Talk in Leeds this Saturday
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Talk in Leeds this Saturday
mrdenton Tue Sep 09, 2008 4:44 pm
Members may be interested to know that this coming Saturday, September 13, Roy Stockdill will be speaking to the Family History Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society.
The subject is: "The Life & Crimes of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch."
The talk concerns one of Leeds' most infamous characters, Mary Bateman, a bogus medium and confidence trickster who was hanged at York in 1809 for murder. Roy has been researching this fascinating story for a number of years and has had articles published about Mary Bateman in magazines.
The lecture takes place at 2.0 p.m. at the YAS headquarters: Claremont, 23 Clarendon Rd, Leeds LS2 9NZ. Claremont is close to the city centre and the University of Leeds.
Non members may be charged a small fee.
For those of you who may not know Roy, he is a professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer and has produced the Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History on the following web site:
www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html
The subject is: "The Life & Crimes of Mary Bateman, the Yorkshire Witch."
The talk concerns one of Leeds' most infamous characters, Mary Bateman, a bogus medium and confidence trickster who was hanged at York in 1809 for murder. Roy has been researching this fascinating story for a number of years and has had articles published about Mary Bateman in magazines.
The lecture takes place at 2.0 p.m. at the YAS headquarters: Claremont, 23 Clarendon Rd, Leeds LS2 9NZ. Claremont is close to the city centre and the University of Leeds.
Non members may be charged a small fee.
For those of you who may not know Roy, he is a professional genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer and has produced the Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History on the following web site:
www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html
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Registration date : 2008-08-31
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