Harrow Green
| Harrow Green | |
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 The small hamlet of Harrow Green |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bury St Edmunds |
| Postcode district | IP29 |
| EU Parliament | East of England |
Harrow Green is a hamlet in the civil parish of Lawshall in the Babergh district in the county of Suffolk, England. It is located between Lambs Lane and The Street and is just over a mile off the A134 between Bury St Edmunds and Sudbury.
The Lawshall Murder took place on Monday 20 January 1851 and was reported in detail in both the local and national press including The Times. The event will always be associated with the Harrow Inn at Harrow Green. Elizabeth Bainbridge, a 31-year-old dress and straw bonnet maker, was visiting her brother's public house, the Harrow Inn, where she spent time drinking with George Carnt, a 29-year-old farm labourer and lodger at the Inn. The couple appeared to have formed a recent attachment. She left the public house between three and four o'clock to return to her father's house across the fields. Carnt followed her to a pond where the murder took place. The Times on 24 January 1851 reported:
"It is evident, from the tattered condition of her dress and the state of the ground near the pond where the body was discovered, that a fearful struggle must have ensued between the unhappy victim and her murderer. It is conjectured that a refusal to comply with some improper overtures on his part led to a struggle, and that in a moment of revenge he forced her into the pond, where, from the shallowness of the water and the position she was found, it is apparent that she must have been held down with considerable violence in order to destroy her life. The pond is in a very lonely situation, and the banks is thickly studded with bushes."
On the 28 January 1851 the Bury and Norwich Post reported that:
"About 5 o'clock the Mr Payne landlord, returned home from his father's house and was asked by his wife what time the deceased returned home. He frequently expressed hopes she would be alright. At about 7 o'clock the prisoner returned to the Harrow with his clothes dirty and wet. It was known that he suffered from fits. Payne said 'you fool you ought not never be trusted on your own if you blunder about in this way'."
"He was frequently obliged to take his handkerchief and loosen it. Payne asked him where his hat was. Carnt, who frequently had epileptic fits, said 'in the pond'. Mr Payne despatched a man to his father to see if his sister had arrived home. The answer was no. PC Keable was sent for and on his arrival the prisoner refused to make any answer."
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