In "Allen's History of London," published in the year 1828, I find it stated that "the Fleet Prison in Farringdon-street is a prison for debtors. It is of small dimensions, and will be removed to ...

The London Telegraph is printing a series of sketches entitled "Young London." From one of these, in the issue of June 26, we extract the following: View Full Article in Timesmachine » Advertisement ...

New online maps allow users to peel back London’s streets to trace its ... and orchards east of Whitechapel. The notorious Fleet Prison, off present-day Farringdon Street, is also shown on ...

To see the real difference between back then ... Expedia's Historic London Map compares old snaps of the capital with current images taken from Google Street View. Photos from the late 1800s ...

According to new research, London's Fleet Prison was the Las Vegas-style marriage capital of its day, with more than half of all London weddings taking place at the venue. In much the same way as ...

More than half of all London weddings were taking place in the vicinity of the Fleet Prison in the 1740s, according to the records. A study of "clandestine" registers between 1667 and 1754 by ...