SE20 Anerley, Penge
The Penge Murder Mystery |
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Have you heard of Forbes Road in Penge? Probably not, as it was renamed Mosslea Road after the scandalous events known locally as the Penge Murder Mystery of 1877. |
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No one wanted to be associated and known to be living in the same road as the murder - and so a decision was made to rename it. |
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The murder mystery concerned the suffering of a poor, helpless woman and her baby who were locked away and starved to death. Understandably the nation was horrified, and an inquest was held in an upstairs room at the Park Tavern in Station Road, Penge, at the end of Forbes Road. |
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Two brothers named Patrick and Louis Staunton were charged along with their mistresses, sisters, Elizabeth and Alice Rhodes with the murder of Harriet Staunton, whom Louis had married earlier, probably for her money. |
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Harriet and her baby died through neglect and starvation, rather than murder, but these two deaths caused a local and national outcry. |
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