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The Local Riot Story

List of Hampshire & Isle of Wight locations in which Captain Swing-related crimes were alleged

  • Andover [62 - 284 - 285]

  • Barton Stacey [60 – 61 - 263 – 265 - 282 – 269 EX - 270 – 43 EX]

  • Basingstoke [61-138]

  • Bighton [169]

  • Binstead [127 – 128]

  • Bishops Waltham [158]

  • Bossington [308]

  • Breamore [148]

  • Broughton  [103 - 239 - 296]

  • Burghclere [107 -109]

  • Buriton [18]

  • Carrisbrook (IoW) [36]

  • Corhampton  [160 - 185]

  • Crawley [42 – 172 – 176]

  • Dockenfield [139]

  • Droxford [164 – 219]

   Jesse Burgess

   Charles Bryant

  • Durley [90 - 92]

  • East Wellow [323]

  • East Woodhay [107 - 113 – 117 -120 – 121 - 122]

  • East Stratton [221- 223]​

  • East Titherley [320]

  • Exbury & Lepe [156 – 157]

  • Farringdon [129]

  • Fawley [70- 71 – 73 100 -141 - 165 – 166 - 268]

  • Fordingbridge [46 - 47 – 48 -49 -  51 – 76 – 78 - 85- 142 - 145 -146]

  • Gosport [243]

  • Greayham [297]

  • Havant [251 - 260 - 339]

  • Headley [247 – 25 – 262]

  • Highclere [ 110 - 115 – 116]

  • Houghton [232 – 233]

  • Hound [James Hatcher]

  • Hurstbourne Tarrant [131]

  • Itchen Abbas [184 - 195 - 197 – 198 – 199 – 204]

  • Kingsley [298]

  • Kimpton [98 – 154]

  • Kintbury [112]​

  • Leckford [216 -235]

  • Littleton [106 – 212]

  • Longham [22]

  • Longparish [61]

  • New Alresford [286 -287]

  • Newchurch (IoW) [35]

  • Martyr Worthy [180 – 181 - 182 - 281]

  • Monk Sherbourne [32 - 36]

  • Mottisfont [123 - 124]

  • Mitcheldever (sic) [227 – 229 –  230 - 278 - 280]

  • Mitchelmersh [163]

  • Northington [171]

  • Owelsbury [185 - 206 - 207 – 209 -21 - 266 - 267 - 333]

  • Pamber [28]

  • Penton Grafton [168 -153]

  • Quarley [133 – 214]

  • Rockbourne [42 - 43]

  • Romsey Extra [4 - 7 – 10 - 322]

  • St. Mary Bourne [301- 302 – 303 - 304 - 336 – Charles Pearce]

  • Selborne [242 - 256 - 257 – 258 - 259 -277]

  • Shanklin (IoW) [28] 

  • Sherfield [234 - 235]

  • Sidmonton [114]

  • South Stoneham [186 - 292]

  • Stockbridge [313]

  • Stratton [272 – 271]

  • Thruxton [213]

  • Upham [93 - 95]

  • Upper Clatford [53 – 54 - 82 -83 - 8455 – 56 - 58 – 64 – 218]

  • Upper Wallopp [306 - 307]

  • Vernham Deane [99- 151 – 155 – 236 - 283]

  • Warblington [249 –  250- 261]

  • Weyhill [96]

  • Wickham [14 - 13]

  • Wonston

  • Wooton St. Lawrence [20 - 22 -23 – 24 - 25 – 26 – 28 -31 –  137]
     

​NOTE: Nos. relate to indicative charges in the ‘Calendar of Prisoners’

Further reading

The Duke of Wellington and the Response to the Riots by the Authorities

The Hampshire  Swing Riots

The Grand Assize in Winchester Great Hall

The Aftermath in Hampshire and Australia

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