Black Country Bigamy

In this episode, we travel to the Black Country in the early 19th century to meet the Webb family, and follow the story of Dorcas Webb and her husband David Baker Aston. When David remarried less than 2 years after his first wedding, he sparked a legal case that was reported in newspapers across England.

What drove him to marry again? Did he think he could get away with it? And what can the records tell us about life among the ironworkers and craftsmen of one of Britain's most industrialised regions?

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Guests: Martin and Richard

Surnames: Webb, Penn, Aston, Deeley, Westwood

Places: The Black Country, Staffordshire, Kingswinford, Old Swinford, Brierley Hill, Worcestershire, Dudley, Lye

Guests: Martin and Richard

Surnames: Webb, Penn, Aston, Deeley, Westwood

Places: The Black Country, Staffordshire, Kingswinford, Old Swinford, Brierley Hill, Worcestershire, Dudley, Lye

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