The Autumn and Winter of 1830/31 saw some of the worst ever disturbances in rural England. The trouble started in Kent and quickly spread to other counties in southern England. This volume tells the story of the riots in Buckinghamshire, in the form of a diary of events, from the first threatening letters received by farmers and paper manufacturers in the second week of 1830, through the incidents of machine breaking at Stone, Waddesdon and Upper Winchendon, to the climax when attacks were made on the paper mills along the Wye stream at Chepping Wycombe. The week of the trials held at Aylesbury in January 1831 are detailed, and all the men tried for machine breaking and associated crimes, are listed with details of their offence, sentence, petitions and in some cases family details.

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