Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Broadside: The wild, and hairy man or English hermit, being an account of John Barnstable, Esq., the English Hermit, now residing in a cave in a rock, on Blackstone Moor Edge, near Rochdale, Lancashire

Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Broadside: The wild, and hairy man or English hermit, being an account of John Barnstable, Esq., the English Hermit, now residing in a cave in a rock, on Blackstone Moor Edge, near Rochdale, Lancashire

Title Broadside: The wild, and hairy man or English hermit, being an account of John Barnstable, Esq., the English Hermit, now residing in a cave in a rock, on Blackstone Moor Edge, near Rochdale, Lancashire
Publisher Re-printed at Douglas and Kent’s Cheap Printing Establishment, 99, Side, Newcastle
Time Period 19th century
circa 1832
Description Undated broadside titled The wild, and hairy man or English hermit, being an account of John Barnstable, Esq., the English Hermit, now residing in a cave in a rock, on Blackstone Moor Edge, near Rochdale, Lancashire. He was discovered on the 5th of January, 1832. Mr, Barnstable is 108 years of age; was born July 24, 1724, at Stone, near Stafford.
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 broadside (14.5 x 4.5 inches)
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
Finding aid title Finding Aid for the British Criminal Broadsides collection
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Format of Original document
Provenance British Criminal Broadsides collection
Genre/Format broadsides
Geographical Location United Kingdom. England