Clerkenwell Prison
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Clerkenwell Prison, also known as the Clerkenwell House of Detention or Middlesex House of Detention was a prison in Clerkenwell, London, opened in 1847 and demolished in 1890. It held prisoners await
Visiting time at the House of Detention, 1862
Clerkenwell explosion
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The Clerkenwell explosion, also known as the Clerkenwell Outrage, was a bombing attack carried out by the Irish Republican Brotherhood in London on 13 December 1867. Members of the IRB, who were nickn
Clerkenwell Prison
…the House of Detention. In London cant it was called The Tench, an abbreviation of Detention. On 13 December 1867 its exercise yard was the target of a gunpowder explosion instigated by members of the Fenian Society in an attempt to aid the escape of Ricard O'Sullivan Burke, an arms supplier to the Fenians. The blast…
The House of Detention in Clerkenwell after the bombing; seen from within the prison yard
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