The 1780s was a turbulent period in an increasingly divided England, especially in Birmingham, where a growing Republican threat prompted a desperate Anglican and Tory backlash.
Learn about the feuds between Anglicans and Presbyterians, and between Tories and Whigs.
Find out how Billy was injured whilst apprehending a burglar.
Discover the remarkably egalitarian Birmingham Athletic Society, and learn the peculiarly English way of playing at sports and rioting.
Walk with Billy as he follows the rioters from Shute Lane, counter-clockwise around Birmingham, and out to Moseley and Kings Norton.
And listen to the Trials of the Rioters.
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Published in: Birmingham Mail, Birmingham Post, Sunday Mercury, Coventry Telegraph, Hinckley Times, Loughborough Echo.
Published from: February 26, 2026.
Region: West Midlands
