Handbill issued by the weavers and townspeople of Royton, near Manchester, Lancashire in May 1808, after Parliament rejected a bill to guarantee the weavers a minimum wage. Catalogue ref: HO 42/95 f.375

The Napoleonic War lasted from 1802-1812.

A handbill entitled ‘Fellow Weavers’, printed in March 1812 in Manchester, one of the main centres for the cotton industry. Catalogue ref: HO 40/1/1, f.108

A letter from magistrate Robert Baker describing the situation in Nottingham in February 1812. Catalogue ref: HO 42/120 f.3-4

‘Reward’ poster for the arrest and conviction of men who destroyed three knitting machines in January 1812. Catalogue ref: HO 42/119 f.135