What the records say
- When
- 2 Feb 1821
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 52.64° N, 2.47° W
- Description
- civic unrest in Shropshire, England, resulting in a massacre
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Cinderloo Uprising
1821 killings by British troops in Telford
The Cinderloo Uprising took place at Old Park in the Coalbrookdale Coalfield 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.
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