St George's Fields
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St George's Fields was an area of Southwark in South London.
From 1377 they were administered by Bridge House Estates and in the 16th century became part of the City of London in the ward of Bridge Ward Without. It was used as agricultural land until the 18th century. It was the scene of riots in 1768, agitating for the release of John Wilkes and, more seriously, was the starting point of the Gordon Riots in 1780 which began in the movement to repeal the act of parliament removing penalties for Catholics.
By the end of the 18th century, roads had been built across it to the new bridges across the River Thames. These roads meet at St George's Circus, which contains an obelisk built in 1771 in honour of Brass Crosby, the Lord Mayor of London. It was moved to the north apex of Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park, a short distant southwest, in front of the Imperial War Museum, in 1905, and put back in its original spot in the late 1990s.
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