Victorian and Edwardian Justice, Crime and Punishment in the West Midlands – November 2026.
On Saturday 7 November 2026, 10.15AM – 4:00PM, at the Birmingham & Midland Institute, Margaret Street, B3 3BU The Victorian Society Birmingham Group present a Day conference, in person, cost £45 (including lunch & refreshments), reduced rate of £30 for full time students & Young Victorians.
This year’s Day School will explore crimes committed and punishments imposed during the Victorian and Edwardian eras across the region. Angela Coulter will discuss Birmingham’s first coroner; Corrine Brazier of Birmingham Police Museum will look at rogues, villains and even Peaky Blinders; Tracey Blundell will turn to crime and punishment in the Black Country; and, after lunch, Dr Kiran Mehta will examine prison labour in the Victorian era. Rob Firman, conservation architect on Birmingham’s Victoria Law Courts, will conclude with a look behind the work to modernise and conserve Aston Webb’s Grade I listed building.
The Group endeavours to devise a wide-ranging programme of events for members, and potential members, including, but not restricted to, day schools, talks, walks and visits to places that relate to our period of 1837-1914, with the objective of scheduling interesting, educational, entertaining and social events; and to foster a feeling of ‘belonging’ to a Society of like-minded people.
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