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
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Whitecross Debtors' Prison
This was on the southern most section of Whitecross Street, immediately north...
Illegitimate son of Nell Gwynne and Charles II. Â Born at his mother's house i...
Eleanor Gwyn, Gwynn, Gwynne, whatever. Â Born Hereford. Rumoured to have lived...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Whitecross Debtors' Prison
The artist Carrie Reichardt is part of this group, probably its main artist, ...
The Cloutman plaque is above the one about the extension, to the left of the bus. In 1995 Donald H. Dakin wrote a book “A Story Told in ...
Sir Thomas Dewey, 1840 - 1926, lived here for many years. He was a champion for Bromley and pioneered public health and education improve...
The plaques are around the station forecourt, either on frames or laid into the pavement. The gold lettering on the marble effect on the ...
Thomas Cubitt, 1788 - 1855, master builder, lived here. London County CouncilÂ
The Croydon Guardian tells about this building being home to the 144-year old family furniture business House of Reeves. Both these plaqu...
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