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trial, Heming murder 262–3, 264–91

Tustin, James: day of Parker’s murder 8, 9, 10, 11–12, 94–5, 96–7, 98, 102–3, 104, 105, 122, 157, 160, 161; Heming inquest and 207, 215; Heming murder trial and 293; Heming pursuit and 102–3, 157, 160, 161, 215; Parker inquest and 134, 137, 139

vestry meeting, Oddingley, 1806 41–3, 48, 55, 78, 79, 247, 293

Virgin Tavern, Newtown 114–15, 218, 279, 280

Ward, Richard 153, 177

Waterson, Henry/Waterson family 246, 258; Clewes and 192–3, 194–5, 196, 197, 204, 242; Heming inquest and 212–13, 218–20

weapon, Parker murder 2, 32, 40–1, 60, 103, 122, 134, 140, 179, 210, 213, 220, 279

Whateley, William 286

Wilberforce, William 46

woodcuts, Oddingley murder 258, 316

Woodforde, Reverend James 68–9, 70, 174n

Worcester: appearance and location of
4
, 15–17,
106
, 107, 183; bad harvests and 16–17, 169, 181; City Gaol, Castle Street 226, 229–43, 248, 292, 298; Clewes confession in 229–43; Crown Inn meeting of magistrates 157–8, 160–5; fair days 7; food riots, 1790s 44; Guildhall, Heming murder trial at 264–91; Heming inquest in 205–28; Heming murder trial in 264–91; industry 15–16, 107; Napoleonic Wars, attitude towards within 17, 67; Nelson visits 29; River Severn breaks banks at, 1806 32; Sadler’s ‘aerial voyage’ and, 1785 65; Sanders and Parker in 25–6; search for Heming and 107–8, 114–15, 123, 124, 125–6, 127

Worcester Herald
: Evans and 187, 188; Heming inquest and 211, 214, 221, 235, 253, 260; Heming murder trial and 262, 270, 296, 298; Heming search and 150, 167, 168–9; Napoleonic wars and 17, 29, 30–1

Worcestershire 3, 62, 65; character and appearance of 15–16; fair days 7; farming in 67–8; food supplies, scarcity of 1, 50, 181; harvests 1, 5, 6, 8, 12, 16–17, 31, 50, 56, 65, 67, 73, 76, 78, 79, 93, 94, 111, 120, 144, 169, 170, 179, 181, 197, 225; industry in 65–6; map of, 1804
4;
nature of early 19th century 16; Napoleonic wars and 28, 29, 181; Oddingley
see
Oddingley; Oddingley murders story, legacy of within 318–19; seasons and 5, 6, 62, 111, 121; tithe in 47, 68
see also
tithe;
see also under individual town or area name

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