19th Century – Kennington Chartist Project

Caution Kennington Common

4th June 2018

Official poster issued by the Metropolitan Police on March 11th 1848 declaring meeting on Kennington Common Illegal.

The Horns Tavern

4th June 2018

The engraving depicts Kennington Common surrounded by a wooden fence

The Chartist Meeting on Kennington Common

5th June 20184th June 2018

L’Illustration

5th June 201824th May 2018

Feargus O’Connor’s Speech

8th May 20194th June 2018

Tom Collins reads Fergus O’Connor’s Speech through a megaphone in Kennington Park.

Dundee Advertiser

24th May 201824th May 2018

Reynold’s News

4th June 201824th May 2018

Extract from Old and New London 1878

25th May 201820th April 2018

The People’s Charter

4th June 201819th April 2018

An image of The People’s Charter, a document outlining the six key demands of the Chartists, with diagrams for proposed designs for ‘the balloting place’ and ‘the balloting box

Great Meeting on Kennington Common

4th June 20185th April 2018

Full page scans of the Northern Star Newspaper pages 7 & 8, with a lengthy and detailed account of proceedings on Kennington Common on 10th April.