Death in the Beaufort Arms

Death in the Beaufort Arms

Season: 7 Episode: 13

On Saturday 20 July 1878, an ordinary evening at the Beaufort Arms in Barton Hill, Bristol, turned deadly, when a gathering of local workers, including Alfred Theophilus Freeguard and Frank Ferris, erupted into violence.

CAST

Edwin Jones - Simon Criddle

Frank Ferris - Jon Locke

Alfred Freeguard - Guy Pass

Witness’s brother - Julian Kendell

John Southall - Steve Sheperd

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This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England.

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SOURCES

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 23 July 1878

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 25 July 1878

Stroud Journal - Saturday 27 July 1878

The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Western Countries and South Wales Advertiser

Thu, Aug 08, 1878 ·Page 3

Devon and Somerset News - Thursday 15 August 1878

Western Daily Press - Saturday 21 September 1878

UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for A. T. Frigard

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