Gordon Riots, Newgate Prison, London Size:S: 60 x 45cm seen from across the River

seen from across the River Thames

Monument to Edmund Crouchback

was imprisoned here in 1477 prior to his execution

Peckham High Street

Gordon Riots, Newgate Prison, London Size:S: 60 x 45cm seen from across the RiverView of rioters setting fire to Newgate Prison, London, 1780 and burning Mr Akerman's furniture. In the crowd on the right a flag is held with the writing 'No Popery' on it. This riot formed part of the Gordon Riots. Lord George Gordon, a retired navy lieutenant, was strongly opposed to proposals for Catholic Emancipation. On 2nd June, 1780, Gordon led a crowd of 50,000 people to the House of Commons to present a petition for the repeal of the 1778