At 10.00 p.m. on Saturday 6th June, 'a number of men' armed with muskets were seen to be drilling on the edge of Soothill Wood in the Parish of West Ardsley.
A Mr Hemsworth of Woodchurch later deposed that he heard drilling at the same location between 1.00 & 2.00 a.m. the following morning at the same location.
As reported in the Leeds Mercury of 13th June 1812. The evidence of Hemsworth comes from a letter from the Vice Lieutenant of the West Riding, Francis Lindley Wood, to the Home Office of 11th June 1812.
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