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Tag Archives: Michael Aislabie Denham
How about this for a list of ‘sprites and bogies’…
One of the earliest sources I’m currently working with is a collection of tracts written by Michael Aislabie Denham, who was a Yorkshireman, an ordinary man who made his living as a ‘general merchant’. He died in 1859, in Piersebridge … Continue reading
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Tagged Michael Aislabie Denham, Michael Aislaby Denham, The Denham Tracts
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