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Showing posts with label newton. Show all posts
Tuesday, 31 July 2012

31st July 1812: A would-be Luddite assassin is found dead in Newton, Cheshire

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In his memoirs, Captain Francis Raynes related an incident that took place in the evening of Friday 31st July 1812 at Newton, near Hyde, Che...
Thursday, 12 July 2012

12th July 1812: Arms raid at Newton, near Hyde, leaves a Mr. Goodier gravely ill

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Between 11.00 p.m. and 12.00 a.m. in the evening of Sunday 12th July 1812, 4 men appeared at the door of a house belonging to the well-to-do...
Wednesday, 13 June 2012

13th June 1812: Arms raids by Luddites continue in the area of Hyde, Cheshire

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On the evening of Saturday 13th June 1812, Luddites were out another night raiding for arms in the area of Hyde and Newton in Cheshire. Ea...
Tuesday, 12 June 2012

12th June 1812: More raids for arms in the area of Hyde, Cheshire

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On the evening of Friday 12th June, a group of up to 30 Luddites again conducted raids for arms in the area of Hyde, Cheshire. At Newton H...
Monday, 11 June 2012

11th June 1812: More arms raids in Newton, Cheshire

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On the night of Thursday 11th June 1812, a number of raids for arms were again conducted in the village of Newton, near Hyde, Cheshire. The ...
Friday, 8 June 2012

8th June 1812: Arms raid at Newton Green, near Hyde, Cheshire

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On Monday evening, 8th June 1812, a group of men called at the home of on an elderly well-to-do man who lived at Newton Green, near Hyde in ...
Tuesday, 17 January 2012

17th January 1812: The Manchester spy, B, meets another Irish contact & visits Stockport

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Colonel Fletcher's spy, 'B' , filed another report on the 17th January. Commencing on the 14th January, B explained he had a m...