Belmount, North Pennines
This remote farmhouse was the scene of an unsolved murder on New Years Day, 1880. The victim was Robert Snowball, who lived there with his father and a housekeeper. The case attracted national press attention, perhaps because of the remoteness of the location and the unlikeliness that a stranger could have approached the house without making the resident dogs bark. The housekeeper, Jane Barron, was tried but acquitted.
More photos from this trip on my blog here
Belmount, North Pennines
This remote farmhouse was the scene of an unsolved murder on New Years Day, 1880. The victim was Robert Snowball, who lived there with his father and a housekeeper. The case attracted national press attention, perhaps because of the remoteness of the location and the unlikeliness that a stranger could have approached the house without making the resident dogs bark. The housekeeper, Jane Barron, was tried but acquitted.
More photos from this trip on my blog here