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Littleport is a town in East Cambridgeshire, in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 6 miles north-east of Ely and 6 miles south-east of Welney, on the Bedford Level South section o
St George's Church
Littleport railway station
Harley-Davidson monument
The Ely and Littleport riots occurred between 22 and 24 May 1816 in the Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire, caused by high unemployment and rising grain costs, similar to the general unrest which spread thro
Littleport
…served by Littleport railway station. There are two primary schools, Millfield Primary and Littleport Community, and a secondary, Vista Academy. The Littleport riots of 1816 influenced the passage of the Vagrancy Act 1824. With an Old English name of Litelport, the village was worth 17,000 eels a year to the Abbots of Ely…
Facsimile of a printed handbill, 23 May 1816, prepared by magistrates Henry Law, William Metcalfe and Peploe Ward
A post-chaise, perhaps similar to this one, carrying Hugh Robert Evans was stopped and robbed by William Beamiss the younger on 22 May 1816. Beamiss was subsequently indicted for highway robbery. Painting by Thomas Rowlandson, 1785.
A market-place, similar to Ely in 1816, where the 1st The Royal Dragoons paraded on 24 May 1816. Painting by Thomas Rowlandson, 1790.
Sir Henry Dudley, 1st Baronet, "the fighting parson", led the troops rounding up the rioters in Littleport on 24 May 1816. Painting c. 1780 by Thomas Gainsborough.