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The Worcester riots of November 1831 (2023)
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In October 1831 a wave of disturbances swept across England after the rejection of the Second Reform Bill in the House of Lords. These ‘reform riots’ began with serious disorder in the East Midlands (Derby, Nottingham) followed by unrest in towns in... Read More about The Worcester riots of November 1831.

The defeat of the Second Reform Bill in October 1831 – An overview of public responses PART 1 (2023)
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The following series of three articles examine initial public responses to the news of the defeat of the Second Reform Bill in the House of Lords on 8th October 1831 across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The evidential basis for this article i... Read More about The defeat of the Second Reform Bill in October 1831 – An overview of public responses PART 1.

The defeat of the Second Reform Bill in October 1831 – An overview of public responses (part 2 – In the metropolis) (2023)
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The following series of three articles examine initial public responses to the news of the defeat of the Second Reform Bill in the House of Lords on 8th October 1831 across England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The evidential basis for this article i... Read More about The defeat of the Second Reform Bill in October 1831 – An overview of public responses (part 2 – In the metropolis).

The Sherborne Riots of 1831 (2023)
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This case study covers the reform related riots in Sherborne in Dorset over the period 19-21 October 1831. It commences with an assessment of the demographics, economics and industry, and land ownership in the town and its environs. It considers the... Read More about The Sherborne Riots of 1831.

The Yeovil Riots of October 1831 (2023)
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This case study covers the reform related riots in Yeovil, Somerset over the period 21-22 October 1831. The study commences with an assessment of the administration and government of the town with reference to the changes made by the 1830 Improvement... Read More about The Yeovil Riots of October 1831.

Bristol case study: The delivery of Bristol's New Gaol, 30 October 1831 (2023)
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This case study considers an important escalation in the activities of the crowd on the second day of the riots in Bristol on Sunday, 30 October 1831. It begins by framing the events in Bristol in the context of the ‘great excarceration’ of Newgate p... Read More about Bristol case study: The delivery of Bristol's New Gaol, 30 October 1831.

Bristol case study: The attack on the Bishops Palace 1831 (2023)
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This case study analyses the targeting, sacking and raising of the Bishop’s Palace by rioters in Bristol on 29 October 1831. It begins by considering the public disapproval of the Anglican Bishops for their role in the defeat of the Second Reform Bil... Read More about Bristol case study: The attack on the Bishops Palace 1831.

The Blandford Forum riots of October 1831 (2023)
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This case study covers the reform related riots in Blandford Forum in Dorset over the period 15-19 October 1831. The study commences with an assessment of the governance and jurisdiction of the town with reference to the borough boundary and brief co... Read More about The Blandford Forum riots of October 1831.

Preludes to the riots in Dorset and Somerset in 1831 (2023)
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This essay considers a series of preludes in 1830 and 1831 to the riots in Dorset and south Somerset in October 1831. Although written from the perspective of Sherborne in north Dorset this paper provides useful context for case studies of riots in B... Read More about Preludes to the riots in Dorset and Somerset in 1831.

Bad Blood in Georgian Bristol: The Murder of Sir John Dineley (2023)
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In 1741, Sir John Dineley, a gentleman with substantial west country land holdings was abducted on the streets of Bristol in broad daylight, rowed down the Avon to the Channel and forced onto a warship captained by his own brother, Samuel Goodere. Th... Read More about Bad Blood in Georgian Bristol: The Murder of Sir John Dineley.

In remembrance of the bloody fact: Coins, public execution and the gibbet in Hanoverian England (2023)
Book Chapter

Noteworthy eighteenth and nineteenth century public hangings were often marked by the circulation of associative souvenirs, and sometimes of coins. Some, like those professionally minted to mark the execution of James Blomfield Rush in 1849, restrict... Read More about In remembrance of the bloody fact: Coins, public execution and the gibbet in Hanoverian England.

The Colston Statue: What Next? ‘We are Bristol’ History Commission - Full Report (2022)
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In the summer of 2021, the ‘We are Bristol’ History Commission consulted with the public about the future of the Colston statue and the Colston plinth. People had a chance to see the statue and learn about its history in a temporary display at the M... Read More about The Colston Statue: What Next? ‘We are Bristol’ History Commission - Full Report.

The Colston Statue: What next? ‘We are Bristol’ History commission - Visual short report (2022)
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This version of the report contains images and presents the findings of the research in an accessable format.

In the summer of 2021, the ‘We are Bristol’ History Commission consulted with the public about the future of the Colston statue and the C... Read More about The Colston Statue: What next? ‘We are Bristol’ History commission - Visual short report.

Written on the walls of the town: Chalking graffiti in Bristol, 1730-1930 (2021)
Book Chapter

4 ‘The instinct for hero worship works blindly’: English radical democrats and the problem of memorialization (2020)
Journal Article

Poole’s essay explores a number of historical precedents for today’s debates concerning statuary memorialization. Early-nineteenth-century radicals shared many of the same discussions and tactics that feature in modern controversies over memorial sta... Read More about 4 ‘The instinct for hero worship works blindly’: English radical democrats and the problem of memorialization.

"Where the creaking of chains told the murderer's lot": The Harnham Hill gibbet and exemplary punishment in Georgian Wiltshire (2020)
Journal Article

Heritage empath: Of home and each other (2019)
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Interactive audio story experienced in the real world, where the audience gets the opportunity to follow the story of Kelechi, a migrant from Nigeria, as she negotiates the process of leaving family and home in one country to forge a new one in anoth... Read More about Heritage empath: Of home and each other.

Pleasure...and shame: Reputation and respectability in Sydney Gardens, Bath, 1820-30 (2019)
Journal Article

"Some examples should be made": Prosecuting reform bill rioters in 1831-32 (2018)
Book Chapter

Following the House of Lords’ rejection of the parliamentary Reform Bill in the autumn of 1831, severe rioting broke out in a number of English towns. In the judicial retribution that followed, some 259 people were prosecuted, seven of them hanged an... Read More about "Some examples should be made": Prosecuting reform bill rioters in 1831-32.

The politics of 'protest heritage', 1790-1850 (2018)
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Acts and marks of commemoration, from anniversary dinners to monuments and statues, were vital components in the production of English democratic culture in the ‘age of revolutions’. But strategies for remembering were not always consensual and refor... Read More about The politics of 'protest heritage', 1790-1850.