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Showing posts with label threshing machine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label threshing machine. Show all posts
Monday, 27 June 2016

27th June 1816: Thomas Gooch MP informs the Home Office of arson at his property

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Milford House nr. Godalming June 27th 1816. My Lord. Understanding that my Brother “ MP for Suffolk” has communicated to your Lordshi...
Saturday, 25 June 2016

25th June 1816: A Suffolk magistrate forwards a threatening letter to the Home Secretary

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My Lord: I beg to hand to your Lordship a paper I received this morning from Mr. Booty Farmer at Worlington in Lackford hundred in the Coun...
Thursday, 23 June 2016

23rd June 1816: Threatening letter sent to a farmer at Worlington, Suffolk

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A Caushen for Worlington farmer that youse the threshen Meshien for whe are determined to seet fier to every one that comes to worlington an...
Wednesday, 15 June 2016

15th June 1816: 'On the Impolicy of Using Thrashing Machines'

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THRASHING MACHINES. To the Printers of the Norfolk Chronicle. GENTLEMEN,—In the Farmers’ Journal of this week is a letter "ON THE...
Wednesday, 23 December 2015

23rd December 1815: 'The Thrashing Machine: A Tale'

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THE THRASHING MACHINE . A TALE. Many ages ago, the inhabitants of a large, populous, and opulent island were divided into sects or cast...
Thursday, 8 October 2015

8th October 1815: 2 Threshing Machines destroyed at Chepstow

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The Gloucester Journal of Monday 16th October 1815 reported an incident that took place on the night of Saturday 7th October 1815, in which ...
Monday, 3 August 2015

3rd August 1815: Threshing Machine destroyed at Holbrook, Suffolk

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Some time during Thursday 3rd August 1815, and in a portent of what was to come the following year, a Threshing Machine was destroyed at Hol...
Saturday, 21 February 2015

21st February 1815: 2 Threshing Machines destroyed at Gosbeck, Suffolk

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Tuesday 21st February 1815 saw the igniting of a spark in agricultural areas that would consume different parts of East Anglia over the comi...
Thursday, 10 May 2012

10th May 1812: Threshing machine at Sothill, near Dewsbury, set alight

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On Sunday night, the 10th May 1812, a barn containing a Threshing Machine at Rouse Mill, Sothill, near Dewsbury was set alight. The machiner...
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. ...
Saturday, 3 December 2011

3rd December 1811: Luddites raid Crich - anatomy of an attack

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On the evening of Tuesday 3rd December, Luddites raided Crich in Derbyshire. 6 days later, Thomas Stafford of Holborn Hill in London, a form...