Thursday 9th November 1780
A Highwayman At Norridge
At seven in the evening, on Thursday 9th November 1780, Gideon Hunt, of Chapmanslade, was near Norridge Farm, when he was accosted by a highwayman who relieved him of £2 12s. The robber had stabled his mare at the Black Dog Inn, on the road between Deadmaids and Standerwick; he called there for the mare an hour after the robbery and left, making it known he was going to Bristol.