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Lexden Snippets

When researching for this website we often find a little snippet of information on a location or subject which may be of interest. Here's one for Lexden.

Times Oct 8 1817

A young man named Nicolson undertook to walk 100 miles in 26 hours, Lexden-heath, Essex. He commenced Tuesday morning and having before shown considerable powers in pedestrianism, opinion was generally in favour of his getting through the task; but after going 25 miles in 5 hours, he bagan to fall off, feeling extreme stupor and drowsiness, insomuch that he resigned the undertaking when he had only gone 44 miles in 12 hours.

Two medical men have given their confident opinion "That Nicolson's failure was owing to the effect of some dealy narcotic," and which is supposed to have been artfully administered.

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