Tag Index: Kingswood

Kings, Commoners & Corporations

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With: Steve Poole, Steve Mills, Dan Bennett,
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The Crown And The Commons: Holding Monarchy To Account In 18th Century England - Steve Poole Eighteenth century English men and women understood their allegiance to the Crown in contractual terms. Their allegiance to the King, in other words, was conditional upon the King looking after the interests of the Commons and defending Constitutional... More →

Radical Bristol: 1790s

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With: Steve Mills, Mike Jay, Steve Poole,
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The Watchman: Coleridge, Beddoes and the radical 1790s in Bristol - Mike Jay During 1795-6, Bristol's popular protests against Pitt's 'Reign of Terror' were led by two remarkable figures, both recent arrivals in the city: the radical doctor Thomas Beddoes and the young lecturer and poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Together they campaigned against the... More →

A Barbarous And Ungovernable People - A Short History Of The Miners Of The Kingswood Forest

Type: Pamphlet
By Steve Mills,
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"A barbarous and ungovernable people" is a bit of a strong condemnation of a community. Especially considering that at the time the community in question was situated on the outskirts of a vibrant city in Britain. The people of Kingswood Forest supplied the south west of England and the industries of Bristol with coal, and it is fair to say that... More →
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