Catalogue description Folios 135-142. Letter from Bedlington, [County Durham], parish vicar, to Lord John...

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Folios 135-142. Letter from Bedlington, [County Durham], parish vicar, to Lord John Russell, [Home Secretary], reporting a Chartist meeting. States that Bedlington is unprotected from Chartist intimidation because there is no resident magistrate, and the parish constables are 'useless'. Includes a letter from Henry Cronin, Chairman of the Bedlington Democratic Reform Association, to Bedlington parish vicar, demanding an explanation for the actions of Mr Wardle, Parish Sexton, in tearing down a handbill from the church notice board that was publicising a Chartist meeting to petition the Queen for the passing of the People's Charter.

Date: 1839 June 4
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

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