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Group    From 1865  To 1869

Reform League

Reform League

A group who campaigned for adult male suffrage, at the time limited to adult males who rented propertied land of a certain value. The Reform Act of 1867 (the Second Reform Act) largely gave them what they wanted, in England and Wales.

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Reform League

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Reformers Tree

This mosaic is at a meeting of 9 footpaths and 7 outlying mosaics, in the sam...

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Councillor, Mrs M. Simmonds

Councillor, Mrs M. Simmonds

Councillor and Vice-Chairman of the Bethnal Green Housing Committee in 1937.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Levellers

Levellers

A group of political radicals during the Civil War and the interregnum.  Its origins lie in discussions within the New Model Army concerning soldiers' individual rights.  They promoted: law reform,...

Group, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Match tax abandoned

Match tax abandoned

I871 the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Robert Lowe, proposed a tax on matches.  The Bryant and May workers, mainly girls, realised this threatened their jobs and marched in protest on the House of C...

Event, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Jean Scott

Jean Scott

Founder of The Finchley Society.  Andrew Behan found their website very informative: Jean Leslie Scott, The Finchley Society’s founder, was born on 21 March 1921 and lived in Finchley since her ch...

Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Science

1 memorial
C. Mansfield

C. Mansfield

Councillor and member of the Electric Lighting and Tramways Committee, West Ham, 1905. Our image comes from Wikipedia's photo captioned 'First West Ham Borough Council, 1886-7'. This 'Councillor C...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial