Alternative Names Wellclose Prison, Neptune Street Prison
Prison Type Local Prison - Common Gaol
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened unknown
Date closed [1801]
Location Kings Public House (or Cock and Neptune) at Wellclose Square London, Tower Hamlets
Map location exact or closely approximate
County Middlesex
London Metropolitan Archives finding aid on prisons states that this gaol had ceased to function by the late eighteenth century, however Nield claims it was still operational in 1812. Only one prisoner had been confined, in 1801, and since that date all prisoners sent to Cold Bath Fields (ID 50).
Alternative Names Wellclose Prison, Neptune Street Prison
Prison Type Local Prison
Jurisdiction Municipality
Date opened unknown
Date closed [1801]
Location Kings Public House (or Cock and Neptune) at Wellclose Square London, Tower Hamlets
Map location exact or closely approximate
Lat. 51.5101208 Long. -0.0660974
County Middlesex
London Metropolitan Archives finding aid on prisons states that this gaol had ceased to function by the late eighteenth century, however Nield claims it was still operational in 1812. Only one prisoner had been confined, in 1801, and since that date all prisoners sent to Cold Bath Fields (ID 50).
