List of massacres in Great Britain

Table columns:
Date
Name
Location
Deaths
Injuries
Notes

Table rows:
cells: 61 AD
Menai Massacre
Anglesey, North Wales
unknown
Roman suppression of Druid religion
cells: 60 or 61 AD
Boudica's attacks on the Romans
Camulodunum (modern-day Colchester), Londinium and Verulamium (modern-day St Albans)
70,000–80,000 (Mostly Britons)
Forces led by Boudica, Queen of the British Iceni tribe, massacred both Romans and Britons in Camulodunum, Londinium and Verulamium. Her forces were later defeated by the Romans at the Battle of Watling Street.[1]
cells: 686
Caedwalla's attack on Wihtwara
Isle of Wight
All but one
According to Bede, King Caedwalla of Wessex "endeavoured to destroy all the inhabitants" of the island for reverting to paganism.
cells: 13 November 1002
St. Brice's Day massacre
Throughout the Kingdom of England
Unknown
The St. Brice's Day massacre was the mass killing of Danes in the Kingdom of England on orders of King Æthelred the Unready.[2]
cells: 1069–1070
Harrying of the North
The North of England between the Humber and the Tees
100,000
William the Conqueror's men burnt whole villages and slaughtered the inhabitants. Foodstores and livestock were destroyed so that anyone surviving the initial massacre would starve over the winter.[3][4]
cells: 16 March 1190
Massacre of the Jews at York[5]
York, England
0150 !150
'A wave of anti-Semitic riots culminated in the massacre of an estimated 150 Jews – the entire Jewish community of York – who had taken refuge in the royal castle where Clifford’s Tower now stands. The chronicler William of Newburgh described the rioters in York as acting “without any scruple of Christian conscientiousness” in wiping out the Jewish community'.[6][7]
cells: 30 March 1296
Massacre of Berwick
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Scotland (at the time)
7,500–16,000
unknown
English troops massacred the civilian and military population, including women and children, after besieging the Scottish town.[8]
cells: 10-12 February 1355
St Scholastica Day riot
Oxford, England
93
Unknown
A riot culminating from tensions between the city of Oxford and the academic community of the university.
cells: 21 October 1490
Massacre of Monzievaird
Monzievaird, Scotland
possibly 120
Clan warfare
cells: 1577
Eigg Massacre
Isle of Eigg, Scotland
395
Clan warfare According to the Clanranald legend all but one of the Isle of Eigg's MacDonald clan were asphyxiated by their rival MacLeod clan in Massacre Cave on the south coast of the island.[9] [10]
cells: 28 May 1644
Bolton Massacre
Bolton, England
1600 !1,600
During the English Civil War, Royalist Forces under Prince Rupert of the Rhine slaughtered a large population of the strongly Roundhead town of Bolton.
cells: 1646
Dunoon Massacre
Dunoon, Scotland
200
Clan warfare
cells: May 1647
Battle of Dunaverty
Kintyre, Scotland
300
More than 300 MacDougalls and MacDonald's followers, men, women and children, were slaughtered at Dunaverty after being promised quarter (mercy) by the Covenanters.
cells: 13 February 1692
Massacre of Glencoe
Glen Coe, Scotland
0078 !78
Committed by the Clan Campbell under Captain Robert Campbell of Glenlyon, ostensibly due to irregularities concerning the swearing of an oath of allegiance to William II of Scotland.
cells: 10 May 1768
Massacre of St George's Fields
London, England
0006 !6–7
Committed by the military during a riot.
cells: 29 October 1797
Massacre of Tranent
Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
12
Townsfolk, including women and children, were killed by members of the Cinque Ports Dragoons, a fencible cavalry regiment, during a protest against the Act of Parliament to raise a Scots militia by a form of conscription.
cells: 16 August 1819
Peterloo Massacre
Manchester, Lancashire, England
015 !15
0400 !400–700
Committed by the military during a large outdoor protest.
cells: May - 7 June 1831
Merthyr Rising
Merthyr Tydfil, Wales
0024-26 !24-26
070+ !70+
Described by historian John Davies as "the most ferocious and bloody event in the history of industrialised Britain", the rebellion in Merthyr Tydfil and surrounding areas broke out following protests against falling wages, the price of bread, and forced redundancy. During the bloodiest incident, Highland troops sent to retake Merthyr fired on protesters during a fight against a large crowd.
cells: 4 November 1839
Newport Rising
Newport, Wales
0022 !22
050+ !50+
Led by John Frost, between 1,000 and 5,000 Chartist sympathisers armed with home-made weapons marched on Newport, intent on liberating fellow Chartists who had been reportedly taken prisoner. About 22 demonstrators were killed when troops opened fire on them. The leaders of the rebellion were convicted of high treason, and sentenced to transportation for life.
cells: 12/13 August 1842
Preston Strike of 1842
Preston, Lancashire, England
0004 !4
0003 !3+
The Mayor Samuel Horrocks read the Riot Act. This gave local authorities the right to use force if necessary to disperse unlawful assemblies and stop riots. When violence escalated and the crowd did not disperse, the military then fired, shooting at least eight men.
cells: 30 January 1972
Bloody Sunday
Derry, Northern Ireland
14
14+
During a peaceful protest march against internment, 28 unarmed civilians are shot by British soldiers.
cells: 22 February 1972
Aldershot Bombing
Aldershot, England
7
18
A car bomb outside the headquarters of the British Army's 16th Parachute Regiment by Official IRA member Noel Jenkinson.
cells: 4 February 1974
M62 coach bombing
West Yorkshire, England
12
38
A bombing on a coach carrying servicemen and their families by the Provisional IRA.
cells: 5 October 1974
Guildford pub bombings
Guildford, England
5
65
Two bombs detonated in two separate Guildford pubs by the Provisional IRA who targeted them because they were popular with British servicemen.
cells: 21 November 1974
Birmingham pub bombings
Birmingham, England
21
182
Two bombs detonated in two separate Birmingham pubs by the Provisional IRA.
cells: 16 August 1980
Denmark Place fire
London, England
0037 !37
An arson attack against a night club on Denmark Street by patron who was angry at being barred from the club for arguing with a bartender. Described as the deadliest mass murder in modern British history.
cells: 19 August 1987
Hungerford massacre
Hungerford, England
0016 !16
0015 !15
A spree shooting/murder–suicide.
cells: 21 December 1988
Lockerbie Bombing
Lockerbie, Scotland
00270 !270
A bombing on the Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie by Libyan terrorist Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the wreckage of the destroyed plane fell onto the town of Lockerbie. All passengers and crew members on the flight died, and eleven people on the ground.
cells: 13 March 1996
Dunblane school massacre
Dunblane, Scotland
0018 !17
0015 !15
A school shooting/murder–suicide.
cells: 7 July 2005
7 July 2005 London bombings
London, England
0052 !52
0700 !700+
A series of coordinated terrorist suicide attacks throughout central London between 08:50-09:47. It was the United Kingdom's worst terrorist incident since the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, as well as the country's first ever suicide attack.
cells: 2 June 2010
Cumbria shootings
Cumbria, England
0012 !12
0011 !11
A killing spree/murder–suicide.
cells: 22 March 2017
2017 Westminster attack
London, England
6
49
A vehicle and knife attack. Islamist terror attack.
cells: 22 May 2017
Manchester Arena Bombing
Manchester, England
0022 !23
0059 !400+
Islamist terror attack/suicide attack.[11]
cells: 3 June 2017
June 2017 London Bridge attack
London, England
0008 !8
0048 !48
Islamist terror/vehicle and knife attack.[12]

Questions about this table:
originalText: when was the last time uk had a school shooting
answer: answerTexts: 13 March 1996