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The Rebecca Riots

Efailwen, Carmarthenshire

Farmers dressed as women smashed the hated tollgates.

In 1839 farmers at Efailwen, fed up with heavy tolls on the roads, smashed down the new tollgate at night. They wore women's clothes and blackened faces, and their leader was called 'Rebecca'.

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When
1839–1843
Where
51.9060, -4.6870
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A memorial stands at Efailwen, on the A478.

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