The Stanfield Hall Murders
The Stanfield Hall Murders It will be 174 years, this November, since the Stanfield Hall murders were committed by James Blomfield Rush and to which so much interest was directed once his arrest was made, the trial called and the sentence carried out on Saturday, 21 April 1849. Over the years since, much has been written, with many accounts recycled by those who have been interested in Norfolk history. INTRODUCTION James Blomfield Rush Stanfield Hall is a large and ancient mansion situated near Wymondham and about 10 miles south-west of Norwich in the county of Norfolk. The Hall and Estate was held by Earl Warren in the 11th Century and by 1249 the Prior of Wymondham who had his house and chapel there. In the 14th Century Stanfield Hall came to the Bigods,...