HI, >>It was the Jacobite revolution - the 1745 uprising of Bonnie Prince Charlie. His army got as far as Derby before turning back. Although I have read elsewhere that he reached Swarkestone Bridge, which is south of Derby. The vicar of Lapley in Staffordshire went further: "Copia vera Registri de Lapley al Ano. Dom. 1708 ad 1711. Note: The grand Rebellion made by the French, etc, against the Crown of England (at which time the said Rebels advanced into the body of this Nation as far as Derby), began in Autumn in the 20th year of the Reign of King George the Second, and in the year of our Lord God 1745 and 1746. The above Memorandum made by me Wm. Weate Vic of Lapley Note the said Rebels were repuls'd by his Noble Royal Highness Wm. Duke of Cumberland. Note the Rebel army consisted of only 6 or 7000 men and many of those the refuse of their country." Nice to see that news reporting was as unbiased then as it is today... John Peel