Category Jeavons

Australia, Blog, Crime & Punishment, Dudley, Jeavons

Farewell to Old England Forever

Thomas Jeavons of Dudley was convicted of the crime of stealing stockings at Stafford Assizes in 1821 when he was 20 years old. Sentenced to 7 years' transportation, he arrived in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land in May 1822.

19th Century Working Lives, Coal Mining, Crime & Punishment, Dudley, Jeavons

An Explosive Event

The story of Francis Jeavons, a coal miner in Dudley in the 19th century and his involvement in an act of intimidation during a miners' strike in 1864.