Frank Miles, Mildred Miles, and The Murderers, Norwich blue plaque
Overview
Frank Miles, Mildred Miles, and The Murderers, Norwich blue plaque is recorded as Blue plaque in England Norwich. This blue commemorative plaque records: The Murderers Public House The Murderers/Gardeners Arms Public House is unusual in that it has two names. The Murderers name commemorates events that took place here in June 1895, when Frank Miles murdered his estranged wife Mildred, who lived here with her mother.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This blue commemorative plaque records: The Murderers Public House The Murderers/Gardeners Arms Public House is unusual in that it has two names.
People and events
The saved account records: The Murderers name commemorates events that took place here in June 1895, when Frank Miles murdered his estranged wife Mildred, who lived here with her mother.
How it worked
The saved account records: He was given the death penalty, but this was later commuted to life imprisonment after public outcry, on the grounds that he had been provoked.
What remains
The saved account records: Frank died in Parkhurst prison in 1905.
Why it mattered
Frank Miles, Mildred Miles, and The Murderers, Norwich blue plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: The Murderers Public House The Murderers/Gardeners Arms Public House is unusual in that it has two names. The Murderers name commemorates events that took place here in June 1895, when Frank Miles murdered his estranged wife Mildred, who lived here with her mother. He was given the death penalty, but this was later commuted to life imprisonment after public outcry, on the grounds that he had been provoked. Frank died in Parkhurst prison in 1905. The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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