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[005051] [Fishing in Northumberland] Fishermen Rejoice!! The Monopoly Long Forced Upon Fishermen at Craster, Has Broken Down! Boat Landing Dues are Declared Illegal, and Craster is Now a Free Haven. No Place: No Publisher, First Edition. 12mo (Oblong). Unbound. Ephemera. Good. Printed broadside, approximately 280mm x 185mm in size, no publisher, no place [Alnwick?], or date, but circa 1855. Very lightly browned, minor creasing from folds, a coupele of spots of foxing, with a small nick to left hand side, name and address in ink to reverse with minor bleed through, otherwise fairly clean

Relates to a dispute between local fishermen and the local landowner over fees paid to the Craster family for access to the haven and for beaching their boats. In 1844 four fisherman refused to pay the fees, and were sued in 1854 by the landowner. The court initially found in favour of the landowner, but it appears that a compromise was reached in 1855

There is a copy of this broadside in the Northumberland archives, and a more exhaustive account of the dispute is available on their website

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