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A cropped list showing 4 toasts, with the title Her Majesty's Birthday, Dinner at the Commercial Inn, Friday, May 24, 1839. The coat of arms of the UK features at the top.

Document of the Week: “Peace and Prosperity to Ireland” (1839) Document of the Week

Our latest “Document of the Week”, chosen by our Senior Editor, Dr Tommy Dolan, is a list of toasts that were raised at Bolton’s Commercial Inn in May 1839 by Robert Heywood, the city’s mayor at the time. Read more →

Dr Tommy Dolan

Published 14th September, 2026

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Antique Engraving of Victorian England Victorian, 1840. People walk through the square with bundles.

Licensed to access Liverpool Through Time: From Slavery to the Industrial Revolution, 1766–1900

1766 1900

An engraving of Ragged School, Whitechapel. A very large school room full of children, with a teacher at the front presiding over a wooden desk

Licensed to access British Poor Schools in the Nineteenth Century, 1812–1901

1812 1901