Harper Road runs between New Kent Road & Newington Causeway. I think that is Falmouth Road on the street sign? In 1906, it was split in half Union Road (Borough End) & Harper Road (New Kent Road End) sometime before that it was called Horsemonger Lane.
The County Jail (Horsemonger Lane Gaol) seen in an 1843 map of London. Nearby is the Queen’s Bench Prison (also known as the Kings Bench).
This was the county gaol for Surrey, located near St George's Fields outside Southwark. Built in 1792-99, it was a model prison, with 177 cells in three wings for petty criminals, and a fourth wing for debtors. A control keeper's house oversaw eight separate courtyards, allowing the prisoners to be both separated by sex and offence (felons, petty criminals, debtors) and constantly watched. Two surgeons attended. 1859, the gaol was no longer known as 'Horsemonger Lane' following the road's change of name to Union Road (today: Harper Road), being renamed Surrey County Gaol or the New Jail.
The King's Bench Prison was a prison in Southwark, south London, England, from medieval times until it closed in 1880. It took its name from the King's Bench court of law in which cases of defamation, bankruptcy and other misdemeanours were heard; as such, the prison was often used as a debtor's prison until the practice was abolished in the 1860s. In 1842, it was renamed the Queen's Prison, and later became the Southwark Convict Prison.
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Horsemonger Lane Goal built in the 1790s was the largest prison in Surrey. It held debtors, petty and hardened criminals. The gallows were on the roof of the gatehouse and it was here that executions took place until the prison closed in 1878.
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The Masons Arms, Horsemonger lane in 1825, 1843 directory and the 1853 license transfer. The 1856 directory states the Horsemonger Lane is now called Union Road. Union Road has been renamed by 1938, and the later address changes from 31 Union Road to 31 Harper Road
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In the the late 1800s, from New Kent Road to Ayliffe Street, Harper Road was called Harper Street.
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Harper Road originally called Harper Street. Harper Street School opened in 1874. Remodelled in 1900.
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Harper Road Ellington House is a block consisting of four storeys of residential accommodation above a parade of shops on Harper Road, Southwark, opposite Dickens Square Park. As of 2010 the shops included a pharmacy, newsagent, travel agent, fish bar, dry cleaners and off-licence.
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C.J Fordham corner shop with advertisments on the wall,1932. On the corner of Circular Road and Standard Street, both demolished.
Circular Road left and Standard Street right 1932, now all Harper Road.
Harper Road going left and looking north east by Circular Road, small road left. Standard Street, on the right, 1957. It looks like the shop was somewhere straight in front.?
Circular Road left and Standard Street right 1932, now all Harper Road.
Harper Road going left and looking north east by Circular Road, small road left. Standard Street, on the right, 1957. It looks like the shop was somewhere straight in front.?
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