Bodmin Moor

[louisa maud]

This might be a completely stupid question, but years ago, possibly back in 1970' I remember reading about a man who ran 2 families, he would run across the Moor from one household to another to  be with one of the " wives" and back to the other when he fancied.
A friend was talking about it recently

LM

[CaroleW]

Have you tried Google? 

[louisa maud]

I have but no joy so far, thank you  LM

[hepburn]

I can't find anything on it

[louisa maud]

Think I will call a halt to this  now,thank you

LM

[athel_cb]

There were probably many cases like this, most of them unlikely to be easy to find on the net. The one that I remember (also from the 1970s) concerned Ashton-under-Lyne, in Greater Manchester, a very different place. I can't find confirmation of that. More generally, I have read that the invention of the bicycle made the largest single contribution to the decrease in in-breeding in rural England.

[emeltom]

Searching on Google for Bigamist Bodmin Moor brought up the following from The National Archives Discovery cataloge

Ref 2606/570
First wife of William Smith (Bigamist) at Bodmin c1967-1978
Held by Plymouth Archives, The Box

[louisa maud]

Right time frame, thank you
LM

[Eastbury]

Hi
Try searching for
“ “Superdad” irritates neighbours” . . .
Could this be the same man!! (1983)