The 1835 Wolverhampton riot was an outbreak of violence upon the occasion of a hotly contested county by-election to the House of Commons of the United...
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the Tory candidate led to the 1835 Wolverhampton riot, with dragoons being called in to end the intimidation. Wolverhampton was incorporated as a municipal...
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George Anson (British Army officer, born 1797) (category UK MPs 1832–1835)
different George Anson - the uncle of the subject of this article. 1835 Wolverhampton riot Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs Maj.-Gen. Hon. George Anson...
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B. R. Ambedkar (redirect from Statue of Dr. Ambedkar, Wolverhampton)
Satyagraha Rowlatt Committee Rowlatt Bills Jallianwala Bagh massacre Noakhali riots Non-cooperation movement Christmas Day Plot Coolie-Begar movement Chauri...
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Staffordshire Yeomanry (redirect from Loyal Wolverhampton Cavalry)
regimental training was carried out at Derby. On 30 May 1810 there was a riot at Wolverhampton Market, and the Bilston Troop was called out to assist the magistrates...
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occurring during the 2005 riot. The 2011 England riots also spread to the Handsworth area. The Guardian's online article "Riots don't happen without a reason"...
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Great Western Railway (GWR) was incorporated by an act of Parliament in 1835 and nationalised on 1 January 1948. During this time it amalgamated with...
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Great Western Railway (redirect from Great Western Railway Act 1835)
was founded in 1833, received its enabling act of Parliament on 31 August 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838 with the initial route completed between...
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(CNR) opened in 1855, linking with Kingham on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway. In 1887 a second railway opened to the Oxford and Rugby Railway...
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the Black Country. Wednesbury is situated 5 miles (8km) south-east of Wolverhampton, 2.7 miles (4.4km) south-west of Walsall, and 7.3 miles (11.8km) north-west...
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