- FLEET PRISON
- a celebrated London jail in Farringdon Street; was a debtor's prison as far back as the 12th century.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
FLEET PRISON
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Fleet Prison — was a notorious London prison. It was built in 1197 and situated off what is now Farringdon Street, on the eastern bank of the Fleet River after which it was named. It came into particular prominence from being used as a place of reception for… … Wikipedia
Fleet Prison — or the Fleet noun (historical) A London jail near the Fleet river, in use until 1842, notorious as a place of confinement for debtors, and in which clandestine marriages were solemnized until 1754 by Fleet parsons, broken down clergymen… … Useful english dictionary
Fleet Prison — Stich des Alten Fleet Gefängnisses mit bettelnden Insassen. Aus dem „Book of Days“ (1869) von Robert Chambers (1802 1871) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fleet Prison — On the eastern bank of the Fleet, and afterwards of the Canal and Fleet Market, in Farringdon Ward Without (Elmes, 1831), south of Fleet Lane. First mention: Custody gaiolae de Ponte de Fleete in hands of Nathaniel de Leveland and Robert… … Dictionary of London
Fleet — may refer to:Places Fleet is a geographical name: *Fleet, a village in Dorset, England, sited on The Fleet, a lagoon *Fleet, in the county of Hampshire, England * a Fleet, in Kent, inlet, creek, a name for saline waterways in the Thames marshes * … Wikipedia
Fleet — Fleet, n. [AS. fle[ o]t a place where vessels float, bay, river; akin to D. vliet rill, brook, G. fliess. See {Fleet}, v. i.] 1. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; obsolete, except as a place name, as Fleet Street in London.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Fleet parson — Fleet Fleet, n. [AS. fle[ o]t a place where vessels float, bay, river; akin to D. vliet rill, brook, G. fliess. See {Fleet}, v. i.] 1. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; obsolete, except as a place name, as Fleet Street in… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
fleet — fleet1 [flēt] n. [ME flete < OE fleot < fleotan, to float: see FLEET2] 1. a) a number of warships under one command, usually in a definite area of operation b) the entire naval force of a country; navy 2. any group of ships, trucks, buses,… … English World dictionary
Prison de la Fleet — 51°30′58″N 0°6′18″O / 51.51611, 0.105 … Wikipédia en Français
Fleet-Gefängnis — Stich des Alten Fleet Gefängnisses mit bettelnden Insassen. Aus dem „Book of Days“ (1869) von Robert Chambers (1802–1871) … Deutsch Wikipedia
