...first of these two petitions was from inhabitants of Runswick, Yorkshire, presented to the Commons on 2 December 1830. This petition does not specify if it is from a specific...
109 years ago, today two suffragettes, Miss Solomon and Miss McLellan, posted themselves to 10 Downing Street, in an effort to speak to the Prime Minister, Mr Asquith. This appears...
Royal Commission for Prorogation of Parliament, 12th Oct 1573, Parliamentary Archives, HL/PO/JO/10/3/295/3 Anniversaries come thick and fast in the world of Archives. Way in advance the dates are pencilled in...
...Parliamentary Archives collection. One of our records is a letter from Percy Elland, editor at the Evening Standard, to media mogul and politician Lord Beaverbrook. It reveals the news that...
...medium-format Phase One camera. You may have already seen the prototype Map Search on our website which allows you to search for the returns we hold by area. If you...
This blog was written by Katie Widdowson, Cataloguer. The arrangement of archives is not always immediately obvious, and this can make it difficult for users to search archive catalogues efficiently...
...initial idea that comes to fruition will end up the best option in the long run? From the onset we’d considered using for the display cases sub-titles – Changing Times...
...Data collected by Richard Huzzey and Henry Miller’s recent Leverhulme research project ‘Rethinking Petitions, Parliament, and People in the Long Nineteenth Century’ has shown only three petitions were sent to...
...of money in 1621, approximately £40,000 in today’s money. Booth’s accusation of Passmore being a highwayman was very serious and Passmore was concerned for his reputation. So, Passmore convinced Deputy...
...at times when there were other concerns in Ireland relating to efforts at direct rule by London and interference in currency, trade, and legislation, the decisions by Westminster became more...
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