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Heard, Abraham Cann biography 1794-1864 (2024)

Date: July 18, 2024
Type: Newspaper Webpage

Available online via HeardFamilyHistory.org.uk. Page updated 04/04/2024. © Nick Heard 2024

Vowles, ‘The “Devon Hercules” who fought the Cornish and became the Champion of England’ (2020)

Abraham Cann Appeal to antiquity Cann-vs-Polkinghorne Polkinghorne

Date: June 27, 2020
Source: DevonLive
Type: Webpage

Tags: Abraham Cann Appeal to antiquity Cann-vs-Polkinghorne Polkinghorne

The “Devon Hercules” who fought the Cornish and became the Champion of England He’d deliver agonising kicks to the legs of opponents with his hardened bullock-blood boots. Charlotte Vowles, DevonLive reporter 12:39, 27 Jun 2020 Updated 12:58, 27 Jun 2020 A champion wrestler nationally acclaimed for a savage style of fighting, originally came from a […]