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At the 1838 Yorkshire Spring Assizes five men were indicted for a riot which had taken place at Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 20 November 1837. On that day a violent attack on the Bradford Court House occurred where the newly elected Bradford Poor Law Guardians were meeting.
The guardians met on the 13th accordingly, and adjourned the meeting to Monday, the 20th of November, the day the collision took place. But on Saturday, the 18th, in the evening a troop of the 15th Hussars, from Leeds, arrived in Bradford, and were quartered at the different inns in the town.
1 day ago · Abigail Bradford's Death On October 20, 1833, Abigail Bradford, the 25-year old wife of Alvin Bradford, died in Newburgh Township, possibly from cholera, which took many lives in northeast Ohio during the pandemic of 1829-1837. Alvin returned home to Williamsburg, Massachusetts, to bury Abigail and did not return to Newburgh Township, selling ...
Feb 1, 2006 · Power obtained a posse of metropolitan policemen, with military support to protect the assembled Board, which culminated on 20 November in an impressive riot, confronted by soldiers in what was rapidly and popularly dubbed the Battle of Bradford.
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On Sunday 14th August 1842, a Chartist meeting was held at Bradford Moor, Bradford, where, it was reported, 10–15,000 people assembled to hear speakers who proposed that labour should be withdrawn (mass strike action) until the Chartist’s People’s Charter was introduced. “We are determined” they cried. Meantime a different meeting took place across...
On the morning of Monday 15th August, a public meeting was held opposite Odd Fellow’s Hall on Thornton Road, Bradford. Speeches covered a wide range of issues from lack of working class representation in the House of Commons to the failings of the New Poor Law (which made conditions worse for the most vulnerable in society), whilst championing the ...
On the morning of Tuesday 16th August, a meeting was held again on Thornton Road, Bradford, but this was merely a meeting point as the crowd marched to Listers’ Mill at Manningham, Mr Hargraves’s Mill at Frizinghall and others in Shipley. At each mill, they successfully demanded that the ‘hands’ (workers) joined them resulting in the closure of the...
On Thursday 18thAugust*, a crowd of Chartists had gathered in Birstall and after speeches, a procession set off to Cleckheaton. Aware of the approaching danger, local Mr. James Anderton rode to Bradford in an impressive half an hour for reinforcements to defend Cleckheaton, while locals and special constables steadied themselves. The crowd of 5-6,0...
Jul 17, 2017 · Our map showing the situation in 1849 describes the building as ‘Leeds & Bradford Railway Station now called Midland Station’ which strongly suggests that the great Midland Railway Company acquired the line soon after that year.
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Following the creation of the Bradford Union in February 1837, the town was the scene of vigorous anti-Poor Law campaigning. This peaked in November 1837 during a visit of Assistant Poo Law Commissioner Alfred Power — his meetings with the Guardians were disrupted and he was attacked by a crowd.
