Chatterton is a small hamlet in the southern part of the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire. An upland area of north west England, principally in the County of Lancashire and consisting of steep-sided valley ranges and surrounding open moorland. ... Lancashire is a county in North West England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea. ...

It is half a mile north of Ramsbottom town centre on the A676 between Bolton and Edenfield. For local government purposes, it receives services from Rossendale Borough Council and Lancashire County Council. Nearby are the village of Stubbins and the hamlet of Strongstry. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The numbering zones for A-roads in Great Britain List of A roads beginning with 6 in Great Britain starting east of the A6 & A7 roads and west of the A1. ... Statistics Population: 139,403 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SD715095 Administration Metropolitan borough: Bolton Metropolitan county: Greater Manchester Region: North West England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Greater Manchester Historic county: Lancashire Services Police force: Greater Manchester Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: North West Post... Edenfield is an upland village in the southern part of the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire in England. ... A local authority district council in the Lancashire area of north west England. ... Lancashire County Council is the local authority for the county of Lancashire, England. ... Stubbins is an industrial village in the southern part of the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire. ...

Much of the land to the west of the village is in the care of The National Trust and consists of hillside pasture and woodland leading up to Holcombe Moor and Peel Tower. Peel towers (spelt Pele towers in England) are small fortified keeps, built along the English and Scottish Borders, intended as watch towers where signal fires could be lit to warn of approaching danger. ...

Parkland at Chatterton was given to the people of the district of Ramsbottom as a peace memorial by the Porritt family.

The Lancashire Machine Breaking Riots

On April 26th 1826, rioting Luddites were read the Riot Act at Chatterton by the 60th Rifle Corps (later to become known as the King's Royal Rifle Corps). Ignoring the reading of the act, the mob attempted to destroy looms at Aitken and Lord's factory whereupon the soldiers eventually opened fire, killing 4 men and wounding many others. April 26 is the 116th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (117th in leap years). ... The oldest surviving photograph, Nicéphore Niépce, circa 1826 1826 (MDCCCXXVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The Luddites were a social movement of English textile workers in the early 1800s who protested — often by destroying textile machines — against the changes produced by the Industrial Revolution, which they felt threatened their jobs. ... For the album by Pearl Jam see Riot Act (album). ... The Kings Royal Rifle Corps was a British Army formation. ...

References

• Peacock, Doug "The 1826 machine-breaking riots". Retrieved November 21, 2006.