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Fanny Adams (30 April 1859 – 24 August 1867) was an eight-year-old English girl, who was murdered by a solicitor's clerk, Frederick Baker, in Alton, Hampshire, in 1867. Her murder was extraordinarily brutal and caused a national outcry in the United Kingdom.
Nov 23, 2023 · 'Sweet Fanny Adams' is used by the British to describe anything worthless. It is also the name of a beautiful young child who was brutally murdered in Victorian England. This is the story of Fanny Adams' death and how her name became a slang term.
Oct 23, 2023 · In 1869, canned mutton was given to the British Navy as a ration. The meat was disgusting, and the men joked that it wasn’t mutton; it was the remains of a little girl named Fanny Adams, who had been murdered several years prior. Somehow, Fanny Adams became slang for subpar-quality canned meat.
Oct 14, 2015 · The rural village of Alton, a quiet and peaceful place in Hampshire, became the talk of the nation when on Saturday August 24 th 1867 the abduction of a girl called Fanny Adams and subsequent murder and mutilation created horror and revulsion throughout the land.
What's the origin of the phrase 'Sweet Fanny Adams'? The eight-year-old Fanny Adams was murdered in Alton, England in August 1867 by Frederick Baker, a 24-year-old solicitor’s clerk. Her dismembered body was found in a field near the town.
Feb 11, 2022 · The murder of Fanny Adams in 1867 was a shocking event, not just in her sleepy town of Alton, but throughout the United Kingdom and beyond.
This infamous case concerned the murder, at Alton, of ‘sweet’ Fanny Adams, aged 8 years. This took place at Flood Meadow, on Saturday, 24th August 1867. To add to the horror, the victim had been decapitated and brutally mutilated. Body parts were spread over a wide area.
When the name Fanny Adams made sensational headlines, it created a wave of horror, revulsion and pity. Little Fanny Adams was killed on Saturday 24 August 1867.
Dec 1, 2022 · His tragic victim was innocent Fanny Adams, just eight-years-old and the fourth eldest of six children of George Adams, an honest and industrious bricklayer in Alton, and his...
Feb 7, 2008 · The extraordinarily dismissive statement surrounding the horrific killing of Fanny Adams was the sole entry in the diary of solicitor's clerk Frederick Baker for Saturday, August 24, 1867.
