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2 unusual facts about Horsemonger Lane Gaol


Horsemonger Lane Gaol

Dickens later based the character of Hortense in Bleak House on Maria Manning, while Mrs Chivery's tobacco shop in Little Dorrit is located on Horsemonger Lane.

At his Old Bailey trial he was sent to Broadmoor as insane, to be detained at Her Majesty's pleasure.


Wood Street Compter

During the closure of the compters, debtors were held in prisons in Southwark, including the Marshalsea and King's Bench Prisons, Borough Compter and Horsemonger Lane Gaol.


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