This aquatint shows the 1819 Reform Rally in Birmingham. Anyone know the building? Here are a few details about the print. Been trying to work out what 'Ent. Sta. Hall' means, but no idea. Maybe 'Entrance', and surely not 'Station' ? Viv.
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Reform rally - what building?
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jennyann
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Hi Viv: Between British History Online and Bill Dargue's site there is more information of where this rally was held. Links: https://billdargue.jimdo.com/placenames-gazetteer-a-to-y/places-n/the-newhall-estate-city-centre/
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22971&strquery=1819
Building on Newhall Hill by the looks of it.
https://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=22971&strquery=1819
Building on Newhall Hill by the looks of it.
Thanks Jennyann. Seems then that Newhall Hill was not only the site of the Reform Rally of July 1819 to elect Charles Wolesley as legislatorial attorney (and to demand his seat in Parliament) but was later that year, in September, the site of a demo about the Peterloo massacre. And the demonstrators went armed expecting trouble. So I'm thinking the building must have had some significance. If I'm reading this correctly, New Hall wasn't on that hill (sounds like it was surrounded by sandpits), so wondering whose house it actually was. Or am I missing something here? Maybe it was Sir Charles Wolesley's house. I think this is a very interesting period in Birmingham history. Viv.
