A print from an etching of Thomas Shillitoe, which appears in a biography by William Tallack Thomas Shillitoe was a Quaker minister an...

Wakefield 3rd September 1812 My dear Sir I yesterday received Your’s, of the 31st, and when I originally got Mr. Park's Opinion, i...

Thomas Broughton, a weaver from Barnsley, had become involved with the local Luddites some time ago. Although it is unclear what had driven ...

On Thursday 30th April 1812, a squadron of the 15th Hussars marched into Leeds, whilst one troop each of the same regiment were also placed ...

The Leeds Mercury of 18th April 1812 carried a brief report about disturbances in Barnsley on Wednesday 15th April: On Wednesday (the marke...