Great Gateway of the Monastery, St Albans black plaque

St Albans, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom

The Great Gateway of the Monastery. Was erected in the 1360s and besieged in 1381 by the insurgents in the Peasants' Revolt. The third printing press in England is said to have been housed here in 1479. From 1553 till 1869 it was the local prison. Since 1871 it has formed part of St Albans School

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