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Tuesday 21 May 2024 I 7pm
Venue: Arnold Methodist Church
Tickets: £1.00 for members and £3.00 for non-members
Image Credit: University of Nottingham
The Pentrich Rebellion also occasionally referred to as the Pentrich Rising, was an armed uprising in 1817 that began in and around the village of Pentrich in Derbyshire.
It occurred on the night of the 9th to the 10th of June 1817. While much planning of the revolution took place in Pentrich itself, two of the three ringleaders were from South Wingfield, just over the border in Derbyshire. The other was from Sutton in Ashfield. The 'revolution' itself started at Hunt's Barn in South Wingfield. The only person killed during hostilities died in Wingfield Park.
Between two to three hundred men (stockingers, quarrymen and iron workers), gathered together led by Jeremiah Brandreth, who was referred to as ‘The Nottingham Captain'. Brandreth was an unemployed stockinger. The men set out from South Wingfield to march to Nottingham and were lightly armed with pikes, scythes and a few guns, which had been hidden in a quarry in Wingfield Park. They had a set of rather unfocused revolutionary demands, which included wiping out the National Debt. However, it transpired that one amongst them, William J. Oliver, was a government spy, and the uprising was quashed shortly after it began. Three of the men were later hanged and then beheaded at Derby Gaol for their part in the uprising: Jeremiah Brandreth, Isaac Ludlam and William Turner.
All are welcome to come and listen to David’s fascinating account of the Pentrich Rebellion.
Visitors can attend the talk at the cost of £3
If you wish to join the Arnold Local History Group you can do so also at the annual cost of £10 and entitles you to attend monthly meetings for £1, vote at the AGM and be eligible for election to the committee.
| The Pentrich Rebellion - A talk by David Speed (21 May 2024) | ||
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Arnold Local History Group, NottinghamThis local history group aims to encourage and support an interest in the history of the Arnold Area and help conserve and archive material of local interest.
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