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Hexham anti-militia riot 1761

1761
Northumberland, England
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Hexham anti-militia crowd
Forces
North Yorkshire Militia deployed to suppress the riot.
VS
Victor
North Yorkshire Militia
Forces
Hexham anti-militia crowd
Outcome
Approximately fifty rioters killed by militia fire. Militia ballot resumed. The Hexham riot was cited in parliamentary debates on militia reform as an example of excessive force.
The Battle

History & Significance

Hexham crowds rioted violently against the militia ballot in 1761. North Yorkshire Militia soldiers fired on the crowd killing approximately fifty people in one of the deadliest incidents of anti-militia protest in eighteenth-century England.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Hexham anti-militia riot 1761

Hexham Manor Office (or gaol)
Scheduled monument · ~0 miles
Remains of medieval priory and Anglo-Saxon monastery under and around Hexham Abbey and its precincts
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Hexham Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
Linnels (or Linnolds) Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~1.9 miles
Motte castle, 170m west of Warden parish church
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 miles
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