What the records say
- When
- 1833
- Kind
- Riot
- Coordinates
- 51.52° N, 0.11° W
- Description
- 1833 police riot in London
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Coldbath Fields riot
1833 police riot in London
The Coldbath Fields riot took place in Clerkenwell, London, on 13 May 1833. The riot occurred as the Metropolitan Police attempted to break up a meeting of the National Union of the Working Classes (NUWC). Figures for the number of police present at the varied between 70 and 600 officers; figures for members of the public who attended varied between 300 and 6,000.
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