Multicoloured plaque № 54486

Heacham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom

1795 1995 Heacham Declaration In the church of St. Mary The Virgin, Heacham on November 5th 1795 a meeting took place of 111 day labourers from Heacham, Snettisham & Sedgeford with 4 Heacham farmers. They all signed a declaration for a peaceable mode of redress and a petition to Parliament for a min

imum wage proportionate to the price of wheat. They advertised this petition to extend it through the county & to every county in the kingdom. The Acts against Treason & Sedition which silenced protes

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