Its origin dated back to the British conquest of the Rock and was the consequence of a personal decision of King Philip V. This king gathered a strong contingent of troops around Gibraltar with a view to its reoccupation and ordered that its former inhabitants, relocated in the towns of San Roque, Algeciras and Los Barrios, were to be considered as "my city of Gibraltar settled in its camp" Montero, 1860, p.
Su origen se remontaba a la conquista británica del Peñón y se derivaba de una decisión personal del rey Felipe V. Este monarca concentró un fuerte contingente de tropas en las proximidades de Gibraltar con vistas a su reocupación y dispuso que los antiguos habitantes expulsados y reagrupados en las poblaciones de San Roque, Algeciras y Los Barrios fueran considerados como "mi ciudad de Gibraltar residente en su campo" Montero, 1860, p. 326.