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Queen Square is a 2.4 hectares (5.9 acres) Georgian square in the centre of Bristol, England. [1] Following the 1831 riot, Queen Square declined through the latter part of the 19th century, was threatened with a main line railway station, but then bisected by a dual carriageway in the 1930s.
Further destruction was inflicted upon houses, warehouses, tollhouses and civic buildings, particularly on Queen Square, Prince's Street and King Street. [21] There was an attempt to attack the Bristol Corporation's dock company and the dock gates were burnt.
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In the 1830s, much of Queen Square was rebuilt following damage caused during the Bristol Riots, [59] and to the north of the city, Kings Square. The most fashionable areas were at the top of the hill, as in wet weather the cesspits overflowed down the hill. [ 8 ]
The 3rd Dragoon Guards suppressing the 1831 Bristol riots. The Bristol Riots of 1831 took place after the House of Lords rejected the second Reform Bill, which aimed to get rid of some of the rotten boroughs and give Britain's fast growing industrial towns such as Bristol, Manchester, Birmingham, Bradford and Leeds greater representation in the House of Commons.
The Sailors Refuge is an historic house situated at 27–29 Queen Square, Bristol, England. It dates from 1709 to 1710 and is one of the few remaining houses from the original construction of the square. [1] It was one of the architecturally richer houses, and provides an example of what the more demanding segment of houseowners required. [2]
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