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The Shocking Murder of Elizabeth Ann Holt (1890)
2022-09-24
On the morning of Monday, November 10th 1890, 21-year old Elizabeth Holt had left her home in Dunscar to make her usual trek over to the school she was employed at in Belmont, which was roughly three miles away. But this would be the last time she would ever make the journey, and a tragedy so brutal in nature would soon unravel which would shock the residents of Bolton and nearby towns and villages.
As head mistress at Belmont National School near to Bolton, 21-year old, Elizabeth made the routinely walk from her home at number 532 Darwen Road, Turton and head towards an unfrequented country road known as Longworth Lane, a walk that would take around fifteen to twenty minutes to complete.
From here, it would take at least another hour or so before she would have reached the school.
But not long into the walk, Elizabeth would encounter something so sinister, so horrible to even contemplate, it would go unknown for almost 5 days - until that is, when her body would be discovered buried underneath an overhanging crag and covered in dead leaves and ferns.
It was Elizabeth's practice to leave her home on a Monday morning and return on the Friday evening. But it appears that the schoolmaster had assumed Elizabeth had been ill and she was not well enough to inform the school of her non-arrival.
Meanwhile, back at her home, her family thought nothing different and that Elizabeth had, as she had always done, arrived safely in Belmont and her place of work.
Four days past, and when Elizabeth failed to return home the following Friday, it was not until Saturday morning, 15th November, when Elizabeth's mother and sister became anxious about her absence.
Just after noon, a young friend of of Elizabeth's family had been sent over to Belmont on his bicycle to inquire about Elizabeth's whereabout's. After quickly hearing that she had not been to school at all during the week, he rushed back to inform her mother and sister.
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