Friday 5 November 2010

Coldbath Fields

A map from The Criminal Prisons of London, 1862 (Mayhew and Binney), showing the layout of the prison at Coldbath Fields (House of Correction, to use its other name). The prison was demolished in 1890 and is now the site of Mount Pleasant Royal Mail Sorting Office (click to zoom):

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