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Showing posts with label expropriation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label expropriation. Show all posts
Monday, 30 April 2012

30th April 1812: "General Ludds" men conduct a raid for arms at Dungeon, near Huddersfield

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On Thursday 30th April, Clement Dyson was up late. It was 1.00 a.m., and suddenly his blood froze as he heard a knock on his door. He had be...
Friday, 27 April 2012

27th April 1812: Raid for arms at Crosland Hill, near Huddersfield

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On Monday 27th April a local farmer, Thomas Pearson, was almost ready for bed at his home on Crosland Hill. Just before 11.00 p.m. he heard ...
Monday, 23 April 2012

23rd April 1812: Mass expropriation of goods at Sandsfield, near Carlisle

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At 10.00 p.m. at night on Thursday 23rd April, up to 700 people assembled on a common a mile from Carlisle, They were armed with various typ...
Friday, 20 April 2012

20th April 1812: Colonel Clay informs the Home Office of the state of Manchester & the surrounding towns

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Manchester 20. April 1812 ½ past 11 o’clock. P.M. Sir In consequence of information I received from the Police Office at a late hour l...
Tuesday, 17 April 2012

17th April 1812: Further disturbances at Carlisle

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The Times of 23rd April 1812 reported that the disturbances there, which had commenced 11 days earlier, were still continuing with the follo...
Sunday, 15 April 2012

15th April 1812: More unrest in the Stockport area

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An air of tension still prevailed in Stockport on Wednesday 15th April, the day following large scale disturbances there. A large number o...
Friday, 6 April 2012

6th April 1812: Disturbances in Cornwall

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On Monday 6th April 1812, one of the first areas in England to experience disturbances owing to the high price of staple foods was Cornwall....
Friday, 20 January 2012

20th January 1812: Reward notice for Derbyshire burglars

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BURGLARIES,— HIGHWAY ROBBERIES. REWARDS. THE Undermentioned Persons are charged with several FELONIES in the Counties of DERBY, LEICESTER,...
Monday, 9 January 2012

9th January 1812: Reward notice for Wilsthorpe burglary

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BURGLARY. ONE HUNDRED POUNDS REWARD. WHEREAS on Monday morning the 6th instant January, 1812, about half past Two o'clock, the House o...
Saturday, 7 January 2012

7th January 1812: Derbyshire burglar, Thomas Draper, committed to Derby Gaol

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On Monday 7th January Thomas Draper, a Derbyshire Framework-knitter originally from Heanor, was committed to Derby Gaol. He had been charged...

7th January 1812: Burglary at Wilsthorpe, Derbyshire

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At 2.30 a.m.on Monday 7th January, 3 men broke into the home of the well-to-do Mr Theobald of Wilsthorpe in Derbyshire. Gaining entry throug...
Monday, 2 January 2012

2nd January 1812: Reward notice for burglary at Lewcote Gate, West Hallam

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FIFTY POUNDS REWARD. BURGLARY. WHEREAS a Number of Persons did in the Night between Saturday the 21st, on Sunday the 22d days of December ...
Monday, 26 December 2011

26th December 1811: Reward notices for burglaries at Locko Grange & Ockbrook Mill

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ATTACK ON LOCKO GRANGE. December 23, 1811. A most violent Attack was made about 8 o'clock last Night, on the House of Mr. JOHN BRENTNA...
Sunday, 25 December 2011

25th December 1811: Burglary at South Wingfield Park

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Late into the evening of Wednesday 25th December, a Derbyshire Hosier - Mr Topham of South Wingfield Park - got a surprise he hadn't bar...
Thursday, 22 December 2011

22nd December 1811: Burglaries by "Lud's Men" in Derbyshire

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In the week prior to the evening of Sunday 22nd December 1811, there had a been a raid on a farmhouse at Stanley in Derbyshire by a group of...

22nd December 1811: Burglary at Lewcote Gate, West Hallam

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At 1 a.m. on 22nd December, the home and grocery shop premises belonging to Elizabeth Handley at Lewcote Gate, West Hallam, were broken into...