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Wandsworth Prison

prison, Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom
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    Wandsworth Prison (1851; originally named the Surrey House of Correction) held Oscar Wilde in 1895 and was the scene of a sensational escape in 1965 by the train robber Ronnie Biggs. Notable among former Wandsworth residents are the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray and the exiled…

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    Wandsworth Prison (1851; originally named the Surrey House of Correction) held Oscar Wilde in 1895 and was the scene of a sensational escape in 1965 by the train robber Ronnie Biggs. Notable among former Wandsworth residents are the novelist William Makepeace Thackeray and the exiled…

    Read More