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The following is a list of riots and protests involving violent disorder that have occurred in London:

Red commemorative plaque in Dock Street
  • 1391: Riots break out in Salisbury Place over a baker's loaf[2]
  • 1517: Evil May Day riot against foreigners takes place
  • 1668: Bawdy House Riots took place following repression of a series of attacks against brothels[4]
A dispute arose between certain of the craft of the goldsmiths and certain of the craft of the tailors

The Justiciar...took proceedings against them in the King's behalf, saying that they, against the peace and their fealty to his lordship the King, had gone armed in the City, and had at night wickedly and feloniously wounded some persons, and had slain others, whose bodies, it was said, had been thrown into the Thames.

Chronicles of the Mayors and Sheriffs of London

References

  1. ^ Palmer, Alan; Palmer, Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 79–81. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
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  3. ^ "Introduction". British History Online. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  4. ^ "Striking the posture of a whore: the Bawdy House Riots and the "antitheatrical prejudice". – Free Online Library". thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  5. ^ "'Industries: Silk-weaving', A History of the County of Middlesex: Volume 2". british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  6. ^ "The Gin Craze and Gin Riots". staticandwine.blogspot.com. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Marxism and Rioting". whatnextjournal.co.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  8. ^ "BBC ON THIS DAY – 13 – 1977: Violent clashes at NF march". BBC. 13 August 1977. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  9. ^ "A Different Reality: minority struggle in British cities". University of Warwick. Archived from the original on 26 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ a b c DK Renton. "Memories of Welling". DKRenton.co.uk. Archived from the original on 9 June 2013. Retrieved 22 January 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ a b Dearlove 2000, p. 108
  12. ^ a b c "Welling: Disturbances". Hansard. 18 October 1993. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
  13. ^ Moyes, Jojo (15 November 1993). "Hard-left violence 'hurting anti-racist organisations'". The Independent. London. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  14. ^ Mail on Sunday (17 October 1993). "Masked Mob Stone Police: 100 hurt as riot erupts on march".
  15. ^ Saggar 1998, p. 136
  16. ^ "BBC ON THIS DAY – 1 – 2000: May Day violence on London streets". BBC. 1 May 2000. Retrieved 15 December 2010.
  17. ^ "The London May Day protests at a glance". The Guardian. 1 May 2001. Retrieved 15 December 2010.

Notes

  1. ^ The march was against the headquarters of the British National Party, located in the area.[11] Thousands of people attended the demonstration, for which 2,600 police officers were deployed.[12] A hardcore element associated with the SWP and Militant[13] refused to accept police instruction to divert the march away from the BNP's headquarters itself, once it had gone past it. In a resulting riot, 21 police officers and 41 demonstrators were injured,[12] leading to a frontpage headline "Masked mob stone police" in the Mail on Sunday.[10][14] In 1995, Welling Council shut down the BNP headquarters.[15]