To the Castle!

Nottingham's crowds in the Reform Riots

Produced by People's Histreh! Nottingham & Notts Radical History Group

Between Sunday 9th and Tuesday 11th October 1831 the streets of Nottingham became the scene of fierce clashes between an ‘infuriated rabble’ and (special) constables, soldiers and paramilitary Yeomanry.
The fighting was part of a series of uprisings which became known as the Reform Riots. The destruction of the Castle is referred to in almost every account of Nottingham’s history, but little is known about those who torched it.
Who were the rioters? and what motivated them to engage in their direct action.
'To the Castle' retraces the story of the riots, the rioters and their lives.