Great Britain Historical Database: Board of Trade/Ministry of Labour Strike Register, 1903-1938

<p>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Great Britain Historical Database</span> has been assembled as part of the ongoing Great Britain Historical GIS Project. The project aims to trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain at sub-county scales. Further information about the project is available on <a href="https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/gbhdb/" target="_blank">A Vision of Britain</a> webpages, where users can browse the database's documentation system online.</p> <p>This study contains a systematic transcription of information on individual strikes in every fifth year, as recorded by the Board of Trade Labour Department, and later the Ministry of Labour, in their Strike Registers, now held in class LAB.34 in the UK National Archives.</p> <p>They were computerised by the Great Britain Historical GIS Project and its collaborators. They form part of the Great Britain Historical Database, which contains a wide range of geographically-located statistics, selected t<span>o trace the emergence of the north-south divide in Britain and to provide a synoptic view of the human geography of Britain, generally at sub-county scales.</span></p>