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Sunday, 28 February 2016

28th February 1816: The Home Office replies to John Allison about the recent Luddite attack

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28th Feby 1816 Jos: Allison Esqr Huddersfield I am directed by Lord Sidmouth to acknowledge the Rect of your letter of the 26 last sta...
Friday, 26 February 2016

26th February 1816: The Huddersfield solicitor John Allison informs the Home Secretary about the latest Luddite attack in the West Riding

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Huddersfield 26th February 1816 My Lord It is with extreme concern that I have to report to your Lordship, that a system of disturbance ...
Thursday, 25 February 2016

25th February 1816: Four shearing frames broken by Luddites at Quarmby, their final action in the West Riding

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At 1.00 a.m. on Sunday 25th February 1816, the final Luddite action in the West Riding took place - just after the fourth anniversary of the...
Sunday, 21 February 2016

21st February 1816: More remarks about the severity of the Winter

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The Bury & Norwich Post of Wednesday 21st February 1816 carried a report about the weather in the 'year without summer': A Cor...
Wednesday, 17 February 2016

17th February 1816: Weather report from Bradford

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The Leeds Mercury of Saturday 17th February 1816 carried a local report about the increasingly cold weather being experienced in the 'ye...
Monday, 15 February 2016

15th February 1816: Weather report from Derby

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The Derby Mercury of Thursday 15th February 1816 contained a weather report about the very cold conditions being experienced so far in the ...
Tuesday, 9 February 2016

9th February 1816: Charles Sutton is sentenced to 12 months in prison for political libel

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On Friday 9th February 1816, Charles Sutton returned to the Court of King's Bench to receive sentence, after losing his appeal 8 days ea...
Monday, 8 February 2016

8th February 1816: Temperature of minus 12 Fahrenheit recorded in Leeds

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On Saturday 10th February 1816, the Leeds Mercury carried this brief article about the extent of the severity of the winter weather recorded...
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Monday, 1 February 2016

1st February 1816: Charles Sutton's final hearing at the Court of King's Bench

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On Thursday 1st February 1816 & three months after Charles Sutton's application to have the guilty verdict against him set aside ha...
Friday, 29 January 2016

29th January 1816: Tipton Colliers win concessions after holding mass assemblies

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On Monday 29th January 1816, and following riots in nearby Dudley three days earlier , the mere assembly of Colliers in Tipton led to conces...
Tuesday, 26 January 2016

26th January 1816: Colliers riot in Dudley, West Midlands

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On Friday 26th January 1816, major disturbances took place in the town of Dudley, in the West Midlands. The Derby Mercury of 1st February 18...
Friday, 22 January 2016

22nd January 1816: The Chief Secretary to the Treasury replies again to Francis Raynes

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Treasury-Chambers , 22 d January , 1816. SIR, I have received your letter of the 5th inst . and I am induced to trouble you with this in...
Wednesday, 20 January 2016

20th January 1816: Fire at a Scribbling Mill in Leeds, 'cause not yet ascertained'

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The Leeds Mercury of Saturday 27th January 1816 reported a fire that had taken place in Leeds the week previously: Saturday morning, about...
Tuesday, 19 January 2016

19th January 1816: 19 men imprisoned for machine-breaking in Suffolk in 1815

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On Friday 19th January 1816, the Cambridge Chronicle carried reports from two recent Quarter Sessions in the county, where cases of machine ...
Sunday, 17 January 2016

17th January 1816: Cloth belonging to Wormald, Gott & Wormald damaged in Leeds

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Some time in the evening of Wednesday 17th January 1816, some cloth upon the tenters at the Park Lane factory of Wormald, Gott & Worma...
Saturday, 16 January 2016

16th January 1816: The Leeds Cloth Dressers Union case comes to court

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On Tuesday 16th January 1816, the case of the Union Officers arrested and charged with aiding and abetting an illegal combination (i.e. Tra...
Sunday, 10 January 2016

10th January 1816: The Duke of Montrose continues to stall Francis Raynes' hopes

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Windsor , 10 th Jan . 1816. SIR, I have received your letter of the 5th January . I informed you I was acquainted with the existing dif...
Tuesday, 5 January 2016

5th January 1816: Francis Raynes makes more desperate enquiries about his case

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Having now heard nothing from the government about the possibility of a job or remuneration for his services during the Luddite disturbances...
Sunday, 3 January 2016

3rd January 1816: The remaining Halifax 'Twisters' are given Free Pardons

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On Wednesday 3rd January 1816, the prisoners William Blakeborough , George Duckworth & Charles Milnes were all given a Free Pardon ...
Wednesday, 30 December 2015

30th December 1815: Leeds Cloth Dressers' Union Secretary writes a corrective letter to the Leeds Mercury

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Following the report of his arrest in the 23rd December 1815 edition of the Leeds Mercury, John Sunderland - the Secretary of the Cloth Dr...