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Category Archives: Riots and Social Unrest

Effigy Burning in 1800s Cornwall

What happens when the working classes take the law into their own hands? Nobody was safe from the phenomenon of effigy burning: philanderers, politicians, mine owners, perverts…

Posted byTheCornishHistorianJul 3, 2022Sep 10, 2022Posted inCornwall in the 1800s, Riots and Social UnrestLeave a comment on Effigy Burning in 1800s Cornwall

Trouble in Clay Country: The Food Riots of 1847, Part Five

The rioters finally meet their match in St Austell. Bayonets at the ready…

Posted byTheCornishHistorianFeb 6, 2022Sep 10, 2022Posted inCornwall in the 1800s, Riots and Social UnrestLeave a comment on Trouble in Clay Country: The Food Riots of 1847, Part Five

The Fugitive: James Jewell: A Prologue to Part Five of the Food Riots of 1847

A rioter on the run…who did he see? Who did he speak to? Did he escape?

Posted byTheCornishHistorianFeb 5, 2022Sep 10, 2022Posted inCornwall in the 1800s, Riots and Social Unrest2 Comments on The Fugitive: James Jewell: A Prologue to Part Five of the Food Riots of 1847

Hellfire Corner: Redruth: The Cornish Food Riots, Part Four

Violence, looting, and arrests in Redruth as the miners and militia face off…continuing The Cornish Food Riots of 1847…

Posted byTheCornishHistorianJan 30, 2022Sep 10, 2022Posted inCornwall in the 1800s, Riots and Social Unrest9 Comments on Hellfire Corner: Redruth: The Cornish Food Riots, Part Four

Commotion Time: Pool, June 4, 1847: The Cornish Food Riots, Part Three

No relief in Helston. Little in Penzance. Matters get ugly when 3,000 starving people arrive in Pool. Part three of The Cornish Food Riots of 1847…

Posted byTheCornishHistorianJan 23, 2022Sep 10, 2022Posted inCornwall in the 1800s, Riots and Social Unrest4 Comments on Commotion Time: Pool, June 4, 1847: The Cornish Food Riots, Part Three

Rise of the Miners: The Food Riots of 1847, Part Two

Things are getting worse. The miners get organised. The miners march for food – and the authorities react…

Posted byTheCornishHistorianJan 16, 2022Sep 10, 2022Posted inCornwall in the 1800s, Riots and Social Unrest6 Comments on Rise of the Miners: The Food Riots of 1847, Part Two

The Cornish Food Riots of 1847: Background and Context

The people are hungry! The miners are rising! A series of five posts on the food riots that erupted in Cornwall throughout the spring and summer of 1847. No town was safe from the starving thousands, and violence regularly broke out…

Posted byTheCornishHistorianJan 9, 2022Sep 10, 2022Posted inCornwall in the 1800s, Riots and Social Unrest13 Comments on The Cornish Food Riots of 1847: Background and Context

In Search of An Gof, Conclusion: An Gof Today?

What of extreme Cornish Nationalist groups and their activities today?

Posted byTheCornishHistorianNov 5, 2021Sep 12, 2022Posted inCornwall in the 1900s, Crime and Criminals, Riots and Social UnrestLeave a comment on In Search of An Gof, Conclusion: An Gof Today?

In Search of An Gof, part three: The Two An Gofs

The historic An Gof and the group known as ‘An Gof’: does the use of his name by the 1980s extremists corrupt An Gof’s memory, or are the two ‘An Gofs’ more alike than mainstream pro-Cornish activists would like to admit?

Posted byTheCornishHistorianNov 4, 2021Sep 12, 2022Posted inCornwall in the 1900s, Crime and Criminals, Riots and Social UnrestLeave a comment on In Search of An Gof, part three: The Two An Gofs

In Search of An Gof, part two: Person or Persons Unknown

The extremist activities of the 1980s ‘An Gof’ group laid bare and analysed…

Posted byTheCornishHistorianNov 3, 2021Sep 12, 2022Posted inCornwall in the 1900s, Crime and Criminals, Riots and Social Unrest3 Comments on In Search of An Gof, part two: Person or Persons Unknown

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