The legend concerning the destruction of the statue at Garendon suggests that it was destroyed by Luddites during their uprisings in the early 19th century. Luddites were groups of English workers who destroyed machinery, especially in cotton and woolen mills, that they believed threatened their jobs.
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For more details, you can read about it on the Garendon Hall Wikipedia page.
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