In 1911,Emily Davison hid in cupboard in Parliament chapel, part of suffragette effort to avoid being counted on Census Night (one group spent night on Wimb Common). E spotted by a cleaner & entered as ‘found hiding in crypt’. Thank you @theipaper inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…
Here’s Emily Wilding Davison’s census form from the Parliament UK site, rights with the National Archives. parliament.uk/about/living-h… 
Not Davison’s first time entering clandestinely into Parliament - she hid in the heating system (!) previously to challenge Asquith. St Mary Undercroft, the HoC chapel where she hid was built by Edward I but fell into disrepair & by time of huge fire of 1834 was a wine cellar (?)
St Mary Undercroft was even said to have been used as a stable for Oliver Cromwell’s horses. After 1834 Parliament fire, it was painstakingly restored (they found the embalmed body of a c15 bishop in a wall) and here it is now - hope Emily’s cupboard was equally beautiful..
Pic here from the @UKParliament Twitter - St Mary Undercroft is now mainly used by MPs/lords for christenings, weddings and some lying in state (Margaret Thatcher, Tony Benn and PC Keith Palmer).
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