Date: Saturday 28 January, 2023
In early October 1831, the defeat of the Second Reform Bill in the House of Lords led to a wave of pro-reform public protests and disturbances across Britain and Ireland. In Dorset, a microcosm of the national struggle over electoral reform was being fought out in a county by-election which posed Lord Ashley – an… Continue reading Event: ‘Zummerset Refarmers’ – the Yeovil ‘reform riot’ of October 1831. Talk by Steve Poole
Date: Thursday 1 December, 2022
Workshop Registration link: https://gck.f m/fdnvj PLEASE NOTE THE DATE HAS BEEN AMENDED (PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED 30TH NOV) This public workshop is hosted by Cwtsh Art Centre and Newport Museum and also in collaboration with the University of the West of England. The aim of the workshop will be to examine local disturbances that relate to the rejection of… Continue reading Event: Newport Research Workshop
Date: Saturday 5 November, 2022
Date: Friday 28 October, 2022
Steve will be giving a talk about the Blandford riots as part of the “Last Friday Dinner and Lecture Series for Blandford town Museum. Admission to the talk is £5 for museum members, £8 for non-members. Drinks and homemade food will be available from 6.30 pm, and the talk will start at 7.30 pm. For… Continue reading Event: ‘I fear there will be blood spilt this evening’: The Blandford ‘reform riots’ of October 1831
Date: Thursday 6 October, 2022
In October 1831 a wave of disturbances swept across England after the rejection of the Second Reform Bill in the House of Lords. This wave culminated in Bristol with the most serious riot in nineteenth century Britain but civil disturbances also broke out in a number of other West Country towns, including Sherborne and Yeovil.… Continue reading Event: Sherborne and the 1831 Reform riots ~ Talk by Dr Roger Ball
Date: Saturday 30 April, 2022
Event Registration link: https://bit.ly/1831Workshop This free research workshop, hosted by Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service @ The Hive and in collaboration with the University of the West of England will be examining the disturbances in Worcester. Enquiries or further information:
Date: Thursday 25 November, 2021
More about the 1831 events in Sherborne, Blandford and surrounding areas! For further information please contact:
Date: Monday 8 November, 2021
Free research workshop, hosted by Somerset Heritage Centre, Taunton in collaboration with the University of the West of England. https://gck.fm/bcdih
Date: Saturday 16 October, 2021
Date: Thursday 15 October, 2020
The violent disturbance in the St. Paul’s area of Bristol on 2 April 1980 is regarded as iconic. It heralded the beginning of a decade or more of unrest in English cities. It is also central to the modern history of Bristol, marking a moment where issues of institutional and popular racism were forced into… Continue reading Event: The St Paul’s riots: From ‘mindless mob’ to ‘conscious crowd’
