Lancashire has been linked to some of Britain's most shocking murder cases, from Buck Ruxton's gruesome crimes in Lancaster to the Pottery Cottage killings by Preston-born Billy Hughes.
Other notorious names have connections to the historic county of Lancashire through childhood homes, their victims or its historic boundaries.
These archive photographs reveal the faces and stories behind crimes that made national headlines.
13. Killer who slaughtered four family members
Preston-born Billy Hughes, who murdered four members of the same family during a terrifying 55-hour hostage ordeal at Pottery Cottage, near Chesterfield, in January 1977. The 30-year-old escaped prisoner was eventually shot dead by police after a dramatic car chase | Johnston Press
14. Pottery Cottage
Pottery Cottage at Eastmoor, near Chesterfield, where escaped prisoner Billy Hughes held a family hostage in January 1977. Arthur and Amy Minton, their son-in-law Richard Moran and 10-year-old granddaughter Sarah were murdered. Only Sarah's mother, Gill Moran, survived the ordeal | Contributed
15. The escaped killer who terrorised a family
Preston-born murderer Billy Hughes, whose escape from police custody sparked the notorious Pottery Cottage siege in Derbyshire in January 1977. Four members of the same family were killed during the ordeal before Hughes was shot dead by police | Other 3rd Party
16. Police investigate the scene of horror
Police officers outside Pottery Cottage in Derbyshire in January 1977, as investigators examined the isolated property and pieced together the events of one of Britain's most notorious hostage sieges | Contributed

