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Showing posts with label horbury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horbury. Show all posts
Friday, 14 February 2014

14th February 1814: A Horbury Constable is rewarded for suppressing Luddism

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On 14th February 1814, the Leeds Intelligencer reported that a Constable from Horbury, John Race, had been rewarded by 'the inhabitants ...
Monday, 23 July 2012

23rd July 1812: The trial of the Horbury food rioters at York Summer Assizes

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The Leeds Mercury of 25th July 1812, carried the details of the trial 3 women, accused of rioting in Horbury on 17th June 1812 . The trial t...
Friday, 22 June 2012

22nd June 1812: Reward Notice for suspect in Horbury Riot

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Riot at Horbury. Whereas JOHN HEPWORTH, Waterman, of Horbury, near Wakefield, was a principal Cause of a RIOT at Horbury, on Wednesday las...
Sunday, 17 June 2012

17th June 1812: Food riot at Horbury, West Yorkshire

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On Wednesday 17th June 1812, Benjamin Byrom, a hawker of potatoes & onions had set up his cart at Horbury on market day. At some point d...
Wednesday, 6 June 2012

6th June 1812: Shots fired close to the owner of Foster's Mill, near Horbury

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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...
Wednesday, 30 May 2012

30th May 1812: Special Constables take arms from the public in Horbury

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On Saturday 30th May 1812, the Chief Constable of the Horbury District ordered Special Constables to collect arms from members of the public...
Monday, 28 May 2012

28th May 1812: Arson at Horbury

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On Thursday 28th May 1812, a shed adjoining a barn belonging to a Robert Waltshaw of Horbury was set alight. The fire was discovered and ext...

28th May 1812: Arms raid in Horbury

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Thomas Milnes lived at Storrs-Hill, Horbury. At midnight on 28th May 1812, he was asleep when he was roused by the raised voices of men from...
Wednesday, 11 April 2012

11th April 1812: Colonel Campbell warns General Grey of a planned attack on Bradley Mills in Huddersfield

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Leeds 11th April 1812 Sir I am sorry to say that the Mills at Horbury S.W of Wakefield were on Thursday night attacked by an armed body ...
Tuesday, 10 April 2012

10th April 1812: 'Constitution of the United Britons' found near to Foster's Mill at Horbury

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On 14th May 1812, the Reverend William Robert Hay , Chairman of the Salford Quarter Session and a rector at Pontefract, came into the posses...

The horror of Foster's factories, 21 years later in 1833

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In 1833, the government conducted an inquiry into the working conditions for children employed employed in mills and factories throughout t...
Monday, 9 April 2012

9th April 1812: Attack on the Mill of Joseph Foster at Horbury, near Wakefield

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Up until the 9th April, Luddite attacks in the West Riding of Yorkshire had been aimed at smaller establishments, in particular cropping sho...