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Watch-house in Giltspur Street

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A watch house was an early form of local police station but we've heard it said that this particular watch-house did at one time shelter the guards charged with preventing grave-robbing in the St Sepulchre graveyard. This is the last City of London watch-house standing.

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Watch-house in Giltspur Street

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Watch-house in Giltspur Street

Watch-house, erected 1791, destroyed 1941, rebuilt 1962.

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