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Poverty and Unrest: Swing Riots in Surrey 1830-32 T419

Name: Poverty and Unrest: Swing Riots in Surrey 1830-32 T419
Start: 2027-03-03T15:00:00+00:00
End: 2027-03-03T16:15:00+00:00
Location: The Guildford Institute

Wed 3 Mar · 15:00–16:15

The Swing Riots of 1830 – 1832 took place against the increasing pauperisation of labourers. Riots began in Kent in November 1830 and swiftly spread across the counties of southern England. It was marked by attacks of arson against farmers and others, by the breaking of threshing machines, the sendi…

When

Wed 3 Mar · 15:00–16:15

Where

The Guildford Institute

Ward Street, Guildford, GU1 4LH

Surrey

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