Difference between revisions of "Low Moorsley"
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'''Low Moorsley''' is a small village just outside [[Hetton-le-Hole]] in [[County Durham]]. | '''Low Moorsley''' is a small village just outside [[Hetton-le-Hole]] in [[County Durham]]. | ||
| − | The village's brush with infamy was in the nineteenth century: this was the home of Mary Ann Cotton (1832–1873), who was hanged for the murder of Charles Edward Cotton, her stepson, but | + | The village's brush with infamy was in the nineteenth century: this was the home of Mary Ann Cotton (1832–1873), who was hanged for the murder of Charles Edward Cotton, her stepson, but who is believed to have murdered three of her four husbands and 11 of her 13 children.<ref>Appleton, Arthur: '[https://books.google.com/books?id=LYIuAQAAIAAJ&q=low+moorsley+Mary+Ann+Cotton.&dq=low+moorsley+Mary+Ann+Cotton.&hl=en&ei=n9kTTa60O4KglAf11OnnCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA Mary Ann Cotton: her story and trial]' (Joseph, 1973) ISBN 0-7181-1184-2</ref> |
==Outside links== | ==Outside links== | ||
Latest revision as of 22:10, 2 January 2018
| Low Moorsley | |
| County Durham | |
|---|---|
 The Wheatsheaf, Low Moorsley | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NZ343452 |
| Location: | 54°48’-0"N, 1°28’0"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Hetton-le-Hole |
| Postcode: | DH5 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Sunderland |
Low Moorsley is a small village just outside Hetton-le-Hole in County Durham.
The village's brush with infamy was in the nineteenth century: this was the home of Mary Ann Cotton (1832–1873), who was hanged for the murder of Charles Edward Cotton, her stepson, but who is believed to have murdered three of her four husbands and 11 of her 13 children.[1]
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Low Moorsley) |
References
- ↑ Appleton, Arthur: 'Mary Ann Cotton: her story and trial' (Joseph, 1973) ISBN 0-7181-1184-2
