A lecturer at Manchester University has uncovered the Rochdale roots of a religious pamphlet distributed by pro-democracy pioneers 165 years ago. Dr Mike Sanders found the National Chartist Hymn ...

The editors of a tiny 165-year-old pamphlet, believed to be the world’s only surviving copy of a Chartist hymn book, have been identified.Dr Mike Sanders, from The University of Manchester, says the ...

A tiny 165-year-old pamphlet, stored in a box at a Yorkshire public library, has been identified by a University of Manchester academic as the only surviving copy of a Chartist hymn book.Dr Mike ...

A TINY 165-year-old pamphlet of Victorian-era rebel songs has been discovered in a box at a Yorkshire public library. The book of 16 radical hymns was produced by the Chartist movement which ...

But Dr Sanders research, using the Chartist newspaper The Northern Star, has found three references to the Todmorden hymn book. Other hymns decry child labour and slavery.

UNIVERSITY researchers have identified the editors of a tiny hymn book discovered at Todmorden Library. The 165-year-old Chartist pamphlet, dedicated to the 19th-century working class movement ...

The death is announced of John West, a leader in the great Chartist movement of 1832. He was an Irishman by birth, but coming to Macclesfield early in life learned and followed for 60 years the ...

After 1848, the Chartist movement declined. Some areas continued to strongly support Chartism, but not many people attended their final national meeting in 1858. However, the movement’s legacy ...

Chartism was a movement for democratic rights, started in London in 1838 with the publication of the 'People's Charter'. The Charter demanded the reform of parliament. At that time very few people ...

A SCULPTURE marking Caerphilly county borough’s links with the Chartist Movement will be officially unveiled on November 6.

Chartism was a movement for democratic rights, started in London in 1838 with the publication of the 'People's Charter'. The Charter demanded the reform of parliament. At that time very few people ...