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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.
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]
The equestrian statue of William III is a historic statue in the centre of Queen Square in Bristol, England.It is a Grade I listed building. [1]The statue of William III by John Michael Rysbrack, [2] cast in 1733 and erected in 1736 to signify Bristol's Whig support of the Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689. [3]
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 ]
1831 – October: Queen Square riots [15] – 4 rioters killed and 86 injured by cavalry charge in Queen Square. 1832 4 Queen Square rioters charged and hanged. Bristol Mechanics' Institution building opens. [24] Holy Trinity Church built. 1836 – Zoological Gardens open. [26] 1837 – Passage to St Vincent's Cave opens. [27]
The first mansion house in Bristol was erected in Queen Square in 1783. [1] A carriage carrying the anti-reform judge Charles Wetherell and the mayor Charles Pinney was attacked on 29 October 1831 and they sought refuge in the mansion house. [2]
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 uprising came to a head in Queen Square, Bristol when the military charged the drunken rioters. With construction completed, on 17 February 1832 construction the consecration ceremony took place by the Bishop of Bristol. [11] Also in attendance were the Lord Mayor Daniel Stanton, Alderman Hilhouse and the Sheriff Mr Lax.