1831 reform riots

The 1831 reform riots occurred after Tory legislators voted against the Second Reform Bill in Parliament in October 1831. Civil disturbances occurred in London, Leicester, Yeovil, Sherborne, Exeter, Bath and Worcester; and riots at Nottingham, Derby and Bristol. Targets included Nottingham Castle, home of the anti-reform Duke of Newcastle, other private houses and jails. In Bristol, three days of rioting followed the arrival in the city of the anti-reform judge Charles Wetherell. A large portion of the city centre was burnt, £300,000 of damage inflicted, and perhaps as many as 250 persons killed or wounded.

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