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York: exploring the local history of a Victorian constituency

Oct 15, 2020 | History of Parliament

Alongside biographies of 2,591 MPs, the House of Commons 1832-68 project is also researching and writing articles on the 401 English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh constituencies in existence during this period. This blog takes this constituency as an example to explain...

Sex, (almost) in the city: Southwark – a constituency of contrasts

Sep 30, 2020 | History of Parliament

This blog post was written by Dr Hannes Kleineke, editor of the History of Parliament Commons 1461-1504 project. History of Parliament will be participating in History Day 2020. This blog post is cross-posted from the History of Parliament local history blog series...