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
Guarding the Night Sky
The Gainsborough and Saundby WWI Airfield When people think of Gainsborough’s industrial past, they think of Marshall Sons & Co., the Britannia Ironworks, Roses and packing machines. Aviation doesn’t usually make the list. But for two years between 1916 and 1918, a field on the Nottinghamshire side of the River
Lea Road Public Swimming Pool and Baths
As early as 1875, the question of building baths at Gainsborough was being brought up at meetings of the local Board of Health when it was suggested that a piece of land on Lea Road near the Waterworks be obtained for such a purpose. But it wasn’t until 1881 that