From at least 1580 prison facilities were provided by the White Lion Inn. For many years there were plans to demolish and rebuild and this finally happened when the Marshalsea moved onto this site. Other Surrey County Prisons were: at Newington Causeway, where the Sessions House still is, built in 1791 and closed 1878; and near Wandsworth Common, built 1851.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Surrey County / White Lion Prison
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Marshalsea 5 - stone - at gates
This is our first push-me-pull-you plaque. It is in Angel Alley at the gates...
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Hackney parish watch house
A watch house was an early form of police station and prison. Criminals were held here temporarily.
1 memorial
Mayor's and City of London Courts
A county court in the City of London, which is the successor to courts pre-dating the County Courts Act of 1846, which introduced the modern system of county courts. Under the Courts Act of 1971, i...
1 memorial
Old Hall, Lincoln's Inn
The construction was partly funded by a sharp increase in the fine for "fornicating with a woman in chambers".
1 memorial
1 memorial
1 memorial
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T. A. Greeves
Architect and artist. Born Thomas Affleck Greeves. Studied at the Cambridge School of Architecture, but never actually designed any functional buildings. Instead he produced a series of fantastical...
1 memorial
Robert Hanbury
Nephew to Sampson Hanbury (1769-1835) from a family of Quaker merchants, bankers and brewers. Sampson had taken on the brewery in Brick Lane which had been there since the 17th century. Robert joi...
1 memorial
Prince Albert
Born Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, Germany, as Albert Francis Augustus Charles Emanuel. Married his first cousin, Victoria, in 1840. President of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition. Generally in...
21 memorials
Historic Kilburn Plaque Scheme
Started by Ed Fordham, a local resident with a keen interest in local history.
2 memorials
Graham Chapman
Comedian. Member of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Born Leicester. Went to Cambridge University and joined the Footlights Dramatic Club. After university he trained as a doctor but his comedy wr...
1 memorial
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