Keynote slides: Practical Politics and Place in the 19th century
new towns reading list
right to stand on the pavement
New Lives New Landscapes Revisited: Rural Modernity in Britain
select bibliography on new social movements, urban commons, and anti-globalisation protest
rhododendrons
BBC Radio 4 Analysis, ‘what’s the point of street protest?’
East London primary sources
The Cuckoo Cage at Womad 2022
MERL OSS lantern slide exhibition now online
1965
Aug
5

1965

commons registration act

Commons Registration Act 1965 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/64  

1939
Mar
8

1939

1939 Access to the Mountains Act https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1939/jun/06/access-to-mountains-bill#S5LV0113P0_19390606_HOL_261         See John Sheail, ‘The Acc ss to Mountains Act 1939: An Essay in Compromise’, Rural History, 21: 1 (2010) https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/rural-history/article/abs/access-to-mountains-act-1939-an-essay-in-compromise/92897BD29886BB4AA9E02C4F9E7CDAA8  

1908
Feb
8

1908

1908 commons act

1908 Commons Act made provision for agricultural management to control the turning out of animals onto common land https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/44/contents    

1888
Mar
8

1888

1888 Footpaths and Roadsides Wastes bill https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1888/may/04/footpaths-and-roadside-wastes-bill             https://www.oss.org.uk/about-us/our-history/saving-open-spaces-preserving-public-paths/  

1878
Apr
23

1878

Corporation of London (Open Spaces) Act 1878    

1876
Jan
20

1876

Kyrle Society formed https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/43789996.pdf  

1866
Feb
8

1866

Metropolitan Commons Act 29 and 30 Vic c122 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/29-30/122/contents all commons within 15 miles of centre of London protected and regulated

1865
Jan
20

1865

Commons Preservation Society formed https://www.oss.org.uk/who-we-are/about-us/ https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/search/archives/2fd7ff41-f2e7-394d-bf11-74d2a5e53a73  

1833
Mar
8

1833

1833 Select Committee on Public Walks https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1833/feb/21/public-health    

1723
Feb
19

1723

1721 black act

1723 Waltham Forest Black Act 1723: 9 George 1 c.22: The Black Act