Building    From 1151  To 1780

Clink prison

Categories: Law

The Clink Prison is the name given to all the prisons that have stood on a number of sites in this vicinity. The first prison in 1127 was a cellar in the Palace of the Bishop of Winchester, and the last was in Deanman's Place (Park Street). Believed to be the oldest prison in England, the Clink took in its first female client in 1246. Protestants and Catholics were held here depending on which religion was uppermost at the time. Little used after the Civil War, it was burnt down in the Gordon Riots and never rebuilt.

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Clink prison

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Clink prison - blue

London Borough of Southwark The Clink, 1151 - 1780, most notorious medieval p...

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Clink Prison - bronze

Clink Prison The Clink Prison is the name given to all the prisons that have ...

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John Hiccocks

John Hiccocks

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Surrey County / White Lion Prison

Surrey County / White Lion Prison

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Dame Elizabeth Lane DBE

Dame Elizabeth Lane DBE

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1 memorial
Epping Forest Act 1878

Epping Forest Act 1878

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Granville Sharp

Granville Sharp

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1 memorial