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BUCKINGHAM OLD GAOL & MUSEUM
WHAT ARE THE GRIMSDALE CHRONICLES?
Created by honorary historian to the Old Gaol Ed Grimsdale, the Grimsdale Chronicles are a collection of key historical works centred on Buckingham and the Gaol.
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Ed has documented all sorts of fascinating tales. We are very grateful for his industry and expertise.
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Buckingham boy thrown from horse spooked by singed pig
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Buckingham poverty so bad, onlookers assume the plague has struck
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THE WRETCHED STEVENS
1864 murderer of Buckingham girl held in Old Gaol before hanging
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MAKE YOUR OWN ESCAPE ROPE
Prisoner escapes the Old Gaol using rope made from bits of 'oakum'
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THE TALE OF WILLIAM 'COINER' VARNEY
Forgery, escape and tragedy
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In the mid-1800s, a third of Old Gaol inmates were poachers
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Prisoner Wade ... NON EST!
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The Gaoler whose life was saved by an inmate
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Some prisoners never left the Gaol alive
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BUCKINGHAM POLICE STATION & HOUSES
What happened to all the police?
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OUR MOST DISTINGUISHED LODGER?
The Duke of Lancaster or a 'pauper lunatic'?
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Born criminals?
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Begging at Padbury ends in bad luck
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THE MUSTER'D MEN FOR BUCKINGHAM
1369: Buckingham sends its bowmen to the wars
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A captured German howitzer from WW1 displayed from 1920
WHO IS ED GRIMSDALE?
Check out Ed's LinkedIn profile.
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September 2021: Ed talks to the BBC about the 2021 archaeological find of headless Anglo-Saxon skeletons in a Buckingham field.