Anstey at Welcome to Leicester (visitoruk.com) According to this source, „A half-witted Anstey lad, Ned Ludlam or Ned Ludd, gave his name to the Luddites, who in the 1800s followed his earlier example by expressing violence against machinery in protest against the Industrial Revolution.“ It is a known theory that Ned Ludd was the group leader of the Luddites.
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