i need background information on England in 1843 ?

Question

Any information on 1843.. Nothing specific.

Answer 1

1843 it's part of the Victorian age (1837-1901), so check: :
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/H/history/guide19/part05.html
It;s the time traveller's guide to Victorian Britain

Special dates of Court & social events
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,61-2226161.html

A Victorian Christmas
http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/England-History/VictorianChristmas.htm

Queen VICTORIA 1837 - 1901
Victoria was the only child of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Edward Duke of Kent, fourth son of GEORGE III. The throne Victoria inherited was weak and unpopular. Her Hanovarian uncles had been treated with irreverence. In 1840 she married her cousin Albert of Saxe-Coburg. Albert exerted tremendous influence over the Queen and until his death was virtual ruler of the country. he was a pillar of respectability and left two legacies to England, the Christmas Tree and the Great Exhibition of 1851. With the money from the Exhibition several institutions were developed, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Science Museum, Imperial College and the Royal Albert Hall. The Queen withdrew from public life after the death of Albert in 1861 until her Golden Jubilee in 1887. Her reign saw the British Empire double in size and in 1876 the Queen became Empress of India, the 'Jewel in the Crown'. When Victoria died in 1901, after the longest reign in English history, the British Empire and British world power had reached their highest point. She had six children, 40 grand-children and 37 great-grandchildren, scattered all over Europe.

Answer 2

William Hedley died in 1843 a Northumbrian citizen.
Born in Newburn on Tyneside, he went to school in Wylam and was one of the pioneers of the railways.

He patented a design for one of the first locomotives, the "Puffing Billy" (his own nickname) which began to pull coal trucks for about 5 miles from Wylam to the dockside at Lemington in 1813.