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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EC2, Whitecross Street
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Whitecross Debtors' Prison
This was on the southern most section of Whitecross Street, immediately north...
Illegitimate son of Nell Gwynne and Charles II. Born at his mother's house i...
Eleanor Gwyn, Gwynn, Gwynne, whatever. Born Hereford. Rumoured to have lived...
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Whitecross Debtors' Prison
We think that the artist Carrie Reichardt may be part of this group, "Mad in ...
London County CouncilSir Marc Isambard Brunel, 1769-1849, and Isambard Kingdo...
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