Chartism was nationwide movement for voting reform in Victorian England.
Cheltenham has a rich series of manor records, starting in the 1300s.
In much of England in the Middle Ages, routine business relating to local communities was conducted at the appropriate manorial court, while seriou
The Second World War had a great impact on the restoration of the country house. A hiatus in the works planned by the Pearsons, combined with the
Image: Phyllis Court as rebuilt in the 1840s. Its predecessor was garrisoned and fortified during the Civil War.
Graffito carved on the church fonr by Anthony Sedley, one of the imprisoned Levellers
Few local court records survive for Sunderland in the medieval and early modern periods.
The government of Sunderland was determined by its status as a medieval borough.
The borough of Sunderland was in the hands of the bishop of Durham, Although its charter conferred certain privileges, effective authority remained
The modern city of Sunderland, which now lies in the metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, was part of County Durham before the re-organization of
