Locating Alsatia
Map of Whitefriars in 2009 Establishing the topology of Alsatia will be an important theme in this project. To begin with, a map of the area today. Of course, it has been heavily redeveloped several...
View ArticleThe Sanctuaries of Southwark, 1: Montague Close
Modern day Montague Close in the environs of Southwark Cathedral A chance find in a secondhand bookshop (thank you Kirkdale Bookshop) means I begin analysing the sanctuaries abolished in 1697 with...
View ArticleThe Distribution of Debtors’ Prisons, 1712
Debtor prisons in England & Wales, 1712 Using the lists of debtor prisoners applying for release under the 1712 act, as published in the London Gazette, here’s a map of the places in which they...
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