Tothill Fields was an area of Westminster in the county of Middlesex that lay south of St James's Park on the north bank of the river Thames. One of its main features was the Tothill Fields Bridewell penitentiary.[1]
Between 1735 and 1752, it was the home venue of the Westminster Cricket Club. The earliest known match there was in August 1735, when Westminster defeated London by 3 wickets.[2] Records have survived of two Westminster matches there in 1752, both against Addington. The result of the first is unknown and Westminster won the second by 10 runs.[3]
The Five Houses, a view of the Pest-Houses at Tothill Fields in 1796
Tothill Fields is one of many places listed in History of the British Turf where annual horseracing had ceased to take place after 1798.[4]
^History of Tothill Fields
^Buckley, G. B. (1935). Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket. Cotterell. p.11.
^Buckley, pp.29–30.
^Whyte, James Christie (1840). History of the British turf. Vol. I. Colburn. p. 189.
TothillFields was an area of Westminster in the county of Middlesex that lay south of St James's Park on the north bank of the river Thames. One of its...
TothillFields Bridewell (also known as TothillFields Prison and Westminster Bridewell) was a prison located in the Westminster area of central London...
It was appropriated in the 18th century on land originally known as TothillFields, by William Vincent, a former Dean of Westminster and headmaster of...
body of advisers. He was sentenced to three months' hard labour at TothillFields Bridewell prison. He was released in March 1841 and broke back into...
per hundredweight (112 lb, 51 kg). At Coldbath Fields Prison, the men's counterpart to TothillFields, prisoners had to pick 2 lb (910 g) per day unless...
admission on 8 December and another on 9 December, before being sent to TothillFields Bridewell, charged on a statute of Edward III as a "vile cheat and impostor"...
MacGregor was arrested soon after his arrival back in Britain, and held at TothillFields Bridewell in Westminster for about a week before being released without...
Leicester Square, London. Molineaux's first fight in England occurred at TothillFields, Westminster, on July 24, 1810. According to one report, the match was...
Public Gallery, he was arrested and held at TothillFields Bridewell, a secure house of correction in TothillFields, Westminster before being admitted to the...
comprises Millbank today, was referred to by Samuel Pepys and others as TothillFields. Described as a place of plague pits and a "low, marshy locality" suitable...
drawn up, and the school and almshouses were established on a site at TothillFields, Westminster. Mention is made of the hospital and similar foundations...
in London, including the Clerkenwell Bridewell (opened in 1615) and TothillFields Bridewell in Westminster. Similar institutions throughout England, Ireland...
but all proved unsatisfactory. Eventually Bentham turned to a site at TothillFields, near Westminster. Although this was common land, with no landowner...
women and children until 1850, when the women and children moved to TothillFields Bridewell in Victoria (Westminster) leaving only male offenders over...
Middlesex Croydon, Surrey Hampstead, Middlesex Hownslow [sic], Middlesex TothillFields, Westminster East Beccles, Suffolk (although this is still listed as...
hiring a horse and plough to carve 10 acres (40,000 m2) out of the open TothillFields. The boathouse is now some way from the school at Putney, where it is...
similar rank to André. Trumbull was imprisoned for seven months at TothillFields Bridewell in London. After being released, Trumbull returned to the...
prisoners" were taken to London; many died from disease and starvation at TothillFields and other makeshift prison camps. Parliamentary casualties numbered...
had been wearing when killed. Hackman was quickly committed to the TothillFields Bridewell. As "James Hackman, Clerk", he was indicted for "the wilful...
Shrewsbury Shrewsbury Shropshire Closed 2013 Open as tourist attraction TothillFields Bridewell Westminster London Historic Tower of London Whitechapel London...
Westminster at Lords Old Ground. Westminster School played its games at TothillFields, which was where Vincent Square now stands. It is known to have played...
sieges. Earthworks were constructed in a ring around the City from TothillFields to the Tower in the north and from Vauxhall to Tooley Street in the...
occurrence at the school. Westminster School played matches against Eton at TothillFields in the 1790s. By the early 19th century, cricket was well established...
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