Comments on: Have You Heard Of The Clerkenwell ‘Catacombs’? https://livinglondonhistory.com/have-you-heard-of-the-clerkenwell-catacombs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=have-you-heard-of-the-clerkenwell-catacombs A blog sharing London's curiosities, hidden gems and historical walks Thu, 14 May 2026 09:52:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Peter https://livinglondonhistory.com/have-you-heard-of-the-clerkenwell-catacombs/#comment-2610 Thu, 14 May 2026 09:52:11 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=252734#comment-2610 I had no inkling of these catacombs. Another one to add to my overflowing bucket list.
That is a beautifully drawn cartoon , of the Irish Guy Fawkes, I’d love a poster of that.
Nice one Jack

]]> By: Anne Groves https://livinglondonhistory.com/have-you-heard-of-the-clerkenwell-catacombs/#comment-2609 Thu, 14 May 2026 08:10:22 +0000 https://livinglondonhistory.com/?p=252734#comment-2609 Fascinating history of Clerkenwell House of Detention. Looks as if it’s been cleaned up a lot since I visited years ago when it was regularly open to visitors. It was a genuinely grim experience. I also went to a very atmospheric production of Macbeth there, again when it was a lot more dank and dirty.

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