scribbling machine riot, Winchester
(1791)

thing and riot

Died aged c. 0

Commemorated on 1 plaque

Westbury House Built by 1720 for Matthew Smith, clothier. Leased 1788 to Joseph Phelps, clothier. Site in 1791 of riot by workers against scribbling machines. Leased by Dr. Richard Bethell by 1800. His son, Richard, Lord Chancellor 1861 and created Lord Westbury. Owner Charles Timbrell, dyer, mid-late C19 Bradford UDC offices from 1911. Apartments since 1979.

50 St Margaret's Street, Bradford on Avon, United Kingdom where it sited