Solidarity Across the Severn Book Launch
Thu 10 Oct
|Newport
History at the Hub talk with Roger Ball on his book: Solidarity across the Severn: Newport Bristol and the Reform in 1831


Time & Location
10 Oct 2024, 19:00 – 20:00
Newport, 170 Commercial St, Newport NP20 1JN, UK
About the Event
Book Launch at the Newport Rising Hub
Solidarity across the Severn: Newport, Bristol and Reform in 1831 by Roger Ball.
In October 1831 as reform riots shook Bristol, the authorities urgently requested the help of troops stationed in south Wales. An infantry unit marched from Cardiff to Newport with the intention of boarding a steam boat to Bristol, but their way was blocked by a hostile crowd. This book explores the background to this incident, setting it in the context of the reform crisis in Newport and other parts of South Wales in the 1830s.
Roger Ball was a founding member of the Bristol Radical History Group (BRHG) and subsequently received a PhD in History from the University of the West of England with a thesis entitled Violent Urban Disturbance in England 1980-81. Roger has more been employed as a researcher working on several academic projects including studies of the 2011 riots in England, use of the death penalty in British colonies and recently the 1831 reform riots.
Outside of the academy Roger has published several local history books in Bristol. These include studies of labour movements, the Victorian workhouse and most recently the co-authored From Wulfstan to Colston (2020) considering the history of slavery, abolition and memorialisation in the city. He is currently editing and contributing to a forthcoming collection of essays documenting resistance to World War One in Bristol.
Published by Six Points www.sixpointscardiff.com.
Lansiad llyfr yn y Hwb Gwthrhyfel Casnewydd
Undod ar draws yr Hafren: Casnewydd, Bryste a Diwygio yn 1831 gan Roger Ball.
Ym mis Hydref 1831 wrth i derfysgoedd diwygio siglo Bryste, gofynnodd yr awdurdodau ar frys am gymorth milwyr a oedd wedi'u lleoli yn ne Cymru. Gorymdeithiodd uned o filwyr traed o Gaerdydd i Gasnewydd gyda'r bwriad o fynd ar agerlong i Fryste, ond rhwystrwyd eu ffordd gan dyrfa elyniaethus. Mae’r llyfr hwn yn archwilio cefndir y digwyddiad hwn, gan ei osod yng nghyd-destun yr argyfwng diwygio yng Nghasnewydd, Sir Fynwy a rhannau eraill o dde Cymru ar ddechrau’r 1830au. Roedd Roger Ball yn un o sylfaenwyr y Bristol Radical History Group (BRHG) ac wedi hynny derbyniodd PhD mewn Hanes o Brifysgol Gorllewin Lloegr gyda thesis o’r enw Violent Urban Disturbance in England 1980-81. Ar ôl 25 mlynedd yn gweithio fel peiriannydd awyrofod, mae Roger wedi’i gyflogi’n fwy diweddar fel cymrawd ymchwil yn gweithio ar sawl prosiect academaidd gan gynnwys astudiaethau o derfysgoedd 2011 yn Lloegr, y defnydd o’r gosb eithaf mewn trefedigaethau ym Mhrydain a therfysgoedd diwygio diweddar 1831. Y tu allan i'r academi mae Roger wedi cyhoeddi sawl llyfr hanes lleol ym Mryste. Mae’r rhain yn cynnwys astudiaethau o symudiadau llafur, y tloty Fictoraidd ac yn fwyaf diweddar y cyd-awdur From Wulfstan to Colston (2020) sy’n ystyried hanes caethwasiaeth, diddymu a choffáu yn y ddinas. Ar hyn o bryd mae’n golygu ac yn cyfrannu at gasgliad o draethodau sydd ar ddod yn dogfennu’r gwrthwynebiad i’r Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf ym Mryste. Cyhoeddwyd gan Six Points www.sixpointscardiff.com.