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THE BLACK BOY
by
Michael Dixon Whitehead Balls
Illustrated by John Durham
Sally descended the steps and directed her torch light through the
small opening. It was indeed a spacious cellar with an earth floor and
solid brick walls. On one side were three lines of shelving and at the
back she could just make out stack of timbers, some of which had
fallen down and some still neatly stacked for burning on a fire perhaps.
As she looked into the darkness she felt a cold chill go through her.... "why had
they gone to so much trouble to brick up the cellar and by who and when?..."
William Horne, son of John Horne, a brick and tile kiln business owner
in the small Hamlet of Horne Row, Danbury in the mid 1700's, decided
to embark on a new venture and acquire "The Black Boy" Alehouse.
Like so many Landlords of his day, to earn a few extra shillings, he
traded in goods on the black market with help from his friend and
father-in-law Matthew Rawlings, an Oyster Dredger from Mersea. For
a while things go well for them, until one night Rueben Belbin happens
upon their conversation and reports back to the infamous and evil
Jerimiah Spalding, leader of Notorious gang of cut throat tinkers and
smugglers from Tiptree Heath.
SET IN ESSEX - DANBURY AND ITS SURROUNDING VILLAGES.
This book is full of excitement, intrigue, romance and jealously and
set in times of great risk and ultimate punishments.
This book takes you from the 18th Century to the present day
Contents
CONTENTS
Chapter One.......................................................................................7
Chapter Two ....................................................................................15
Chapter Three...................................................................................23
Chapter Four ....................................................................................35
Chapter Five .....................................................................................43
Chapter Six.......................................................................................55
Chapter Seven...................................................................................65
Chapter Eight ...................................................................................71
Chapter Nine....................................................................................77
Chapter Ten .....................................................................................81
Chapter Eleven .................................................................................87
Chapter Twelve ................................................................................97
Chapter Thirteen ............................................................................105
Chapter Fourteen............................................................................111
Chapter Fifteen...............................................................................121
Chapter Sixteen ..............................................................................125
Chapter Seventeen ..........................................................................129
Chapter Eighteen............................................................................137
Chapter Nineteen ...........................................................................143
Chapter Twenty..............................................................................149
Chapter Twenty One......................................................................153
Chapter Twenty Two .....................................................................159
Chapter Twenty Three....................................................................167
Chapter Twenty Four .....................................................................177
Chapter Twenty Five ......................................................................183
Chapter Twenty Six ........................................................................191
Chapter Twenty Seven....................................................................201
Chapter Twenty Eight ....................................................................209
Supplement.....................................................................................215
Present Day ....................................................................................219
Cotswold's Cellar............................................................................225
Research..........................................................................................231
The Breakthrough ...........................................................................243
The Grave .......................................................................................255
The Coroner's Report .....................................................................265
Walnut Tree Cottage ......................................................................279
The Tunnel .....................................................................................285
Lovers Reunited..............................................................................297
