If you’re interested in the history of crime in Wales and you can make it to Swansea (you could have a weekend break on the Gower…):
Study Day on the History of Crime in Wales
Friday 11 March 2005 (10.00 - 5.00)
Digital Technium
University of Wales Swansea
SPEAKERS:
Sharon Howard (Aberystwyth), Studying crime in an early modern Welsh county
Matthew Stevens (Aberystwyth), Corruption and enforcement in a medieval borough, the assize of ale in Ruthin (Denbighshire, North Wales), 1312 - 1322
Glyn Parry (National Library of Wales), Sources on the History of Crime in the National Library
Garthine Walker (Cardiff), Voices and subjectivities in the early modern criminal record
Chris Williams (Swansea), Crime and social order in Victorian Newport
Nick Woodward (Swansea), Horse-Stealing in Wales, 1730-1830
Veronica Summers (Swansea), ‘A Source of Sad Annoyance’: The Irish and Crime in Wales c.1841-1883
John Minkes (Swansea), The Courts of Great Sessions in the 1750s
This study day of informal talks and discussions will be of interest to those who research, have researched, or plan to research any aspect of the history of crime in Wales. All are most welcome, but space is limited so to reserve a place and receive further details please contact John Spurr via J.Spurr {at} swansea.ac(.)uk , 01792 602292 or 295980 , or at the Department of History, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP