Giltspur Street Compter A Handbook for London 1849

Giltspur Street Compter

Giltspur Street Compter, 1840

Giltspur Street Compter. A debtors’ prison and house of correction, (over against St. Sepulchre’s Church), appertaining to the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, and removed hither from Wood-street in the year 1791. Built by Dance, the architect of Newgate.

Source: A Handbook for London, Past and Present. Peter Cunningham. Published by John Murray 1849.

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