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Showing posts with label ilkeston. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ilkeston. Show all posts
Friday, 22 March 2013

22nd March 1813: Two men sentenced to transportation at Derby Lent Assizes for riot at a Corn Mill

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On Monday 22nd March 1813, two men - Benjamin Beardsley & George Cope - were sentenced by Sir Vicary Gibbs to 7 years transportation aft...
Monday, 8 October 2012

8th October 1812: Mass attack on Corn Mill at Ilkeston, Derbyshire

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In the evening of Tuesday 8th October 1812, people 'to the number of one hundred and upwards' assembled and broke into a Corn Mill b...
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Sunday, 11 December 2011

11th December 1811: More frame-breaking in Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire

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On the evening of Wednesday the 11th December, 'several' frames were broken at Ripley in Derbyshire and 1 at Burton Joyce in Notting...
Tuesday, 6 December 2011

5th December 1811: Frame-breaking at Ilkeston - anatomy of a Luddite attack

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In the early hours of Friday the 6th December, Derbyshire Luddites again attacked frames at Ilkeston. Amongst their targets that night were ...
Thursday, 1 December 2011

1st December 1811: Mass framebreaking in Derbyshire

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On the Sunday evening, Luddites launched concerted raids in Derbyshire. 50 frames were destroyed in Ilkeston and Heanor. According to the De...
Wednesday, 23 November 2011

23rd November 1811: Frame-breaking comes to Derbyshire & Luddites win concessions

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Conant & Baker reported 1 that on Saturday 23rd Novmber, "one Frame was broken at Ilkeston in Derbyshire but further mischief was ...
Wednesday, 16 March 2011

16th - 23rd March 1811: 'outrages in the villages' - 100 frames broken

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Sources of information about exactly what happened following the Arnold attack on 11th March are somewhat thin on the ground. Several author...