Millbank Prison was a large prison built in Millbank, Pimlico, London. Work started in 1812 and it opened in 1821. Millbank is an area of London, England, that is east of Pimlico and south of Westminster. ... A street in Pimlico which characteristically mixes grand Victorian town-houses with 1970s council housing. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 1812 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

It was designed on the Panopticon principle by Jeremy Bentham. Panopticon blueprint by Jeremy Bentham, 1791 The Panopticon is a type of prison building designed by the philosopher Jeremy Bentham. ... Jeremy Bentham (IPA: ) (15 February 1748 – 6 June 1832) was an English gentleman, jurist, philosopher, eccentric, and legal and social reformer. ...

In the Handbook of London in 1850 it was described as

MILLBANK PRISON. A mass of brickwork equal to a fortress, on the left bank of the Thames, close to Vauxhall Bridge; erected on ground bought in 1799 of the Marquis of Salisbury, and established pursuant to 52 Geo. III., c.44, passed Aug 20th, 1812. It was designed by Jeremy Bentham, to whom the fee-simple of the ground was conveyed, and is said to have cost the enormous sum of half a million sterling. The external walls form an irregular octagon, and enclose upwards of sixteen acres of land. Its ground-plan resembles a wheel, the governor's house occupying a circle in the centre, from which radiate six piles of building, terminating externally in towers. The ground on which it stands is raised but little above the river, and was at one time considered unhealthy. It was first named "The Penitentiary," or "Penitentiary House for London and Middlesex," and was called "The Millbank Prison" pursuant to 6 & 7 of Victoria, c.26. It is the largest prison in London. Every male and female convict sentenced to transportation in Great Britain is sent to Millbank previous to the sentence being executed. Here they remain about three months under the close inspection of the three inspectors of the prison, at the end of which time the inspectors report to the Home Secretary, and recommend the place of transportation. The number of persons in Great Britain and Ireland condemned to transportation every year amounts to about 4000. So far the accommodation of the prison permits, the separate system is adopted. Admission to inspect - order from the Secretary for the Home Department, or the Inspector of Prisons.

It was used for convicts until 1886 and demolished in 1890. the Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain) was built on part of the site that it occupied, opening in 1897. 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Tate Gallery in the United Kingdom is a network of four galleries and a virtual presence: Tate Britain (opened 1897), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993), Tate Modern (2000) and Tate Online (1998). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

References

• The Nuttall Encyclopaedia, Millbank Prison.

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External Links

• Collection of Victorian references
• 1859 map - the penitentiary is the distinctive six-pointed building near the bottom