Crime and Punishment in Regency Gainsborough
Between 1821 and 1841, Adam Stark recorded 140 entries under the heading of crimes and courts in his newsbooks, a chronicle of offences great and small brought before the Petty Sessions at Gainsborough’s Town Hall, committed to Kirton House of Correction, or sent on for trial at Lincoln Castle. They
Adam Stark: Gainsborough’s Victorian Man of All Trades
In 1842, the compilers of Gainsborough’s trade directory faced a small problem when they came to record Adam Stark of Market Place. He held so many roles that they had to make a choice about which to list first. They settled on the most official, Post Master. But tucked alongside
They Led the Way – Adam Stark (1784-1867)
In 1817, thirteen years after the appearance of Wharlton’s little book, Adam Stark wrote, printed, and published, the first edition of his History and Antiquities of the Town of Gainsburgh, a volume of some 372 pages, with four illustrations, a map and a genealogy of the Hickman family; its list