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The attack on Joseph Priestley's home, Fairhill, at Sparkbrook, Birmingham on 14 July 1791. The Priestley Riots (also known as the Birmingham Riots of 1791) took place from 14 July to 17 July 1791 in Birmingham, England; the rioters' main targets were religious dissenters, most notably the politically and theologically controversial Joseph Priestley.
The building itself was first erected in 1726, but was burnt down the 1791 Priestley Riots, which targeted Dr. Joseph Priestley who was the minister at the Unitarian since 1780. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The Unitarian New Meeting House was rebuilt ten years later and reopened in 1803.
Priestley's son Joseph Priestley Jr. was a leading member of a consortium that had purchased 300,000 acres (120,000 ha) of virgin woodland between the forks of Loyalsock Creek. This they intended to lease or sell in 400-acre (160 ha) plots, with payment deferred to seven annual instalments, with interest. [176]
Remains of the New Meeting House, Birmingham, 1792 engraving. The reform and Unitarian tradition of Priestley was carried on through institutions such as the Birmingham Book Club, and the Sunday Society (later Brotherly Society) group of teachers. Edward Corn, warden of the New Meeting, was linked to political radicals. [12]
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Lloyd House is a Georgian building situated on Sampson Road. It was built between 1742 and 1752 by Sampson Lloyd, the founder of Lloyds Bank. The building is used as offices by the Bromford Corinthia Housing Association. In 1780, Sparkbrook was the home of Joseph Priestley, one of the founding fathers of
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McLachlan, John. "Joseph Priestley and the Study of History." Transactions of the Unitarian Historical Society 19 (1987–90): 252–63. Schofield, Robert E. The Enlightenment of Joseph Priestley: A Study of his Life and Work from 1733 to 1773. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-271-01662-0. Schofield, Robert E.