Time and location
Thursday 10 Oct 2024, 19:00 – 20:00
Newport Rising Hub, 170 Commercial St, Newport NP20 1JN, UK
About the event
Book Launch at the Newport Rising Hub:
Solidarity across the Severn: Newport, Bristol and Reform in 1831 by Roger Ball.
In October 1831 as reform riots shook Bristol, the authorities urgently requested the help of troops stationed in south Wales. An infantry unit marched from Cardiff to Newport with the intention of boarding a steam boat to Bristol, but their way was blocked by a hostile crowd. This book explores the background to this incident, setting it in the context of the reform crisis in Newport and other parts of South Wales in the 1830s.
More information and book tickets here.
Published by Six Points