BattlefieldsCaptain Swing riots Norfolk 1830
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Captain Swing riots Norfolk 1830

1830
Norfolk, England
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Norfolk, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
threshing machine owners and their farmers.
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Norfolk agricultural labourers in Swing Riots bands
Outcome
Machines broken. Magistrates and yeomanry deployed. Prosecutions followed at the Norfolk Assizes. The Swing Riots in Norfolk were less severely prosecuted than in southern counties.
The Battle

History & Significance

Norfolk agricultural labourers joined the Captain Swing Riots with threshing machine breaking and threatening letters across the county. The Norfolk actions showed the spread of the Swing movement into East Anglia and the depth of labourer grievances about machinery and wages.

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