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This listing describes an event that ocurred in Shrivenham in 1876, that was distrurbing then and would have been more so now. It comes from articles within the newspapers of the time and explains how young James Henry Taylor died, and what part ten year old Henry Knapp played in the tragedy. To read a full transcription, please go HERE
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