Scottish aristocrat executed in 1537 for treason. Modern day academics highlight that earlier accounts declaring she was tried for witchcraft are inaccurate.
Leighth Feight
Clash between Chartists and police in Leigh, Lancashire in August 1839.
Peterloo Massacre
Cavalry charge on 16 August 1819 into a crowd of 60,000–80,000 gathered at St Peter's Field, Manchester, England to demand the reform of parliamentary representation
Power-loom riots
Rioting by hand loom weavers in 1826 in Lancashire, England, protesting against the introduction of the much more efficient power looms.
Robert Keyes
One of the conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.
Waldegrave Conspiracy
Supposed plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I and reintroduce Catholicism to England.
Westhoughton Mill
Former cotton mill built in 1804, the target of a Luddite attack in 1812.