Gents Mag 1753 p.342
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Gentleman's Magazine 1753 p.342
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turnpike riot Whitehaven |
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Riots, Whitehaven
... ... Whitehaven in Cumberland, July 10. On Wednesday June 20, in the night, a tumultuous, rabble of 4 or 500 people, pull'd down and destroyed the turnpike at Balder Bridge (which they have done twice before within these two years) threatning the lives, and to burn the houses, of some of the neighbouring gentlemen. ... ... |
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