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The tower in fiction, film and life
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Building resilience in a racist world
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Rules, orders, and regulations, for the management of the new house of correction for the county of Middlesex; Approved and confirmed by the justices at the Michaelmas quarter sessions. 1794.
Middlesex (England). House of Correction.Date: 1795- Books
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The true state of the House of Correction for the County of Middlesex, fairly and candidly set forth / By a visiting magistrate.
Date: 1799- Books
The special report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch to Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex, in general session assembled / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum].
London (England). County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch.Date: 1858- Books
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The special report of the committee of visitors of the County Lunatic Asylum at Colney Hatch / [Middlesex County Lunatic Asylum].
London (England). County Lunatic Asylum, Colney Hatch.Date: 1858- Pictures
Middlesex House of Correction: plan showing the cells, courtyards, colonnades, and dayrooms. Engraving 1821.
Sibley, Robert, active 1828.Date: [1821]Reference: 585001i