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. Born at his mother's house i...
Eleanor Gwyn, Gwynn, Gwynne, whatever. 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, ...
Not the style but the high quality of this plaque reminds us of the one on Lorne House, unveiled by the Princess of Wales the following y...
Look left to St James's Square and right to St James's Church in Jermyn Street. All this was the inspiration of one man: Henry Jermyn, E...
According to ‘The Streets of West Hampstead' (1992 Camden Historical Society), Sokolow called this house Hazephirah.
This is one of a set of 7 pavement plaques - see Kilburn Bridge for the list.
We hunted for this plaque and couldn't find it but our colleague with sharper eyes, Alan Patient, spotted it. English Heritage used to h...
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