United Kingdom · City of Westminster
Gatehouse Prison
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Background
Gatehouse Prison was a prison in Westminster, built in 1370 as the gatehouse of Westminster Abbey. It was first used as a prison by the Abbot, a powerful churchman who held considerable power over the precincts and sanctuary. It was one of the prisons which supplied the Old Bailey with information on former prisoners (such as their identity or prior criminal records) for making indictments against criminals. While he was imprisoned in the Gatehouse for petitioning to have the Clergy Act 1640 annulled, Richard Lovelace wrote "To Althea, from Prison", with its famous lines The Gatehouse prison was demolished in 1776. On its site, in front of the Abbey's Great West Door, is the Westminster scholars' Crimean War Memorial.
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Capacity
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Current population
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Occupancy
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Year opened
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Closed 1776
Figures from official sources · verified 22 May 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
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Region
City of Westminster
Security level
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Visiting
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Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
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Known issues
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Contact & address
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Conditions Risk Score
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Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q607542)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
Cite this page
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World Prisons. (2026). Gatehouse Prison. Retrieved October 20, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gatehouse-prison
"Gatehouse Prison." World Prisons. Accessed October 20, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/gatehouse-prison.
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