The attack on Carmarthen Workhouse took place in what was to be a very militant period of Rebeccite activity during the summer of 1843, not least in the parish of Newchurch north of the Town. Newchurch was an 'Hot Bed' of militant Rebeccite activity and on the 14 June 1843 when Police were sent there to arrest local leaders of the Rebecca Resistence they were attacked and guns taken from them and so it was said, thrown into the river. Five days later it would be the Newchurch Rebecca Rebels who would lead the attack on the work house with support of the poor of the town and local fishermen, hence no doubt the Conch Shell being used as the call to action that day - What an event to commemorate.
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This conch shell is one of the few tangible remnants of the Rebecca Riots. Family tradition has it (and there was eyewitness testimony at the time) that the ...
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13 Aug 2009 ... SN4120 : Entrance to Carmarthen workhouse by John Duckfield Plaque commemorates the attack on the workhouse during the Rebecca Riots of 1843 ...
Rebecca Riots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search .... The only other options for the rioters would be the union workhouses, as the Poor Law ... the toll-gates at Yr Efail Wen in two attacks in Carmarthenshire in 1839. ...
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... the history of the Rebecca Riots in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire to ... to build on the historic and living culture of 'Rebecca', to identify sites ...
The Rebecca Riots - South Wales Police Museum
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Increasing violence however, in particular the attack on the Carmarthen Workhouse, led to a large number of troops becoming resident in the area. ...
BBC Wales - History - Themes - The Rebecca Riots
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The Rebecca Riots were a series of protests against conditions in the rural areas of Wales between 1839 and 1843.
Epilogue:
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17 May 2011 ... Thomas Rees (Twm Carnabwth) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia .... There was also an attack on the workhouse in Carmarthen in 1843 and ...
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13 Apr 2011 ... The Summer of 1843 was particularly violent with the Carmarthen Rebecca Riot of 19 ... board the poor of the town who used the riot as an excuse to attack theworkhouse. ... Swing Riots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ...
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5 May 2008... the Old Rebeccite, who I believe is buried in Llangenech. .... It is interesting to note that Chartist activity in Merthyr in 1848 ...
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The Workhouse Gatehouse is for sale, buy it and turn it into a Rebecca Exhibition and Learning Centre on Social Popular Protest - What a great local Initiative?
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