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Latitude: 51.5016 / 51°30'5"N
Longitude: -0.0916 / 0°5'29"W
OS Eastings: 532554
OS Northings: 179805
OS Grid: TQ325798
Mapcode National: GBR RH.KW
Mapcode Global: VHGR0.CJD6
Plus Code: 9C3XGW25+M8
Entry Name: Wall Forming North Boundary of Public Gardens, Formerly St Georges Churchyard
Listing Date: 30 September 1977
Last Amended: 17 September 1998
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1378370
English Heritage Legacy ID: 470669
ID on this website: 101378370
Location: The Borough, Southwark, London, SE1
County: London
District: Southwark
Electoral Ward/Division: Chaucer
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Southwark
Traditional County: Surrey
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater London
Church of England Parish: Southwark St George the Martyr with St Alphage and St Jude
Church of England Diocese: Southwark
Tagged with: Wall
SOUTHWARK
TQ3279 BOROUGH HIGH STREET
636-1/5/104 (East side)
30/09/77 Wall forming north boundary of
public gardens, formerly St George's
Churchyard
(Formerly Listed as:
BOROUGH HIGH STREET
(East side)
Wall to north of Public Gardens
formerly St George's Churchyard)
II
Churchyard wall, now boundary wall to public gardens. C18 with
early C19 and later alterations. Dull red brick, the top 9
courses in London Stocks, with flat stone coping, part
missing. Brick buttresses to north. Runs east-west, forming
northern boundary to public gardens, formerly churchyard.
Approx 4m high. Curved rebate about half way along. To east of
this a pair of later segment-headed openings contain C20
wrought-iron gates. Some small openings, blocked; much
patching and reinforcing with tie rods.
Enamel plaque over entrances inscribed: "This site was
originally the MARSHALSEA PRISON made famous by the late
Charles Dickens in his work Little Dorrit". The wall formed
the southern boundary of the Marshalsea Prison, where
Dickens's father was imprisoned.
Listing NGR: TQ3255479805
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