Part of the 2026-27 lecture season of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society. Presented by Dr Roger Ball (Visiting Fellow, University of the West of England) Monday 14 December, 7.30pm, The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester, England WR1 3PD In October 1831, the defeat of the Second Reform Bill in the House of Lords led to… Continue reading Event: ‘The Reform Bill … I say it will be the ruin of the country’: The Worcester reform riot of November 1831
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Event: ‘The Reform Bill … I say it will be the ruin of the country’: The Worcester ‘reform riot’ of November 1831
Date: Saturday 1 April, 2023
The Hive, Sawmill Walk, The Butts, Worcester, England WR1 3PD 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… Continue reading Event: ‘The Reform Bill … I say it will be the ruin of the country’: The Worcester ‘reform riot’ of November 1831