On the evening of  Sunday 22nd December 1816, an attempt was made on the life of a framework-knitter called George Kerry, in the village of ...

On the evening of Sunday 23rd October 1814, a group of men approached the house of an employee of Thomas Garton, the man whose house had bee...

The home of Thomas Garton had been raided, and six knitting frames had been destroyed , on 4th September 1814. Shortly afterwards, a framewo...

My Lord By Desire of the Mayor I have the Honour to inclose for your Lordship’s Information the Minutes of the Examination of Thomas Kirk...

Nottingham 15th Feby 1813 My Lord By direction of the Mayor and Aldermen of this Town our report your Lordship that a most daring outra...

At 6.00 a.m. on Sunday 14th February 1813 a net lace manufacturer, Samuel Ash, and his wife were asleep in their house at Poplar Place in No...

George Mellor's cousin, Joseph, was due to give evidence at George's Trial at the York Special Commission, which would commence in b...

The Monday 30th November 1812 edition of the Leeds Intelligencer featured a letter to the editor which described an attack on an individual ...

In his memoirs, Captain Francis Raynes related an incident that took place in the evening of Friday 31st July 1812 at Newton, near Hyde, Che...

Around 11.30 p.m. on Wednesday 23rd July 1812, John Hinchliffe - a professional singer and the parish clerk of Holmfirth - was asleep in bed...

William Milnes was a Special Constable for the Huddersfield area, and lived in Lockwood, near the town. Between 11.00 p.m. and 12.00 a.m. on...

At 11.00 a.m. on Saturday 6th June 1812, apparent shots from a musket were fired at Mr. Foster, the owner of the Mill attacked by Luddites a...

In the evening of the 21st May 1812, Ensign Madden of the 30th Regiment was walking through the streets of Leeds. He had passed the Moot Hal...

On Saturday 16th May 1812, a Mr. Gaunt from Hucknall Torkard, a 'gentleman who had been particularly active in discovering the Luddites...

The Assassination as depicted in an etching by Henry Warren On Monday 11th May 1812, John Bellingham finally got a Minister to take his ...

At 11.00 p.m. on Saturday night the 9th of May 1812, John Moore a Sergeant in the 1st Regiment of Manchester Local Militia Sergeant and a fe...

In the evening of Friday, 8th May 1812, an attack was made on the home of Colonel Campbell, the commanding officer of the Leeds district, at...

The most famous representation of the shooting, an etching by renowned Victorian artist 'Phiz' By Tuesday 28th April 1812, there...

William Trentham was Hosier in the town of Nottingham, a partner in the firm of Trentham, Tierney & Morton. He was already a notorious ...

Isaac Rayner was a husbandman employed by the Huddersfield magistrate Joseph Radcliffe. At 9 p.m. on Thursday 23rd April 1812, he was return...