George Buckland, Elizabeth Gaskell and the Reports of the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor

• 📅Tue 1 Dec 2026 · 13:00
• 📍Cross Street Chapel — All events
  Cross Street,, M2 1NL, Manchester
• 🎫From €5

This is a talk by Joshua Povall (PhD candidate, University of York) on George Buckland's reports for the Unitarian Ministry to the Poor and how they documented the harsh living conditions of Manchester's working class, inspiring Elizabeth Gaskell's novel *Mary Barton*. The talk explores connections between Buckland's writings, Gaskell's fiction, and ideas of English identity in the industrial Nort