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Showing posts with label salford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salford. Show all posts
Monday, 30 May 2016

30th May 1816: William Evans informs the Home Secretary of nocturnal assemblies around Manchester

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My Lord I have observed in the Papers Reports that numerous Bodies of men assemble in the neighbourhood of Manchester—I have not been able...
Sunday, 1 May 2016

1st May 1816: The Rev WR Hay expresses concerns about discontent in Manchester to the Home Secretary

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New Bailey Court House, Manchester. 1 May 1816 My Lord, It becomes my duty, in obedience to the directions the Magistrates who met this ...
Saturday, 22 September 2012

22nd September 1812: Illegal Oaths Handbill posted in Manchester

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Friday, 31 August 2012

31st August 1812: Handbill offering Pardon of Illegal Oaths posted in Manchester area

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Saturday, 28 July 2012

28th July 1812: Captain Francis Raynes expresses concerns about his informer

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Kersal Moor Camp 28th July 1812 Sir, I had the Honor to state to you in my last Letter that there would be a meeting on Castle Hill la...
Sunday, 8 July 2012

8th July 1812: Further information is obtained from Joseph Barrowclough

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In the morning of Wednesday 8th July 1812, Joseph Barrowclough was again re-examined and gave more information to the authorities. Barrowc...
Saturday, 7 July 2012

7th July 1812: Information given by Joseph Barrowclough

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Four days after being arrested in West Yorkshire, Joseph Barrowclough had been interrogated by the Stockport solicitor John Lloyd along with...

7th July 1812: Colonel Fletcher & his spy, John Stones, observe the 'Manchester 38' in Gaol

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In his account of the arrest and trial of the 'Manchester 38', John Knight recounts a chilling episode that took place at the New B...
Tuesday, 3 July 2012

3rd July 1812: John Lloyd arrests a Luddite in Yorkshire on the information of his spies

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In the afternoon of Wednesday, 1st July 1812, a spy called Thomas Whitehead sent by the Solicitor, John Lloyd, into Yorkshire travelled bac...
Wednesday, 13 June 2012

13th June 1812: The 37 prisoners at the New Bailey become the 'Manchester 38' and are committed to Lancaster Castle

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Between 4.00 and 5.00 p.m. on Saturday 13th June, the 37 men arrested at a meeting at the Prince Regents Arms on 11th June were in court aga...
Tuesday, 12 June 2012

12th June 1812: The 37 men arrested in Manchester are charged in Court

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After their arrest the previous evening, the 37 men from the meeting at the Prince Regents Arms were taken to the New Bailey Prison at Salfo...
Tuesday, 1 May 2012

1st May 1812: More troops arrive in Manchester & many sworn in under the Watch & Ward Act

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On Friday 1st May 1812 600 troops of the Berkshire Militia under Lieutenant-Colonel Ravenshaw arrived in Manchester, having marched from Not...
Monday, 30 April 2012

30th April 1812: Threatening letter to Nathaniel Milne, Salford Coroner

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Sir, This would be an error that our very blood could not expiate, if these lines were stuff’d with nothing but mere malice and injustice;...
Wednesday, 25 April 2012

25th April 1812: One man committed for Manchester Exchange riot

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The Lancaster Gazette of 25th April 1812 reported that at the recent Salford Quarter Sessions held at the New Bayley prison, a Charles Duffy...
Thursday, 5 April 2012

5th April 1812: Delegates from many North West towns meet at the Kings Arms in Salford

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The Kings Arms, Salford in the 1970s. Image copyright Salford Pubs of the 70s on Flickr. At 6 p.m. on Sunday 5th April, an important mee...
Sunday, 25 March 2012

25th March 1812: Manchester 'Church & King' loyalists petition the Borough Reeve for a Public Meeting

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Manchester , 25 th March , 1812. TO THE Boroughreeve and Constables OF THE TOWN OF MANCHESTER. GENTLEMEN, WE, whose Names are hereunto...
Saturday, 11 February 2012

11th February 1812: Stockport solicitor John Lloyd writes from the New Bailey prison, Salford

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Manchester 11 Feb.y 1812 My Lord As much may be said about one part of the Country connecting itself with the principles of the Nottingha...