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Kent s forgotten jail - Canterbury Prison which held the Kray twins and double murderer Michael Stone
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Updated: 15:32, 29 January 2021
The quiet market town of Canterbury began to swell in the 19th Century, ramping demand for a new jail house, or gaol.
And so Canterbury Prison was built on land adjoining the Roman road of Longport, which exists today.
Canterbury prison. Photograph: Alan Wells
Architect George Byfield in 1805 drew plans for not only a jail but a separate workcamp, or âhouse of correctionâ joined together by a âsessions houseâ, or court.
Completed in 1808 to the tune of £14,856, the plot would become a wholesale mini-village designed to hand out criminal justice, and replace Her Majesty Prisonsâ less ambitious jail in St Dunstan.