The construction was partly funded by a sharp increase in the fine for "fornicating with a woman in chambers".
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Captain Geoffrei Hugh Austen-Cartmell
Geoffrei Hugh Austen-Cartmell was born on 30 October 1895, the second of the three children of James Austen Cartmell (1862-1921) and Mary Affleck Cartmell née Peacock (1860-1906). Civil Registratio...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lord Eldon
Lord Chancellor. Â 1st Earl of Eldon. Opposed both the abolition of the slave trade and Catholic emancipation.
1 memorial
King's Bench Prison
Established in medieval times as a place to hold prisoners of the King's Bench court, primarily debtors. It was originally sited in Angel Place, off Borough High Street, just north of what is now J...
1 memorial
German internees at Alexandra Palace - WW1
These were not members of the German armed forces, they were Germans living in the UK, civilians who were considered to be enemy aliens and thus needed to be locked up for the duration. Their Engli...
2 memorials
Councillor Leonard Pearl
Leonard Pearl was born on 6 August 1908 in Mile End, London, one of at least nine children of David Pearl (1886-1919) and Rachel Pearl née Solomon (1868-1934). In the 1911 census he is shown as liv...
1 memorial
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