About Elizabeth Canning

Elizabeth Canning (married name Treat; 17 September 1734 – June 1773) was an English maidservant who claimed to have been kidnapped and held against her will in a hayloft for almost a month. She ultimately became central to one of the most famous English criminal mysteries of the 18th century.

members

here now

Occupation: domestic worker

Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image by James Caulfield via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain).

Elizabeth Canning

English maidservant who claimed to have been kidnapped

0members1here now

Ask Genius Site

Site Journal

Feed Discussions About

Sort by

Content type

Latest Elizabeth Canning news and discussion

Sort by

Content type

Nothing published yet

The conversation starts anyway — post the first discussion above.