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Tuesday, October 30
View Article  Commemorate the march on Newport
by mark on Tue 30 Oct 2007 12:36 GMT

The series of Chartist commemorative events planned for Newport on the weekend of 3 and 4 November look like being ...   more »

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Friday, October 26
View Article  Get a Chartist calendar for 2008
by mark on Fri 26 Oct 2007 14:22 BST
There are two new additions to Chartist Ancestors today. First, there is a page on the People's Charter Union, ...   more »
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Monday, October 15
View Article  Chartism? Never heard of it
by mark on Mon 15 Oct 2007 15:04 BST

If you are reading this, then you probably have at least some interest in Chartism. But to what extent does ...   more »

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Thursday, October 11
View Article  Chartism: make mine a pint
by mark on Thu 11 Oct 2007 15:18 BST

A Hertfordshire pub named after the nearby Chartist land settlement of Heronsgate (or O'Connorville, as it was renamed in Feargus's ...   more »

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Tuesday, October 2
View Article  More full-text Chartist resources
by mark on Tue 02 Oct 2007 11:02 BST

There has been a very welcome increase in the volume of materials about Chartism available online in recent months.

In ...   more »

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Thursday, September 27
View Article  Gerald Massey - 100 years on
by mark on Thu 27 Sep 2007 13:18 BST

Gerald Massey lived a fascinating life, as a poet and Shakespeare scholar, developer of evolutionary theory and, of course, Chartist....   more »

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Tuesday, September 25
View Article  Chartist weekend on 3 and 4 November 2007
by mark on Tue 25 Sep 2007 10:42 BST

The weekend of 3 and 4 November sees a series of events in and around Newport to mark the anniversary ...   more »

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Tuesday, September 11
View Article  Chartist lives and Chartist histories
by mark on Tue 11 Sep 2007 11:06 BST

Richard Brown, whose book Chartism (Cambridge University Press, 1998) has been a boon to a generation of history students, has ...   more »

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Tuesday, September 4
View Article  Chartism's forgotten petition
by mark on Tue 04 Sep 2007 15:58 BST

Did you know that there were not three but four great Chartist petitions, and that the one that has been ...   more »

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Friday, August 31
View Article  History books for Autumn 2007
by mark on Fri 31 Aug 2007 14:26 BST

Looking for something history-related to read this autumn?  The mytimemachine bookshop has the editor's choice of new books and the ...   more »

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Monday, August 27
View Article  Sixty-one more Scottish Chartists named
by mark on Mon 27 Aug 2007 17:21 BST

In January 1842, the Chartist movement in Scotland refused to endorse the wording of the second petition, work on which ...   more »

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Thursday, August 2
View Article  Row over Newport Chartist mural goes to Downing Street
by mark on Thu 02 Aug 2007 13:56 BST

A mural created nearly 30 years ago in the centre of Newport to mark the Chartist uprising of 1839 is ...   more »

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Tuesday, July 31
View Article  Teetotal Chartism - not quite the full measure?
by mark on Tue 31 Jul 2007 16:57 BST

The Chartist movement originated in a London tavern, and countless local branches held their meetings in public houses. Yet there ...   more »

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Monday, July 30
View Article  A picture of Ernest Jones
by mark on Mon 30 Jul 2007 14:30 BST

Ernest Jones is among the most important individuals to have emerged from the Chartist movement.

 

After 1848, he came ...   more »

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Wednesday, July 25
View Article  Life of Thomas Slinsgby Duncombe
by mark on Wed 25 Jul 2007 13:07 BST

Thomas Slingsby Duncombe was an unlikely ally of the Chartist cause. With a well-publicised reputation as a lover of the ...   more »

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Tuesday, July 24
View Article  Important changes to Chartist Ancestors
by mark on Tue 24 Jul 2007 14:23 BST

If you are a regular visitor to Chartist Ancestors, you will have noticed that the site has been redesigned.

At ...   more »

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Hello and welcome to chartists.net news. My name is Mark Crail, and I set up Chartist Ancestors back in 2003. I have been building it up ever since with the help of many very kind individuals who have provided both information and advice. This blog aims to highlight new additions to the site and developments in the wider world of Chartist studies. I hope you find it and the main site both informative and enjoyable.

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