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State of the Prisons in England, Scotland, and Wales, Not for the Debtor Only, But for Felons Also, and Other Less Criminal Offenders
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with information on former prisoners (such as their identity or prior criminal records) for making indictments against criminals
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The Gatehouse prison was demolished in 1776. On its site, in front of the Abbey's Great West Door, is the Westminster scholars'
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The Crimean War Memorial, on the site of the Gatehouse in front of Westminster Abbey
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While he was imprisoned in the Gatehouse for petitioning to have the
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Former buildings and structures in the City of Westminster
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Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage
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prison
Westminster
Westminster Abbey
Old Bailey
Clergy Act 1640
Richard Lovelace
To Althea, from Prison

Crimean War
Giles Wigginton
Walter Raleigh
Old Palace Yard
Thomas Bates
Christopher Holywood
Richard Lovelace
Samuel Pepys
John Southworth
Thomas Ragland
Henry Savile
Laurence Vaux
"Trial Procedures"
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"The Book of Prisoners"
Catholic Encyclopedia
"Ragland, Sir Thomas, of Carnllwyd, Glam. Roughton Holme, Norf. and Walworth, Surr"
Catholic Encyclopedia
ISBN
0-415-23127-2
51°29′57″N 0°07′44″W / 51.4992°N 0.1290°W / 51.4992; -0.1290

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