In 1817 during a period of turbulence that followed Waterloo and a disastrous summer in 1816 there were Bread or Blood riots around the country and Radstock and area was the location of a serious insurrection. Sir John Hippisley read the Riot Act and troops were sent in. The 23rd Lancers came from Bristol and the North Somerset Yeomanry were also deployed. An account of it can be read here. Found this image of the uniform of the 23rd at that time.
