Bristol Riots Case Study: The Delivery of the New Gaol, 30 October 1831

This case study considers an important escalation in the activities of the crowd on the second day of the riots in Bristol on Sunday, 30 October 1831. It begins by framing the events in Bristol in the context of the ‘great excarceration’ of Newgate prison during the Gordon riots of 1780 in London. In the… Continue reading Bristol Riots Case Study: The Delivery of the New Gaol, 30 October 1831