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Barham, Richard

( 1788 - 1845 )

 

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Acol

The legend tells the story of the pursuit of a gang of smugglers, carrying newly landed contraband gin and lace, by a party of Customs men...

Eastchurch

The unfortunate consequences of this hasty action were humorously narrated by Richard Barham in one of his Ingoldsby Legends, ‘Grey Dolphin’...

Margate

He had a ready gift for humorous narrative in verses which combined inventive rhyming and lively, even grotesque, story lines...

Minster-in-Sheppey

In the humorous prose story ‘Grey Dolphin’, he adopted a legend from the Isle of Sheppey...


 

 

   
   
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