John Franklin, “known by the name of Bill Downey, the celebrated Southtown pedestrian”, for a wager of £10 walked from the Duke’s Head Inn, the Quay, Great Yarmouth, to the Shirehall, Norwich, and back, in eleven and a half hours.
John Franklin, “known by the name of Bill Downey, the celebrated Southtown pedestrian”, for a wager of £10 walked from the Duke’s Head Inn, the Quay, Great Yarmouth, to the Shirehall, Norwich, and back, in eleven and a half hours.