These two pieces, run together on page 4 of The Observeron 26 May 1816, give detailed accounts of food riots in the east and south-west of England. The high price of bread and other commodities was, in part, due to the terrible weather of 1815 and 1816. Unbeknownst to anyone was that the climate had … Continue reading May 1816: Disturbances in Norfolk, Suffolk and Devon