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Showing posts with label sutton-in-ashfield. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sutton-in-ashfield. Show all posts
Tuesday, 16 August 2016

16th August 1816: 'An appalling picture of distress' in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

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The Nottingham Review of 16th August 1816 published the following sobering passage about the distresses being experienced amongst framework-...
Friday, 17 January 2014

January 1814: A Nottinghamshire Framework-knitter, George Ward, petitions the Prince Regent for relief

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To his Royal Highness, George prince of Wales Regent of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland— The humble petition of George Wa...
Wednesday, 25 January 2012

25th January 1812: Luddites destroy cut-up goods in transit

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Early in the morning of Saturday 25th January, a carrier (waggon) was making its way from Sutton-in-Ashfield towards Nottingham carrying com...
Wednesday, 7 December 2011

7th December 1811: George Paley committed to Nottingham Goal

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George Paley was committed on this day to the County gaol. He was charged with breaking stocking frames belonging to Francis Betts at Sutton...
Sunday, 13 November 2011

13th November 1811: Mass Luddite attack at Sutton-in-Ashfield

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Sutton-in-Ashfield had been chosen by the Luddites as the next place to be subject to frame-breaking. According to Darvall, the town was a ...
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Thursday, 14 July 2011

14th July 1811: frame-breaking at Sutton-in-Ashfield

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Three calendar months after the last reported frame-breaking incidents, more frames were destroyed at Sutton-in-Ashfield (Kirby-in-Ashfield...
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...