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... society brought to the English country labourer ; the men who had been “ a bold peasantry , a country's pride ” , the sturdy and energetic " peasantry " whom 18th century writers had so readily contrasted with the starveling Frenchmen ...
... society brought to the English country labourer ; the men who had been “ a bold peasantry , a country's pride ” , the sturdy and energetic " peasantry " whom 18th century writers had so readily contrasted with the starveling Frenchmen ...
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... Society ( 1840 ) . The Bromham Society , also in Wilts . , wore " purple first to the hat , next blue Pink in the middle - that is to be made up in a Cockade and not tied loose round the hat " . The Seend Society ( Wilts . 1800 ) wore ...
... Society ( 1840 ) . The Bromham Society , also in Wilts . , wore " purple first to the hat , next blue Pink in the middle - that is to be made up in a Cockade and not tied loose round the hat " . The Seend Society ( Wilts . 1800 ) wore ...
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... Societies is more illuminating . 12 In 1830 the typical rural friendly society was the independent village club , though by this time the gentry - organised county society ( as Essex , Wiltshire and Hampshire ) was already being pressed ...
... Societies is more illuminating . 12 In 1830 the typical rural friendly society was the independent village club , though by this time the gentry - organised county society ( as Essex , Wiltshire and Hampshire ) was already being pressed ...
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1830 Place County 19th century 22 November 30 November agitation agricultural Andover appears arson Bedfordshire Berks Berkshire border Bucks Cambridgeshire Cambs Captain Swing cent centre convicted craftsmen Date 1830 Place December demand destroyed Devizes district Dorset East Anglia East Kent East Sussex enclosure England Essex farm farm-labourers Farmers Farmers Farmers Farmers Parsons fires Fordingbridge gentry Glos Hampshire Hants Hartismere higher wages Hobart Horsham Hungerford Hunts incendiary January John justices Kintbury labourers land landlords Large Farmer later letter Lincs London Lord machine-breaking machinery magistrates Maidstone March movement neighbouring Norfolk North Northants Norwich October organised outbreak overseers Oxon paper parishes Parl Parsons Farmers political Poor Law prisoners Radical rents reported rioters riotous rising rural Salisbury sentenced social society Somerset South spread stacks Suffolk Surrey Th/Ms Thatcham threshing machines tithes town Type of Disturbance unrest village wages meetings wages riots Wales West Wilts Wiltshire