Malcolm Bull's Calderdale Companion : Foldout

Meeting about Luddite Disturbances [12th May 1813]

On Wednesday, 12th May 1813, James Knight, Constable of Halifax, chaired a Meeting of

a numerous and highly respectable Public Meeting of Inhabitants of the Town and Parish of Halifax, called by the Constables of Halifax, to take into Consideration the Services of those Gentleman who so meritoriously exerted themselves during the late [Luddite] Disturbances in the West Riding of the County of York, and held on Wednesday, the 12th of May, 1813, at the White Lion Inn

The Committee comprised representatives from various parts of the district:

Halifax:
- James Knight
- Constables of Halifax
- William Bates
- Dr Robert Foley
- John Haigh (Causeway)
- Samuel Hodgson Jun
- William Norris
- George Pollard
- Roland Ramsden
- Colonel Ramsden
- William Rawson
- Christopher Rawson
- Stansfeld Rawson
- John Rawson Jun
- John Rhodes
- Christopher Saltmarshe
- James Thompson
- Dr John Thomson
- John Waterhouse
- William Wilcock
Southowram:
- W. Barber
- Samuel Freeman
- J. Walker Jun
Rastrick:
- John Armytage
- John Clay
- John Fryer
Elland:
- James Cartledge
- John Dyson
- John Hirst
- Joseph Rushforth
Ripponden:
- Richard Howarth
- Fenton Lambert
- John Richardson
- Rev Robert Webster
Sowerby:
- Colonel Moore
- George Priestley
- John Priestley
- W. H. Rawson
Heptonstall:
- Hamlet Bent
- Gamaliel Sutcliffe
- Richard Sutcliffe (Stanshaw Gates)
Luddenden:
- Henry Currer
- Jos. Farrer
- Thomas Milne
- Mr Tillotson
Sowerby Bridge:
- John Dyson
- Henry Edwards
- William Greenup
- Charles Hudson
- Thomas Preston
- John Sutcliffe
- Robert Wainhouse
Illingworth:
- Mr Ackroyd Jun (Brookhouse)
- James Greenwood
- R. Ramsbotham
Coley:
- John Edwards
- Thomas Greenwood
- Thomas Holmes
- Mr Hughlings
- William Mitchell
Lightcliffe:
- George Armytage
- John Holland
- Wm. Priestley
Crosstone:
- Mr Ingham (Shaws)
- James Rawdon
- John Sutcliffe

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