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William Billington (1875 – 1952) was an English executioner. He was on the Home Office list from 1902 to 1905 and had participated in hangings from 1899. Career. Billington, second son of executioner James Billington, carried out his first hanging in July 1899.
William Billington (3 April 1825 – 3 January 1884) was an English poet, living in Blackburn, Lancashire and sometimes writing in dialect. He became known as "The Blackburn Poet". Life. Billington was born in Samlesbury, Lancashire in 1825.
William Billington's health eventually deteriorated and he succumbed to heart disease and bronchitis on 3rd January, 1884. Despite his humble origins, he educated himself to become a very popular and respected writer and teacher. He put into words the lives and times of the Lancashire cotton mill workers, thus helping them to better understand the often miserable conditions in which they lived ...
William Billington was an English poet whose work emerged during the Victorian era, a period marked by significant social, economic, and scientific transformations that greatly influenced the literary landscape. Billington's poetry often explored themes of nature, love, and the human condition within this evolving context.
William Billington 79 Although his parents and uncle were Roman Catholics, William Billington became interested in secularism soon after moving to Blackburn." There was clearly considerable religious indifference in Blackburn at this time. In 1851 only 10 15 per cent of Blackburn's manual workers regularly
Learn about the life and work of William Billington, a cotton operative, teacher and poet who became a prominent sceptic and critic of Christianity in 19th-century Lancashire. Read his autobiographical sketch, his poems and his views on religion and society.
William Billington: 'Lancashire Songs.' LANCASHIRE SONGS, WITH OTHER POEMS AND SKETCHES: by WILLIAM BILLINGTON, the 'Blackburn Poet' and author of 'Sheen and Shade' - published by subscription, Blackburn, 1883.
