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Showing posts with label autoreduction. Show all posts
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Friday, 20 May 2016

20th May 1816: Serious rioting in Downham Market

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Early on Monday 20th May 1816, serious rioting broke out in Downham Market, lasting all of the day. Norfolk. Peacock (1965, pp.87-92) gave ...
Monday, 20 August 2012

20th August 1812: 'Lady Ludd' leads autoreduction in Leeds again

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On Thursday 20th August 1812, and two days after leading a mob in the town, 'Lady Ludd' returned to Leeds in the morning. Potatoes w...
Sunday, 19 August 2012

19th August 1812: Food rioting continues in the Leeds & Sheffield area

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In the evening of Wednesday 19th August, the food rioting that had broken out in Leeds the previous day continued across the area. At Arml...
Saturday, 18 August 2012

18th August 1812: Food riots in Leeds headed by 'Lady Ludd' - similar scenes in Sheffield

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Despite the reports of abundant harvests that had been reported in a recent edition of the Leeds Mercury, the price of Corn in the West Ridi...
Saturday, 11 August 2012

11th August 1812: 300 women practice autoreduction at Knottingley, West Yorkshire

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On Monday 10th August 1812, a group of women had assembled alongside the canal at Knottingley Lock, near Pontefract, to try to intercept a b...
Thursday, 9 August 2012

9th August 1812: William Whitehead committed to York Castle for riotous assembly

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On Sunday 9th August, William Whitehead, a clothier from Friezland, then part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, was committed to York Castle ...
Monday, 14 May 2012

14th May 1812: Local Militia take part in Loughborough food riot

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On Thursday 14th May, a food riot erupted in the marketplace at Loughborough. The riot began with a row over the price of potatoes - 14 pe...
Sunday, 22 April 2012

22nd April 1812: Third and final day of food rioting in Manchester

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Charles Walker, a farmer, had left his home at Wootton in Staffordshire on Tuesday 21st April 1812 to sell a 3 1/2 cwt load of butter in Man...
Saturday, 21 April 2012

21st April 1812: More rioting & machine-breaking in Lancashire & Cheshire

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Following the large scale rioting that had taken place in the North West the previous day, further outbreaks occurred, mixed with some machi...
Friday, 20 April 2012

20th April 1812: Serious rioting across the North West of England

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On Monday 20th April 1812, serious rioting broke in many towns across the North-West of England. Much of it bore the character of food rioti...

20th April 1812: Second day of serious rioting in Manchester

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On Monday 20th April 1812, they was serious rioting in Manchester, only 2 days after a food riot in the Shudehill and New Cross area. The ...
Wednesday, 18 April 2012

18th April 1812: First Manchester food riot

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On Saturday 18th April, the first of 3 days of food rioting commenced in Manchester. The disturbances began just after the commencement of...