1831 reform riots
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The 1831 reform riots occurred after Tory legislators voted against the Second Reform Bill in Parliament in October 1831. Civil disturbances occurred in London, Leicester, Yeovil, Sherborne, Exeter, B
The 3rd Dragoon Guards acting to suppress the Bristol riots on 31 October
British Prime Minister Earl Grey
Nottingham Castle on Fire, 10 October 1831 by Henry Dawson
The House of Commons, 1833 by George Hayter. The first meeting of the reformed House of Commons
Nottingham Castle
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Nottingham Castle is a Stuart Restoration-era ducal mansion in Nottingham, England, built on the site of a Norman castle built starting in 1068, and added to extensively through the medieval period, w
1831 reform riots
…disturbances occurred in London, Leicester, Yeovil, Sherborne, Exeter, Bath and Worcester; and riots at Nottingham, Derby and Bristol. Targets included Nottingham Castle, home of the anti-reform Duke of Newcastle, other private houses and jails. In Bristol, three days of rioting followed the arrival in the city of the…
Nottingham Castle and gardens
The Castle Gate House shows the medieval architecture of the bridge and lower towers against the Victorian renovation of the upper towers and gate house
The visitor centre at the castle
Victorian suggestion of the possible appearance of Nottingham Castle in the late medieval period