2019
Apr
23
plenary lecture, Urban History Group conference, Queen’s University Belfast, April 2019
‘contested public space and protest in urban Britain from the 18th century to today’
Category: commons
2018
Nov
30
commons
The ancient rights of man, woman, hog and ghost are kept on the many commons of the county. pic.twitter.com/118FVq9zB8 — Hookland (@HooklandGuide) November 30, 2018 A major part of this project is on the long history of commons and enclosure. I’ve not
2018
Oct
26
Winter Hill mass trespass 1896
I’ve been working on the archives in Bolton relating to the Winter Hill mass trespass of 6 September 1896. More to follow but here are some links to work that has already been done on the event. ‘Will yo’ come o’ Sunday
2018
Oct
1
forthcoming events
I will be announcing the first of the public workshops soon, but in the meantime, I’ll be taking part in this debate organised by Whitechapel Gallery on the commons: rural at Manchester School of Art on 15 November, 6pm. For more details
2018
Sep
6
the greening of London – some reflections
There are two excellent books that chart the planning processes that shaped open green space in London in the 19th and 20th centuries: Matti O Hannikainen, The Greening of London, 1920-2000 (Routledge, Abingdon, 2016) Peter Clark, Jean-Luc Pinol and Richard Rodgers, eds,
2018
Jul
8
work in progress: Wells estate, Epsom, Surrey
Doing some map surfing and came across the Wells estate on Epsom Common, Surrey. It’s a 1930s housing estate in the middle of the eastern edge of the common. 1871 OS Map shows the farm
2018
Apr
10
Kennington Common commemorations, 10 April 2018
2018
Feb
22
locales: Kennington
I’m involved with a great HLF-funded project by the Friends of Kennington Park to commemorate the Chartist monster meetings of 1848 on what used to be the common. Here are some pictures of a very cold February lunchtime walking round the park,