Images Dated 18th September 2007

Wood Street Compter

A victorian depiction of prisoners fighting and gambling at the Wood Street Compter (or Counter) prison in the City of London, circa 1650. Primarily a debtor's prison, the Wood Street Compter was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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