A watch house was an early form of local police station. Soon after the formation of the Hampstead police force in 1829, prisoners were kept in the Watch House at the top of Holly Walk.
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Watch House in Hampstead
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Parish Lock-up
Parish Lock-up About 1730, this lock-up was built into the garden wall of Ca...
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Bridewell Palace / Prison
Built by Henry VIII, who lived there 1515-23. It deteriorated so that Edward VI gave it to the City of London who then used it as a prison, hospital (actually school) and workrooms. "Bridewell" was...
2 memorials
Marshalsea Prison
Originally built to hold prisoners being tried by the Marshalsea Court and the Court of the King's Bench. Its first site, from at least 1329 was on Borough High Street on the block now bordered...
6 memorials
E. E. Woods
Alderman in the Borough of Hammersmith in 1948. Our colleague Andrew Behan has researched this man (and found the wonderful photo) : Edward Ernest Woods was born on 13 February 1896 in Chelsea, th...
1 memorial
George Maule Allen
Lived at 17 Carlisle Street, Soho Square. Died aged 33. We think it likely that this GMA is the same George Maule Allen mentioned on the Kemble family website as marrying Annie Constance Twiss in 1...
1 memorial
Lamb Building
Just to the south-east of Temple Church, it stood on the original burial ground of the Knights Templar. Rebuilt in 1667 after the Great Fire. Destroyed by enemy action 11th May 1941. The name "L...
1 memorial
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