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Sunday, 22 April 2012

22nd April 1812: An anonymous man goes for a shave

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Michael Bentley lived at Methley. A man came to him on Wednesday 22nd April 1812 asking him if he would shave him. The man looked strange in...

22nd April 1812: Third and final day of food rioting in Manchester

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Charles Walker, a farmer, had left his home at Wootton in Staffordshire on Tuesday 21st April 1812 to sell a 3 1/2 cwt load of butter in Man...
Saturday, 21 April 2012

21st April 1812: The Rope Walk at Bolton is destroyed by fire

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In the evening of Tuesday 21st April 1812, the Rope Walk at Bolton was set alight and destroyed by fire. A field nearby had been used for ...

Late April 1812: Posted address "To the inhabitants of this Town", Macclesfield

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To the inhabitants of this Town i under Stan the newspapers informs you that General Lud is taken prisoner but i can contrdict that Satement...

[Late] April 1812: Poem titled "Well Done Ned Lud", Nottinghamshire

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Well dn, Ned Lud, your cause is good, Mk Perceval your aim, By the late Bill ’tis understood, ’Tis death to break a fram. With dextrs s...

21st April 1812: "Fear not - overturn the Prince and His Rubish", handbill found in Birmingham

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How long ye Wretches will ye Grind The Faces of the poor— But the day is at hand, I will help to the last expiring breath in assist- -in...

21st April 1812: Birmingham Magistrates report disturbances to the Home Office

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Sir Some symptoms of Disturbance having taken place in this Town, a few windows broken & the sellers of Potatoes assaulted We have ord...

21st April 1812: Rawfolds mutineer is flogged outside the Mill

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On the morning of Tuesday 21st April 1812, the sentenced handed down the soldier who refused to fire on Luddites during the attack on Rawfo...

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 ...

21st April 1812: The Sheriff of Carlisle brings more troops to the city

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Carlisle April 21st 1812 Sir Having been call’d here this morng in consequence of riots which have been existing here for the last twelv...

21st April 1812: Attack on Burton's Mill at Middleton - Day 2

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After the disorder and resulting slaughter that had taken place at Middleton in the daytime on Monday , in the evening the crowd had not jus...
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21st April 1812: Birmingham Magistrates give assurances to Farmers selling Potatoes in the Marketplace

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21st April 1812: More rioting & machine-breaking in Lancashire & Cheshire

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Following the large scale rioting that had taken place in the North West the previous day, further outbreaks occurred, mixed with some machi...
Friday, 20 April 2012

20th April 1812: Colonel Clay informs the Home Office of the state of Manchester & the surrounding towns

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Manchester 20. April 1812 ½ past 11 o’clock. P.M. Sir In consequence of information I received from the Police Office at a late hour l...

20th April 1812: Haystack set alight near Bolton

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At 10.00 p.m. on Monday 20th April 1812, and following a day of serious rioting in the town , a hay stack was set alight and largely destroy...

20th April 1812: A young Mancunian man is 'twisted-in '

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On Monday 20th April 1812, a young man - whom we only know by the letters MI - met a man called Whittingham in Manchester. Whittingham told ...

20th April 1812: Delegate meeting of Manchester Executive Committee at Ardwick Green

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The next General delegate meeting of the towns around Manchester took place on Monday 20th April. The disarray that was displayed in the con...

20th April 1812: Attack on Burton's Mill at Middleton - Day 1

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Between Monday 21st and Tuesday 22nd of April 1812, one of the most bloody and prolonged  examples of civil insurrection in the history of t...

20th April 1812: Serious rioting across the North West of England

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On Monday 20th April 1812, serious rioting broke in many towns across the North-West of England. Much of it bore the character of food rioti...

20th April 1812: Second day of serious rioting in Manchester

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On Monday 20th April 1812, they was serious rioting in Manchester, only 2 days after a food riot in the Shudehill and New Cross area. The ...