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In 2009, the site was redeveloped by developer Sans Walk, and the vaults of the building (formerly used for the reception of prisoners, medical examination and baths as well as kitchens) were accessed by members of the IStructE History Study Group.
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School (1893-c.1960), in Bowling Green Lane. A number of the original underground spaces and cells remain and are used for office space or storage. A
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between c.1617 and 1877. The New Prison was used to house prisoners committed for examination before the police
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for convicted criminals, built in around 1615. This closed in 1794, being superseded by nearby
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1764 plan of the estate of Thos Seckford, in Clerkenwell, showing the site of the New Prison
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Today, the site of the New Prison and the Clerkenwell Bridewell is occupied by the former
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It should not be confused with the New Gaol, another name sometimes applied to
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It was rebuilt three times: in 1773, 1818 (after being burnt down in the
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Former buildings and structures in the London Borough of Islington
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part of the basement was altered to form a bomb shelter.
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of 1780), and in 1847. At this time it was renamed the
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Coordinates
51°31′29″N 0°06′22″W / 51.5247°N 0.1061°W / 51.5247; -0.1061
Jack Sheppard
prison
Clerkenwell
London
magistrates
Gordon Riots
Clerkenwell Prison
Clerkenwell explosion
Horsemonger Lane Gaol
Southwark
Clerkenwell Bridewell
Coldbath Fields Prison
Second World War
Hugh Myddleton
2007 adaptation
Oliver Twist
Jack Sheppard
Old towns of England, London in 1839, Part Six - Police and Prisons


"House of Detention reveals its spectacular underground past"
Jack Sheppard: A Romance
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Belmarsh
Brixton

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