Marshalsea
The Marshalsea was a notorious prison in Southwark, just south of the River Thames. Although it housed a variety of prisoners—including men accused of crimes at sea and political figures charged with sedition—it became known, in particular, for its incarceration of the poorest of London's debtors.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: Defunct Prison in Southwark, London
- Also known as: “Marshalsea Prison”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Shard and London Bridge.
The Shard
Photo: Garry Knight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Shard, also referred to as the Shard London Bridge and formerly London Bridge Tower, is a 95-storey mixed-use development supertall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano, in Southwark, London, that forms part of The Shard Quarter development. The Shard is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Marshalsea.
London Bridge
The name "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark in central London since Roman times. London Bridge is situated 2,500 feet north of Marshalsea.
Shakespeares Globe
Archaeological site
Photo: Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 at Southwark, close to the south bank of the Thames, by Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men. Shakespeares Globe is situated 2,000 feet north of Marshalsea.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southwark and Lewisham and Southwark.
Southwark and Lewisham
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark and Lewisham are two boroughs of inner south east London.
Southwark
Suburb
Photo: Loz Pycock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Southwark is a district of Central London situated on the south bank of the River Thames, forming the north-western part of the wider modern London Borough of Southwark.
Bankside
Quarter
Bankside is an area of London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. Bankside is located on the southern bank of the River Thames, 1.5 miles east of Charing Cross, running from a little west of Blackfriars Bridge to just a short distance before London Bridge at St Mary Overie Dock.
Marshalsea
- Categories: prison, destroyed building or structure, debtors‘ prison, and historic site
- Location: London Borough of Southwark, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.50164° or 51° 30′ 6″ northLongitude
-0.09158° or 0° 5′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C3XGW25+M9OpenStreetMap ID
node 2317365397OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q2603875
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Marshalsea” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “سجن مارشالسي”
- Dutch: “Marshalsea”
- Egyptian Arabic: “سجن مارشالسى”
- French: “Marshalsea”
- German: “Marshalsea”
- Hebrew: “מרשלסי”
- Indonesian: “Marshalsea”
- Italian: “Marshalsea”
- Japanese: “マーシャルシー”
- Japanese: “マーシャルシー監獄”
- Latin: “Mariscallia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Marshalsea”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marshalsea”
- Norwegian: “Marshalsea”
- Persian: “زندان مارشالسی”
- Portuguese: “Marshalsea”
- Russian: “Маршалси”
- Spanish: “Marshalsea”
- Swedish: “Marshalsea”
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