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Battle of the Beanfield

Index Battle of the Beanfield

The Battle of the Beanfield took place over several hours on 1 June 1985, when Wiltshire Police prevented The Peace Convoy, a convoy of several hundred New Age travellers, from setting up the 1985 Stonehenge Free Festival in Wiltshire, England. [1]

30 relations: A303 road, Alan Lodge, Andy Worthington, Benjamin Gibson, Blazing the Crop, David Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan, DJ-Kicks: Kruder & Dorfmeister, English Heritage, Excavations at Stonehenge, Free festival, He Kills Coppers, Hippie, History of modern Western subcultures, History of the hippie movement, Ibadan Records, Levelling the Land, List of cases of police brutality in the United Kingdom, New Age travellers, Peace Orchestra: Reset, Public Order Act 1986, Religious discrimination against Neopagans, Rock festival, Sid Rawle, Stonehenge, Stonehenge Free Festival, Territorial Support Group, Timeline of religion, Watchfield, Wiltshire Police, 1985 in the United Kingdom.

A303 road

The A303 is a trunk road in southern England, running between Basingstoke in Hampshire and Honiton in Devon via Stonehenge.

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Alan Lodge

Alan Lodge (born 1953 in Luton, Bedfordshire), also known as 'Tash' is an English photographer based in Nottingham who has focused on alternative movements since the mid 1970s.

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Andy Worthington

Andy Worthington is a British historian, investigative journalist, and film director.

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Benjamin Gibson

Benjamin or Ben Gibson may refer to.

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Blazing the Crop

Blazing the Crop was the first DJ mix album, mixed by Rae & Christian.

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David Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan

David Michael James Brudenell-Bruce, Earl of Cardigan (born 12 November 1952) is the heir apparent to the Marquessate of Ailesbury, and its subsidiary titles.

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DJ-Kicks: Kruder & Dorfmeister

DJ-Kicks: Kruder & Dorfmeister is a DJ mix album, mixed by Kruder & Dorfmeister.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a registered charity that manages the National Heritage Collection.

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Excavations at Stonehenge

Records of archaeological excavations at the Stonehenge site date back to the early 17th century.

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Free festival

Free festivals are a combination of music, arts and cultural activities, for which often no admission is charged, but involvement is preferred.

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He Kills Coppers

He Kills Coppers is a three-part television drama, broadcast on ITV between 23 March and 6 April 2008.

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Hippie

A hippie (sometimes spelled hippy) is a member of a counterculture, originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world.

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History of modern Western subcultures

The 20th century saw the rise and fall of many subcultures.

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History of the hippie movement

The hippie subculture began its development as a youth movement in the United States during the early 1960s and then developed around the world.

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Ibadan Records

Ibadan Records is an independent music label founded in 1995 by DJ and music producer, Jerome Sydenham in New York City and is now run out of Berlin, Germany.

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Levelling the Land

Levelling the Land was released in 1991 and is the second full-length album by the Brighton folk-punk group the Levellers.

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List of cases of police brutality in the United Kingdom

This is a list of cases of police brutality in the United Kingdom.

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New Age travellers

New Age travellers are persons who often espouse New Age and hippie beliefs, and travel between music festivals and fairs, in order to live in a community with others who hold similar beliefs.

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Peace Orchestra: Reset

Peace Orchestra: Reset is a remix album of the Peace Orchestra, featuring remixes by artists such as Gotan Project and Trüby Trio, released by Studio !K7 in 2002.

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Public Order Act 1986

The Public Order Act 1986 (c 64) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Religious discrimination against Neopagans

Neopagans are a religious minority in every country where they exist and have been subject to religious discrimination and/or religious persecution.

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Rock festival

A rock festival, often considered synonymous with pop festival, is a large-scale rock music concert, featuring multiple acts performing an often diverse range of popular music including rock, pop, folk, electronic, and related genres.

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Sid Rawle

Sidney William "Sid" Rawle (1 October 1945 – 31 August 2010) was a British campaigner for peace and land rights, free festival organiser, and a former leader of the London squatters movement.

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Stonehenge

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument in Wiltshire, England, west of Amesbury.

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Stonehenge Free Festival

The Stonehenge Free Festival was a British free festival from 1974 to 1984 held at the prehistoric monument Stonehenge in England during the month of June, and culminating with the summer solstice on or near June 21.

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Territorial Support Group

The Territorial Support Group (TSG or SCO20) is a Specialist Crime & Operations unit of London's Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).

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Timeline of religion

The timeline of religion is a chronological catalogue of important and noteworthy religious events in pre-historic and modern times.

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Watchfield

Watchfield is a village and civil parish in the Vale of White Horse in on the edge of southwest Oxfordshire, southern England, about southeast of Highworth in neighbouring Wiltshire.

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Wiltshire Police

Wiltshire Police, formerly known as Wiltshire Constabulary, is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Wiltshire (including the Borough of Swindon) in the south-west of England.

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1985 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1985 in the United Kingdom.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Beanfield

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