Teignmouth Old Cemetery has already yielded some of its secrets but this is something new – our first crime. Not just any crime but a murder so gruesome that it shocked the nation at the time.
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In te domine speravi
“A——-, a mantle-maker in a large establishment. Wages 9s. per week, latterly only 7s. 6d., work being slack. Pays 3s. 6d. for room, 1s. for coal, lamp-oil, and firewood, 9d. for washing, which leaves just 3s. 9d. for food and clothing. Lives mostly on bread and tea; carries bread and butter for her dinner toContinue reading “In te domine speravi”
Teignmouth Old Cemetery 