Talk:Storming of Bolton

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Comment[edit]

I always find it strange that there is nothing directly commemorating the Bolton Massacre in Bolton. --jmb (talk) 12:31, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, perhaps an email to the library might be in order? The local history section in there is pretty comprehensive, perhaps they'd know of one. Parrot of Doom (talk) 11:12, 26 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not surprised. Many present-day Boltonians try to emphasise their Royal connections at the expense of historical accuracy.Fletcherbrian (talk) 14:37, 1 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Contradictory dates[edit]

The introductory paragraph and the infobox state that the massacre occurred on 28 May, yet "The storming" section starts with "Late on 29 May ...". Can someone please resolve this obvious and confusing contradiction in dates. Thanks. Truthanado (talk) 15:03, 28 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Attribution[edit]

Its great that some more recent scholarship has been incorporated into this article, but please note that Penny Robert and Mark Levine didn't do the analysis, they edited the book that it was in.--SabreBD (talk) 20:44, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

this article needs more references[edit]

There are several paragraphs in this article that do not have any citations. Specifically, in the following sections:

Background
Campaign
Causes
Effects and subsequent events

Thanks. —howcheng {chat} 08:10, 26 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 13 August 2020[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Moved — Amakuru (talk) 07:06, 22 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Bolton massacre → Storming of Bolton – Use neutral common name; as the article itself notes the "Bolton massacre" is largely drawn from Parlimentarian propaganda sheets and the numbers involved are dubious; even the article's own infobox uses "Storming of Bolton"; article also describes a military action not the sack that occurred afterwards, cf. Siege of Drogheda Svejk74 (talk) 16:48, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support, more neutral and "Storming of Bolton" is more common in modern sources. Harrias ^talk 09:05, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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