The Temptation and Downfall of the Vicar of Stanton Lacy John O'Groats

The Temptation and Downfall of the Vicar of Stanton Lacy John O'GroatsA married vicar with a passion for a young single woman, a bitter publican, a Peeping Tom, a resentful church warden: our human frailties are still much as they always have been. Over three hundred years ago, the Reverend Robert Foulkes arrived as the new incumbent at the wealthy parish of Stanton Lacy, Shropshire. Charismatic, 'exceedingly followed and admired', he set off a chain of events which led to his hanging at Tyburn in 1679. What irrational

and an unwieldy train of rabbits

the circumstances

secluded rural waters to giant urban ship channels

to the Orkneys

dogs choosing their 'masters'

unexpectedly moving and always thought-provoking

BASC magazine

Renowned photographer Tarquin Millington-Drake spent over 500 hours in hides

José Tomás

This delightful

its wartime experience

through informative photographs and words