Event From 1650 To 1850

transportation to Australia

One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.

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transportation to Australia

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Millbank Prison - Atterbury Street

This historic bollard was presented by the City of Westminster to the Royal...

Millbank Prison - Australia

This historic bollard was presented by the City of Westminster, London, Engla...

Millbank Prison - Riverside Walk

London County Council Near this site stood Millbank prison which was opened i...

Tolpuddle Martyrs at Copenhagen Fields

Copenhagen Fields From this site on 21st April 1834 thousands marched in sup...

Tolpuddle Martyrs mural

A modern information board informs that the mural was painted by Dave Bangs i...

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125 deaths on Tower Hill

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Group, Execution, Law

1 memorial

Dieter Bock

Hans-Dieter Bock, or Dieter Bock, was born on 3 March 1939 in Dessau, the capital of the Free State of Anhalt. (This later became the German Democratic Republic and is now Germany). Having fled wi...

Person, Commerce, Law, Germany

4 memorials

Sir Samuel Romilly

Law reformer. Born in Frith Street. Solicitor-General 1806. Caroline's Miscellany has done the research on his campaign to reduce the number of crimes with a mandatory death penalty. Kept 2 pet le...

Person, Law

2 memorials

Lord Bingham of Cornhill

Born as Thomas Henry Bingham on 13 October 1933, his birth was registered in the Marylebone registration district. Appointed to the High Court Bench (Queen's Bench Division) in 1980; a Lord Justic...

Person, Law, Wales

2 memorials