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Monday, August 11th, 2008
Alexander Watmough and the Riot on Broadhead Heath Burnley in 1526
Recorded history so often seems to be the story of the victory of the rich man against the poor, the landowner against the peasant. The story of the riot at Broadhead Moor above Burnley is no exception.
Watmoughs are to be found at Burnley in the earliest records. They were already there in 1440 when William […]
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