The Fleet Prison

GPTKB entity

Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:prison
gptkbp:address Farringdon Street, London
gptkbp:capacity varied over time
gptkbp:category Defunct prisons in London
History of the City of London
Debtors' prisons
gptkbp:closed 1844
gptkbp:country gptkb:England
gptkbp:demolished 1846
gptkbp:destroyedBy Great Fire of London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Fleet Prison
gptkbp:location gptkb:London
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:The_Pickwick_Papers
works of Charles Dickens
gptkbp:namedAfter River Fleet
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Fleet_Marriages
debtors' prison
gptkbp:notableInmate gptkb:John_Donne
gptkb:Sir_Richard_Baker
gptkb:William_Penn
gptkb:John_Wilkes
gptkbp:opened 12th century
gptkbp:operatedBy English authorities
gptkbp:restored 1667
gptkbp:usedFor imprisonment of political prisoners
imprisonment of debtors
imprisonment of religious dissenters
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:The_Microcosm_of_London
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7