Following recent correspondence (Edward Fennell, Chronicle letters, March 28 and Christopher Gordon, April 11) readers may be interested to know that Wonston Parish Council, with support from Bullington and Barton Stacey PCs, erected a plaque on the Coach and Horses pub across The Square in Sutton Scotney from the former White Swan Inn, a meeting place of the 'Swing Rioters' from many surrounding villages.

The plaque records a letter, carried by hand to the King, William IV, describing their desperate living conditions and appealing for parliamentary reform. It lists the signatories and describes the fate of those who were later imprisoned, transported or hung for their part in the subsequent uprisings. The plaque was unveiled by a descendant of Enos Diddams, one of the signatories, and among those present was Jill Chambers, author of Hampshire Machine Breakers, The Story of the 1830 riots.

The form that memorials should take has been much discussed in recent times (Jane Austen one example). For my money, a written record outweighs sculpture in most instances and as for Jane, surely her books are a sufficient memorial.

Sue Lane,

Wonston Road,

Sutton Scotney

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