Credit for this entry to:
Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
London County Council
Near this site stood Millbank prison which was opened in 1818 and closed in 1890. This buttress stood at the head of the river steps from which until 1867 prisoners sentenced to transportation embarked on their journey to Australia.
SW1, Millbank, Riverside Walk Gardens
See Atterbury Street for another one of these giant bollards.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Millbank Prison - Riverside Walk
The design and construction of this prison stretched from 1799 - 1821 and pas...
One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is th...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Millbank Prison - Riverside Walk
Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...
British History Online (1878) says that in about 1795 "the original stone, be...
The bull is easy to see but the mouth, and face, are easily missed. Seems li...
