Jarrow March
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The Jarrow March was a 1936 protest in which unemployed workers from the English town of Jarrow marched to London to demand government action against severe local unemployment and poverty.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jarrow March canonical | 5 |
| Jarrow Crusade for Jobs | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7709424 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jarrow March Context triple: [Ellen Wilkinson, participatedIn, Jarrow March]
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A.
Blanketeers march
The Blanketeers march was a 1817 protest by Lancashire textile workers who attempted to march from Manchester to London to petition for relief from economic hardship and political repression, and was quickly suppressed by the authorities.
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B.
Burntollet Bridge march
The Burntollet Bridge march was a pivotal 1969 civil rights protest in Northern Ireland that was violently attacked by loyalists, helping to escalate tensions at the outset of the Troubles.
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C.
Easter Aldermaston March
The Easter Aldermaston March was a prominent annual anti-nuclear protest in Britain, held over the Easter holiday as part of the larger Aldermaston marches to oppose nuclear weapons development.
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D.
Street Parade
Street Parade is one of the world’s largest techno and electronic music festivals, held annually as a massive street party in Zurich, Switzerland.
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E.
Lanimer Day
Lanimer Day is a traditional annual festival and parade held in the Scottish town of Lanark, featuring a Lanimer Queen, decorated floats, and community celebrations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Jarrow March Target entity description: The Jarrow March was a 1936 protest in which unemployed workers from the English town of Jarrow marched to London to demand government action against severe local unemployment and poverty.
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A.
Blanketeers march
The Blanketeers march was a 1817 protest by Lancashire textile workers who attempted to march from Manchester to London to petition for relief from economic hardship and political repression, and was quickly suppressed by the authorities.
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B.
Burntollet Bridge march
The Burntollet Bridge march was a pivotal 1969 civil rights protest in Northern Ireland that was violently attacked by loyalists, helping to escalate tensions at the outset of the Troubles.
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C.
Easter Aldermaston March
The Easter Aldermaston March was a prominent annual anti-nuclear protest in Britain, held over the Easter holiday as part of the larger Aldermaston marches to oppose nuclear weapons development.
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D.
Street Parade
Street Parade is one of the world’s largest techno and electronic music festivals, held annually as a massive street party in Zurich, Switzerland.
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E.
Lanimer Day
Lanimer Day is a traditional annual festival and parade held in the Scottish town of Lanark, featuring a Lanimer Queen, decorated floats, and community celebrations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
protest march
ⓘ
unemployment march ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Jarrow Crusade ⓘ |
| commemoratedBy |
annual memorial events in Jarrow
ⓘ
monuments and plaques in Jarrow ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| culturalImpact | subject of books, plays and documentaries ⓘ |
| distance | approximately 300 miles ⓘ |
| documentedIn |
Ellen Wilkinson’s writings
ⓘ
Hansard records ⓘ
linked to:
Hansard (legislative debates record)
|
| endDate | 1936-10-31 ⓘ |
| endPoint |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| hasCause |
closure of Palmer’s shipyard in Jarrow
ⓘ
economic depression in northeast England ⓘ mass unemployment in Jarrow ⓘ |
| hasParticipant | unemployed workers from Jarrow ⓘ |
| historicalEra | interwar period ⓘ |
| immediateOutcome | no direct government action ⓘ |
| legacy | influenced later perceptions of social justice in Britain ⓘ |
| location |
Jarrow
ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
|
| longTermSignificance |
iconic event in British labour history
ⓘ
symbol of working-class protest in Britain ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | received national press attention ⓘ |
| notableFigure |
David Riley
ⓘ
Ellen Wilkinson ⓘ |
| numberOfParticipants | approximately 200 ⓘ |
| opposedBy | elements of the National Government ⓘ |
| organizer |
Ellen Wilkinson
ⓘ
Jarrow Borough Council ⓘ |
| petitionSignatures | about 12,000 ⓘ |
| politicalAffiliation | supported by Labour Party figures ⓘ |
| politicalContext |
National Government of Stanley Baldwin
ⓘ
linked to:
National Government of Ramsay MacDonald
|
| presentedTo |
British government
ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
House of Commons ⓘ
linked to:
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
|
| purpose |
to demand government action on poverty
ⓘ
to present a petition to the British government ⓘ to protest unemployment ⓘ |
| receptionInParliament | largely indifferent ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Great Depression in the United Kingdom
ⓘ
linked to:
Great Depression
hunger marches ⓘ unemployment marches in 1930s Britain ⓘ |
| route | Jarrow to London via multiple English towns ⓘ |
| slogan |
Jarrow Crusade for Jobs
ⓘ
linked to:
Jarrow March
|
| startDate | 1936-10-05 ⓘ |
| startPoint | Jarrow ⓘ |
| timePeriod | October 1936 ⓘ |
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Subject: Jarrow March Description of subject: The Jarrow March was a 1936 protest in which unemployed workers from the English town of Jarrow marched to London to demand government action against severe local unemployment and poverty.
Referenced by (6)
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linked to: Jarrow March