The story of the Leeds body snatchers
They were a movement known as the Resurrectionists.
They were body snatchers who stole recently interred bodies from graves and sold them to medical men for anatomical investigation.
John Craig Hodgson, a solicitors clerk, was among their ranks and used his Leeds home to hide bodies.
On June 1, 1831 the body of Thomas Rothery was scalded to death at Bateson's Mill in Wortley and was taken from the graveyard of Wortley Parish Church.
The body was later discovered hidden at Hodgson's home - Resurrection Cottage on Elmwood Street in Sheepscar.
Here Hodgson regularly stored bodies until he could find customers who he charged around £12 per subject.
Hodgson was found guilty after a four hour trial at the Leeds Borough Session on Park Row in Leeds city centre
After the verdict was given Hodgson admitted the crime and was sentenced to six weeks in York Castle and fined.
He later studied medicine in Edinburgh before working in London as a legal advisor where he ultimately lost his position for not possessing a certificate or diploma.
Hodgson was born in 1811 the son of the landlord of the Regent Inn, Kirkgate.
He died of ill health in 1868 leaving behind two daughters.
Visible above the cottages in the image is the clock tower and roof of the Midland Bank. The former bank building still stands today at number 195 North Street. It is known as Northwood House and is Grade II listed.