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Rural Rides (Document ID: 100799)

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Rural Rides (Document ID: 100799)

Title page of tour of Manufacturing Districts of England, in September 1832.

Author: William Cobbett
Date: 23 September 1832
Location: Calderdale
Format: Topographical Survey
Document ID: 100799
Library ID: 826.7COB

William Cobbett travelled the length and breadth of the country describing the agricultural living and working conditions. He was a radical reformer and his writings added fuel to the increasing demand for the improvement of working conditions. He visited Halifax and lectured there in 1830.




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