Plaque: Whitecross Debtors' Prison
Inscription
Whitecross Debtors' Prison, 1813 - 1870
Warm-hearted Nell Gwynne, in her will, desired her natural son, the Duke of St. Albans, to lay out £20 a year to release poor debtors out of prison, and this sum was distributed every Christmas Day to the inmates of Whitecross Street Prison.
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Site: Whitecross Debtors' Prison (1 memorial)
EC2, Whitecross Street
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