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Clerkenwell Prison

London, Italy

Clerkenwell Prison

Clerkenwell (old) Prison, also known as the Clerkenwell House of Detention or Middlesex House of Detention was a prison in Clerkenwell, London, opened in 1847 and demolished in 1890. It held prisoners awaiting trial. It stood on Bowling Green Lane conveniently close to the Middlesex Sessions House,

where prisoners would be tried, on Clerkenwell Green to the south.

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