Event details Bath History Festival Weekend – Sunday 17 November – Bath Royal Literary and Science Institution, 16-18 Queen Square Bath BA1 2HN Morning Session 09:45 – 12:45 Prof. Steve Poole discusses the events in Bath on 31 October 1831, where rioters prevented the mustering of a Yeomanry cavalry unit that was being sent to… Continue reading Event: We’ll have bread and reform – and down with the boroughmongers! The Bath Reform Riot of 1831
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The Bath riot of October 1831
This case study analyses the reform related riot in Bath of 30-31 October 1831. The study commences with an assessment of the electoral history and governance of the city in the early nineteenth century. The following section considers Bath and its environs during the reform crisis of 1830-31 with an emphasis on public protest and… Continue reading The Bath riot of October 1831
Event: 1831 reform riots display in Bath
In early October 1831, the defeat of the Second Reform Bill in the House of Lords led to a huge wave of pro-reform protests and disturbances across Britain and Ireland. Major disorders in the east Midlands, Dorset and Somerset were followed in Bristol by the most serious riot in nineteenth century England. Bath, Keynsham and… Continue reading Event: 1831 reform riots display in Bath
Event: 1831 reform riots in Bristol, Bath and Worcester – travelling display launched
Date: Saturday 1 April, 2023
In early October 1831, the defeat of the Second Reform Bill in the House of Lords led to a huge wave of pro-reform protests and disturbances across Britain and Ireland. Major disorders in the east Midlands, Dorset and Somerset were followed in Bristol by the most serious riot in nineteenth century England. In early November,… Continue reading Event: 1831 reform riots in Bristol, Bath and Worcester – travelling display launched
Bath research workshop
At a well attended research workshop in Bath on 25 February the team presented our preliminary findings with regard to the reform riot in the city on 30 October 1831. We then perused a series of primary sources concerning the riot transcribed from the Phillip George Papers from Bath Record Office, online Home Office papers… Continue reading Bath research workshop