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Traditional histories of the Chartist movement mostly end with the mass meeting and demonstration on April 10th 1848, when the… READ MORE
For several days from the 29th May 1848, 1000s of supporters of the chartist movement assembled on Clerkenwell Green. A… READ MORE
In the early 19th Century, with working people being increasingly forced off the land and into urban areas, with the… READ MORE
No Through Road? This is a brief introduction to some of the social engineering involved in the building of three… READ MORE
John Goodwyn Barmby was a utopian communist, influenced by the ideas of Robert Owen and the early 19th century French Utopian… READ MORE
The Fleet Prison, the first purpose-built gaol in London, stood for around 700 years on the banks of London’s the… READ MORE
In 1839-40, the Chartist movement reached its first great peak of strength. Building on decades of agitation for constitutional and… READ MORE
On 22nd August 1842, 40,000 Chartists defied a ban to rally on Kennington Common & fought police who attempted to… READ MORE
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