File:ONL (1887) 1.421 - The Poultry Compter.jpg

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English: The Poultry Compter, a small compter (prison) in the City of London, which existed from medieval times until 1815.
Date 1873 (1887 copy)
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British Library HMNTS 010349.l.1.
Notes Based on an 1813 print by J.T. Smith, [1]
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Image extracted from page 439 of volume 1 of Old and New London, Illustrated, by Walter Thornbury. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr.

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