Genealogy Chat

Hi - one of my ancestors was also involved in the Swing Riots and ended up deported to Australia (some were put to death!). There is a book about it that I had intended on buying but haven't yet - and I can't think of the title off hand. Will try to find out and let you know.

I am sure that I have read an article about this in one of the family history magazines. I am not sure which area it was though. I will try to have a look as soon as i get 5 minutes & report back.

He was probably a bit of a fishy character!!!! (seeing as jokes are now being posted)

Have a go at A2A - that may have some references to it. Also on ancestry - have a search on the probate and sessions

This is probably John's christening... JOHN DORE Male Event(s): Birth: Christening: 15 JAN 1797 Stour Provost, Dorset, England Parents: Father: JAMES DORE Mother: ANN Georgina.

Hi found this referring to John DORE on this site http://www.thedorsetpage.com/history/Captain_Swing/Captain_Swing.htm you may have to take off popup blocker On 29 November Walter Snook, a farmer and a constable at Stour Provost, was attacked by another crowd. He made some arrests for machine-breaking and took his prisoners to Shaftesbury. There, the keys to the lock-up could not be found, and sympathisers rescued the prisoners - perhaps to Snook’s relief, as he might otherwise have had to take them to his own home for the night - not a comfortable prospect! Here as elsewhere, among the rioters were men with different motives than the labourers. John Dore - the only farmer known to have joined in a riot in Dorset - also kept a beer-shop, and was accused of fomenting trouble in the interest of sales. (Beer-shops were later among the institutions blamed by the authorities for encouraging disturbances.) Another rioter at Stour Provost was a wheelwright who undertook machine repairs. Cynthia

Georgina - great minds think alike! Sheila

Google Swing Riots and see what comes up. Think I may have got him first hit. According to thedorsetpage.com he was the only farmer in Dorset to have joined in a riot. He also kept a beer shop and was accused of fomenting trouble in the interest of sales. Good luck Sheila

Paul I just googled Swing Riots Dorset 1830 and there is a small mention of John Dore.... ''Here as elsewhere, among the rioters were men with different motives than the labourers. John Dore - the only farmer known to have joined in a riot in Dorset - also kept a beer-shop, and was accused of fomenting trouble in the interest of sales. (Beer-shops were later among the institutions blamed by the authorities for encouraging disturbances.) Another rioter at Stour Provost was a wheelwright who undertook machine repairs.'' Georgina.

I'm trying to find out about an ancestor called John Dore of Stour Provost who was apparently involved in a prominent way with the Swing Riots in Dorset in 1830. Less famous than the Luddites, the 'Swing' rioters were nevertheless a significant force in resistance to unfair agricultural policies of the time, and I think John Dore would have been one of the machine breakers. I can't find any reference to him in my local library so wonder if anybody out there has a history book or something that can give me a little information.