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The fields are particularly associated with the Spa Fields riots, which saw many thousands of Spenceans - followers of the revolutionary land reformer Thomas Spence - gathering in November and December 1816 to voice their opposition to the Government of the day.
For more, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spa_Fields
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