour in the story, from Elizabeth’s widowed mother to the local bobby who had the body washed before examination thereby shifting suspicion onto himself.EXAMPLE of book:James Arkwright: “I live at Mr Whalley’s Farm at Burrow and am the horseman. I knew Elizabeth Nelson, the deceased. I last saw her alive about a week before her death, at Richmond House. I also saw her at Burrow at the latter end of harvest last year when I was with Thomas Wilkinson, who was driving a cart. It was on a Saturday between three and four o’clock in the afternoon. The deceased came up with us as we were standing at the Jerry Shop at the Pointer. She said she did not know the way to Burrow, having only been there once before with Mrs Wilson. She got into the cart and rode with us to Mrs Wilson’s at Burrow Beck Farm where Thomas Wilkinson lives. I then walked with her from Mrs Wilson’s to my cottage, which is just past Mr Welch’s and then she went forward alone. I have never seen her there at any other time. It was in the afternoon in broad summer time.”