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Repeal of the Corn Laws 1846
The impact of the Corn Laws and the significance in terms of the history of reform and social justice is open to a loy of debate but the Acts were finally repealed in 1846, when Sir Robert Peel was Prime Minister. Take a look at our Reform and Radicals series and the history of Poor…
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The start of the Dam Busters…Ripley derbyshire
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Read MoreArch duke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated 28 Jun 1914 the domino effect for WWI
The assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand in Sarajevo triggers a series of events that spark what was to lead to world war and a tragic loss of life, surely this would be” the war to end all wars…”
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Irish emmigration 250,000 1851
Irish emigration 1851, just a snippet of information that tells a big story
Read MoreDecline Rural Income in Early C19th
The decline in rural incomes in the early nineteenth century, how hard it must have been
Read MoreBritain Applies Poor Law Act to Ireland 1838
Poor Law 1834 is applied to Ireland
Read MoreMetropolitan Police Act 1839
The Metropolitan Police Act of 1839 gave greatly increased powers to the Metropolitan Police. The district over which it operated was increased to cover a 15 mile radius from Charing Cross. Constables were given ‘all powers and privileges’ in the counties of Berks, Bucks and on the River Thames. Within the Port of London they…
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