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Showing posts with label south yorkshire. Show all posts
Showing posts with label south yorkshire. Show all posts
Wednesday, 30 October 2013

30th October 1813: A Sheffield JP, Hugh Parker, applies to the Home Office for expenses he paid to procure Luddite prisoners

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Woodthorpe Oct. 30th 1830 My dear Sir, When I had the pleasure of seeing you in the Spring you may perhaps recollect to have mentioned t...
Thursday, 28 February 2013

28th February 1813: A Quaker missionary, Thomas Shillitoe, visits the families of George Mellor, Jonathan Dean & John Walker

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A print from an etching of Thomas Shillitoe, which appears in a biography by William Tallack Thomas Shillitoe was a Quaker minister an...
Thursday, 29 November 2012

29th November 1812: The Solicitor to the Treasury, Henry Hobhouse, gives his view of the cases for the York Assizes

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Sheffield Nov. 29. 1812. Sir, Having concluded my Enquiry undertaken by the Directions of Lord Viscount Sidmouth into the Cases of the...
Sunday, 4 November 2012

4th November 1812: Earl Fitzwilliam describes the Luddites as 'terrorists' to the Home Secretary

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Wentworth novr 4. 1812 my Lord your Lordship is already apprized of the great number of Prisoners (nearly 50) in York Castle, on charge...
Friday, 2 November 2012

2nd November 1812: Earl Fitzwilliam seeks General Maitland's opinion on a Special Commission to try the West Riding Luddites

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Wentworth November 2nd. 1812 Dear Sir Since I had last the pleasure of seeing you, many committals to York Castle have been made, for ...
Monday, 3 September 2012

3rd September 1812: General Maitland updates the Home Office about the situation in the North

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Wakefield 3rd September 1812 My dear Sir I yesterday received Your’s, of the 31st, and when I originally got Mr. Park's Opinion, i...
Sunday, 2 September 2012

2nd September 1812: Four weavers seized at Barnsley for administering & taking Illegal Oaths

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Thomas Broughton, a weaver from Barnsley, had become involved with the local Luddites some time ago. Although it is unclear what had driven ...
Monday, 20 August 2012

20th August 1812: General Maitland writes from Sheffield about the riots there

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Sheffield 20th August 1812 My dear Sir You will properly have heard of the Riots that have taken place here. I was totally ignorant ...
Sunday, 19 August 2012

19th August 1812: Food rioting continues in the Leeds & Sheffield area

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In the evening of Wednesday 19th August, the food rioting that had broken out in Leeds the previous day continued across the area. At Arml...
Saturday, 18 August 2012

18th August 1812: Food riots in Leeds headed by 'Lady Ludd' - similar scenes in Sheffield

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Despite the reports of abundant harvests that had been reported in a recent edition of the Leeds Mercury, the price of Corn in the West Ridi...
Monday, 23 July 2012

23rd July 1812: The trial of Thomas Wilson at York Summer Assizes

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The Leeds Mercury of 25th July 1812, carried the details of the trial of Thomas Wilson, accused of rioting in Sheffield on 14th April 1812 ....
Saturday, 21 July 2012

21st July 1812: The trial of the Sheffield rioters, at York Summer Assizes

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The Leeds Mercury of 25th July 1812 covered the trial of some of the Sheffield rioters at the York Summer Assizes, which took place on Tuesd...
Wednesday, 11 July 2012

11th July 1812: Major Seale at Sheffield informs the Home Office that a spy has infiltrated the local Luddites

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Sheffield July 11th 1812 My Lord Since I had the honor to address your Lordship on the alarming spirit which still seems to exist in th...
Tuesday, 3 July 2012

3rd July 1812: Arms raids & burglaries across the West Riding

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In the evening of 3rd July 1812, arms raids took place in the north and south of the West Riding. At Stainland, near Halifax, the homes of...
Monday, 7 May 2012

7th May 1812: Arson at Cawthorne, near Barnsley

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In the evening of Thursday 7th May, a bean stack belonging to a Mr. West of Cawthorne, near Barnsley was set alight and almost completely de...
Wednesday, 25 April 2012

25th April 1812: Sheffield rioters committed to York Castle over the last week

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The 25th April edition of both the Leeds Mercury and the Lancaster Gazette reported that several people had been committed to York Castle ov...
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Monday, 23 April 2012

23rd April 1812: Constable Thomas Atkinson arrests James Haigh at Methley

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On Thursday 23rd April 1812, Thomas Atkinson had been given a warrant for the arrest of a man called James Haigh, a cropper from Dalton, nea...
Saturday, 21 April 2012

21st April 1812: Troop movements

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On Tuesday 21st April 1812, four companies of the South Devonshire Militia marched from Mansfield to Sheffield. Four more companies were to ...
Tuesday, 17 April 2012

17th April 1812: Threshing machine & barn set on fire at Carlton, near Barnsley

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On the evening of Friday 17th April 1812, a barn full of grain and a threshing machine were set alight at a farm at Carlton, near Barnsley. ...
Sunday, 15 April 2012

15th April 1812: Disturbances in Barnsley

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The Leeds Mercury of 18th April 1812 carried a brief report about disturbances in Barnsley on Wednesday 15th April: On Wednesday (the marke...