Baron Maunchausen
An Historical Sketch of Baron Maunchausen of Farden Range An Historical Sketch ridiculing William Busfeild Ferrand and his forays against the Chartists would be a digression if it did not concern in part "the moor" and attitudes towards its enclsoure. On first reading this pamphlet is a light and almost good humoured piece of satire on William Busfeild Ferrand who resided at Harden Grange (now St Ives). However, closer examination reveals a great deal about the issues that were exercising people in Harden and Bingley during the 1840s, including, class, rights, enclosure, inequality, religion and morality. The date of publication is not known but "June 1849" has been added in ink to the head of the front page. The date would seem accurate as one of the events it depicts - "revolution in Bingley" most likely refers to the events of 1848 when a number of Bingley Chartists were arrested and tried at York Assizes ( Gammage, R.G .,...
