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
1945
Apr
23

1945

war works act 1945

Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945 https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1947/dec/16/requisitioned-land-and-war-works-bill https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/198776286/Full_text_PDF_accepted_author_manuscript_.pdf  

1845
Aug
8

1845

general enclosure act 1845

General Inclosure Act 1845 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/118 if the commons were within 4 miles distance of large towns, and 15 miles of London, a proportion of the enclosed land had to be set out for recreation 10 acres above 10,000 population 8 above 5

1836
Jan
23

1836

1836 Inclosure Act 6 & 7 Will IV c115 common fields exempted from enclosure if they lay within 10 miles of London or 3 miles of a town of over 100,000 population