Ken Bolton's Pictures of Liversedge

Shears Inn

Around 1800 cloth shearers known as croppers, suffered many job losses. Linked with Luddite history, the inn was a drinking place for many of these croppers from around the area. A secret group known as the Luddites was formed to forcibly protest against the introduction of mechanisation that would replace the jobs of dozens of men. The men would gather upstairs during the evenings after work to share information on mill owners who were planning to install machinery and thus plan their attacks and retaliation.

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Liversedge, Pubs And Inns, West Yorkshire

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The Shears Inn

The room above the Shears Inn at Liversedge, near Cleckeaton was the meeting place for many committed Luddites from the West Riding of Yorkshire who came here on Friday and Saturday nights to share information. It is most likely that the attack on William Cartwright's new machines at his Rawfolds Mill was planned here.

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Liversedge, Pubs And Inns, Buildings and Structures, West Yorkshire

Camera Make: NIKON Model: E7600