...cutting of a new river navigation or canal. Historians have often asked how the unrepresentative parliament was able to satisfy the demands of a rapidly changing society before the parliamentary...
...Realm. Land needed for the cutting of a new canal at Exeter could be taken on payment of compensation, the suggested price of 20 years’ purchase (20 times the annual...
...the collection to its new home at The National Archives in Kew. This blog will describe the processes and people involved in what has been a huge undertaking to help...
...further investigation was necessary. Arun's case was then referred to the House of Lords Committee for Privileges in May 1938. He produced a new petition addressed to the Lords, setting...
...Legion’. The British Legion was established to care for those who had suffered either financially or with their health because of military service during the First World War and to...
...Queen sets foot on the Parliamentary estate. State Opening 2015, Parliamentary Archives Sign up to UK Parliament's Visit Newsletter for the latest updates on visiting and Big Ben,...
...protagonists were cousins. Not first-cousins per se but in the convoluted world of European Royal Dynasties there was a clear blood link between the House of Stuart and House of...
...and societal attitudes to disability, family life and sex, one of the UKDHM themes for 2021. UKDM runs from November to December and aims to celebrate the achievements, challenge disablism...
...Archives. These last six months have been a whirlwind of new friends, skills and exciting challenges and there is more yet to come. I became interested in archives and record...
...1881. Parliamentary Archives, HL/PO/PU/1/1880/43&44V1n94 While the standardisation of time had many benefits for Britain, the new system meant that in summer the sun would rise at 3am and set at...
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