'Giltspur Street Compter, 1840', (c1872). Creator: Unknown.
/2699199.jpg "'Giltspur Street Compter, 1840', (c1872). Creator: Unknown.")
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'Giltspur Street Compter, 1840', (c1872). Giltspur Street Compter in London was 'a debtors' prison and house of correction...it was used as a place of imprisonment for debtors...The Compter was a dirty and appropriately convictlooking edifice. It was pulled down in 1855.' From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]
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- George Walter Thornbury: British: Author, writer, journalist
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World Europe United Kingdom England Greater London London City of London
- 51 30 51 N , 000 05 37 W
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File Size : 64,459kb
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- 2-699-199
- 2699199
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