Marshalsea Prison South Wall

A long, red brick wall marks the southern boundary of the former Marshalsea Prison, tucked away near the churchyard of Saint George the Martyr. This structure is the final physical remnant of a notorious institution that operated for nearly five hundred years, first established in thirteen seventy-three to hold those awaiting trial in the Marshalsea Court. By the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it had become primarily a debtors' prison, a place where people were held until they could settle their financial obligations.