Global InformationCinderloo Uprising information
| Cinderloo Uprising | |||
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| Date | 2 February 1821 | ||
| Location | Coalbrookdale Coalfield | ||
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| Goals | Restoration of pay levels | ||
| Methods | Strike action | ||
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Thomas Palin (alleged) Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Cludde | |||
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| Death(s) | 2 (plus one hanged subsequently) | ||
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The Cinderloo Uprising took place at Old Park in the Coalbrookdale Coalfield (present day Telford) on 2 February 1821, when the South Shropshire Yeomanry confronted a crowd of 3,000 mostly striking workers who had gathered to protest the continued lowering of their pay.[1][2]
When requested to disperse following the reading of the Riot Act, the workers refused to do so, and pelted the Yeomanry with stones and lumps of cinders. In response the Yeomanry, led by Lieutenant Colonel Edward Cludde, opened fire on the crowd.
The uprising resulted in the deaths of three miners, two of whom were killed outright whilst another, Thomas Palin, was hanged for his participation in the disturbance on 7 April 1821.
The name Cinderloo derives from the similar Peterloo Massacre which had taken place in Manchester just 18 months beforehand. Peterloo had itself been named after the Battle of Waterloo which had ended the Napoleonic Wars.
- ^ "Disturbances Near Wellington". Salopian Journal. 7 February 1821.
- ^ Growcott, Mat (6 October 2018). "The riot that Telford forgot: New group trying to raise awareness of Cinderloo uprising". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 18 June 2019.