What became of Helen Macfarlane? A Victorian mystery solved at last
Few knew her identity at the time, and fewer still remembered her in the years that followed, but Helen Macfarlane was probably the most influential woman in the Chartist movement.Writing under the...
View Article240 Chartists in Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby-on-Tees and Hartlepool
Chartist Ancestors now has an index of some 240 Chartists from the Teesside towns of Stockton-on-Tees, Thornaby-on-Tees and Hartlepool.The full list, along with other biographical details where known,...
View ArticleSouth Wales Chartist Convention set for 2 November 2013
The South Wales Chartist Convention (hosted by the new University of South Wales ) is being held on Saturday 2nd November 10.15 - 16.15 at the university's City Campus, Newport. Full details of the...
View ArticleChartists finally make it to Parliament - 175 years on
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Archives and History is undertaking a number of initiatives to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the People’s Charter.A seminar on Chartist Archives will be held...
View ArticleRevamp for Chartism online
Take a look at Stephen Roberts’ excellent Chartism and the Chartists website, which has been thoroughly revamped and redesigned of late.The site now has a weekly blog post, photos and posters, along...
View ArticleRemarkable Reynolds: Dickens's radical rival
The University of Roehampton and The City of Westminster Archives Centre present; 'Remarkable Reynolds: Dickens's Radical Rival'Saturday 26 July 2014City of Westminster Archives Centre, 10 St Ann's...
View ArticleChartism Day 2014 - Ireland and British Democracy
Chartism Day 2014 takes place in Galway, beginning on Friday 4 July and running through Saturday 5 July. This year’s theme is Ireland and British Democracy.Registration is now open for anyone who...
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George Julian Harney: The Chartists were Right
George Julian Harney was among the most important of the Chartist leaders. Almost uniquely, he was active throughout the movement’s history, having been a radical long before the Charter was published...
View ArticleRemarkable Reynolds: join the bicentenary celebration
Here is an update from the organisers of the Remarkable Reynolds event taking place on 26 July 2014. Full details below if you would like to go along...FINAL PROGRAMME'Remarkable Reynolds: Dickens's...
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Remarkable Reynolds: celebrating the 200th birthday of a Chartist
G W M Reynolds' birthday cake (made by Kathy Newport of Cracking Cakes)The Chartist journalist and author G W M Reynolds was a sociable chap, who every year for two decades closed down his Reynolds...
View ArticleChartism Day 2015: Newcastle upon Tyne, Saturday 13 June
Venue: Armstrong Building, University of NewcastleProgramme9.45–10.00 Introduction and Welcome (Joan Allen)10.00–10.45 Philip Lockley, ‘Chartism and millennial religion’11.15–12.00 Sara Daly, ‘Trails...
View ArticleTime to rebuild Chartist Ancestors - wish me luck
There may be some disruption to the Chartist Ancestors website over the summer. If so, I apologise, and can only suggest you try again later.I built the site way back in 2003 - long enough ago in real...
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William Cuffay's poetic gift from the Chartists
By October 1849, the London Chartist William Cuffay was already on board the convict ship the Adelaide, heading for Australia, where he would spend the rest of his life.Cuffay had been arrested in the...
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Progress report on the new Chartist Ancestors
The rebuild of the Chartist Ancestors website is coming on apace. If you would like to see what’s going on, you can find the new site here.Beware, that for the time being, things are a bit messy. The...
View ArticleFeargus O'Connor's letter: deciphering a Chartist mystery
I recently came across and could not resist buying handwritten letter by the Chartist leader Feargus O’Connor dated 20 October 1838. The letter is badly water stained and carries a rusty mark from the...
View ArticleWalk in the footsteps of London's Chartists
How does the idea of walking in the footsteps of the Chartists sound? As part of a project to map thousands of Chartist meeting places (more of which below), there is to be a “mystery tour” around...
View Article67 Chartists who contested parliamentary elections
No political movement has gathered so much popular support and found so little voice in Parliament as Chartism.The Chartist movement’s most reliable long-term advocate at Westminster was Thomas...
View ArticleWhen did the six points of the People's Charter become law?
The six points of the People’s Charter are among the best known political demands in history.Between them they represent a coherent package of reforms that would have transformed the UK into an...
View ArticleSamuel Carter: the forgotten Chartist MP
Samuel Carter may not have been the best known Chartist activist, and his name is entirely absent from the pages of the Northern Star. But for a brief period he was one of the few Chartists to become a...
View ArticleWas your ancestor a Manchester Chartist?
Manchester was a hotbed of the Chartist movement, so it comes as no surprise to discover that hundreds signed up to support the Chartist land plan.Thanks to the hard work of Dr Katrina Navickas,...
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