District · London
Lion Tower Precinct
The Lion Tower Precinct is a part of the High City at Westminster, lying higher than Surveyors' Ward. Crown guards hold its custodial works and their tower, and Lion Tower Prison stands within it, taking prisoners whose danger, rank or secrecy calls for better custody than the common gaols. Visitors may look on from the railings, but nobody is let in.
Where the volumes speak of it
- Site › Powers of the Realm › Lion Tower Prison
- Book II › Chapter 5 — The Commons: Streets, Wards, Markets, and Parishes › 5.1 Working Streets and Ward Life
- LiB1 › Chapter 10 — The Watch and the Courts › 10.8 Lockhouses and Gaols
- LiB2 › Chapter 1 — London › 1.1 Streets, Wards, and Quarters
- Book II › 5.1 Working Streets and Ward Life
