ChartismeLe chartisme est un mouvement politique ouvrier qui se développa au Royaume-Uni au milieu du , à la suite de l'adoption de la « Charte du peuple » (People's Charter). En 1832, la réforme électorale (Reform Act 1832) établit un système électoral censitaire, au détriment des classes populaires. La Charte populaire fut adoptée en 1838, à l'initiative de l'Association des travailleurs londoniens.
StretfordStretford is a market town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is situated on flat ground between the River Mersey and the Manchester Ship Canal, south of Manchester city centre, south of Salford and north-east of Altrincham. Stretford borders Chorlton-cum-Hardy to the east, Moss Side and Whalley Range to the south-east, Hulme to the north-east, Urmston to the west, Salford to the north, and Sale to the south. The Bridgewater Canal bisects the town.
TodmordenTodmorden est une ville située à l'ouest du comté du Yorkshire de l'Ouest, en Angleterre. Sa population s'élevait en 2001 à habitants. Todmorden se situe dans la partie supérieure de la vallée de la Calder, rivière qui traverse la ville. Le site est légèrement encaissé, entouré de collines verdoyantes. La grande ville la plus proche est Manchester, à plus au sud. vignette|gauche|Gare de Todmorden L'activité principale de Todmorden durant plusieurs siècles fut l'agriculture combinée à la production de textiles en laine.
RibchesterRibchester ('ɹɪb.tʃɛ.stə) is a village and civil parish within the Ribble Valley district of Lancashire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Ribble, northwest of Blackburn and east of Preston. The village has a long history with evidence of Bronze Age beginnings. It is well known as a significant Roman site being the location of a Roman cavalry fort called Bremetennacum, some parts of which have been exposed by excavation.
SkelmersdaleSkelmersdale ˈskɛlmərzdeɪl is a town in the West Lancashire district, in Lancashire, England, on the River Tawd, west of Wigan, northeast of Liverpool and southwest of Preston. In 2006, it had a population of 38,813. The town is known locally as Skem ˈskɛm. While the first record of the town is in the Domesday Book of 1086, much of the town, including the current town centre, was developed as a second wave new town in the 1960s. The town's initial development as a coal town coincided with the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century; the town lies on the Lancashire Coalfield.
Rossendale ValleyThe Rossendale Valley is in the Rossendale area of Lancashire, England, between the West Pennine Moors and the main range of the Pennines. The area includes the steep-sided valleys of the River Irwell and its tributaries (between Rawtenstall and Bacup), which flow southwards into Greater Manchester. The rivers cut through the moorland of the Rossendale Hills, generally characterized by open unwooded land, despite the ancient designation of "forest".
HuytonHuyton (ˈhaɪtən ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Knowsley, Merseyside, England. Part of the Liverpool Urban Area, it borders the Liverpool suburbs of Dovecot, Knotty Ash and Belle Vale, and the neighbouring village of Roby, with which it formed Huyton with Roby Urban District between 1894 and 1974. Historically in Lancashire, Huyton was an ancient parish which in the mid-19th century contained Croxteth Park, Knowsley and Tarbock, in addition to the township of Huyton-with-Roby.
KearsleyKearsley (ˈkɜrzli ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. The population at the 2011 census was 14,212. Within the Historic County of Lancashire, it lies northwest of Manchester, southwest of Bury and south of Bolton. It is bounded to the west by Walkden, the east by Whitefield, the north by Farnworth and the south by Clifton. Kearsley was a township in the ancient ecclesiastical parish of Deane, in the Hundred of Salford. Kearsley Urban District was a local government authority from 1894 until 1974.
BarnoldswickBarnoldswick (pronounced bɑːrˈnɒldzwɪk) is a market town and civil parish in the Borough of Pendle, in the administrative county of Lancashire, England. It is within the boundaries of the historic West Riding of Yorkshire. Barnoldswick and the surrounding areas of West Craven have been administered since 1974 as part of the modern administrative county of Lancashire. This was when West Riding County Council and Barnoldswick Urban District Council were abolished and the town was transferred to the Borough of Pendle.
Workhousethumb|L'ancienne workhouse de Ripon, dans le Yorkshire du Nord, est devenue un musée. Les workhouses (littéralement, « maisons de travail ») étaient des hospices du Royaume-Uni dont le rôle s'apparentait à de l'assistance sociale. Elles devaient permettre de subvenir aux besoins de toute personne dans l'incapacité d'y parvenir par elle-même, comme les personnes âgées, les handicapés, les « faibles d'esprit » (feeble-minded), les filles mères, etc. thumb|Hubert von Herkomer, une salle de workhouse en 1878.
