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