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Corn Law riots Bristol 1793

1793
Gloucestershire, England
Era
modern
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Gloucestershire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Bristol merchants and magistrates with cavalry support.
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Bristol working-class crowds attacking food merchants
Outcome
Food riots suppressed by military. Some grain distributed below market price. Bristol merchant community shaken. No major prosecutions.
The Battle

History & Significance

Bristol food rioters attacked grain merchants and warehouses as bread prices rose following the outbreak of war with France. The Bristol riots were part of a nationwide pattern of food riots in the crisis years of the 1790s.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Corn Law riots Bristol 1793

Temple Church
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Vault in High Street
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Section of City Wall, King Street
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Part of Bristol city wall 185m west of Bristol Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
Hermitage in Quaker burial ground near St Mary Redcliffe
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
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