Local History

Before the vote was won: women and politics, 1868-1918

Kathryn Rix

August 29, 2018

Dr Kathryn Rix, Assistant Editor of the House of Commons 1832-1868 Section explains the relationship between women, Parliament and politics in…
House of Commons 1422-1504: MP of the Month, William Holbeck

Hannes Kleineke

August 16, 2018

In our Medieval MP of the Month series we’ll be exploring some of the characters who feature in our Commons…
Dudley North, 3rd Lord North and the discovery of the waters of Tunbridge Wells

Ben Coates

May 23, 2018

As part of our focus on health and medicine, Dr Ben Coates of the Lords 1604-29 Section considers the origins…
Parliament, Politics and People: The politics of impressment, 1639-41: a Gloucestershire microhistory

History of Parliament

March 13, 2018

Today’s blog is a summary from Sonia Tycko, PhD. candidate from Harvard University about the paper that she presented, as part…
St Piran’s Day: Tin, Tricks and Terror in 15th-century Cornwall

Hannes Kleineke

March 5, 2018

Continuing with our patron saint series, today we hear from Dr Hannes Kleineke of the Commons 1422-1504 Section about the patron…
“Hidden Gems”: Three Derby Museums and an unusual gift

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September 7, 2017

In the latest blog from the Georgian Lords, Dr Stuart Handley considers a rare holding by the Derby Museum and…
Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: Alex Lock, ‘Sir Thomas Gascoigne (1745-1810), national politics and the York county election of 1784’

Emma Peplow

November 29, 2016

Thanks to Parliament Week, we’re a little behind in our ‘Parliaments, politics and people’ seminar reports. Before tonight’s seminar, here’s…
Electioneering in Sheffield Brightside… in 1897

Kathryn Rix

May 5, 2016

Today voters across the country go to the polls. In Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, electors will choose their new MP…
Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Sarah Ward, ‘”I am nothing discuraged to present you with the Parliament newse”: parliamentary news, personal interest and political action in north-east Wales, 1640-88’

History of Parliament

December 22, 2015

Our final ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar of the year took place last week, as Sarah Ward of Oxford University,…
Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Robin McCallum, ‘English Towns & Parliamentary Representation, 1295-1350’

History of Parliament

December 15, 2015

At our last ‘Parliaments, Politics and People’ seminar Robin McCullum, of Queen’s University Belfast, gave a paper on ‘English Towns…
New website material on ‘From the Grassroots’

Emma Peplow

August 27, 2015

As many of you will know, over the past two years we’ve run a wonderful oral history project in Devon…
Parliaments, Politics and People seminar: Kayleigh Milden, ‘From the Grassroots: An oral history of community politics in Devon.’

History of Parliament

June 23, 2015

Reporting back from our latest ‘Parliaments, politics and people‘ seminar – our ‘From the Grassroots’ project co-ordinator, Dr Kayleigh Milden,…

Local History

House of Commons 1422-1504: MP of the Month, William Holbeck

Parliament, Politics and People: The politics of impressment, 1639-41: a Gloucestershire microhistory

“Hidden Gems”: Three Derby Museums and an unusual gift

Parliaments, Politics & People seminar: Alex Lock, ‘Sir Thomas Gascoigne (1745-1810), national politics and the York county election of 1784’

Electioneering in Sheffield Brightside… in 1897

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