Giltspur Street Collection

Giltspur Street Compter, 1840, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
Giltspur Street Compter, 1840, (c1872). Giltspur Street Compter in London was a debtors prison and house of correction...it was used as a place of imprisonment for debtors...The Compter was a dirty

Pie Corner in 1789, (c1872). Creator: Unknown
Pie Corner in 1789, (c1872). 16th century houses in the City of London. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury

Giltspur Street Compter, City of London, 1812

Giltspur Street Compter, City of London, 1805. Artist: H Owen
Giltspur Street Compter, City of London, 1805. Compters were small prisons controlled by a sheriff, usually for civil prisoners such as debtors

Pye Corner, London, 1812. Artist: George Shepheard
The figure of the boy at Pie Corner off Giltspur Street, London, 1812. The statue commemorates the Great Fire of London in 1666, which started in Pudding Lane and ended at Pie Corner

Old Watch House, Giltspur Street, 1929. From Old London, A Series of 25 Willss Cigarettes cards. [W.D. & H.O. Wills, London, 1929]

Three graveyard watch houses, London, 1926-1927. Artist: Whiffin
Three graveyard watch houses, London, 1926-1927. Graveyard watch houses at Thames Street and Giltspur Street, (above), and at Rotherhithe (below)

Compter, Giltspur Street, London, 19th century. Artist: R Acon
Compter, Giltspur Street, London, 19th century. Compters were small prisons controlled by a sheriff, usually for civil prisoners such as debtors

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