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Showing posts with label the rising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the rising. Show all posts
Saturday, 16 June 2012

16th June 1812: The informer 'RW' attends a secret nocturnal meeting near Stockport

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The second part of the information from an informer 'RW' relayed to the Home Office by the Manchester Magistrate William Hay concern...
Wednesday, 13 June 2012

13th June 1812: The last declarations of Job Fletcher, condemned to die at noon

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On the morning of Saturday 13th June 1812 at Lancaster Castle, the chaplain - Joseph Rowley - and the governor - John Higgin - took two decl...
Tuesday, 5 June 2012

5th June 1812: Delegates from the North & Midlands meet in Lancashire Hill, Stockport

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On 18th June 1812, the Manchester Magistrate, William Robert Hay, passed to the Home Office a report from an informer called 'RW'. H...
Wednesday, 9 May 2012

9th May 1812: 'Detected Conspiracy' in Stockport

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The Leeds Mercury of the 9th May 1812 carried this item from the Star newspaper which alluded to some of the information appearing in the re...
Wednesday, 2 May 2012

2nd May 1812: Signals of rockets & blue lights seen at night in the Stockport area

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On Saturday 2nd May 1812, it was reported to the Home Office that some sort of visual communication system was being used by persons unknown...
Friday, 27 April 2012

27th April 1812: Manchester magistrates inform the Home Office about the 'Northern National Army'

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Police Office Manchester 27 April 1812 Sir, We have the honor to enclose a notice under the Local Militia Acts by which it will appear t...
Thursday, 26 April 2012

26th April 1812: Manchester magistrates warn the Home Office of a Rising on May 1st

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Police Office, Manchester 26 April 1812 Sir, We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Mr Beckets letter dated the 24th instant. W...

26th April 1812: Colonel Ralph Fletcher updates the Home Office about affairs in Bolton

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Bolton 26 April 1812 Dear Sir/ Being absent on the 23rd & until the Evening of the 24th instant—and on the 25 being engaged in the B...
Thursday, 19 April 2012

19th April 1812: Ralph Wright of Flixton informs the Home Office of rumours of a rising on 1st May

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Flixton House, the home of Ralph Wright, today. (copyright Tom Jeffs . Creative Commons Licence ) Sir My Dwelling House is situate in a...
Monday, 19 March 2012

19th March 1812: An Ashton man overhears a conversation about oaths and a planned uprising

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On Thursday 19th March 1812, Joseph Taylor of Hurst, near Ashton-under-Lyne, was standing near to his house watching the world go by. Across...