Peterloo Massacre and Sam Bamford blue plaque

Middleton, Rochdale, England, United Kingdom

Peterloo Demonstration 16 August 1819. The Middleton contingent congregated here on Barrowfields and marched to St Peter's Field in Manchester led by Sam Bamford. The meeting, popularly known as the "Peterloo Massacre", was in support of the vote for the working classes. 16 Middleton people were inj

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