Other

Millbank Prison - Riverside Walk

Erection date: 1965

Inscription

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.

Site: Millbank Prison - Riverside Walk (1 memorial)

SW1, Millbank, Riverside Walk Gardens

See Atterbury Street for another one of these giant bollards. And one in Australia.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Millbank Prison - Riverside Walk

Subjects commemorated i

Millbank Prison

The design and construction of this prison stretched from 1799 - 1821 and pas...

transportation to Australia

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

Created by i

London County Council

Prior to the LCC London matters were run by church parishes. The LCC was the ...

See other memorials in the area

Nearby Memorials

Alexander Mckenzie at Finsbury Park

N4, Finsbury Park, McKenzie Gardens

Erected in 2019 and vandalised by the time we visited in 2023 - probably impossible to repair.

3 subjects commemorated

View on map

Royal Brunswick Theatre bollards

E1, Ensign Street

When the theatres were here the street was named Well Street. There are 10 bollards, some damaged, but the survival of the collection is ...

1 subject commemorated

View on map

St Clement Danes well

WC2, Fleet Street

This small area contain 4 memorials: a statue, a bench a well and a large plaque.

1 subject commemorated

View on map

Friends’ Meeting House - Hammersmith

W6, Furnivall Gardens

Looks like something used to be mounted on the granite top of this pillar, but what? This memorial was probably erected in 1951 when the ...

1 subject commemorated

View on map

Venera Minakhmetova

E3, Bow Flyover Roundabout

Immediately after her death this site was visited by a protest ride of over 1,000 cyclists demonstrating for safer roads. A small shrin...

2 subjects commemorated

View on map

Previously viewed

King George IV

Regent: 1811 - 1820. Reigned: 1820 - 1830. After secretly marrying Mrs Fitzherbert, he then officially married Princess Caroline of Brunswick. Built the Royal Pavilion at Brighton. A statue of him ...

Person, Race Issues, Royalty, Seriously Famous

17 memorials

The Plumbers Arms

WC1, Hastings Street

2016: With the exception of this tall tower, this entire block of buildings has been demolished and replaced with a single massive block....

1 subject commemorated

View on map