Set in a rural location in the beautiful parish of Langford Budville, Stancombe Farm looks unassuming, but has a dark chapter to its history.
The farm – and those who lived there – found themselves at the centre of a national story in August 1863, when the press revealed the farmer of the day – Thomas Cork – and his wife had been systematically torturing their female servant, Sarah Webber.
When the story broke on August 7 that year, there was a huge public outcry...
