A tour through the sanctuaries and prisons of old Southwark, featuring:
Debtors escaping! Bailiffs dunked! Gordon Rioters! Prisons burnt to the ground!
And visiting:
The old King’s Bench, the Marshalsea, the Compter and the Clink prisons!
The Liberty of the Clink, the Precinct of Montague Close, and London’s longest lasting debtor sanctuary, Southwark Mint!
And other pieces of Southwark’s radical history!
Date: Sunday 9th June 2024
Time: 2pm.
Meet: Tabard Street, outside St George the Martyr Church. Nearest tube: Borough Station.
A Radical History Faction event!