St George's Fields
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St George's Fields was an area of Southwark in South London, England.
Roque 1746 London d3
Bethlem Hospital in St George's Fields by Thomas Shepherd (c.1830)
Obelisk at St George's Circus
The Massacre of St George's Fields occurred on 10 May 1768 when government soldiers opened fire on demonstrators that had gathered at St George's Fields, Southwark, in south London. The protest was ag
St George's Fields
…was thought at the time to be sufficiently rural for the institution but also convenient to the built up area. St George's Fields was the scene of riots in 1768, agitating for the release of John Wilkes and, more seriously, was the starting point of the Gordon Riots in 1780 which began in the movement to repeal…
1769 cartoon criticising the Grafton ministry's reaction to the massacre
c. 1751 painting of a Horse Grenadier Guards trooper