The Giltspur Street Compter was a compter or small prison, designed by English architect and surveyor George Dance the Younger, mainly used to hold debtors...
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debtors. Examples of compters include London's Wood Street Compter, Poultry Compter, Giltspur Street Compter and Borough Compter and the lock-up over...
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Bread Street Compter, from which many prisoners were transferred. Wood Street was closed and replaced by Giltspur Street Compter in 1791. The Compter was...
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Giltspur Street is a street in Smithfield in the City of London, England, running north–south from the junction of Newgate Street, Holborn Viaduct and...
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the city's authorities to move inmates to another City prison (Giltspur Street Compter), although this purpose was not achieved until 1815, following...
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Fields Prison, Fleet Prison, Giltspur Street Compter, King's Bench Prison, Marshalsea Prison, Poultry Compter, and Wood Street Counter. The most famous was...
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that Wedderburn "did time in Cold Bath Fields, Dorchester, and Giltspur Street Compter prisons for theft, blasphemy, and keeping a bawdy house." While...
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1806 (46 Geo. 3. c. cxxxiii) Whitecross Street Prison. Newgate Prison. Giltspur Street Compter and Poultry Compter. Ludgate. Start of session Wikisource...
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to serve the Spanish Embassy. Camden Town development begins. Giltspur Street Compter (prison) built. Architect John Soane begins reconstruction of the...
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demolished Lansdowne House Gallery and other Alterations (1786) Giltspur Street Compter (1787–91), demolished Boydell Shakespeare Gallery (1788), demolished...
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Elliot before becoming an independent organ builder. He died in Giltspur Street Compter. Little work by Avery survives, but there is an organ at Ponsonby...
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The Sheriffs' Court for the Poultry Compter (City of London) The Sheriffs' Court for the Giltspur Street Compter (City of London) The Macclesfield Court...
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name formerly located here Giltspur Street – thought to be the former location of a spurriers Gloucester Court Godliman Street – thought to be after Godalming...
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London Sheriffs' Court for the Poultry Compter The City of London Sheriffs' Court for the Giltspur Street Compter The Macclesfield Court of Portmote The...
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libel, and in January 1832 she travelled to London to visit him in Giltspur Street Compter. Sharples' arrival gave Carlile an opportunity to revive the fortunes...
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