Approximately 150 Luddite croppers and cloth workers attacked Rawfolds Mill near Cleckheaton owned by William Cartwright who had installed shearing frames displacing skilled workers. Cartwright had prepared his defences with soldiers and armed workmen and repulsed the attack, leaving two Luddites mortally wounded.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
Research a location near Yorkshire