Event: “I fear there will be blood spilt this evening”: The 1831 reform riots in Dorset

Date: Saturday 27 May, 2023

Talk by Dr Roger Ball and Prof Steve Poole In 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. Concurrently in Dorset, a microcosm of the national struggle over electoral reform was being fought out in a county… Continue reading Event: “I fear there will be blood spilt this evening”: The 1831 reform riots in Dorset