Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury (1846)
Source:
[Anon.] (Auth.)
*(Grantham)
*Lincoln, Rutland & Stamford Mercury,
10th Jan.1846, pp.3c
"The ill effects of what are termed "ancient customs" were
strikingly exhibited on Monday last in Grantham. A party of about
30 farm-labourers and servants from the neighbouring village of
Barrowby, after canvassing the town, sallied from the resorts where
the proceeds of their exertions had been expended, and compelled
the inhabitants to "remember the poor plough-boys" by wrenching off
door-knockers and committing other aristocratic depredations, for
which about a dozen of them are summoned to appear before the Mayor
on Monday next, on the "drunk and disorderly" charge. We shall
probably furnish the public with their names and residences in our
next publication."
Index Terms:
| Locations: |
Grantham, Lincs. (SK9135); Barrowby, Lincs. (SK8837)
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| Years: |
Occurred 1846
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| Subjects: |
Plough-Boys
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| Archives: |
TDRG Archive, Ref. TD00721;
Lincoln City Library, Morris Dancers or 'Plough Jacks' File Ref.L394
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Last Updated Apr 2005 by Idwal Jones.
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