'Criminals and Crime-busters in mid-1850s Middlesbrough' by Norman Moorsom - PRE-ORDER NOW FOR £19.99

Iconic historian Norman Moorsom’s latest book explores crime, criminals and life on the rough streets of the Victorian Ironopolis.

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Middlesbrough is a town defined by its Victorian expansion owing to the development of the coal export industry and the later rapid emergence of world-leading iron and steel industries that transformed what was once a small hamlet into an ‘Ironopolis’ at the heart of England’s industrial enterprise. Whilst factories, furnaces and foundries rose to transform the skyline along the banks of the River Tees, a burgeoning, industrious and tough community also developed in the shadow of the works.

Criminals and Crime-busters in mid-1850s Middlesbrough brings the Victorian town to life by taking the reader on a journey to the streets of the developing manufacturing centre. Famous names and iconic buildings are encountered along with tales of day-to-day toil, misdemeanours, and the sometimes jovial happenings of everyday life in the manufacturing town. By revisiting historic newspaper reports and delving into the archives, Honorary Freeman of Middlesbrough Norman Moorsom’s latest book provides a fascinating chronicle of the life and times of criminals and crime-busters of the ‘Ironopolis’ at a time of unprecedented change.

Hardback, full colour