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Spa Fields riot march on Tower 1816

1816
Middlesex, England
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Middlesex, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
City of London Militia and the Lord Mayor.
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Radical Spencean marchers
Outcome
March on Tower stopped. Ringleaders arrested. Spencean conspiracy exposed. Thistlewood later executed for the Cato Street Conspiracy of 1820.
The Battle

History & Significance

At the second Spa Fields meeting a section of the radical crowd broke away under Thistlewood conspiracy and marched toward the Tower of London intending to seize arms. The march was intercepted by the Lord Mayor and City of London Militia.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Spa Fields riot march on Tower 1816

The Roman riverside wall and wharves at Three Quays
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Tower Hill West
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Tower of London
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
London Wall: section from underground railway to Tower Hill GUARDIANSHIP
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
London Wall: remains of medieval and Roman wall extending 75yds (68m) N from Trinity Place to railway
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
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