Debtors Prison, Whitecross Blue Plaque

Dufferin Street, London, EC1Y 8RY

Whitecross Debtors Prison 1813 - 1870 Warm-hearted Nell Gwynne, In Her Will, Desired Her Natural Son The Duke Of St. Albans, To Lay Out £20 A Year To Release Poor Debtors Out Of Prison, And This Sum Was Distributed Every Christmas Day To The Inmates Of Whitecross Street Prison.

  • Honouring: Debtors Prison, Whitecross
  • Died: 1870

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Debtors Prison, Whitecross blue plaque - Whitecross Debtors Prison 1813 - 1870 warm-hearted Nell Gwynne, in her will, desired her natural son the Duke of St. Albans, to lay out £20 a year to release poor debtors out of prison, and this sum was distributed every Christmas Day to the inmates of Whitecross Street Prison.

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