The Treasure in the Forest
Short story written by H. G. Wells and published in 1897, about the fate of two men who steal a treasure map from a Chinaman.
Hulme Hall
Former half-timbered manor house on the banks of the River Irwell in Manchester, demolished in about 1840.
Mr. Brisher’s Treasure
Short story by H. G. Wells first published in 1899, a morality tale of greed and hypocrisy.
Beeston Castle
Former royal castle built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, (1170–1232), on his return from the Fifth Crusade.
Manchester Mummy
Mummified body of Hannah Beswick (1688–1758, a wealthy woman with a pathological fear of premature burial.