What the records say
- When
- 1 Mar 1710
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 54.60° N, 2.00° W
- Description
- series of outbreaks of public disorder, which spread across England during the spring, summer and autumn of 1710
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Sacheverell riots
The Sacheverell riots were a series of outbreaks of public disorder, which spread across England during the spring, summer and autumn of 1710 in which supporters of the Tories attacked the homes and meeting-houses of Dissenters, particularly those of Presbyterians, whose congregations tended to support the Whigs.
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