▁the ▁most ▁not orious ▁attacks ▁was ▁on ▁Cart w right ▁– ▁a ▁Hud ders field ▁mill - owner , ▁who ▁had ▁a ▁reputation ▁for ▁cruel ty ▁– ▁and ▁his ▁Raw f olds ▁Mill . ▁In ▁his ▁book ▁Reb els ▁Again st ▁the ▁Future , ▁Kirk pat rick ▁S ale ▁describes ▁how ▁an ▁army ▁pl ato on ▁was ▁station ed ▁at ▁Hud ders field ▁to ▁deal ▁with ▁Lud d ites ; ▁at ▁its ▁peak , ▁there ▁were ▁about ▁a ▁thousand ▁soldiers ▁in ▁Hud ders field ▁and ▁ten ▁thousand ▁civ ili ans . ▁In ▁response , ▁Lud d ites ▁began ▁to ▁focus ▁attacks ▁on ▁nearby ▁towns ▁and ▁villages , ▁which ▁were ▁less ▁well - protected ; ▁the ▁largest ▁act ▁of ▁damage ▁that ▁they ▁committed ▁was ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁F oster ' s ▁Mill ▁at ▁Hor bury ▁– ▁a ▁village ▁about ▁ ▁east ▁of ▁Hud ders field . ▁The ▁government ▁campaign ▁that ▁cr ushed ▁the ▁movement ▁was ▁prov oked ▁by ▁a ▁murder ▁that ▁took ▁place ▁in ▁Hud ders field . ▁William ▁H ors fall , ▁a ▁mill - owner ▁and ▁a ▁passion ate ▁pro sec utor ▁of ▁Lud d ites , ▁was ▁killed ▁in ▁ 1 8 1 2 . ▁Although ▁the ▁movement ▁f aded ▁out , ▁Parliament ▁began ▁to ▁increase ▁w elf are ▁provision ▁for ▁those ▁out ▁of ▁work , ▁and ▁introduce ▁reg ulations ▁to ▁improve ▁conditions ▁in ▁the ▁mill s . ▁ ▁Political ▁history ▁Two ▁Prime ▁Minister s ▁spent ▁part ▁of ▁their ▁child hood ▁in ▁Hud ders field : ▁Harold ▁Wilson , ▁who ▁attended