Part of the funding for this project was dedicated to enhancing the exisiting display concerning the reform riots in Bristol in 1831 at the City’s premier social history museum M Shed. Over the last year we have been working closely with curator Helen McConnell-Simpson and her colleagues at M Shed to both expand and enrich… Continue reading Launch of 1831 Bristol reform riot exhibition at M Shed
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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
Event: 1831 Dorset and Somerset Reform riots – Travelling display launched
This seven-panel display places the reform riots of 1831 in Dorset and Somerset within the wider context of the national struggle for reform. From the foundation of popular Political Unions in 1830 campaigning for expansion of the franchise to the collapse of Wellington’s government later that year, this was a period of significant political change… Continue reading Event: 1831 Dorset and Somerset Reform riots – Travelling display launched