The Hawkhurst Gang was a notorious criminal organisation involved in smuggling throughout southeast England from 1735 until 1749. One of the more infamous gangs of the early 18th century, they extended their influence from Hawkhurst, their base in Kent, along the South coast, where they successfully raided the Custom House, Poole. After they were defeated in a battle with the Goudhurst militia in 1747, two of their leaders, Arthur Gray and Thomas Kingsmill, were executed in 1748 and 1749, respectively.
The HawkhurstGang was a notorious criminal organisation involved in smuggling throughout southeast England from 1735 until 1749. One of the more infamous...
Hawkhurst is a village and civil parish in the borough of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England. The village is located close to the border with East Sussex...
execution. However during the mid eighteenth century a smuggling gang known as the HawkhurstGang, operated along the South coast of England between Kent and...
leaders of the HawkhurstGang, was hanged at Tyburn and then gibbeted for smuggling 11 May 1748: Arthur Gray, leader of the HawkhurstGang, was hanged at...
avoid association with the smuggling and cockfighting activities of the HawkhurstGang. It is in the civil parish of Cranbrook and Sissinghurst. The nearest...
Minor battles were fought, sometimes at night, between gangs of smugglers, such as the HawkhurstGang, and the Revenue, supported by the army and local militias...
pence. Curteis was one of the leaders of the notorious gang of smugglers – The HawkhurstGang. Dunk's former manor, known as Tongswood, was eventually...
This is a list of people from Hawkhurst, Kent, England. George Goschen (1866–1952), Member of Parliament, Governor of Madras and Acting Viceroy of India...
smuggling raid on the Customs House at Poole in 1747 by the notorious HawkhurstGang. The body of one of the other smugglers was later found in the pond...
the city in 1795 with the construction of a depot on land where the HawkhurstGang had been hanged. It was named the Roussillon Barracks in 1958. The military...
Hebrew at Oxford from 1570 Thomas Kingsmill (HawkhurstGang) (c. 1720–1749), leader of the notorious HawkhurstGang of smugglers Thomas Kingsmill (water polo) [Wikidata]...
Battle of Goudhurst in 1747 led to the end of the HawkhurstGang of smugglers and the execution of local gang leader Thomas Kingsmill whose body was hung in...
Selsey Bill was designated a Highly Protected Marine Area in July 2023. HawkhurstGang 2 fathoms (12 ft; 3.7 m) Mixon rock consists of foraminifera-rich, calcareous...
Wakefield Trinity (RL) Arthur Gray (HawkhurstGang) (1713–1748), one of the leaders of the notorious HawkhurstGang, who was executed in 1748 Arthur Grey...
area to the Continent. The main gangs on the Marsh were the HawkhurstGang, the Mayfield Gang, and the Aldington Gang, known also as the Blues. Smugglers...
and the nearby The Mermaid Inn in Rye, East Sussex was used by the HawkhurstGang for smuggling. In 1789, at the outset of what would become the French...
crime lord. Arthur Gray 11 May 1748 One of the leaders of the notorious HawkhurstGang, a criminal organisation involved in smuggling throughout southeast...
controlled by the HawkhurstGang, a criminal organisation involved in smuggling between 1735 and 1749. John Amos, a prominent member of the gang, lived in the...
duel in 1694 Thomas Kingsmill (c1715–1749), leader of the notorious HawkhurstGang of smugglers Thomas Lloyd, stenographer of the U.S. Congress – convicted...
(10 km) away. In 1749 fourteen smugglers, members of the notorious HawkhurstGang, were accused of the murder of William Galley, a custom-house officer...
to the benefit of the local community, unlike many other such gangs: the HawkhurstGang in particular. The Swing Riots affected the area with army arriving...
the Mermaid Inn (now the Earl of Portobello) which was used by the 'HawkhurstGang' in the 17th century, and is said to be haunted by five different ghosts...
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