After the isolated incidents of the past few days in Stockport, Tuesday 14th April 1812 saw sustained disturbances in the town, with thousan...

In the evening of Monday 13th April 1812, shots were fired into the house of William Radcliffe, a manufacturer who used Steam Looms in Stock...

William Radcliffe of Stockport was the inventor of a dressing machine which had served to facilitate the smoother working of power looms, w...