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The Plumstead Common Riots of 1876: A Study in Mid-Victorian Protest

The Plumstead Common Riots of 1876: A Study in Mid-Victorian Protest AbstractDespite widespread recognition of the importance of open spaces as the 'lungs of the capital', the year 1876 saw the Lords of the Manor of Plumstead, the Provost and Scholars of Queen's College Oxford, attempt to sell the majority of Plumstead Common. With more respectable means of protest unable to secure the traditional right of access of local people, it was left to an emigrant Irishman, John De Morgan, and his Commons Protection League to prevent its enclosure. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present Taylor & Francis

The Plumstead Common Riots of 1876: A Study in Mid-Victorian Protest

The Plumstead Common Riots of 1876: A Study in Mid-Victorian Protest


Abstract

AbstractDespite widespread recognition of the importance of open spaces as the 'lungs of the capital', the year 1876 saw the Lords of the Manor of Plumstead, the Provost and Scholars of Queen's College Oxford, attempt to sell the majority of Plumstead Common. With more respectable means of protest unable to secure the traditional right of access of local people, it was left to an emigrant Irishman, John De Morgan, and his Commons Protection League to prevent its enclosure.

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2011 Maney Publishing
ISSN
1749-6322
eISSN
0305-8034
DOI
10.1179/174963211X13127325480235
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Abstract

AbstractDespite widespread recognition of the importance of open spaces as the 'lungs of the capital', the year 1876 saw the Lords of the Manor of Plumstead, the Provost and Scholars of Queen's College Oxford, attempt to sell the majority of Plumstead Common. With more respectable means of protest unable to secure the traditional right of access of local people, it was left to an emigrant Irishman, John De Morgan, and his Commons Protection League to prevent its enclosure.

Journal

The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and PresentTaylor & Francis

Published: Nov 1, 2011

Keywords: ANTI-ENCLOSURE; ENCLOSURE; JOHN DE MORGAN; PLUMSTEAD; PROTEST; VICTORIAN

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