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Author Topic: Blue Plaque for Doncaster Woman  (Read 649 times)

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SydneyRover

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Blue Plaque for Doncaster Woman
« on November 09, 2020, 07:53:43 am by SydneyRover »
Blue plaque to honour Yorkshirewoman who was locked in asylum for calling vicar a liar
Mary Heaton spent 41 years in a Wakefield asylum for challenging a cleric. Finally, her life and suffering are being recognised

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/08/blue-plaque-to-honour-yorkshirewoman-who-was-locked-in-asylum-for-calling-vicar-a-liar



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belton rover

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Re: Blue Plaque for Doncaster Woman
« Reply #1 on November 10, 2020, 07:18:27 am by belton rover »
Blue plaque to honour Yorkshirewoman who was locked in asylum for calling vicar a liar
Mary Heaton spent 41 years in a Wakefield asylum for challenging a cleric. Finally, her life and suffering are being recognised

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/nov/08/blue-plaque-to-honour-yorkshirewoman-who-was-locked-in-asylum-for-calling-vicar-a-liar

That is an incredible story.

SydneyRover

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Re: Blue Plaque for Doncaster Woman
« Reply #2 on November 10, 2020, 07:38:37 am by SydneyRover »
It shows the morals of the Reverend that pursued her and then let her rot in an institution rather than being honest and paying his bill.

drfchound

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Re: Blue Plaque for Doncaster Woman
« Reply #3 on November 10, 2020, 08:21:38 pm by drfchound »
There probably hadn

 

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