A plaque marking the death of a man who was protesting for workers' rights in the Potteries 175 years ago has been unveiled. Josiah Heapy, of Leek, was among hundreds of people who gathered in Burslem ...
At the end of the 1830s, only around one in five men had the right to vote in Wales and England. These were mainly wealthy or middle class landowners. The Chartists were a group of people who felt ...
Chartism was a movement for democratic rights, started in London in 1838 with the publication of the 'People's Charter'. The Charter demanded the reform of parliament. At that time very few people ...
A festival celebrating Newport's historic Chartist movement is set for its first full edition in three years. The Newport Rising Festival celebrates the Chartists and the Newport Rising of 1839, when ...
A TINY 165-year-old pamphlet of Victorian-era rebel songs has been discovered in a box at a Yorkshire public library. The book of 16 radical hymns was produced by the Chartist movement which ...
A tiny 165-year-old pamphlet, stored in a box at a Yorkshire public library, has been identified by a University of Manchester academic as the only surviving copy of a Chartist hymn book. Dr Mike ...
A TINY hymn book found in a cigar box at Todmorden Library is believed to be the only one of its kind in existence. The chance discovery of the 165-year-old National Chartist Hymn Book has now been ...
A RAMSBOTTOM man who spoke out against low wages and poor working conditions in Victorian times has been honoured with a special plaque. Dr Peter McDouall, a leading figure in the National Chartist ...
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